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  BAD MARKET Mr. 419: Hello, how are you? Ayo: Fine. Pls, who am I speaking with? Mr. 419: Haba, don't you remember me? Who do you know in UK dat could be calling? (Sensing a scam, Ayo threw in a trap…) Ayo: Johnson! Is that you? (Meanwhile, Ayo doesn't know any Johnson in UK) (Thinking it's a break, he swallows the bait) Mr. 419: Of course, this is Johnson! How come you didn't recognize my voice initially? (Ayo certain it's a scam, he decided to punish him verbally and financially. He had the time that morning so he was going to assist him waste his call credit.) Ayo: Jooooooohnson! Kai! Omo buruku gbaa ni o! (You are a very bad boy). Your father died, you didn't so much as show up or send a note. Omo a se iru e fun e o! (Your children will repay you with such). Didn't you hear about his demise? He was so bitter and full of original and heavy curses for you. Mr. 419 (Obviously sub

You’re stronger than you think you are. Mistakes teach you important lessons. Every time you make one, you’re one step closer to your goal. There is nothing to hold you back except you. You can press forward long after you can’t. It’s a matter of wanting it bad enough. No matter how much progress you make there will always be the people who insist that whatever you’re trying to do is impossible. You are limited only by your own imagination. Let it fly. Perception is reality. Your instincts can be trusted. There is only one question to ask yourself: “What would you do if you were not afraid?” It’s often hard to tell just how close you are to success. The only mistake that can truly hurt you is choosing to do nothing simply because you’re too scared to make a mistake. Never let success get to your head, and never let failure get to your heart. You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how

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The past few days has seen Wizkid caught up in spiraling events that has either threatened his life or almost landed him in trouble! First it was a near-tragic automobile accident involving his newly acquired Porsche Panorama and then on Wednesday afternoon, June 19; a near-detention incident at the Zone 2 command Onikan of the Nigerian Police force after he was invited to explain why he allegedly collected N500,000 from some University of Lagos students and then failed to appear at their show. The story is just unfolding. According to investigations, Wizkid was invited alongside his manager Godwin Tom for questioning by the police after he failed to appear at UNILAG’s Concert of Life which took place at the institution’s Sports Centre on May 21st. He was at the station for a few hours and was only allowed to leave after he’d written a statement and bailed by his lawyer. *Wizkid He was asked to report to the station next week. Observers say, these Unilag students may have be

‘ Thank you God for blessing me today, and thanks to MTN oya limpopo ‘’ The quote above is from a very happy Kcee (former KC Presh band member) who recently joined the likes of Iyanya, Chidinma, Praiz, Wizkid and Davido as one of MTN’s brand ambassadors. He put up this photograph on his Instagram page yesterday showing him putting pen to paper to seal the deal. KCEE at the signing Kcee couldn’t have worn a better smile. Congrats to him.

A police corporal, Ajisafe Amos, escaped being lynched yesterday by angry students of the University of Ibadan when he gave a 400-level student of the institution, Adewale Adegboyega, a hot chase and allegedly shot his car at the main entrance of the university. Adegboyega, who is a student in the Department of Guidance and Counselling of the institution said he ran into the campus because he was not sure of his safety in the hands of the policemen he encountered. The police corporal reportedly shot twice with one bullet hitting the rear tyre of the student’s car. As the students heard the gunshots, they reportedly scampered for safety for fear of stray bullets. In protest of the action of the police team, the students led by the Student Union Government President, Babatunde Badmus, demanded the dismissal of the trigger-happy policeman. He added that it was dangerous for a policeman to shoot in  densely-populated institutions like the University of Ibadan. They seized the i

For the first time, a Nigerian hospital has blazed the trail in metallic replacement of the whole arm bone, shoulder and elbow joints. The life-saving medical procedure which is the first in Nigeria and West Africa was performed by a team of surgeons at Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos. The team was led by Dr. Segun Abudu, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital, Birmingham UK, seconded to the hospital. Commenting on the ground breaking surgery, the Hygeia Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lars Stork noted that a significant number of Nigerians who go abroad for similar treatment will now have it done in the country. Stork added that the outstanding achievement demonstrated the commitment of the hospital to operating at global standards. Research shows that there are only approximately 50 – 60 cases of this type of surgery performed even in the UK to date, therefore making this surgery historical. This operation adds to the number of high-end surgeries we ha

