Top newspaper report-Armed youths kill bar manager, three others.

When on May 13, 2013, Olusegun Dawodu opened a bar in Lagos State, his hope was to take care of his aged mother, who sponsored his education alone.

His dream was however cut short after he was killed two days later by some hoodlums during a shoot-out on University Road, Akoka, Lagos.

Our correspondent, who visited the area on Monday, learnt that three others were killed while four people sustained gunshot wounds.

A friend of the deceased, who craved anonymity, said the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

He said the deceased, who

Top newspaper report-How Boko Haram beheaded my husband .

FOUR years on, the tears have refused to dry. First noticed was a tear, followed by streams of it. Intermittently, she dabbed her face with a white handkerchief, but the tears refused to stop.

For Veronica Ojih, the unending trauma is not just about the death of her husband, but the cruel manner in which it came: He was beheaded.

At a point, she was lost in thoughts. When nudged and brought back to the present, she forced a smile. It was followed by another round of tears.

The interview was brought to an abrupt end. By then, however, Veronica had said more than enough.

No thanks to religious intolerance, Boko Haram members demanded that her husband and scores of other abducted persons renounce their religion for Islam. Pastor George Ojih refused.

On 28 July 2009,

Top newspaper report-Arik Air crew members arrested in London for drug trafficking !

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it is probing the arrest of two crew members of the nation’s major carrier, Arik Air, at the Heathrow Airport, London, on suspicion of drugs trafficking.

The agency, in a statement Tuesday said: “The Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu Giade has ordered the investigation of two crew members of Arik Air arrested at Heathrow Airport, London, in connection with drug trafficking.

“It was gathered that the crew members, Temitayo Olubunmi Daramola was found in possession of 6kg of cocaine while Delita Abibimgbi was found with 60 packets of cigarettes.” The drugs are valued at £600,000.

The statement, which was signed by the spokesman of the organisation and head of public affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, said

Top newspaper Investigation: How Foreign Groups Fund Terrorism In Nigeria.

Some methods adopted by foreign sponsors of Boko Haram to launder money to the terrorist group have been uncovered, LEADERSHIP can authoritatively report. This development is coming on the heels of revelations by Major-General Garba Wahab, the general officer commanding (GOC), 1 Mechanised Division, Nigerian Army, that officers of the division have arrested an orange seller in Kaduna who allegedly spied for the group: his bank account had witnessed transactions of over N600million in just three months.

Initially, foreign groups, through agents in Nigeria, sent money through the normal banking channels and these funds can come classified as aid to support religion, humanitarian causes and any other excuse not frowned at by the laws of the land.

But with searchlights beamed on

Top newspaper report-Work begins on Fourth Mainland Bridge.

DailyPost has been informed that work has started earnestly on the fourth mainland bridge in Lagos state.

The Lagos State Government, led by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola will be building a 26-kilometre infrastructure to link Ikorodu to the state’s economic hub in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Disclosing this new development recently in Lagos, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Obafemi Hamzat explained that people might not see the physical work now but work has started in earnest internally on the major project.

He said, “People may

Top newspaper report-Achebe remains arrive, begins final journey.

AT 6. 00am yesterday, the remains of 82-year-old Nigeria’s literary icon Chinua Achebe, who died in a Boston hospital arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from his US-base. The body was released by government officials led by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Anyim Pius Ayim.

Also at the airport to receive the casket draped in the National colours of green, white and green were his first son, Dr. Ike Achebe, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo and former governor of Abia State, Ogbonnaya Onu, former FCT minister, Chief Chuka Odom, former Minister of State for Education, Dr. Jerry Agada, former House of Representatives member, Dr. Wale Okediran, chairman of the Achebe National Transition Committee, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, traditional rulers and leaders of Igbo communities, including those from his Ogidi community, and writers.

The casket,

Top newspaper report-Presidential Intervention: Ikeja Police College wears new look !

Few months ago, Nigerians woke up to receive with shock and disbelief, news of the decrepit level of decay at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos coupled with its deplorable state. The college located on Oba Akinjobi way, close to Arch Bishop V inning Cathedral never gave any passer-by the slightest inkling of its real state, until it was revealed by a television station in January, 2013.

The documentary by the television station captured the odious condition under which men and women were trained as policemen. This revelation was so shocking for a reputable institution that graduates policemen every year to degenerate into such deplorable state.

From the startling revelations, it was observed that the toilets, bathrooms, dormitories were so bad that the trainees resorted to urinating at the back of the buildings, thereby emitting acrid stench which is dangerous to their health. This resulted in the insurgence of mosquitoes which gain entrance unhindered into the dormitories through the damaged windows and doors.

In addition to this

Top newspaper report-2015: If Jonathan loses out it’s going to be bullet for bullet – Asari Dokubo

FOUNDER of Niger Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has said that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general elections.

