It was a celebration galore on friday as Céphas Nshimyumuremyi of Ngororero District scooped the Rwf6 million prize in the Educat-GT Bank Entrepreneurship Award. Nshimyumuremyi is the owner of Musanze-based Uburanga Products Ltd that manufactures herbal cosmetics and soaps from assorted local plants. He beat the 12 finalists selected from some 500 entrepreneurs who entered [...]
12 years old boy shot by police
Another shooting saga has hit the US, this time in Cleveland. A 12 years old, who was alleged to be playing with a fake gun was shot down by the police. According to eyewitnesses, the boy, identified as Tamir Rice, was hanging out with his mates on play ground, when someone called 911 to report a boy holding what seems like a fake gun, scaring people with it. The 911 caller [...]
The First “Poo Bus” Introduced in the U.K
(Constative) LAGOS -- The quest of finding alternative to gas consuming transport means has seen a major success in the U.K. This week marked the debut of the U.K.'s first "poo bus," which looks like a regular diesel commuter bus but runs solely on food and human waste. Passengers will be shuttled between Bath and Bristol Airport, while making use of biomethane gas produced by [...]
Nollywood Actress Bukky Wright Ventures Into Politics
Entertainment Industry in Nigeria has never before witnessed this much diversion of interests into politics among entertainers in the Country. One of Nollywood's finest, Bukky Wright, popularly known for her role in Omotara Johnson (JB) has also indicated interest in joining politics. Bukky Wright will be contesting for House of Representatives, where she will be [...]
FG bans the use of phone in prison
The Federal Government has banned the use of mobile phones in all the prison formations by the inmates and prison officials. It also directed the Nigerian Prison Service authorities to recover all handsets from inmates within 30 days. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who handed down the order on Saturday in Abuja, during an interactive meeting with the senior officers of the [...]
Judiciary workers threaten to resume strike Dec 1
Judiciary workers under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria have threatened to resumed their nationwide strike over alleged unwillingness of state governments to implement court judgment barring piece-meal funding of the nation’s judiciary. The union, which suspended its three weeks strike in July, took the decision to resume the industrial action at an emergency [...]
Google Faces Yet Another Tussle With European Officials
Could this be a tough time for the world's number one search ENGINE? Let's watch as things proceeds following the recent report that the European Parliament is getting ready to call for a breakup of Google. This was made known by a report (subscription) on Friday by the Financial Times. A draft motion cited by the FT suggests the separation, or "unbundling," of the [...]
I am ready for the Police — Tambuwal
Aminu Tambuwal has said he is ready for questioning by the police or any security agency. In a statement on Saturday, Tambuwal who warned the police against being used by one of the arms of government to undermine the others. He decried the falsehood perpetrated by the police to justify its invasion of the National Assembly on Thursday. The statement reads: “The attention of [...]
Synagogue’s collapsed building: TB Joshua files suit to stop inquest
Despite efforts by a Lagos State coroner to formally question Pastor T.B. Joshua regarding the collapse of his Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in December, the Pastor and his cartel of attorneys seem ardent on scuttling the inquest. One of the church's counsels, Olalekan Ojo, informed the coroner, Magistrate Oyetade Komolafe, that SCOAN and Joshua have filed a [...]
Robbers in Guinea Steals blood samples believed to be infected with Ebola,
Aljazeera: Robbers in Guinea have stolen blood samples believed to be infected with Ebola, the Red Cross in the West African nation has said. The samples, stored in tightly wrapped vials tucked into a cooler bag, were in the care of a Red Cross courier who was among nine passengers sharing a taxi when three men on a motorbike robbed the vehicle and took the samples, said Saa [...]
DSS Invade APC office in Ikaja, Lagos
Information reaches us via The News states that a team of Department of State Security men and some Naval Police officers has invaded the Ikeja office of the All Progressives Congress. According to reports, the APC office at Bamishale Street, Allen Avenue in Lagos is being used by the APC as a data office. Thirty data entry officers were arrested in the operation. Many [...]
How To Get Pregnant Online For Free!
When I was young, making love was for fun, but now, those days are gone! All by myself. I think you should know better. For sure, so many things are indeed taking some rather serious dimensions. You could recall that what we have today in the world, when compared with how they used to be, could be referred to as a fairy tale. Once upon a time, when single women and [...]
Boko Haram started with Dele Giwa murder in 1986 — NRC
Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, on Thursday in Kaduna, said the activities of the outlawed group, Boko Haram, actually started in 1986 when the Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, was killed through a parcel bomb. Odinkalu also lamented what he regarded as democratization of violence since the return to civil rule in 1999. Besides, the Professor of Law accused former governor [...]
