According to DailyMail, the tribe, which lives in a remote corner of Ethiopia's Omo Valley, is home to an unusual ritual which sees young men gorge on cow's blood and milk in a bid to be crowned the fattest man. Six months after starting the regime, the men emerge to show off their […]
Month: January 2018
Nigeria’s inclusion to BRICS countries requires strong industrial sector — MAN
The quest of having Nigeria included in the league of BRICS countries will remain a mirage without a virile productive sector. The out-going chairman, Manufactucturers Association of Nigeria, MAN Apapa branch, Mr. John Aluya, made the remark at the association’s 42nd Annual General Meeting in Lagos. He said that the ambition will only be achieved […]
Stella Odua testimony: N255m cars not for me
ABUJA- MINISTER of Aviation ,Princess Stella Oduah, Thursday told members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation that the alleged purchase of N255million BMW armoured cars were not bought for her personal use. Oduah who astonished stakeholders with this disclosure at the investigative hearing on the issue in her 12 page presentation said: “As […]
Crises have slowed down economic development – Jonathan
ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, lamented that the crises in some parts of the country has slowed down economic development. He stated this while being presented with the 2013 Africa Peace Award from the United Religions Initiatives URI, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the president, internal stability is essential for the development […]
God‘ll judge Katsina-Alu for lying against me – Salami
ABUJA — Former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, who was suspended from office by the National Judicial Council, NJC, over alleged judicial misconduct, yesterday, said he has handed over the erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu to God, for not only lying against him, but also for […]
Nyiam exposed FG’s hidden plan with confab – Oshiomhole
ASABA — Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, Col. Tony Nyiam (rtd) has exposed the planned national conference as a fraud, saying excesses of the former army officer showed the conference was being planned to fail. Oshiomhole’s assertions nonetheless, several participants at the […]
Niger holds world’s highest childhood pregnancy rate, says UN
Geneva – The 20,000 girls below the age of 18 who give birth every day in developing countries make them and the countries they live in to face economic disadvantages, a UN report said on Wednesday. The report said that it made them face much higher health risks than older mothers. Every year, 7.3 million […]
ICC delays President Kenyatta’s trial to February 2014
THE HAGUE (AFP) – The International Criminal Court on Thursday postponed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trial on charges of crimes against humanity by three months to February next year. Kenyatta is accused of masterminding some of the 2007-8 post-election violence in Kenya that left over 1,000 people dead and several hundred thousand displaced. The Hague-based […]
N255m BMW bullet proof cars were not bought for me-Oduah
ABUJA-MINISTER of Aviation,Princess Stella Oduah Thursday told members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation that the alleged purchase of N255million BMW armoured cars were not bought for her personal use. Oduah who astonished stakeholders with this disclosure at the investigative hearing on the issue in her 12 page presentation said: “As you all […]
New PDP Refutes Gov. Aliyu’s Resignation from nPDP, G7 Governors
The Alhaji Kawu Baraje led PDP also known as the ‘nPDP’ has denied the alleged resignation of Governor Babangida Aliyu which was published in a national daily newspaper recently. The splinter PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze on inquiry by NF-Reports, described the publication as “a tissue of lies of the reporter and those […]