He spoke in Warri, Delta State, weekend, just as the founder of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, said nobody can stop President Jonathan from contesting for a second term in 2015, assuring that the South-West geo-political zone would support him.

Both spoke at a memorial public event in Warri, for the late Ijaw hero, Major Isaac Adaka-Boro.

Dokubo-Asari said: “We have to demand for what belongs to us. 2015 is not about Jonathan, but about our destiny. If you allow them, they will crush us when they come. I am ready for them, bullet for bullet.”

He said the battle

Top newspaper report Alams: Reps may strip President of powers on state pardon.

The House of Representatives will soon consider a proposed law to strip the President of the power to grant state pardon to individuals.

The piece of legislation seeks to bar the President from granting pardon to public office holders convicted for corruption. This may be a response to the controversy generated by the state pardon, which President Goodluck Jonathan granted the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted for graft.

The bill obtained by National Mirror yesterday, is entitled: “A Bill for an Act to Amend Section 175 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to subject the Presidential Powers of Pardon to the approval of the National

Top newspaper report-Ezekwesili: Governors Diverted UBE Funds to Hire Thugs, Praise Singers for 2007 Polls.

A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Tuesday accused some governors of diverting funds meant for hiring teachers under the Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme to hire thugs and praise singers for the prosecution of the 2007 general election.

She also disclosed that no fewer than two million graduates and youths annually joined the country’s labour market, noting that the growing number of jobless youths “constitutes daunting challenge to Nigeria’s integrity.”

Ezekwesili, who was also Vice-President of the World Bank (African Region), gave a sordid diagnosis of the country’s education sector at the third Lagos State Education Summit, held in Lagos.

The summit, with the theme: “Qualitative Education in Lagos State: Raising the Standard”, attracted stakeholders, including Governor Babatunde Fashola; a former deputy governor, Mrs. Adebisi Sosan; Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, and tutors-general across the state’s education districts,

Top newspaper report-Jonathan frees Boko Haram detainees !

The Federal Government yesterday announced its decision to release some suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram Islamic sect, their wives and children, who had been held in various detention centres across the country.

This was a first major application of the government’s “carrot and stick” approach in resolving the nation’s internal security challenges. Although the government was silent on the number of those to be freed, it said women presently in custody would be released.

The action, which it said was based on the recommendation of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Reconciliation, PCDR, would see the suspects being handed over to their respective state governors for

Looking forward to a career in boxing?

SOCKET TO HIM ... Jones plants one on Lebedev with eye dangerously swollen...will you till consider a career in boxing after seeing this?

Coleen and Wayne Rooney welcome baby boy Klay

Info online says she tweeted oh "Such an uncomfortable sleep last night!!! #hurryupbaby."

 The couple announced in December they were expecting a son, two months after confirming Coleen's second pregnancy.

Coleen has previously admitted she would love to have a large family, saying: "I'd like to have maybe

Newspaper report we can't ignore-Emergency Rule: Dicey decision in Senate

As Nigerian senators gather to deliberate on the president’s proclamation of emergency rule on three Northeast states, the matter of loyalty to party, faith and region could come into play.

Considering that Nigeria is not just a multi-party democracy but a secular and multi-ethnic nation, there are fears that the things that divide the nation may play out on the senate floor this Tuesday, when the lawmakers vote on the state of emergency proclaimed on three states of the Northeast.

So, expectations are high as the Senate sets to deliberate on the desirability or otherwise of the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last Tuesday, by President Goodluck Jonathan, following what was seen as ceaseless and senseless killings of people in the affected states by Boko Haram Islamist group.

The upper legislative chamber had

Newspaper report we cant ignore-Customs arrest suspects with $2.7m atLagos airport

Murtala Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted $2.7m (or N432m) from five suspected money launderers while attempting to travel abroad.

The Public Relations Officers of the command, Mrs. Thelma Williams, told theNews Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos that the arrests were made between January and March 2013.

She said the command also arrested 12 suspects with $13.8m (N2.2bn) dollars from September to December 2012.

Williams said there was no law banning travellers from taking money out of the country but the money must be declared by the traveller before being taken out.

She said, “From $10,000, there must be a declaration. We have a form there on which travellers make a declaration stating the source of the money they are carrying and what that money is meant for. We’ll leave one of the forms here and send a copy to EFCC.

“They would go

PRESIDENT JONATHAN, HIS GOVERNMENT AND THE UNENDING PAINS OF NIGERIA IN THE FACE OF PLENTY

Sometimes I don't really know if one should weep for this country. Or perhaps like many, pretend to be deaf and dumb. Every successive government that has ruled Nigeria in times past, has left her economic and political terrain worse than it met it and the current leadership is making no mistake in following the very same line and pattern. I ask, what has changed or shown any sign of wanting to change in Nigeria? Nigerians are not saying any government should be Jesus Christ to the people, They are not saying things should change at once, they are merely saying, let the process of change be on ground. 

