Take tea, it’s an elixir

We all drink tea, especially when the weather is cold. Wet seasons are usually boom period for tea sale, as it’s one of the beverages that can keep you warm.

Employers sometimes provide tea in offices, especially for those who work in factories where the air conditioners are left running round the clock in order to keep the machines in even temperature, so that they can keep warm.

At board meetings, power breakfasts and other early

Two nabbed over attempt to derail trains in Ogun

                                         The suspects


ABEOKUTA — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State, Wednesday, said it apprehended two suspects, Popoola Sunday, 30, and Dell Taiwan 25, at Igbore village near Obada-Oko, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state while attempting to derail trains.

Public Relations Officer of the Corps in the state, Kareem Olanrewaju, in a statement in Abeokuta said the duo were caught while removing the railway chains used to tighten the rail to allow for a firm grip.

According to Olanrewaju, the suspects were caught in the act. He said their act was capable of derailing trains which may result in loss of lives. They were arrested by NSCDC men on patrol.

Olanrewaju said: “The state Commandant

Accolade for KSA, Onyeka at music festival

KSA
 

Last weekend marked a special phase in the Nigerian music industry as the period ushered in yet another festival.

Titled Five star music festival, the event that took place at the Golden Tulip Hotel, FESTAC Town, saw veteran musicians, King Sunny Ade, Onyeka Onwenu, Bright Chimezie, Bongos Igwe, Ras Kimono and a host of others, receiving awards for their contribution to the growth of the music industry in Nigeria.

Presenting the awards, which were accompanied by return

Medical tourism is gradually killing healthcare in Nigeria – ABUDU

Federal government has been called upon to urgently stem the tide of medical tourism in the country because it is gradually killing healthcare in Nigeria. A Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon from the United Kingdom, Dr. Segun Abudu decried the penchant of government officials to jet out of the country for common illnesses that could be handled perfectly in Nigeria.

Speaking during the second Lagoon Hospitals Surgery for the Future: The Journey So far”, Abudu recommended that said no government officials or their relatives should be allowed to go abroad for treatment at government expense, except a senior physician confirms such

Boston bomb suspect: My brother was the mastermind

                                           Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has indicated that his older brother, not any international terrorist group, masterminded the deadly attack, a U.S. government source said.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been hospitalized with a tube down his throat in recent days, communicated with investigators by writing and nodding.

The preliminary interviews with Tsarnaev suggest the two brothers fit the classification of self-radicalized jihadists, the source said.

Tsarnaev has conveyed to investigators that Tamerlan’s motivation stemmed from jihadist thought and the idea that Islam is under attack, and jihadists need to fight back, the source said Monday.

The government source cautioned that the interviews were preliminary, and that Tsarnaev’s account needs to be checked out and followed up on by investigator

I want my songs to be hits in America & Europe – Moses Idols 3 winner

After two years of women winning the Nigerian Idol crown, Moses Obi-Adigwe, the sweet-voiced university graduate from Delta state finally got one for the guys, inheriting the Nigerian Idol champion crown from Mercy Chinwo. His victory is not just about the title though, the cuddly teddy bear is now 7.5 million naira richer, owns a brand new SUV and has a recording contract also worth 7.5 million naira, all thanks to lead sponsor Etisalat.

What has your journey been like so far through the whole Nigerian Idol process?

[Laughs] The journey so far has been interesting, to

NGF: Presidency in fresh move to sack Amaechi

RIVERS State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi

The Presidency has initiated a fresh move to ensure that Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi does not retain his post as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum.

It was gathered that ahead of the fifth meeting of the NGF slated for Wednesday, 15 state governors met with President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday night in Abuja.

Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State-led the delegation which had Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State as the only non-PDP governor in attendance.

A source privy to the meeting confided in one of

Scrapping of NECO: Matters arising

Recently, the media was agog with the news about the recommendation by a committee headed by Steve Orosanye set up by the Federal Government to reduce the cost of governance in the country. The committee recommends scrapping of the National Examination Council. Also included for possible scrapping is the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.

These decisions were all based on the recommendations

My Shame: How My Brèast Popped Out On Stage -Omawumi Opens Up

In a male dominated industry like the Nigerian music industry, first runner-up at the Idol West Africa, Omawumi Megbele, has proven to be a force to be reckoned with.
Some music critics in Nigeria have likened her to the legendary Onyeka Onwenu, who the singer did a duet with recently.
When it comes to dressing, Omawumi mostly rocks short gown which barely covers the whole of her thighs and at some instances, the shoulder region of her

Breaking News: Tanker Fire: 70 Houses Burnt In Ibadan, 25 Houses and 45 Shops Gutted So far

Fire still raging in IbadanA gasoline tanker traveling on narrow road in a residential area in Ibadan caught fire from a local cooking fire place leading to fire explosions that have now gutted 25 houses and 45 shops in Omitowoju area of Ibadan city in Oyo state

Ebonyi council chairman dies in road accident

The Chairman of Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Chief Obasi Nwode, has died in a fatal road
accident along Abakaliki-Afikpo expressway in the state, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

We learnt that he died on Sunday evening, while returning from inspection of some of his projects scheduled to be commissioned by Governor Martin Elechi

Our merger is real – Buhari

Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), says the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party is going to be real.
Buhari, CPC candidate in 2011 presidential election, said this in Lagos on Monday during the presentation of a book, ‘Witness to History’, written by ACN’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed.
Present at the presentation were National Leader

The dilemma called Boko Haram amnesty

Members of the boko haram sect

The Federal Government’s effort to finding a lasting solution to the Boko Haram menace hit a brick wall with the rejection of a pre-amnesty offer by the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram. It stands every reasoning on its head, that the gravy train of amnesty was contemplated for a radical and remorseless sect that has murdered over 4, 000 people since it began an offensive against the Nigerian state in 2009. Pardon with its financial rewards as it is done in the country,

Late Goldie willed properties to charity

Family of late pop singer, Goldie Harvey has indicated their willingness to fulfill the wishes of the songstress who they revealed willed her properties to charity.


Late Goldie

Before her death, Goldie was said to have been an ambassador of ‘Project Alert on Violence Against Women’, and had supported them in several ways. Her properties will be auctioned to the public on the 1st of May, 2013, and the proceeds from the sale will go to charity.

Fire engulfs ICT building at INEC

Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reported a fire incident at its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) building in Abuja on Monday.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, said that the incident occurred in the office of the former Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), located in the ICT Building.

Kayode said that men of the Fire Service attached to