Nigerian movie star, Toyin Aimakhu, has expressed her desire to emulate the likes of senior colleagues; Joke Silva and Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde. Toyin, in an interview with Encomium, stated that she wishes to live exemplary lives the above movie legends have lived. Omotola and Joke Silva have both enjoyed stable marriages; a development that is not…
Day: June 10, 2014
Mayhem In Edo As Lawmakers Remove Speaker, 6 Others
Some members of the Edo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday morning, suspended the Speaker of the Assembly, Uyi Igbe, and six others. The lawmakers, mostly members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, stormed the Assembly complex in a commando style and broke into the chamber, which was under lock and key. It was gathered…
Bomb Scare In Abuja, Market Closed
Residents of Wuse area of Abuja were shocked on Tuesday morning to see that roads leading to the Wuse Market were blocked by stern-looking policemen. When some of them sought to know the reason behind the development, they learnt that members of the Boko Haram group planned to carry out a bomb attack in the…
Multiple Frauds In Fidelity Bank Give Customers Sleepless Nights
Frauds, undoubtedly, cannot be totally taken away in financial institutions as big as Fidelity Bank, but when such becomes rampant, it gives customers several reasons to worry and probably, have their hearts in the mouths. This can probably best describe the situation of things with customers of the financial institution that ironically prides itself as…
The Danger In Stephen Keshi’s Peak Milk Advert, By Pas Chikero
The world is counting down to the biggest football festival in human history; the FIFA World Cup, which will be going down in Pele’s home country, Brazil. Several Nigerians all over the world have been buying tickets as they get ready to actualize their Brazilian dream! Mind you, I didn’t say “Brazilian hair”. The fact…
Boko Haram Strikes In Chibok Again, Picks 20 Women
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram, over the weekend, abducted not less than 20 women near Chibok, Borno State. On April 15, 2014, the group kidnapped over 250 students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS in Chibok and have not yet released over 200 of the girls. The…