Boko Haram: About 47 feared dead in Borno fresh attack
About 47 people were said to have died in recent terrorist attack in Maidugiri, Borno State. Villagers narrated that the attackers invaded the town on Wednesday, killing scores. The Village of Azura Kuya, in Mafa Borno State, where the ill incident took place voiced out their fears and condemnation of the barbaric act through the caretaker chairman of Mafa local Government, [...]
Two sisters arrested for smuggling Marijuana to brother in cell
NAN reports that two sisters,Mrs Atinuke Adebayo,32,and Miss Shade Oyetubi,24, were apprehended by officers of Nigeria Prison Services while trying to smuggle marijuana to their brother in cell. According to NAN,their brother,Babatunde is facing charges of assault and armed robbery before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya. Speaking with pressmen, the prison official who foiled the [...]
The rise of new media over traditional media
The rise of the new media over traditional media is among the keynote discussion today in the ongoing World internet conference taking place in Wuzhen, China. According to CCTV news report monitored by Constative News, most news website are experiencing large increase in the number of people that access news through the internet on daily basis. Some of the news apps developed [...]
Authorities of Yabatech warns students against Cultism
Authorities of the Yaba College of Technology, (Yabatech) in Lagos, on Wednesday, warned students against participating in cultism, gangsterism and other vices that could endanger their careers on campus. The Director of the Public Relations Unite of the college, Mr. Charles Oni, gave the warning in an interview in Lagos. Oni said the college would no longer tolerate acts of [...]
How A Nigerian Father Marries His OWN Daughter To Stay In Britain
A Nigerian Father marries his OWN daughter to stay in Britain! How bizarre is that? A Nigerian Home Office worker 'married' his own daughter to get her a British visa, the Daily Mail can reveal. The extraordinary scam was apparently executed by Jelili Adesanya while ministers turned a blind eye. Mr Adesanya, 54, has lived here for more than 30 years and holds a British [...]
Gunman killed, 3 injured in a campus shooting.
A gun man met his end on Thursday at Florida state university. The authorites in Tallahassee Fla. are still investigating the overnight shooting on the campus of Florida State University that left three wounded and the gunman dead. At a news conference early Thursday, the police said that they were trying to piece together the circumstances that led to the shooting at Strozier [...]
National Assembly shut
In line with the development this morning, at the National Assembly, the Senate President, David Mark has ordered it shut until Tuesday next week. The Speaker of the house of Rep, Aminu Tambuwal, was refused entry by security agents. There was pandemonium, it was gathered that some APC lawmakers forced the way open for Tambuwal. It was in the heat of this controversy that [...]
I hardly get what I want in life.
At the gathering of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on thursday, President Goodluck Jonathan says that he hardly gets what he looks forward to in life. The President spoke while hosting members of the Presidential Declaration Committee led by a former Minister of Defence, Dr. Haliru Bello, to a luncheon. The number one citizen [...]
Updates: Pandemonium at National Assembly as SSS stops Tambuwal
The report from Abuja has it that the speaker of the house of rep Aminu Tambuwal and some other members of the national assembly have been stopped from entering the National Assembly complex by the men of State Security Service (SSS). Updates: Police fired teargas at the National Assembly Thursday as security operatives barred the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu [...]
China and Nigeria sign multi-billion dollar railway contract
China and Nigeria signed an official construction contract early Thursday, Beijing time, to build a railway along the African country’s coast, China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (CRCC) said. The 11.97 billion U.S. dollar contract is China’s single largest overseas contract project, the CRCC said. The coastal 22-stop railway, which will stretch for 1,402 kilometers, will [...]
Nigeria: The 4th most dangerous country in the world
In January, 2010, Forbes put Nigeria at number 10 in the list of most dangerous countries in the world. It was at that time from the South South region of the country. The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) was at rampage, bombing pipelines, kidnapping expatriates. And that was fair enough to get the oil rich country to the tenth position. The argument has [...]
Two commit suicide in Ondo state
Wonders they continued to say; would never come to an end! But in as much as we continues to hear it day after day, it simply keep helping us to understand that it is surely never going to end. The city of Akure in Ondo state witnessed a confusing incident yesterday when Lanre Falodu-24, hung himself in a church premises in Owo area of the state, where he was taken for [...]
Miss Honduras was shot while trying to flee
Further details about the sad incident of the murder of Miss Hondura,Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, who was due to participate in the forth coming Miss World beauty pageant continues to emerge as investigation continues. In a report by AFP, it is believed that Maria Jose Alvarado was shot on the back while making effort to escape from her sister's jealous boyfriend. The full story [...]
