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Cattle Colonies; Meet The Igbo Man Who Breeds Cows And See How He Does It. Photos Following the trending Fulani herdsmen issue which has been rocking the country for some time now, sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to establish cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in their domain. Now a Facebook user, Uche Ezeigbo, has introduced an Igbo cattle rearer identified as Mr Tony Alika-Igwebuike, who breeds his cattle in a ranch he built by himself after much investment. The below story of the Igbo cattle breeder was shared on Facebook as a way to enlighten the herdsmen about destroying people’s crops with their nomadic way of breeding cows. Uche Ezeigbo wrote; Mr Tony Alika-Igwebuike is a cattle rearer/breeder, he isn’t Fulani, he’s...

Cristiano Ronaldo Came out with 3 stiches With Plaster Over His Eye After Nasty Facial Injury Cristiano Ronaldo has shown off the extent of the facial injuries he suffered during Real Madrid’s win over Deportivo. The Portuguese ace was left with face covered in blood as he stopped to head home a Casemiro cross for his second goal of the game in Real’s emphatic 7-1 win . After he scored, Ronaldo was desperate to find out what sort of damage he had done. As he was getting treatment, he borrowed a phone from Real’s physio to check on how he was looking. Ronaldo received more treatment after the match and showed off a scar next to his eye. He was back in training on Monday, arriving with a plaster on the wound. The Portuguese scored twice as Real returned to winning ways in style at the Bernabeu. After the clash, Zidane said: “He has got a wound and I think he’s been given two or three stitches. He’s all right.” On the win, he added: “It’s ...

Arms Manufacturer And Guns Runner Arrested With Fabricated Weapons. Photos Troops of Nigerian Army on internal security operations deployed at Akwanga highway Nasarawa State, yesterday  Wednesday 10th January 2018, arrested a suspected gun runner, Mohammed Bello, in an Opel Vectra Saloon Car with the fabricated guns heading to Saminaka to link up with his gang leader Damina Saminaka. During preliminary interrogation the suspect claimed to purchase the weapons for Thirty Thousand Naira (N30,000.00k), from a blacksmith gun fabricator named Dan Asabe Audu, who reside at Angbo Village, Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Determined to get to the root of the matter, the troops further went to the village where they found out that indeed Dan Asabe Audu has been in the business of illegal arms manufacturing for criminals for quite sometime. They found a complete arms factory with equipment and the products at various stages of production. Specifically, the tr...

Fake Soldier Arrested By Troops While Harassing Civilians In Lagos. Photos One Mr. Pascal Philip who goes about impersonating soldiers and molesting hapless and unsuspecting civilians at Isawo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State – was arrested and taken into custody by troops of 174 Battalion, 9 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Tuesday 10th January 2018…. The Suspect who was arrested while molesting innocent civilians in Isawo falsely claimed to be a personnel of 174 Battalion, Nigerian Army. He was arrested dressed in camouflage T-shirt molesting, extorting and intimidating law abiding civilians in the area. The suspect is currently under going further interrogation and would soon be handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.

Chelsea Star, Kante Crashes His Car After Collision With Lorry On His Way To Stamford Bridge. Photos Chelsea star N’Golo Kante crashed his car on Wednesday – but still took time for selfies with fans. The £32million midfielder, 26, was on his way to Stamford Bridge for the clash with Arsenal when he had a collision with a lorry. A fan filmed him exchanging details with the other driver and inspecting the damage near the ground in King’s Road, west London. The humble player has shunned flashy motors and kept his £20,000 Mini Cooper S despite earning £110,000 a week. The fan said: “His wing mirror was smashed and his front wheel arch was all dented. “He must have been pretty annoyed but he was more than happy for fans to take selfies with him.”

30 Shoemakers From Abia Begin Their Training In China With The Latest Equipment. Photos Thirty shoe makers from Abia State have begun their training in China in order to enhance their skills and set up Abia State Automated Shoe factory in Aba. The trainees are being taught with the latest range of shoe making equipment and technology in a bid to make lasting and good products. Upon the return of the trainees from China, governor Okezie Ikepeazu said the state would procure the full range of equipment required to set up a modern fully equipped shoe factory in the state. The governor added that the youths would form the nucleus of the workforce in the shoe factory which shall be launched before the middle of the year.

