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Nollywood Actress and singer Tonto Dikeh has been confirmed as the next person to represent Nigeria in the  forthcoming  season of Big Brother Africa StarGame. Tonto Dikeh who has since been receiving congratulatory messages from her friends is one of the people to watch out for this new season. The last year edition featured the late Nigeria’s Afro pop singer, Goldie Susan Harvey. Source:  naijaurban

The National Universities Commission (NUC) wishes to announce to the general public, especially parents and prospective undergraduates that the under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards etc) Act CAP E3 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The “Universities” are List of Illegal Degree Awarding Institutions Operating in Nigeria. The National Universities Commission (NUC) wishes to announce to the general public, especially parents and prospective undergraduates that the under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards etc) Act CAP E3 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. The “Universities” are: 1) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in Nigeria. 2) Christians of Charity American University of Sc...

Here is a video where Nigeria’s Minister of State Foreign Affairs Disgraced in New York City The minister of foreign affairs was confronted by many supporters of the occupy nigeria movement and these scenes below occured please  watch and comment your opinion below:

Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the North has taken a resolute decision not to support the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan should he decide to run in 2015.   Rather than give its blessing to Jonathan’s re-election, the north is now fine-tuning strategies to project one of its leading lights for the presidency in 2015 with Speaker Aminu Tambuwal increasingly winning the favour of some northern governors. Influential Northern political leaders were deeply concerned about the deteriorating quality of life in Nigeria, particularly in the North occasioned by endless poverty and intractable security challenges that have continued to claim lives and property. In addition, political gladiators in the region were peeved by the attempt by President Jonathan to dump the gentleman’s agreement he reportedly entered into with Northern governors in 2010 to serve for only one term of four years. A Northern governor, who told that he was part of the team t...

In a well attended ceremony that showed the lighter side of the military profession, a soldier horse with the 1 Mechanised Div in Kaduna and serving as the unit’s mascot got married to a civilian mare after paying a dowry of N20, 000 in Kaduna.  It was a celebration galore at the headquarters of the One Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna recently when Sergeant Dan Fari Akawala, a horse that is serving as the mascot of the division took a wife in a grand style. Sergeant Akawala was enlisted into the Nigerian Army in March 2012 with Army number (2011/66/8363) to replace Sergeant Farin Doki who died in March 2011 after serving the Nigerian Army for over 10 years. Weekly Trust gathered that the wedding which was held inside the headquarters of the Division was attended by all the who-is-who in the Division. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) , Major General Garba A. Wahab chaired the occasion. All the six tents used for the wedding were filled to the brim, as all those...

A 20-year-old Nigerian, Favour Odozor, has emerged as the youngest with the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) in both Nigeria and South Africa.   Mr. Odozor who graduated alongside 15 other trained pilots at the Afrika Union Aviation Academy (AUAA), Mafikeng, South Africa on Saturday was described as the new hope of the African aviation industry. Capt. Allan Roebuck, Director of AUAA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg that Mr. Odozor completed all the 37 flying procedures in record time. “The academy is proud of this young Nigerian, with the award of licence and certificate to him. Today, I can say he is the youngest commercial licence pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa. “I cannot say now if he is the youngest African to attain that record, but I’m sure he is the youngest in South Africa and Nigeria,’’ he said. The AUAA director noted that it requires a lot of hard work, focus, punctuality and discipline to be trained as a commercial pilot. “I...

Three female undergraduates of Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State, who were declared missing have been sighted in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates(UAE), PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The students, Omoeneme Maureen, Ajao Aminat Romoke and Oludegun Morufat Olayinka, have been missing from the school for several weeks, and had become a source of worry for the college management and their parents. The school authorities and the families of the three100 level French students, had searched various parts of the state including various accidents scenes and mortuaries during the search for the students. There had also been rumours that ritualists might have kidnapped and used the ladies for ulterior actions. One of the girls eventually made contact and told a search party that they were in Dubai to seek greener pastures. When contacted, the Registrar of the College, Tunji Kanimodo, confirmed the story, adding that the students’ action was amazing. Mr. Kanimod...

