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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented a bowl of rice as one the registered voters during the recently concluded gubernatorial election in Anambra State.  The bowl of rice pictured in INEC's voter's roll was registered as a 37 year old male voter in Umuerodili township in Anambra State.

A British Airways jet crashed into a building just before take-off at Johannesburg’s main airport on Sunday night December 22nd 2013, injuring four airport officials. The flight was on its way to London when it had the impact that left four airport officials injured. This photograph, taken by passenger Harriet Tolputt, shows the aftermath of the crash, with the plane’s wing buried in a building. The flight veered off the taxiway as it headed to the runway and buried its right wing in the two-storey brick structure. A spokesman for OR Tambo airport said all 182 passengers were taken off the 747 to spend the night in a hotel. A statement from the South African Civil Aviation Authority’s (SACAA) preliminary report, the B747-400 aircraft was cleared for takeoff on Runway 03L. The statement read: It was confirmed to the SACAA that the air crew got instructions from the Air Traffic Control to taxi using taxi way B. The crew continued onto taxi way M which is narrower re...

For how long are you going to hide that paunch? Let's not run away from the problem and, instead, face it head on! Arnav Sarkar gives you the weapons to banish stomach fat forever. Read Arnav's tips below to shed those baggy clothes... 1. Strength train at least 3 days a week . This will help boost your metabolism and help you burn more calories even at rest. Ditch the “500 crunches” workouts and do more intense core work with exercises like windmills, Turkish situps, hanging leg raises, etc. Perform 2-3 HIIT or high intensity interval training workouts a week. These need not and should be long in duration, 10-20 minutes is enough if done correctly. Get more active. Even if you spend 1 hour a day in the gym on all days of the week, it is still just 7 hours of a total of 168 hours in the week. Try to make the best of the remaining hours by getting more active.Plan playtime with friends/kids, and move a lot more during the day. 2. Get 6-8 hours of sleep eac...

Dr Daniel Olukoya-led Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries church, MFM, will today Dec. 19th begin a crusade to close down all beer parlor outlets in Lagos and turn them into their praying centres. Well, that's their plan, they can only try. Lol The church says it took the decision to close down beer parlors because alcohol consumption & crime go hand in hand. They say the action would ultimately help depopulate the kingdom of darkness. Ogba, Ikeja is their kickoff base, so all you beer drinkers in that area, make una get ready. Hehe. Speaking on the strategy to be adopted, Pastor Aderemi Oseni, Regional Pastor for Region 32 MFM Ogba, Lagos, he said; "We want to convert beer parlours into our praying centres. At the end of the crusade, the kingdom of darkness would be depopulated completely. I am aware that powers of darkness have converted major roads to shines in this environment. We want to pull down all shrines". The crusade, tagged 'Overcoming The S...

An upcoming Nollywood actor recently escaped death on a movie location. According to reports, the actor whose name is yet to be confirmed was involved in the accident while shooting a kidnapping scene of a movie being directed Onyeka Ikechukwu. It was learnt that while on the floor acting out his role, another new actor had jumped into a waiting vehicle and while trying to escape from assailants, accidentally ran over his colleague. The incident occurred few days after the director of the said movie, Ikechukwu escaped death when a gunshot mistakenly went off and narrowly missed him during an equipment check, Movie Moments had reported. This action was said to have caused pandemonium and disturbed shooting proceedings as the actor was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he’s currently recuperating. Also, shooting has been postponed till further notice.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has confirmed the suspension of its over five-months-old strike, FullyReported can report. ASUU Chairman, University of Lagos Chapter, Karo Ogbinaka, on Tuesday told Channels Television that the union decided to call off the protracted protest after a marathon meeting held on Mon day in Minna, Niger State capital. DailyPost had reported earlier that ASUU suspended its five months-old strike after a meeting it held at the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna. Ogbinaka added that, in line with ASUU procedures, the different chapters of union would meet on Wednesday to inform members and managements of Universities about the latest development. “We expect the students to resume and their members to go back to work immediately after the congress meeting, and we expect the government to keep to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)”, Ogninaka stated.

We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Presidency acknowledges that it has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo. We however find it highly unbecoming, mischievous and provocative that a letter written by a former Head of State and respected elder statesman to President Jonathan has been deliberately leaked to the mass media in a deplorable effort to impugn the integrity of the President and denigrate his commitment to giving Nigeria the best possible leadership. While many patriotic, objective and well-meaning Nigerians have already condemned the leaked letter as self-serving, hypocritical, malicious, indecent, and very disrespectful of the highest office in the land, President Jonathan has directed that none of his aides or any government official should join issues with Chief Obasanjo over it. The President himself will, at the appropriate ti...