Nelson Mandela’s foundation has vowed to press ahead with upcoming 95th birthday celebrations, as the global peace icon underwent a twelfth day in hospital Wednesday for a recurring lung infection. On the frail icon’s July 18 birthday, various charity organisations and businesses will paint schools, hand out food parcels and books, and run a 67 kilometre (41 miles) relay marathon in the spirit of Mandela’s 67 years of activism and public work. Mandela spent 27 years in jail for his opposition to white minority rule, and walked free to become the country’s first black president after all-race elections in 1994. “We see this as an opportunity for people to rise above Madiba’s hospitalisation,” said Sello Hatang, the foundation’s CEO, referring to Mandela by his clan name. The Nobel peace laureate, who devoted his life to promote education and AIDS activism, wanted people to carry on his good work, his great-grandson Mbuso Mandela told AFP. “His idea for me was just to continue the

An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said Wednesday. The attack saw gunmen move house to house as well as take positions atop a hill and open fire, the official said. Houses were also burnt, but it was not clear how many. “There was an attack by armed bandits early Tuesday on Kizara village where 48 residents were killed in apparent targeted killings by cattle rustlers that have been terrorising the state for some time now,” said Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji, commissioner for information in Zamfara state, where the remote village is located. Resident fill up a mass grave in Zamfara state on June 18, 2013 after a group of bandits attacked the village of Kizara, killing 48 people AFP Dozens of gunmen arrived in the village before dawn on motorbikes, he said “Some of them climbed up the hill overlooking the village and opened fire indiscriminately,” he said. “They

You may not believe in the power of Feng Shui , but you can't argue with the beauty of this Caesarea Residence located in the Haifa District of Israel, shared with us by our friends at The Pinnacle List. This 5,382-square-foot stunner was designed by architect Gal Marom and completed in 2012. The home's modern design is award-winning and follows the principles of the ancient Chinese school of thought. Besides for featuring a harmonious combination of wood, glass, water and metal, its spaces seem to transition seamlessly from inside to out. Modern low-profile furniture fill the rooms and surround the teak-clad mosaic tiled pool. Credit: Me Sicolsky/The Pinnacle List

Wednesday April 17, 2013, has gone down as the day members of the 29-member Delta State House of Assembly took the bull by the horns to override the veto of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on the bill stipulating death penalty for kidnappers. The governor had since November 2012 when the bill was passed and sent to him refused to assent to the bill. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Charles Ajuyah (SAN), in this interview shed more light on the issue especially from the executive’s perspective. The governor during his midterm report on Democracy Day mentioned that Delta State has the highest number of kidnappers prosecuted, could you throw more light on this? Yes, I have the statistics. It is true that so far with my interaction with other Attorneys General, I think Delta State is up to the task. We are not sparing any effort at all in ensuring that suspects arrested are prosecuted. And because of the nature of kidnapping, what it takes and the elements of the

South Africa’s ailing icon Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for 10 days suffering a lung infection, is “doing very well”, one of his daughters said on Monday. “He is doing very well,” Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, South Africa’s ambassador to Argentina, told reporters gathered outside the Pretoria hospital treating the 94-year-old Mandela.

Coupled by Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai owner of My blogger tricks Blogging is popular business in Nigeria, especially now that a lot of people have come to realize the great potential it holds for them. Bloggers now take the business of blogging as a fulltime business, and they are making a lot of money just like their counterparts in the rest parts of the world. With an estimated population size of 160 Million people and over 60 million internet users, you can rest assured that bloggers in Nigeria enjoy good traffic to their sites. In this post, we shall be looking at the top 10 popular bloggers in Nigeria – 2013, and see what makes them thick. With bloggers in virtually every field you can imagine – blogging, marketing, small business, health, sports, celebrity, photography , relations, SEO , etc. Nigeria, for sure, is a competitive market and only the best get recognized both locally and internationally. So who are those bloggers doing exceptionally great in Nigeria in 2013?

Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court, Wednesday, fixed July 10 to rule on an application that was filed before him by the former Chairman and Secretary of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawal and Mr Boniface Emenalo, asking him to hands-off their trial. The embattled lawmakers who are facing corruption charge  entered against them by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, accused the judge of misappropriating the law when he held that the anti-graft agency successfully established a prima-facie criminal case to warrant their prosecution. Emenalo and Farouk Arguing through their lawyer, Mr Ricky Tarfa, SAN, the duo, insisted that the judge occasioned great injustice against them when he declined to quash the 7-count charge before the court for want of incriminating evidence, even as they maintained that the judge, on January 31, erroneously granted leave to the ICPC to file an “inco

Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says a total of 218 Chinese nationals and 51 Nigeriens have been repatriated from the country as at June 18. Francis Palmdeti, the Head, Public Affairs of GIS said in Accra on Wednesday said that the repatriation was part of the government’s efforts to stamp out illegal mining activities in the country. The Chinese Ambassador, Gong Jianzhong on Tuesday called on the government to release the number of its nationals repatriated. Palmdeti said the repatriations were conducted with the collaboration and support of the respective embassies. “For the Nigeriens, their Embassy provided a bus which conveyed them to Niamey while the Chinese were assisted in some cases with the procurement of tickets by their Embassy,‘’ he said. The GIS spokesman said the immigration service has good working relationship with the foreign missions in the country. “We are advising that foreigners residing in the country should be properly registered with their respective emba

A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of 500,000 euros (about $670,000) to tax authorities. The court, however, acquitted them of misrepresenting income of 416 million euros (around $560 million) each, even though the statute of limitations had expired on the charge. The designers have denied the charges. Defense lawyer Massimo Dinoia pledged to appeal the ruling, saying the fact the court issued an acquittal on a charge that had expired, instead of just letting it fall to the statute of limitations, "means the proof of their innocence is evident." Two years ago, a judge threw out a tax evasion and fraud case against the pair, whose label Dolce&Gabbana is a Milan fashion mainstay. Italy

Pandemonium broke out in Idanre local government, area of Ondo State as some suspected hoodlums allegedly destroyed a church building belonging to Fruit of Christ Church of God Ministry and also damaged property worth millions of Naira in the process. The barbaric action was said to have been sponsored by some elders in the community who claimed the church was built on a rock where their goddess was being worshipped. According to eye witnesses, the demolition was done by some people who came wearing jeans and shirts, armed with axes, hammers and guns while demolishing the building. A'sB gathered that the decision to demolish the Church's structure was taken at Ugha Council meeting which was headed by the King of the Community, Owa of Idanre land. But, the Church Founder, Prophetess Modupe Akinrinmade, said "I have been occupying this place since God called me over two years ago. When I bought the land from Pa. Charles Akinbobola, I met some people in the area who had

Seven students and two teachers of the Government Day Secondary School Damaturu, Yobe State, were on Sunday night killed by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The insurgents were also reported to have attacked a military checkpoint around the pilgrims area. Two of the insurgents were, however, killed by the military, while three security personnel were critically wounded during the attack, spokesman of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), Lazarus Eli, said. He said three of the attackers were captured with various weapons, including one AK47 riffle, one RPG bomb, 48 rounds of 7.62 (special) ammunition. The insurgents, according to eyewitnesses, gained entrance into the school and launched attack on the students at about 9.30 p.m. in their hostel. Mohammed Idi, who had gunshot wounds, told our correspondent at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital that he was shot by one of the insurgents after he came out of the ho

The death toll in the Edo State cult clashes has increased to 20. Also, the police in the state said they had arrested 10 persons in connection with the hostilities. Suspected members of Eiye Confraternity and Black Axe have since last Thursday engaged one another in supremacy battle in Benin, the state capital. Trouble, it was gathered, started last Thursday, when suspected members of the Eiye group went to the home of a member of the Black Axe to resolve issues bordering on money. It was learnt that while discussions were ongoing, the Black Axe member allegedly brought a Pump Action gun, and shot one of the visitors on the leg. Following this, friends of the victim later mobilised and went on a reprisal, visiting homes of suspected Black Axe members and attacking them. The attacks, our correspondent gathered, resulted in the killing of a friend of the suspect, around the New Benin. However, the fighting between members of the cult groups later escalated, extending to pl