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Family, Church And Community Fight Over Chinua Achebe’s Remains
The Anglican Church has said it will not release the body of the renowned author, Prof. Chinua Achebe, to the Ogidi community, Anambra State for burial.
Similarly, the church and family of the late professor have said that they will not allow his wife, Christy, to go through the traditional widowhood rites that women who lose their husbands in Igboland are made to undergo.
The Archdeacon of Ogidi and Vicar of St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Ven. Obi Ubaka, told Saturday PUNCH that the body of Achebe belonged to the church, which shall perform the final rites for the fallen statesman on Thursday, May 23.
The church’s reaction came as Chief S. Okoli, the Regent of Ogidi, Achebe’s hometown, said the late author would be buried at night because he was a titled man.
Okoli had said, “As a titled
Photos: Tosan Jemide Unveils The Tallest Cake In Africa
Tosan Jemide said before now that he would be making the Guinness Book of World Records with the tallest ‘Cake in Africa’. Well i guess he wasn’t kidding. Today the huge cake was unveiled at Silverbird Galleria in Lagos. It stands at 28-feet.
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Auto Crash On Gombe Road Claims 5 Lives
Five people died while 28 others sustained injuries in an auto crash on the Zanbuk-Lubo Road, in Yamaltu Local Government Area of Gombe State on Wednesday.
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Gombe State, Mr. Galadima Kuteb, who confirmed the incident, said before FRSC officers came to the scene, the police had assisted in rescuing some of the victims.
Malam Sani Abdullahi, one of the survivors, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred on their way to attend a wedding ceremony.
He said he did not know the cause of the crash but that he just found himself in the hospital receiving treatment.
An officer in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Gombe State Specialist Hospital, Malam Baba Adamu, also confirmed that five persons died while 28 others were
Commercial Bus Drivers And Conductors To Start Wearing Uniform And Badges – Kayode Opeifa
Commercial bus drivers and conductors will soon begin to wear uniform and badges in Lagos State. Owners of such buses will also have their identities aboard the vehicles.
According to the State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, “The transport unions have agreed on the type of uniform and the badges they will give to the commercial bus drivers and their conductors. The identities of the owners (owners’ cards) of the commercial buses will also be aboard these buses.”
The commercial bus drivers must also be re-certified by attending the drivers’ institute, where they will undergo comprehensive tests, which includes vision and driving tests
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Private jets used to smuggle cash, fugitives – FG
The Federal Government on Sunday said illegal consignments and cash in local and foreign currencies were being smuggled on daily basis in and out of the country aboard private jets.
It also said some persons that securities agencies had declared wanted were being airlifted out of the country aboard private and chartered jets.
As a result, it insisted that pilots flying such jets must declare the passenger manifest before being allowed to take off.
An aircraft manifest contains the names of all persons aboard the plane, among other things.
The Coordinating Information and Communications Manager for aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati, told reporters in Lagos on Sunday that the order for the declaration of passenger manifest was necessary to check the abuse of the use of private and chartered
Teenage Pregnant Lovers Arrested Among Other 99 Hoodlums In Oshodi
99 hoodlums have been arrested by officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit in Oshodi area of Lagos.
Just last week, the taskforce arrested 183 hoodlums and suspected criminals in Oshodi and charged them to court.
The suspected hoodlums who were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday at Oko Mola, a notorious area in Oshodi where hoodlums and suspected criminals snatch people’s bags and molest women, were taken to the taskforce headquarters at Alausa.
The ages of those arrested range between 13 and 35 years.
The 99 suspects included 25 girls, among whom is a pregnant 13-year old girl, Tosin Odebiyi, who ran away from her parent’s home in Abeokuta and a 16-year old girl, Shola Sunday who was found with a nine-month old baby and her lover,
100 Police And DSS Officers Missing On A Mission To Arrest A Chief Priest In Lafia
The Nasarawa State Police Command has said that only 17 out of the 90 Police officers, excluding other security officers, who were on a mission to arrest the chief priest ofOmbatse Shrine, located at Assakyo village, about 10 kilometres from Lafia, the state capital, returned so far with various degrees of wounds.
Ombatse in Eggon language literally means “time has come”.
This came as President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, cancelled his scheduled visit to Namibia to personally oversee efforts by security agencies to contain the new security challenge in Borno, Nassarawa and Benue states. Already, 40 dead bodies of the missing policemen had been recovered from the forests.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam
Visafone sacks 60 workers, Stanbic IBTC sacks 250
Why are Naija companies laying off staff? Yesterday April 30th Visafone fired over 60 of their staff nationwide. Stanbic IBTC also sacked 250 of their staff. The sack takes effect from today May 1st.
The Stanbic IBTC sack yesterday crossed across all levels, from management to lower level staff and I hear this is just the first batch. The bank is planning to do another round later this year.
