4 Arsenal First Team Players to visit Nigeria

In what appears as a move to compensate the millions of Arsenal/Football fans in Nigeria for postponing the Arsenal - Super Eagles match, The official Arsenal FC website, today announced that 4 of its first team players will be traveling to Nigeria.
Below is the full text from www.arsenal.com

Mikel Obi Officially Joins Twitter

 

 

The Super Eagles star joined Twitter officially last night and the account is already verified.

Video:E.M.E Feat. WizKid, Skales & Banky W - Baddest Boy

Official Video for the 1st single from the #EMEAlbum "Empire Mates State Of Mind".. "Baddest Boy" features WizKid, Skales & Banky W. Video was directed by Clarence Peters. Also watch out for cameos from the rest of the EME Crew: ShayDee, Niyola, and DJ XClusive.

NBC fined N60m: for cockroach contaminated softdrink

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has slammed  N6 million against the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) as special and general damages to Messrs Keregbe Kpa and Nuka Livingstone. The company was to pay the amount to Kpa and Livingstone, as special and general damages caused them by the company after consuming contaminated drinks.

LASTMA official dies chasing after moveing a vehicle

Heard the LASTMA official was run over as he chased after a moving vehicle. The sad incident happened on tuesday in Lagos. Peep the photo after the cut...but viewer discretion advised please!..

Gov Fashola Arrests Army officers on BRT lane (photos)

I guess nobody is above the law. Governor Fashola yesterday 'arrested' (more like confronted) two senior military officers who drove on the  BRT lane at the Outer Marina in Lagos. The Governor was around the area when he spotted the military car driving on the Bus Rapid Transit lane which is meant strictly for the BRT buses, and came down from his own car to confront the men.

No arrest was made but the military officers were at least embarrassed by the confrontation.

T.B. Joshua's camp deny social network prophecy rumour

 

Our mum couldn't recognise us' before she died- P-Square open up

What Peter Okoye told an Encomium magazine reporter:

She has been diabetic for years, and when it started many months back, we got good doctors to treat her in Jos. But when we couldn't get good result, we brought her to Lagos. We took her to St Nicholas Hospital and everybody who went to see her in the hospital cried. She had lost a lot of weight and couldn't recognise us. She called me Jude. I can never forget that day. 

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Muslim school in jos targeted by rocket

A 10-year-old boy has died after a rocket propelled Grenade was fired at a school in the Nigerian city of Jos but missed and hit a nearby building, officials say.The school authorities say the boy was not a pupil at the large co-educational institution owned by the city's Muslim community.The BBC's Ishaq Khalid in Jos says the students were sitting their exams at the time of the blast.Jos has witnessed years of inter-ethnic and religious violence.

The city is the capital of Plateau state, which lies on the fault line between Nigeria's mainly Muslim north and Christian and animist south.

Chinese Nationals kill eachother

Four Chinese nationals in Kano (Northern Nigeria), last weekend engaged in bloody combat that claimed the life of two of them.

The incident, which occurred at a house in Kwanar Ganduje industrial zone of the municipality, was brought to the notice of the police, which intervention came too late.

Kano Police Commissioner, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, told reporters, yesterday, that a crack police team sent to the scene found one Xusheng Kun, male, critically injured, while another, identified by his alias, Old Man, also sustained life-threatening injury.

New Music: Naeto C features D'banj in Tony Montana remix

 

Listen to the song HERE

Crisis looms at Channels TV

A cold war between the management and staff of Channels Television may snowball into full industrial crisis over attempt to coerce media practitioners in the establishment to sign an undertaking to waive their rights and commit their future to the establishment.The management of the media outfit had recently drafted a document entitled “Non-compete Document of Channels Incorporated Limited,” with clauses journalists in the TV station considered inimical to their interest.

Section 8.1 and 8.2 of the document state respectively thus:  “I further agree that during the term of my

employment with the Company and for a period of eighteen (18) months thereafter, I also shall not solicit, or arrange or collaborate with any other person or entity to solicit, any person or entity engaged by the Company as an employee, customer, supplier, or consultant or advisor to the Company to terminate such party’s relationship with the Company.

Wizkid wants a change of name

 

wiz kid turned 23 yesterday and it seems he no longer wants to be referred to as a kid. He Tweeted:

  

Man, 56, arrested over rape of school pupil

 

A 56-year-old man, simply identified as Moses, has been arrested by officials of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over alleged rape of 11-year-old primary school pupil in Osogbo, the state capital.

The suspect, who was earlier detained at the state command of the NSCDC had been transferred to the State Investigation and Intelligent Bureau (SIIB) of the state police command for further investigation.

Moses, who lived in Osogbo, was alleged to have raped other young girls in the area. The Assistant Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Idima Augustine said Moses was arrested in Olorunda Local Government Area of the state after a tip-off by a non-governmental organization (NGO.

I would have won with a wider margin – Oshiomhole

BARELY 24 hours after he was declared winner of the Saturday governorship poll, Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said he would have won with a wider margin. The governor said this on Monday after a dramatic appearance at the Presidential Villa.
Oshiomhole arrived at the Council Chambers while the swearing-in of the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, Aloma Mukhtar, was rounding off and stood at the entrance where attendees at the inauguration of Mukhtar congratulated the re-elected Edo governor for his victory at the poll.

Dignitaries, including minister and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party whose candidate was defeated in the election, took turns to shake hands with Oshiomhole.

8 dead in Enugu Auto Crash

No fewer than eight persons have lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred along the Enugu-Nsukka single-carriage way.


Three of the eight victims in the accident which took place weekend, were burnt beyond recognition.


The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the accident in a statement yesterday, said the vehicles involved a DAF trailer with registration number XE460AWK and a Ford Bus with registration number XA435KC.

Exclusive photos: NDLEA destroy tonnes of hard drugs in Akure

The public destruction of the hard drugs... took place in Akure yestherday. Continue to see more photos...