A friends father was taken to the general hospital for a prostrate related issue. The hospital has to pass the usual pipe through his private part to aid his ability to urinate and then asked him to visit the hospital every two weeks so that they can clean up to avoid infection. They did this because they could not carry out the test he is supposed to do. He is expected to wait till August before it will get to his turn. He was taken to that hospital in April. Imagine what can happen between April and August. Like my friend said, the hospital said there are many people on the waiting list. Is this what Nigerians deserve? What a country? Is this what Nigeians deserve for

Beyonce reacts to rumours on second pregnancy

Rumors went out yesterday that Beyonce is pregnant for her second baby. The rumors went so far and wide that in a very short time, t had sparked off lots of comment. In a quick reaction on Instagram, Beyonce sent this reaction.

Evergreen-Kiss From A Rose,try singing it for your partner

There are periods when people sing with the intention of just making a hit , when they do, most times they never really know that what they are pushing to the world may become one hell of a song that may never go away because of the power of the lyrics and the entire packaging of that song. This Saturday, I remember that song by Seal which did, still is and always will send many to another world each time they listen to it.

Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second eponymous album Seal (aka Seal II). The song was first released as a single in July 1994. Re-released in 1995, it was included on theBatman Forever film soundtrack, helping it top the charts in the U.S. and Australia. At the38th Grammy Awards in 1996, it won awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, andBest Male Pop Vocal Performance

Good music, good times for evergreen.

Photo speak-when your fashion sense go on holiday

Sometimes every attempt to do too much only turn out to be a disaster...look at this slit

Fashion-Eva Longoria brings sexy back

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Reports we can't ignore-Chelsea first team to hold Champions, Europa League titles .

A 93rd-minute header from Branislav Ivanovic gave Chelsea a stunning 2-1 victory over Benfica in the Europa League final on Wednesday as the London club claimed the trophy for the first time in heart-stopping fashion.

The game in Amsterdam seemed destined for extra time after Fernando Torres’ superb 60th-minute opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by an Oscar Cardozo penalty, only for Ivanovic to net a dramatic winner with a looping header in stoppage time.

Moments later, Chelsea’s players greeted the final whistle with a jubilant mass embrace, as they became the first team to simultaneously hold the Champions League and Europa League titles.

They will

Reports we can't ignore-State of emergency: Troops begin offensive against Boko Haram.

Heavy troop movements were yesterday reported in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states as Armed Forces began combined operations to rout the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

The insurgents have held some parts of the North hostage since 2009.

Residents said army trucks carrying soldiers entered Yola and Maiduguri immediately after the presidential proclamation.

A resident said that he saw six trucks carrying soldiers coming to Yola, while some residents in Maiduguri also reported an influx of troops.

The mood was tense in the city. Shops were mostly shut and there were few people on the streets. Schools were closed.

“What I saw this morning scared me,” said

Reports we can't ignore-Customs officer in sex-for-cargo mess.

The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Legal Unit, Tin-Can Island Port Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Chief Superintendent of Customs Ibrahim Badisha, may have landed himself in deep mess, as a Reverend Sister from the Daughters Eternal Father Mission has accused him of allegedly pestering her for sex before a container, belonging to the Catholic Mission is cleared.

The Reverend Sister, who pleaded anonymity, insisted that Badisha, who doubles as a lawyer, had consistently created unpalatable circumstances that made the clearance of the cargo container almost impossible except she goes to bed with him. She said the items in the container, which Badisha threatened to impound due to her “

Reports we can't ignore-Painkillers can kill your libido !

The average Nigerian is a doctor, even if he never went beyond the elementary school. To get a free and unsolicited drug prescription, just complain of one ailment and the drug referrals begin to flow like a deluge.

People don’t just prescribe drugs or home remedies for others, they also “treat” themselves whenever what they consider manageable health issues crop up. Consequently, by the time many people finally think of seeking professional help, they are almost ready for the morgue.

Perhaps after sleeping pills, the next commonest drug of abuse is pain relief medication. People take over-the-counter-drugs for the relief of pain in various parts of the body and also for various health challenges. Many people are even unaware that certain pain medications are better suited for certain ailments and are therefore better prescribed by a competent professional, who will also monitor the effects, especially when such drugs are to be used for extended period, as in the treatment of chronic pain conditions like

Reports we can't ignore-Achebe: Senate urges Fed Govt to name highway, others after writer

The Senate yesterday eulogised world-acclaimed writer, Prof. Chinua Achebe, for his contributions to the emergence and growth of African literature.

Prof. Achebe, who died on March 21, will be buried in his home town, Ogidi, Anambra State, on May 23.

The Senate, in a motion sponsored by Chris Ngige (Anambra Central) and 108 others, resolved to urge the Federal Government to name a major federal highway or street in Abuja after the late Achebe.

It also urged the government to name a national monument after the late literary icon.

The lawmakers shelved any discussion on Tuesday’s declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by President Goodluck Jonathan, which many had thought would dominate discussions