A GEM IS GONE: Foremost novelist Professor Chinua Achebe dies at 82

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Novelist, poet, professor, critic and the author of the most widely read book in African literature (Things Fall Apart) professor Chinua Achebe, has passed on. Professor Achebe died last night March 21 in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He had been ill for a while. He was 82 years old.

8 month old baby Miracle Ibiam needs your help

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R.I.P:The Christ Apostolic Church leader, Prophet Timothy Oluwole Obadare Has Kicked The Bucket !!

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May His Soul Rest In Peace.

US arraigns al-Qaeda man over failed bombing in Nigeria

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The United States has instituted terrorism charges against Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun for allegedly planning to bomb its diplomatic buildings in Nigeria in 2003.

Among the six charges instituted against him by the US government was also conspiracy to bomb its military personnel in Afghanistanin between 2002 and 2003.

Forty-three years old Harun is to appear before a District Judge, Edward Korman, at a US Courthouse in  Brooklyn, New York, on Friday.

The Saudi Arabia-born citizen of Niger allegedly received al-Qaeda training in Pakistan and traveled to Africa in 2003 with the intent to conduct attacks on United States diplomatic facilities in Nigeria.

We can no longer guarantee peace in the East – Ohanaeze

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The pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation,  Ohanaeze Ndigbo,  has said that it can no longer guarantee peace in the East in the face of the  continued killing  of the Igbo in some states in the North.

The group  said that stopping its youths from carrying out reprisal  over the years, even in the face of extreme anger, had  been an onerous job.

It added that it was not sure if it would continue to restrain them from doing so, especially in the South-East.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary General, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu,   said this on Wednesday while reacting to last Monday’s bombings in Kano State in which  many Igbo   were killed.

31-Year-Old Pastor Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Teenage Boy

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A pastor who attempted to sodomise a teenage boy appeared before a  magistrate yesterday.

Pastor Tafadzwa Mutani, aged 31, a Salvation Army pastor in Zimbabwe, was hauled before magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing charges of attempting to sodomise a 19-year-old boy (name withheld).

The boy was shocked when he woke up in the middle of the night to see the pastor fondling his private parts. The pastor had allegedly persuaded the boy to sleep without his boxer shorts saying it was not healthy claiming it caused men to be impotent.

Prosecutor Nickson Chamisa said on February 17, this year at Salvation Army Church at Ngundu, invited the boy to sleep at his house saying he was lonely and wanted someone to share stories with that night.

TRAGEDY: Car Airbag Kills 6 Year-Old Girl in Asaba

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If as a parent or a child caregiver, you’ve ever been casual about putting a child below 12 years-old in the front passenger seat of a car, please be more careful next time.

A recent accident in Asaba, Delta state, which resulted in the death of a six year-old girl has brought about a wake-up call on the dangers of putting children below the age of 12 years in the front passenger seat while driving.

Chizurum Gloria Emmanuel was killed on her way back from school when her mother who was driving the car, got involved in an accident.

Teacher, Wife Die After A Meal Of Pigeon Pea

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A sumptuous dinner has reportedly sent a couple to their grave in Arigidi Akoko in Akoko North-West Local Government area of Ondo State.

The deceased, on that faithful night, ate pigeon pea with pap for dinner before they both retired to bed but did not wake up the following day.The death of a Primary School teacher, Alhaji Awogbemi Akadiri and Busili Awogbemi, according to sources, occurred early Monday morning.

Awogbemi, aged 55, was until his death a member of Nasfat Islamic organisation and a teacher at HolyRosaryPrimary School in the town.

'Sunk Nigerian Boat Was Carrying Trafficked Migrants' - Survivors

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A boat that sank off the Nigerian coast with up to 166 people on board, killing at least 45, was carrying illegal immigrants being trafficked to Gabon, survivors interviewed by Reuters said on Wednesday.

Nigerian authorities were still searching for survivors from a wooden boat that sank on Friday some 40 nautical miles offshore on its way from Oron, in Cross Rivers state, to Gabon.

Vincent Aquah, director of the Cross Rivers State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told a news conference that a rescue operation had recovered 27 people so far.

Boko Haram says force will not help free French hostages

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A Nigerian Islamist group warned against the use of force to free a French man and six members of his family kidnapped in Cameroon in a video aired on Thursday.

Tanguy Moulin-Fournier was kidnapped on February 19 along with his wife, four children aged between five and 12, and brother while vacationing in northern Cameroon.

"We are proud to say that we are holding the seven French hostages," said a Boko Haram member in the video aired by France's i-Tele channel with French sub-titles.

The man is shown holding an assault rifle and the family is shown to the left of the screen in the grainy images.

Anything wrong with Kim Kardashian?

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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian was spotted returning to LAX from Atlanta on Monday (March 18). Kardashian, 32, walked the red carpet at Tyler Perry’s Atlanta premiere of his new movie “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor,” which she makes a cameo appearance in. After walking the red carpet at a theater in a suburb of Atlanta, Kardashian made a beeline for E! News — the only media outlet she spoke to.

