The Iron Lady Many Won't Miss

She came, she saw, she conquered. That could be the way Margaret Hilda Thatcher would have liked to be remembered. The Iron Lady of British politics achieved the distinction of being the longest-serving prime minister of Britain since 1827. Her conservative politics led to the implementation of such radically-conservative policies as the poll tax. In her single-minded determination to reverse Britain's economic decline in the 1980s, she promoted policies based on monetarism, privatisation, deregulation, small government, lower taxes and free trade. She successfully crushed the influence of the hitherto powerful trade unions, privatised state-owned industries and fought a decisive war with Argentina to keep the Falkland Islands under the British flag.

Man allegedly kills friend over lover

CALABAR—  ONE Abraham Bepeh of  Betukwel community in Obubu Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been arrested  by the police for allegedly killing  his friend identified as Richard Beshel Mashok with whom he had been having a running battle over a lover, Miss Anna Ushie.
Abraham is now with the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID,  at the Police Headquarters, Diamond Hill in Calabar, where the Officer-in-Charge of homicide, Mr. Joseph Inuyashe, said he was to explain why he killed the deceased.

CAN U-17 Championship: World Cup Ticket Beckons on Eaglets

*Ready for Junior Elephants today*

 Golden Eaglets go into Wednesday's second West African derby against the Junior Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire at the on-going CAF Under-17 Championships in Morocco with a place at the FIFA World Cup in UAE later in the year on their minds. A win automatically guarantees the Eaglets passage to the global stage.

Nigeria leads group B of the tournament after beating Ghana 6-1 win on Sunday while both Cote d’Ivoire and Congo cancelled themselves out in a 1-1 draw.

Fashola to lift ban on religious activities in schools

Lagos State government is considering lifting the ban placed on religious activities in primary schools in the state, even as Governor Babatunde Fashola said the citizens must cooperate with security agencies for effective security.
Fashola, who disclosed this, yesterday, during a courtesy visit by members of the Anglican Communion, Diocese of Lagos West, led by the outgoing Bishop, Rt. Rev. Peter Adebiyi, argued that every major city in the world had its own black spot.
He said: “I assure you that we will do something on the ban placed on religious studies in our public schools.”
“I could not agree anymore with the claim about the suggestion to improve the moral content of learning. And this relates with the issue we have also raised at our weekly executive meeting today (yesterday) that the most intelligent person has no learning if he or she has no compassion and fear for God.”

Boston Marathon Bombings: 3 dead, 144 wounded as witnesses describe horror

It was a gruesome end to what should have been a celebration of triumph. One man’s legs were instantly blown off, yet he kept trying to stand up.

Exhausted marathoners had to muscle the energy to flee the bloody scene. And more than 140 people were hospitalized, some in critical condition.

18 Arrested In Connection With Attack On Police Station In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday said that it has arrested 18 armed bandits in connection with the bombing of a police station in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state.
Some of the suspects are immigrants from some African countries such as Chad, Niger Republic and Cameroun who specialized in stealing cows belonging to Fulani herdsmen.
The state police Commissioner, Olufemi Adenaike who said the suspects were nabbed in their hideouts inside the forest, added that it took the joint efforts of policemen and soldiers to effect the arrests.

3 Nigerian footballers caught age cheating

Reports from Morocco, venue of the African U-17 Championship Saturday evening said that three players of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have failed the MRI test conducted by the Confederation of African Football, CAF on all the players playing in the competition.
MRI test, which can accurately determine the ages of players, conducted on Friday showed that two defenders and a striker were above the age limit for the competition.
The affected players are Wilfred Onyinye Ndidi (Nath FC, Lagos), Ibrahim Abdullahi (Sardauna Academy, Kano) and Emmanuel Asadu (Amuneke Academy).

“Boko Haram Will Stop Killing, If Jonathan Doesn’t Run For Presidency In 2015″

The President of Ondo State Unification of Cherubim and Seraphim, Primate Ademisokun Turton has stated that the incessant killings by the outlawed Islamic sect,Boko Haram will come to an end as soon as President Goodluck Jonathan discloses his 2015 political ambition.
 The cleric said this in Akure, Ondo state capital at the inauguration of the Unification of the Churches in the state that the insecurity situation in Nigeria will come to an end the moment President Goodluck Jonathan makes it public that he is not re-contesting in 2015.

You can now send money on Facebook using GTBank (LOOK)

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has yet again raised the service bar for Nigerian banks with the unveiling of its ‘Social Banking’ service on Facebook which allows the public open GTB accounts via their Facebook account.

The new offering which is the first of its kind by any Nigerian Bank allows GTBank Social Account holders transfer money, purchase airtime, pay bills, and confirm their account balance on Facebook.
Speaking at the launch of the social banking platform, the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the bank, Mr Segun Agbaje said the bank is committed to ensuring its stakeholders perform financial transactions at their convenience and would continue to introduce safe and novel alternative channels for them to do so.
He further confirmed that the Social Account is different from having a regular GTBank account as it enables people perform banking activities like money transfers, airtime purchases and bills payments while on Facebook.

$81,500 returned: Two teenagers give tens of thousands back to elderly man

Two Norwegian boys win the good deed of the month award as they returned $81,500 to the person that lost it. The Epoch Times reported on Thursday, April 11, 2013, that the money was found in a bag on a train and the $81,500 returned to the elderly passenger that left it.

"When I opened the bag, the first thing I saw were these wads and wads of bills,” one of the teens, named Bendik, was quoted by AFP as saying.
“My first thought was to call the police,” he said.

Pastor Bans Church Members From Reading Bible Using IPAD And Blackberry

Popular televangelist and general overseer of the Promised Land Ministries, 

Pastor Seyi Ogunorunyinka has banned his congregation from studying the scripture with the aid of blackerry, ipad, iphone or other items of luxury.

Man Impregnates Two Daughters, Attempts defiling Third | Digitalk World.

A 58-year-old man from Agbura community, Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State was on Thursday arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his two daughters.