2018: IBB urges Nigerians to renew hope for the country The former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has urged Nigerians to renew hope of achieving more than we have achieved in the past years as we enter a new year, 2018. IBB, however, congratulated the people of Nigeria and advised them to use the New Year to renew their commitment to our collective prosperity, growth and development by contributing more to nation building and shun all forms of negative tendencies. “I have the hope that the nation we so sacrifice to keep going and to this age can only be better notwithstanding various security and economic challenges that has become a world order ; confronting every country of the world in different magnitude and in different way. “As Nigerians our unique strengths and characters to overcome our challenges collectively have never been in doubt, what we need now more than ever is to galvanize these unique qualities for the good of all as permissible u...

2017 worst year for Nigerians, says NLC Buhari vows to deal with oil sector saboteurs, prioritises infrastructure, security in 2018 By Lawrence Olaoye and Femi Oyelola Kaduna The Nigeria Labour Congress yesterday drew the attention of the Federal Government to the hardship being faced by Nigerians, stating that 2017 was one of the most difficult years for Nigerians in the history of the country. This is just as President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to investigate and get to the root of the activities of oil marketers whom he described as saboteurs for making life uncomfortable for Nigerians by making fuel unavailable by the yuletide. The NLC which stated this in its New Year message to Nigerians by its president Ayuba Wabba listed the various challenges and successes of the Nigerian government in 2017 as they affect workers. This is even as labour called on the Federal Government to immediately take steps to end the ongoing fuel scarcity of face mass action. The NLC s...

5 killed in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has said that five persons died and 13 others injured in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Ota, Ogun State, that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m. Mr. Oladele said that two vehicles and eighteen persons were involved in the accident that resulted in the death of five persons while 13 others sustained various degrees of injuries. The sector commander explained that a commercial bus with registration number MGD 129 ZF coming from Ibadan to Lagos, lost control and veered off the road and collided with a trailer with registration number DDA 121 XA that was parked by the road side. “The corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary in Ipara General Hospital, while the survivors are also receiving treatment at Sagamu and Victory Hos...

Wole Soyinka Blames Buhari For Fuel Scarcity, Says He Promised To End Fuel Scarcity In 1978 Professor Wole Soyinka is worried by the unnecessary hardship fuel scarcity is causing Nigerians. The Nobel laureate in a statement released yesterday recalled how Buhari promised to deal with the situation during a similar fuel crisis in 1977. Soyinka attached a news headline where Buhari promised to end fuel scarcity in 1978 to the statement titled Blame Passing. The statement reads; “In the accustomed tradition, I wish the nation less misery in the coming year. A genuine Happy New Year Greeting is probably too extravagant a wish. “The accompanying news clipping from June 1977 came into my hands quite fortuitously. It is forty years old. It captures the unenviable enigma that is the Nigerian nation. It is however a masterful end-of-year image to take into the coming year, not only for the individual now at the helm of government, General Buhari, but for a people surely cre...

Woman Accidentally Bites Off Husbands Testicles During Aggressive Lovemaking. A man in Taiwan was reportedly rushed to hospital on Boxing Day after his wife chewed off one of his testicles during an aggressive lovemaking session. When paramedics arrived at the couple’s home, they apparently saw the 51-year-old man, surnamed Wang, wearing a robe and holding his severed testicle in a rice bowl while the wife repeatedly explained: ‘I accidentally bit it off!’ Taiwan news website Apple Daily reported that the mans’ right ball had been ripped off by his wife surnamed Hsieh, 49. Hsieh called an ambulance to the home at around 2am on December 26. Apple Daily reported that Wang works at a car repair shop. He and Hsieh have married for many years and have two children. Paramedics said the panicking couple were waiting for them at the entrance of their flat in Taichung City in West Taiwan. Wang was taken to Tungs’ Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital where he was treated by Lu L...

Yusuf Buhari Remains In Coma As Doctors Discover Additional Injuries Yusuf Buhari, the son of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari who was hospitalized in Abuja after a ghastly motorbike crash has not regained his ability to speak but doctors handling his treatment said he is gradually showing sign of recovery. Yusuf Buhari  Yesterday, the younger Buhari who sustained a head injury and a broken limb indicated to doctors repeatedly about his hand. A check on the hand showed it was fractured, leading doctors to embark on immediate treatment. A presidency source told Saharareporters that since Yusuf was admitted to Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja he has not regained his speech due to traumatic brain injury. Yusuf was drag racing with a friend, Bashir Gwandu when they both crashed in Gwanripa neighborhood in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja. Gwandu was also critically injured and remain in critical condition.