The sack at Stanbic yesterday only affected full staff employees as the bank intends to make its workforce 20% permanent staff and 80% contract staff. The total workforce before the sack yesterday was about 3000. The sad part is there are so many fresh graduates in the job market.
Culled from Linda Ikeji’s blog
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MTN Next Business Titans Reality Show Debuts
MTN Business Next Titan has made its debut on national and terrestrial television stations. Aired, for the first time, weekend, the television reality show takes into account the current drive for entrepreneurship, among the over one million Nigerian youth population, from whom 16 selected contestants have been placed in an academy to be supervised and nurtured by seasoned entrepreneurs and international business consultants.
Scheduled for Channels TV, ONTV and DSTV channel 254, the reality show will be aired continuously, for the next 13 weekends. Every week, the 16 talented young contestants will strive to earn support and investments for their business ideas, by competing with each other and working as teams, when the occasion demands.
The entrepreneurship reality TV show host is one of
Man Stabs Brother To Death After A Horrible Dream
Ebonyi state police command, Monday, confirmed the killing of Chukwudalu Omege, 15, by his cousin, Uchechukwu Nwankwo, 25, after he allegedly dreamed that the deceased was among those plotting to take his life
It was gathered that the suspect who immediately took a knife and stabbed his victim as he woke up from a horrible dream, resides at No. 7 Ibe Street, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital
Briefing journalists at the Police Headquarters Abakaliki, the Ebonyi Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sylvester Igbo said the police got to know about the unfortunate incident when the murder case was reported at the Ekumenyi Police station by a member of the deceased family (name withheld).
According to him: “A report was made at the Ekumenyi Police Station that one Uchechukwu Nwankwo aged 25
Jonathan Wants Solution To Boko-Haram In Three Months
President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the presidential committee on peaceful resolution of security challenges in the northern part of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
He mandated it to proffer solutions to the Boko-Haram insurgence in three months, and asked the members to use their wealth of experience in finding lasting solution to menace.Also on Wednesday, the president inaugurated a 17-member committee on proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
`The second committee that I am also inaugurating that has to do with dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the north is quite critical.
`All Nigerians are expecting this committee to perform magic and we pray that Allah should give you the wisdom to do so.
“Because without peace we cannot develop no matter how committed
Mtn Disses Etisalat In It’s Number Portability TV Commercial
An Op posted the new MTN television commercial for the recently activated number portability scheme, for the first time and I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at some of the coded messages loaded into the Ad
Here’s a brief of my observations:
* Hafiz Oyetoro aka Saka, appears to be the ambassador for this campaign. He was popular with the Etisalat brand and it seemed his loyalty to that brand was unquestionable. In this commercial, he is systematically unveiled as he sings the theme song, with emphasis (to my mind) on ‘I don port o… to MTN.’ That definitely cracked me up. I’m certain his Etisalat days are over. I doubt we’ll be seeing ‘Saka’ in any other adverts for Etisalat except to demonstrate how number portability enables him to
List Of Top 100 Best Universities In Nigeria 2013 – NUC
Every year the National University Commission, NUC, ranks universities in Nigeria due to the performance and meeting the requirement of a standard school.
This body monitor the universities in Nigeria to know those schools who’s equipment is not updated or valid, also notice those who’s equipment is standard in other for the schools to produce qualified graduates.
Below is the 2013 Top 100 NUC University Ranking in Nigeria.
2013 TOP 100 University In Nigeria by NUC
1. University of Ibadan, UI
2. University of Lagos, Unilag
3. University of Benin, Uniben
4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU
5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu
6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin
7. University of Jos, Unijos
8. University of Port Harcourt, Uniport
9. University of Maiduguri, Unimaid
10. University of Agriculture,
Letter To Ghanaians After Nigeria Beat Them 6 -1
Dear fellow West African neighbours,
The news originating from your country since yesterday is that our under 17 boys who trashed you 6:1 at the on going Caf Under 17 nations cup are over aged. Apart from the MRI machine which disqualified about three of our players, how else do you determine the age of our boys? Probably by the score line. Hahahahaha.
Did we present over aged players at the South African nations cup where we trashed Mali and Burkinafaso that defeated you with ten men?
You must accept the fact that the giant of Africa is back to where it belongs. The last time you won nations cup was over thirty years ago when we were still recovering from civil war.
Now that we have recovered fully, you will not win anything again whether it is under 17 or over 17. Just pray that we dont meet
Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Finding The Right College
Trying to find the right college for you can be a stressful experience. Most people really do not know where to start. Some decide to go locally to their state university and will never consider other schools. Others want to broaden their horizons and look at lots of colleges before they decide where they will apply. You want to look for schools that have something you want. You should not just choose the college with the highest ranking or the one that most of your friends are going to. You want to find a college where you fit in and have a great college experience. Below are five things you want to consider when looking for the right college.
List the Criteria Important to You
Make a list of the criteria that is important to you regarding college. Do you want to stay close to home, or do