Are you afraid that the special girl in your life is about to call it quits? Here are a few warning signs you should look out for. 1. She Doesn’t Make Future Plans Planning ahead is a major factor that shows that a relationship is serious. Women in love usually can’t resist discussing the future. They want to talk about marriage and kids and everything connected to that. If your girl suddenly stops talking about a future with you, then it’s time to be worried. 2. She Avoids Your Family & Friends A girlfriend that wants to be a permanent feature in your life will make an effort to get close to your family and your friends. If she starts avoiding your family and friends and dodging your family engagements then it’s very likely that she no longer wants to be a part of your life. 3. She Doesn’t Confide In You If your girlfriend begins to tell everyone else but you her problems, then you have a serious problem of your own. A girlfriend who’s still interested in being w...

The war of words between the immediate past governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel and the incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, took a new dimension over the weekend when the later took a swipe at Daniel saying that his eight year rule in the State was misrule adding that the party under which he governed the state, PDP is ‘dead and buried in the State.’ Ibikunle Amosun Daniel, who governed the state in 2003 to 2011, was according to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, confused with the level of developments going on in the state, saying that with the feat, PDP is naturally dead and buried in the State. His words, “I sympathise with them. They are confused. They are frustrated. They don’t even know what is happening. They are perplexed, an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” We have responsibilities to govern but they don’t have. What they are doing now is to shoot the government down.Let me use this opportunity to tell them that the PDP is dead and buried in Ogun State. everyday...

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to launch violent attacks on mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations of Islamic followers, as well as assassinations of clerics who propagate doctrines of hate. According to MEND in a statement issued on Sunday evening and signed by its spokesperson Gbomo Jomo, the proposed attacks is a crusade to save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation and will form the core mission of this crusade code named “Operation Barbarossa”. According to MEND, "On behalf of the hapless Christian population in Nigeria, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (M.E.N.D), will from Friday, May 31, 2013, embark on a crusade to save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation. The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics that propagate doctrines of hate, will form the core mission of this crusade code nam...

Insiders have disclosed to societynowng that the marriage of Nigerian international footballer, Osaze Odemwingie is troubled. The sources claim family members and friends are of the conviction that ‘marriage is having an adverse effect on his career’. Before he embraced downward spiral after his marriage – Odemwingie was a darling of football fans both in his country and club. The West Brom Albion striker got married to his wife, Sarah Fallon on 26 May 2012- after two years of dating. He engaged authorities of the nation’s football governing body- Nigerian Football Federation and national team coach in a manner that attracted wide spread condemnation and got him sidelined. The former Locomotive Moscow star went on to engage club authorities in similar manner, to an extreme of single handedly trying to switch to another club. The move earned him wide spread ridicule. It also forced him out of team play and reduced him to the status of ‘training material’. Information...

Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State is about putting behind it the recent killing of six secondary school teachers, including a principal, the local government was again plunged into mourning as many students were, on Saturday, murdered in cold blood by some gunmen suspected to be members of the Jama’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lid’ Awati, also known as Boko Haram. Sunday Tribune learnt that the gunmen killed many students of Monguno Secondary School by slitting their throats, after laying an ambush for them as they returned home from centres where they wrote the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). Monguno is 135 kilometres North of Maiduguri, the state capital; and it is considered to be an epicentre of activities of the Islamist sect. The gunmen, according to a villager, Mallam Aisami, ambushed the candidates on their way home on foot and bicycles. He added that the assailants tied the students’ hands together at their...

The Presidency has described former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), as the major sponsor of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram and a leading protagonist of violence. It said that apart from his ambition to rule the country again, Buhari had refused to contribute meaningfully to actions capable of ending insecurity in the country. Buhari, a National Leader of the CPC, had, on the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday, said that the Federal Government should be blamed for the lingering security challenges in the country. According to Punch Newspaper, Buhari also flayed the Goodluck Jonathan administration for what he called “poor handling of insurgency” that had led to the death of many Nigerians and destruction of properties. While reacting to this, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said it was unfortunate that such a st...