The Presidency has confirmed the receipt of a ‘stinging’ and ‘acerbic’ letter from former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan. The letter; laced with fulminations, castigated the President for the way he was running the country, his polarizing politics and his deceptive carriage. “The Presidency acknowledges that it has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo”, said Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati. Visibly embarrassed that the letter was now in the public domain, Abati continued: “Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Jonathan is unbecoming, self serving and highly provocative. We find it unbecoming that the letter has been leaked to the media in a deplorable effort to impugn the integrity of the President. While many patriotic, objective and well meaning Nigerians have already condemned the leaked letter as self serving, hypocritical and malicious, President Jonathan has directed that none of his aides or any Government offi...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reported that its personnel effected the return of the sum of $8,500 and other personal effects, valuables and luggage to a traveler, Mrs. Dilalat Titilayo Onabokun who had earlier misplaced them at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport. According to a statement released by the FAAN spokesperson, Yakubu Datti, the passenger was delighted to retrieve her misplaced properties. The statement said,” The joy of a Nigerian traveler, Mrs. Dilalat, Titilayo Onabokun, who lost a lump sum of money while returning to her base in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, knew no bounds, when she was informed by officials of the Aviation Security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria that her lost money, $8,500.00 has been found. “The office of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) took over the investigation, checked the content of the baggage and discovered among other items, the address of the owner as well as the contact num...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will suspend the five months strike next week after the union signed a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect with Federal Government on Wednesday ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, who signed the agreement on behalf of the union, confirmed to journalists that the strike would be called off next week following agreement signed by both parties. Fagge said the MoU contained all the demands presented by the union. Details later...

An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written what clearly competes as one of the most acerbic letters in modern history to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria. “Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter dated December 2, 2013 and exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday. He said Mr. Jonathan has failed to deliver on his promises to the Nigerian people, stem corruption, promote national unity and strengthen national security. He said in the letter titled “Before it is too late” that rather than take steps to advance Nigeria’s interest and up the standards of living of Nigerians, Mr. Jonathan had betrayed God and the Nigerian people that brought him to power, and has been pursuing selfish personal and political interests based on advice he receives from “self-centred aides”. In the detailed letter, dripping of a...

Festus Keyamo Lecture delivered by Festus Keyamo on the occasion of the marking of Isaac Adaka Boro Day in Port-Harcourt on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Permit me to wholeheartedly thank the organisers of this event for having considered me worthy enough to stand before you to say a few things to mark this day. It was only a few days ago that my friend and brother, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari informed me that I have been chosen to say some things on this occasion. He duly informed me that the topic would be “Goodluck Jonathan and the expectations of Nigerians”.   It is so apposite that today, being a day set aside to celebrate the life and times of Isaac Adaka Boro,  we are discussing Goodluck Jonathan, the first person (whether military or civilian) from the South-South extraction to become President and Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. There is no gain-saying the fact that the central theme of the life and times of Isaac Adaka Boro was the strugg...

Despite leaving Nigeria early for the funeral of late South African leader, Nelson Mandela, President Goodluck Jonathan has been snubbed by the South African authorities at the State Memorial Service of the anti-apartheid leader. PremiumTimesng reports that an official release of programmes during the memorial service shows that the Nigerian president was missing on the list of world leaders billed to give tributes. The world leaders who will be giving tributes are: • United State President, Barack Obama; •President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil; • Vice-President Li Yuanchao of China; •President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia; •President Pranab Mukherjee of India; and •President Raúl Castro Ruz of Cuba. Other leaders billed to give tributes are the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon; and the African Union Commission Chair, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Though Mr. Jonathan is not the only head of state that would not give tribute - there are about 90 heads of state attendi...

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door. SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?' MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman. SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?' MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily. SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?' MUM: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.' SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down. SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow $25?' The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.' The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.. The woman s...

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a powerful tribute Tuesday morning at the  memorial service for the late South African President Nelson Mandela . Here are his remarks, in full: To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of states and government, past and present; distinguished guests -- it is a singular honor to be with you today, to celebrate a life like no other.  To the people of South Africa -- people of every race and walk of life -- the world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.  His struggle was your struggle.  His triumph was your triumph.  Your dignity and your hope found expression in his life.  And your freedom, your democracy is his cherished legacy.  It is hard to eulogize any man -- to capture in words not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of a person -- their private joys and sorrows; the quiet moments and uniq...