“Pay our N1.5 billion compensation”, ex-Biafran soldiers
Why do we women often despise each other? by Nkechi Johnson
Adenuga Exposes OBJ’s Corruption – ex-President Demands £1 million Pounds Payment
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In the wake of the several ingenious means recently devised by some students in Nigeria to cheat during the examinations for admission into tertiary institutions in the country, the registrar of Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde has sought the assistance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in curbing the menace of examination practices.
Some of the living ex-Biafran soldiers have cried out to the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay the N1.5 billion compensation it promised the veterans of the 1967-1970 civil war.
The Biafran war was led by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu in the quest by the Eastern part of Nigeria for self-determination from Nigeria.
by Nkechi Johnson
In countless occasions I’ve heard some women say, “I think I prefer most of my male friends to my female ones”, “I don’t enjoy the fact that we women are quick to pass unfair judgement on others’ achievements”, “why are we women usually reluctant to give support to each other?”. I can’t say of you, but my eardrums have been treated to these discordant tunes by women of different pedigrees and social standing in their appraisal of the disposition of fellow women towards one another. I must also add that my view on this topic is not left within the confines of my African descent.
Ex-President Demands £1 million Pounds Payment
As revealed in the yet-to-be officially released unauthorised biography of one of Nigeria’s business moguls and Africa’s telecoms giants, Dr. Mike Adenuga, the businessman expressed his shock when the former President Olusegun Obasanjo categorically demanded the sum of N250 million, an equivalent of £1 million, from him as a donation towards the Presidential Library Project of the ex-President.
Warns against misinformation
Apparently reacting to a recent flood of questionable opinions that ran on such new media platforms such as BlackBerry messenger (Bbm), Twitter, Facebook, blogs and their likes, on his purported attack by stroke, former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in an interview with CheckOut Magazine in London, had praises for the advent of new media but suggested that caution should temper their use.
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As Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioramma, Eze Igbo gburugburu returns to the timeless terrestrial, the Ndigbo will forever be awed and serenaded by the aura, bravery, charisma, confidence, defiance, intellect, mythology and vision of Ikemba. They will forever worship at the altar of his Biafranism and romanticise its good, bad and ugly legacy. |
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Some never-say-die young entrepreneurs are making my research work easy on the streets of Lagos. In a country where the true essence of entrepreneurship is gradually being eroded and its real definition is being twisted by the crop of some brain-stressed nouveau riche, it’s very reassuring to see some young Nigerians, with less opportunity, still very determined to bring lofty ideas from obscurity to reckoning. |
 Benjamin Joseph & Funke Akindele Latest Movie – Funke Akindele and Benjamin Joseph join in “Married But Living Single Talented Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele stars alongside an adorable counterpart, Joseph Benjamin in ‘Married but living single’ a drama directed by Tunde Olaoye and produced by Kaleijaye Adeboye about the crisis that walked its way into a family when one of the partners fell in love with work-life than their matrimony. |
Paceworking Celebrates International Women’s Week
Paceworking, one of the leading names in professional events management and consulting in the UK had, on the 9 March 2012, business leaders gathered together at the Rydges Hotel, Kensington to celebrate Women’s International Week. Seye Aina, the CEO of Paceworking and organiser of the event said, in her opening remarks, “it is important to have annual events like this in order to recognise, empower and celebrate the role of women all over the world and particularly in Africa. International Women’s Day is recognised by the United Nations and is observed around the world annually on the 8 March”.
Facebook announced on April 23 that its total revenue rose 45 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2012, but its profit fell 12 percent.
Facebook boosted revenue from US$731 million in the first quarter of last year to $1.06 billion in the quarter that ended March 31. Its net income fell from $233 million to $205 million, according to a Form S-1 that the company filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
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