When she was asked why her belly bump suddenly showed up on the day of the premiere, she said, “It’s kinda popped. Can’t really hide it.”

“I play a marriage counselor, ironically,” she said, describing her role in the film. “My role is like the comic relief of the film.”

“You Are A Failure” – Fasheun Fires Back At Ahmadu Ali For Calling Yoruba Ingrates

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Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has fired back at a former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Ali, for describing Yoruba people as ingrates.

The OPC boss , while describing Ali’s comment as a symptom of “verbal diarrhoea,” said it showed that the former Minister of Education, whose mishandling of a students’ crisis led to the death of several youths in 1978, “was as insensitive, reckless and narcissistic as ever.”

Fashenu in a statement on Tuesday, said it was bad for the retired colonel to insult world-class Yoruba dignitaries whose shoe latch he could not untie.

He said, “There are some leaders, who had accidentally found themselves in positions in our national life, but their poor performance made them immaterial that Nigerians would rather prefer to abandon on the rubbish dump of ignominy.

Tinubu backs amnesty for Boko Haram

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Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Kano called for the granting of amnesty to Boko Haram militants, insisting that they are not ghosts as alleged by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Tinubu, the National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, who was in Kano to commiserate with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, over the attack on him and his convoy recently, explained that the amnesty must be based on justice, particularly for those with no blood stains on their hands.

He however said those involved in criminal activities among them must be made to face justice.

“Good Luck, Mr. Jonathan. It’s Time To Impeach You” – American Professor

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By Joel Brinkley, the Hearst professional in residence at Stanford University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning former correspondent for The New York Times

Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan’s office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used.

No actual health care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon as a Nigerian newspaper took a photo of the ambulances and published a story about them, they suddenly disappeared ― probably to an underground garage.

Lagos Council Chairman In Trouble Over Allegations Of Creating Office For Wife With Salary, Allowance

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up a seven-man ad-hoc Committee to investigate an alleged financial impropriety leveled against the Chairman of Surulere Local Government Area, Honourable Tajudeen Ajide.

The House took the decision following debate on a petition read by the Clerk of the House, Mr Segun Abiru. In the petition, which was signed by all nine members of the legislative arm in the council, it was alleged that the Council Chairman, Honourable Ajide, had been conducting affairs unilaterally without recourse to the councilors.

The lawmakers alleged that the chairman had been awarding contracts to his cronies and obtaining bank drafts without the knowledge and approval of the legislative arm. The council boss was also alleged to have created an office for his wife, paid her salaries, allowances and imprest, as well as purchased cars for such office contrary to the law of the state.

Don’t Ever Think Of “Licensing” Of Religious Preachers – Cleric Warns FG

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A Christian cleric, the Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr Sunday Ola Makinde, has warned the Federal Government against the call for licensing of religious preachers in the country, explaining that religious preaching is not a secular thing that government can regulate.

In a release signed by the Public Relations Officer of Methodist Diocese of Ogbomoso, Mr Olubukola Adio, the Prelate gave the warning at the 17th annual synod of the diocese, held at Methodist Church Cathedral, Arowomole, Ogbom, last week. Prelate Makinde said that licensing of pastors by the government would only defeat the sacredness of religion.

His words: “Christians will never support government’s involvement in licensing or regulating the preaching of pastors. Ministers speak ‘thus says the Lord’ and thus the conscience of the nation. Whenever government regulates preaching, religion is finished and becomes secular.”

Government Will Continue To Dialogue With You Until You See Reasons Why Subsidy Must Go – Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan has insisted that there is no going back on total subsidy removal. However, he said the government would continue to dialogue with Nigerians, to make them reason with the government on why the proposed removal is necessary.

The president made this known during the Nigeria Summit 2013, organised by The Economist, in Lagos, on Tuesday. He said it did not make economic sense to continue to waste resources meant for greater number of Nigerians to subsidise the rich in the society, stressing that his government would continue to enlighten Nigerians on the need to remove the subsidy.

In the words of the president: “We cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidise the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries.”

Recall that the announcement of partial removal of the subsidy on January 1, 2012 led to a week-long strike and civil unrest.

62 Fake NYSC Members Arrested In Nasarawa Convicted

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have uncovered a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Tammah village, Nassarawa Local Government Area of Nassarawa State, with 62 ‘corps members.’The fake corps members made up of 44 females and 18 males, were arrested on a routine surveillance of the command.

In a statement signed by its spokesman Mr Okeh Emmanuel, the NSCDC said the “fake corpers were arrested while undergoing training with standard facilities such as an obstacle crossing, man-o-war drill and an open field for marching exercises”.

Baby Dies After Falling From Airport Escalator

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A five-month-old Pakistani boy died on Monday night after falling from his mother’s arms on the escalator at Sharjah International Airport, UAE. 
The woman was about to depart the UAE for Pakistan when the accident happened.

According to reports, the Pakistani mother had passed through passport control and was carrying her baby and her handbag up an escalator when she lost control and the baby fell down the escalator.

The baby boy sustained injuries in different parts of his body.

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