Man bags 1 year jail term for land scam
Justice Salihu Yahuza of the Federal High Court Dutse, Jigawa State, today November 18, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Umar A Umar of TB and Leprosy Control Programme in Northern Nigeria to one year imprisonment on a one count charge for obtaining the sum of N2.1 million under false pretence. The convict obtained the sum from one Dr Tahir Dahiru with the pretence that he had [...]
FG approves N272m contract for Abuja light rail
(Pm) The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N272 million contract for consultancy services for the feasibility study and conceptual design of Lots Four, Five, and Six of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit System. This was the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, [...]
Indonesian Police: ‘Virginity’ a requirement for policewomen
The Indonesian police continue to use a "degrading" invasive physical test to check for female recruits virginity, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has claimed. A manual examination is used to physically check for an intact hymen in the recruits, the report alleges. It is, according to the report, a long-standing part of the health check that women must undergo to be [...]
Students Protest Over Strike in Edo
The indefinite strike of four government owned tertiary institutions in Edo State has provoked the students as they took to the streets to the extents that Vehicular movement on the Benin-Ore Road was paralysed for some hours. The students, who carried placards with various inscriptions, barricaded the two dual carriage roads with used tyres, benches and plastic chairs, [...]
Mahmud Mohammed appointed as CJN
The Senate on Tuesday took a unanimous decision when it confirmed the nomination of Justice Mahmud Mohammed as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The confirmation was in line with President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the parliament requesting Mohammed’s appointment to be approved to replace outgoing Justice Aloma Muhktar. The screening started ealier when Sen. Victor [...]
Local content office begins operations soon – FG
Punch -- The National Content Office being established by the Federal Government to oversee the integration of local content in the nation’s Information and Communications Industry will soon begin full operation.President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed this in his address at the opening ceremony of e-Nigeria Conference and Exhibition which opened in Abuja on Tuesday. Jonathan, [...]
Two kids burnt Alive Over Their Mother’s Love Affair
Jos—Two kids, aged four and two, lost their lives in a fire that gutted their apartment at Kabong area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Vanguard gathered that the kids have been locked in a room by their mother, Talatu, a local beer seller in the area, who allegedly left them for an unknown destination till 2a.m. on Monday, when she returned to find her [...]
Wife stabs husband to death over money
It was not a good news to be related following a tragic incident that took place at Ikorodu area of Lagos State, between Folashade Sodiya, 27 and Jude Igbinedor, 39 on Wednesday, last week, on TK Balogun Street, Igbo Olomu, Ishawo. A mild argument over money issues turned tragic when a wife turned her kitchen knife into a slaughtering one when she stabbed her husband to death [...]
FG, US company signs MOU for $4bn 1200mw solar power project in Nigeria
THE Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of American investors in renewable energy, Motir Seaspire to deliver in the next five years, a project of 1,200 mega watts of solar-powered electricity in Nigeria. Signing the deal, valued at $4 billion in partnership with world’s largest private [...]
Speed limit devices to end road crashes- FRSC
Motorists across the nation has been called to duty by the FRSC to always have it mind that they are highly responsible for the lives not just that of their own but also that of commuters who entrust their lives in their cares on daily routines of running their day to day businesses. This call was made by the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety [...]
Messi: I may leave Barcelona in summer
During the international break, which saw Messi facing the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly. Leo Messi has given an interview to the newspaper Olé talking about various issues which includes the situation at Barça. "It's a big club. And when you lose two games in a row, you begin to anticipate problems, criticism from all sides. There came a new coach (Luis [...]
EFCC arrest fake DSTV agent
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on November 17, 2014 arraigned one Tope Ajayi Samuel and his company, Sky TV Global Media Limited, before Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano on a 3-count charge bordering on conspiracy and Intellectual theft. The accused was arrested on August 23, 2013 at Link 26, Bawo Road, Hausawa Quarters, Kano, for allegedly [...]
Lagos state government challenge policy makers on physically challenged people
Policy makers have been tasked to formulate policies and put in place measures that will make life more meaningful for physically challenged persons, especially because there is just a thin line between ability and disability. Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Youth and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru, gave the charge at the flag-off of the 2014 Disability Expo [...]
Arthur Eze Donates to Widows in Anambra, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, And Imo State
Awka the capital of Anambra state was home for several widows from the five southeastern states converged there to benefit from Arthur Eze's 4J empowerment program. At the occasion, it was really from the horse's mouth as the women were describing their experiences in carrying the burden of child rearing alone. There, one of them narrated her ordeal this way: "only a [...]