Linda Ikeji pregnant – Sister

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Linda Ikeji is expecting a child, her sister, Laura Ikeji, announced on Sunday. In an Instagram update, Laura posted images of her sister’s baby bump, a development that has been warmly received on the Internet. The famous blogger reportedly got engaged to a man said to be based out of Nigeria a few months ago. Linda, 37, has been a role model for many Nigerians following her successful career as a blogger. She purchased a mansion in Banana Island, Lagos, in 2015 for amount reported to be around half a…

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iOS devs unite to challenge Apple’s App Store policies

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A GROUP of iOS developers have formed The Developers Union, a “non-union union” that wants to challenge Apple’s current App Store policies. “We believe that people who create great software should be able to make a living doing it,” the union, which is currently backed by more than 400 apps and 300 developers said on its website. “So we created The Developers Union to advocate for sustainability in the App Store.” In an open letter addressed to Apple, the firm’s first request is that Apple allows free trials for all apps by the App Store’s 10th…

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Man arrested for stabbing girl to death

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The 24-year-old man, Salu Ladayo, who allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old secondary school leaver, Confidence Nwama, to death in Oshinle area of Akure last week for refusing his love advances has blamed the devil for the incident. The suspect was paraded by Ondo State Police Command, weekend, in Akure alongside other suspects arrested for different offences in the state. The suspect said: “After she came back from the venue of her West African School Certificate, WASC, examination, she was told her that I was seen with another girl. She was very…

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Congo begins Ebola vaccinations today

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Health workers in Democratic Republic of Congo will begin a vaccination campaign today  aimed at containing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. A spokeswoman for the health ministry, Jessica Ilunga said 4,000 doses of vaccine were shipped on Saturday to Mbandaka, which last week registered the first cases in an urban area since the latest flare-up of the disease was announced earlier this month. Cases in Mbandaka, a port city on the Congo river, have raised concerns that the virus could spread downstream to the capital Kinshasa, which has a…

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Edo school loses 100 students to traffickers

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No fewer than 100 students of Idogbo Secondary School, Benin, were lost to human traffickers  in  the last four months. This was disclosed in Benin on Sunday during an advocacy programme by Solomon Okoduwa, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki on Human trafficking and illegal migration. Okoduwa said this fact was disclosed  to him by some teachers in the school, concerned about how the institution has become the harvesting ground for traffickers. Okoduwa  said government will not allow the evil to continue to thrive in the state.
Government will …

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Olufemi Ashipa: Nigeria loses N24bn monthly to electricity-generator market

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Nigeria’s electricity sector loses N24 billion monthly to the electricity-generator market despite the 60 million generating sets used in the nation’s urban environment, according to Olufemi Ashipa, Vice President, Marketing, Lumos Nigeria. He spoke at the Solar Future Nigeria 2018 conference held in Abuja, weekend, where he also said 61% of Micro SMEs in Nigeria spend between N500 to N1000 per day on fuel and as many as 85% of micro and small businesses rely on generators for the supply of electricity. “As a result, it is critical to note…

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Courageous civilians foil suicide attack in Yobe mosque

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The Nigerian Army said some courageous civilians on Sunday foiled a suicide bomb attack by a suspected female Boko Haram member on a mosque in Gashua, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri. “What would have otherwise been a devastating suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Gashua village in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe state has been successfully foiled today by vigilant members of the community. “A female…

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The real price of ‘changing the change’

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Top opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have been granting press interviews and addressing zonal political rallies talking about “CHANGING THE CHANGE” in next year’s general elections, without defining what exactly that means. As the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) gears up to celebrate the completion of three years of the Buhari government in the centre on May 29th, Nigerians need to be reminded of what the reversal of the achievements of this administration will amount to. The real meaning and cost of the “Changing the Change,” is that if…

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13 die after drinking toxic alcohol

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Police on Monday said 13 people died after consuming toxic alcohol in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state. Senior Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar said five people died on Saturday and eight on Sunday after consuming the locally-brewed alcohol in Kanpur district. Kumar said 10 others are being treated at various hospitals and the death toll could rise. So far 11 people suspected of being involved in the manufacture and sale of the alcohol have been arrested. Sale of the spirit with brand name Madhuri-442 has been banned. “We are carrying…

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Ikeja Hotels returns to Lagos bourse

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The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has given the management of Ikeja Hotels the approval to resume trading after reviewing the two-year suspension placed on the shares of the company on Nov. 10, 2016. According to a ‘facts behind the restructuring’ document released by Ms Tinuade Awe, NSE Executive Director Regulation, trading would commence on the shares of the company on May 21. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exchange, on Nov. 10, 2016, suspended trading on the shares of Ikeja Hotels due to a dispute among the…

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