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Have you always dreamt about going to America? Many Nigerians envision America as a land of gold and honey. A land where the government showers you daily with piles of cash, and a land where everything is free. Well, they are wrong. There is nothing of that sort in America, and recent studies and accounts have shown that it is actually   better   for you to stay in Nigeria than it is to go to America. Here are five reasons why. 1.   Debt : The mirage that anything and everything is possible in America is a lie. Worst of all, to new immigrants, the amount of credit offered in America is so attractive that by the time you know it, you will be chin deep in Debt.  Debt that will most likely take you the rest of your natural life, and half of your children's to pay off. 2.   Stress : America is the capital of stress. With 12 hour shifts and continuos work, the labour takes a heavy toll on its people, unlike in Nigeria. In Nigeria,   you are the ...

A man, Micah Monday, has been charged to Apapa magistrate’s court Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly fondling a pregnant woman’s breasts. He has now been remanded in Kirikiri Prison Apapa, Lagos because he could not meet the bail conditions. The 30-year old Monday was alleged to have fondled Mrs Helen Tamukunu’s breasts in his workshop without her consent. The incident happened at Igbologun area of Snake Island, Lagos. P.M.NEWS gathered that the bitter woman engaged the services of Monday to work for her and she paid him in advance. But Monday allegedly did not do the work as he promised. When Helen went to Monday’s shop to know why he did not do the job as he promised. Instead of explaining to the woman what happened, he began to tease her. He reportedly told her how he loves her. Monday thought that he had convinced her and he started fondling her breasts. Shocked by Monday’s action, she attempted to remove his hand from her breasts and her bra got torn in the...

In a rather dramatic twist, cosmetologist and emerging artiste manager, Toni Payne, might have moved back into the expansive Abule-Egba, Lagos, home of estranged husband - afro hip hop singer, 9ice. Her unexpected return to the house she left in unwieldy circumstances late 2009 came as a shock to neighbours, aides, close friends and relatives of the singer who thought she had moved on for good. According to several impeccable sources, Payne’s startling about-face happened last Thursday when she came to the house demanding to see the father of her child but was prevented from entering. “She called 9ice several times but he didn’t pick the call because he had been told she was at the gate. He came with a male friend even. What angered 9ice was that she didn’t pre-inform him of her visit, source says. She left without blowing a fuse, only to return the following day. This time, Payne brought along with her the only product of the short-lived marriage, Zion, and she was allo...

Mr Richard Taylor, father of 11 year old Damilola who was killed in Peckham, South London in 2000, has said that African children, mostly Nigerians, are continually being killed in London because they refuse to join gangs and deal in drugs. In an interview with the Daily Trust in London, Mr Taylor explained that the callous killings of black children are mostly carried out by teenage gangs who are into drugs and are jealous of the academic performance of Nigerian and other African children in the UK. He, however, lamented that the ugly situation may continue for some time because UK laws on capital crimes are seemingly “weak” as they tend to protect the accused rather than the victim. Mr Taylor opined that only when criminals are meted punishment commensurate with their crimes that the spate of teenage killings in London would abate, and advocated the reintroduction of capital punishment in the UK. “It is only when the right form of justice is meted out to perpetrators of crime –...

MAIDUGURI -  Confusion has crept into the camp of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram which has unleashed a reign of terror in the northern part of the country for several months as the sect has split into two factions. One faction, the Yusufiyya Islamic Movement, YIM, has vowed to expose the other faceless group, which it described as evil group.   The Yusufiyya group is made up of followers of slain leader of the Islamic sect, Mallam Mohammed Yusuf.  This development came as President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, held  talks with elders from Borno State, over growing insecurity in the state, which is believed to be the abode of the sect.   The Yusufiyya Islamic Movement, in a two-page statement contained in leaflets yesterday, condemned the attacks and bombing of residences and places of worship by the other sect that claimed to be fighting a Jihad in the North. The leaflets were distributed on Tuesday to the various wards, Post Office Area and media houses i...

Uyo — In Akwa Ibom State a man may have to marry the corpse of his girlfriend, if the culture demands this. After several fruitless efforts to see the Eberefiak Oku Uyo (Clan head of Uyo and custodian of Ibibio culture) in his palace for comments on the matter, one of the Uyo chiefs met at the palace, Chief Effiong Udoh Akpan told Daily Trust "Such marriages are conducted between a boy friend that sees a girl that he likes, invites the girl to his house and decides to live with her in the house without initiating the process of traditional marriage up to the time the girl died while living with him. After fulfilling all the traditional marriage rites, the boy friend is then given the permission by her parents to go ahead and bury her. That is entirely a different procedure. "The corpse of the lady will be laid in state and the boy friend will come and lie down beside the corpse. He must lie down beside the corpse for a whole night because she is his wife. The boy friend wi...

