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Vivacious Ijeoma Richards, is one lady blessed with beauty and brain, her book ‘The successful girls Rule’ which contains 115 etiquettes for today’s female of ages 5 to 85 years is presently enjoying an unprecedented patronage . Ijeoma RichardsAccording to the stylish lady “you know nature is awesome, butterflies are entrancing, but only the woman could be described with all…
For the simple fact that Funke Osibodu’s life revolves around nothing but banking does not mean she cannot tell a thing or two about style. Funke OsiboduThough not a glamour obsessed person who is easily disposed to flaunting her gifts of nature but more often than not, she has shown she could really get in the act when occasion demands.…
“So I took Okada yesterday after a veryyy long time. Brought back memories. But that shit is still dangerous sha. Guys pls be careful”, that’s how @DONJAZZYMOHITS began his story on Tuesday. The President of Mo Hits Records, Nigeria’s richest label turned on many followers when he dropped this line. Many were quick to comment saying it was impossible. Anyway,…
The Kano State government has declared Friday a work-free day to enable public servants in the state to register, the Commissioner for Information Haruna Dederi, has said. The commissioner, who announced this on Wednesday shortly after the state executive council meeting, said the decision was taken to build on the success recorded during the exercise. Mr. Dederi said the holiday…
An Osogbo High Court on Tuesday stopped the efforts of three members of the People’s Democratic Party in the State House of Assembly to stop the ongoing screening exercise of local government council caretaker committees. The court denied an application for an interim injunction to halt the Assembly from further screening members of the caretaker committees. Governor Rauf Aregbesola had…
Protests continued yesterday at the Ibadan General Post office, Dugbe and other units in the state which have been closed since last Thursday over the non-payment of pensioners’ pay. Adeniyi Adeleke, national secretary of the National Union of Pensioners (NUP), NIPOST branch, said the group was angry with NIPOST because of its alleged “conscious efforts” to decimate their ranks. Mr.…
Relatively Speaking The Future is Bright —Raola Tejuosho By the time Princess Moji Tejuosho was the age her daughter is now, she had had her first child and had another on the way. Moji TejuoshoThough her daughter Rao wants to settle down sometime in the future when the right man comes along, it is the prospect of work that seems…
There are many reasons why women do not participate in the different levels of society. They are preoccupied with care: of husbands, children, step children, mothers, in laws, grandmother, and every one else you can think of. Senator EkaetteIt is fair to assume, therefore, that the women who have smashed the glass ceilings, as it were, or merely cracked it…
Comedian Tee A is fun to follow on Twitter. Apart from his Monday morning wisdom nuggets which he calls ‘#Tee A speaks’, he’s relaxed and funny all through the rest of the hours. On Tuesday, the preferred MC got a brainwave and he tweeted: “*Random tho(ugh)t* I want to give myself a traditional title on twitter”. With over 3,900 followers,…
Mohammed Abacha, son of late Nigerian military leader, Sani Abacha, yesterday went to a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking that he be declared the governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), in Kano State. Mr Abacha claimed that he won the primary election in the state but the party failed to send his name to the Independent…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has lifted the embargo on admission for Lagos State University (LASU) and five state universities in the South East zone for the 2011/2012 session. Dibu Ojerinde, the JAMB registrar announced this at the end of a meeting with proprietors of the universities on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Mr. Ojerinde added that candidates…
A group which identified itself as Jama atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda a Waati Wal Jihad has claimed responsibility for the killing of the All Nigerian People’s Party’s gubernatorial candidate in Borno state. Unknown gunmen had, on last week, assassinated the contestant, Modu Fannami Gubio, and six others shortly after Jum’at prayers in Maiduguri, the state capital. In a statement posted…
The coordinator, International Cancer Week Initiative, Ifeoma Okoye, on Wednesday said that about 40 percent of cancer cases are preventable. Addressing journalists on the forthcoming World Cancer Day coming up on February 4, Mrs. Okoye said that cancer could be prevented by focusing on how to reduce the risk of developing the terminal disease. She said that the ICW, in…
The State Security Service in Rivers State yesterday announced that it arrested seven men suspected to be militants and kidnappers. The Rivers state director of the service, Douglas Dogo, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the men were arrested at different locations in the state on January 21 following a tip-off. According to him,…
The member representing Anambra West in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Mike Ofor has warned that anybody caught harassing contractors in the local government will be dealt with. Mr Offor said this yesterday at Aguleri, a community in Anambra West local council while meeting with traditional rulers from the area. He said he will support the killing of any…