Over 20 people died on Monday in a multiple accident involving about 10 vehicles around the  Kugbo  Furniture Market on the busy  Abuja-Keffi  expressway. The accident occurred at about 4pm on Monday  , July 18. Eye witnesses say the accident occurred when the driver of a trailer loaded with iron rods lost control of the vehicle and crashed into two commuter   buses   fully loaded with passengers, killing everyone. Other cars crashed into the scene, worsening the casualty rate.  A lot of people were injured and taken to the hospital.

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC) yesterday warned members of Boko Haram against destabilizing the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement yesterday by the President, Nelly Emma; Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations Officer, Mukoro Stanley, the group condemned worsening security situation in the country, saying it was a calculated attempt to discredit the administration of President Jonathan. The group accused a prominent royal father in the north for sponsoring members of Boko Haram in order to create crisis in the country, saying that any plot against President Jonathan by the North would be resisted. On its part, the National Secretariat of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) yesterday canvassed constructive dialogue as the only means of resolving the security challenge orchestrated by Boko Haram. In a statement he personally signed and made available to reporters in Abuja, the National Chairman of the party, Dr....

The other party involved in the accident that almost claimed Uche Jumbo's life has opened the lid that the actress was  heavily drunk and driving alone  on the day of the accident. "The incident occurred  Friday June 24, around 12 midnight. The FJ Cruiser which was being driven by the actress hit another car head-on along the Lekki/Chevron area of Lagos. Fortunately, no lives were lost. But Uche had to go to the hospital, though she's since returned home." Uche tweeted the next day: "Thank U lord 4 d gift of life! Only U lord did this! Thank U my rock!" However, the driver and owner of the Range Rover she crashed with had this to say "Bloody liar, you were drunk"

You know back then, I saw Don Jazzy, I knew he will make it. Fast forward 5 years, he is producing track for one of the world's richest musician, sean carter, popularly known as Jay Z, or Hov, or Camel mouth. Here is the tracklisting of his upcoming album (the throne) with Kanye west with due credits given to OUR OWN Don Jazzy for production and voice over credit. 1. No Church In The Wild (Feat. Frank Ocean) (Prod. By Kanye West, Mike Dean & Ken Lewis) 2. Lift Off (Feat. Beyoncé) (Prod. By Kanye West, Mike Dean, Jeff Bhasker, Q-Tip &  Don Jazzy ) (Add Vocals. By Seal, Mr Hudson,  Don Jazzy , Bankulli and Ricardo Louis) 3. Niggas In Paris (Produced by Hit-Boy) 4.Otis (Feat. Otis Redding) (Produced by Kanye West) 5. Gotta Have It (Produced by The Neptunes) 6. New Day (Produced by The RZA) 7. That's My Bitch (Produced by Q-Tip & Kanye West) 8. Who Gon Stop Me (Produced by Sham "Sak Pase" Joseph & Kanye West) 9.Murder To Excellence ...

To global search giant, Google, Africa is the next Internet hotspot. Globally, there are 94 domains registered per 10 000 users. However, in Africa, there is only one domain per 10 000 users. As such, there is tremendous potential for growth on the continent in the web space. Through its Africa programs focused on getting more Africans online, the company is betting that by developing an accessible, vibrant and self sufficient Internet ecosystem on the continent many more Africans would come online. Key among its strategies to develop the continent’s Internet ecosystem is to increase the amount of local African content online. “If you want to be successful you have to do a good job at localising content,” said Nelson Mattos, Google’s VP of Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at a Google event in South Africa. To do this effectively, the company has launched initiatives such as the Get African Business Online (GABO) initiative last year as a pilot to a select number...

There was pandemonium in the sleepy town of Ikorodu, outskirt of Lagos, yesterday, as a woman suspected to be conveying some substance suspected to be a bomb was arrested at the weekend near a filling station. The Fulani woman, according to our correspondents, was arrested by the police when a fuel attendant raised an alarm. The woman, (names withheld) who was said to be carrying a baby, the source told Nigerian Pilot, had approached a filling station attendant to allow her keep in his custody a black cellophane bag containing the suspected deadly substance that has now been transferred to bomb experts in an undisclosed location for test and analysis. Nigerian Pilot gathered that drama started when the petrol attendant refused to grant the suspected bomb messenger her request, and in an argument that ensued between him and the woman, unsuspecting passers-by including security operatives stationed few metres from the filling station intervened and upon search of the content in t...

Parents of Kolawole Arowolo, the jobless graduate, who was alleged to have murdered and mutilated his wife, Titilayo, opens up in a recent interview. They maintained that Kolawole and Titilayo were hot-tempered and have been fighting two months after their marriage. His mother, a trader, also confirmed that Kolawole at a time suffered insanity that was treated. She also said that she told Titilayo to stay in her father’s house when she realized they were incompatible, but denied that her son was a ritualist. She equally used the opportunity to beg for mercy from Oyakhire’s family. Excerpts from the interview; Mummy, do you think this can be a spiritual attack as claimed? Ki Olorun Ogbawa Lowo Ogun Aye (May God save us from spiritual attacks). Since they got married it was misunderstanding and fights everyday. There was no month that we didn’t settle a quarrel between them. I was fed up to the point that in January this year, I told Omo(Titilayo) to go to their house,...