Nigeria

UK NEWS: LONDON CLUB PROMOTER KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

February 1, 2011

I was skeptical at first when I first read about this incident but I’ve since been told by a reputable source that sadly this story is in fact true.  It’s been reported on several African based websites that the co-owner /promoter of popular London nightclub Runaway Michael Neri also known as Mike L, a long with female companion Ify Eneli have allegedly been kidnapped in Lagos, Nigeria, Via It’s Crystal Celebrity Supposedly there has been a message going around in Nigeria since 29th January saying ” Michael Neri and Ify Eneli kidnapped while leaving […]

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT UMARU YAR’ADUA DIES

May 5, 2010

Via BBC News Reports are coming in that the Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has died. A spokesman in the president’s office said Mr Yar’Adua died on Wednesday, but there’s been no official announcement yet. Mr Yar’Adua, from the governing People’s Democratic Party, had been ill for some time, and had not been seen in public for several months. Continue Reading….. Rest In Peace Umaru Yar’Adua

TONY BLAIR AND GEORGE W BUSH ATTEND AWARDS CEREMONY IN OIL RICH NIGERIA

February 22, 2010

This leaves a nasty taste in my mouth…. Via The Mail Tony Blair and George Bush joined Nigeria’s business and political elite at an awards ceremony yesterday and pledged their support to the oil-rich country’s new acting president. The former British prime minister and ex-U.S. president were invited to the event in the capital city of Abuja by host, newspaper mogul Nduka Obaigbena, though neither of them spoke at the event. Continue Reading…. Who the HELL invited those war criminals? We all know […]

JAY-Z, WILL SMITH BACK $11 MILLION FELA KUTI PLAY

September 10, 2009

Via Allhiphop.com Rappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti. The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones’ musical “Fela,” which will open in November. The original version of the play opened off-Broadway last September, starring actor Sahr Ngaujah, who will reprise his critically acclaimed role as Fela Kuti. Financial concerns due to the recession briefly halted production of the play, which […]

NIGERIAN MAN WANTS TO MARRY HIS PILLOW

August 12, 2009

A stuttering Nigerian man, who says he can’t find a girlfriend, has announced that he plans to marry his pillow instead. Okeke Ikechuku told the Daily Metro that his stammer makes it difficult for him to speak to girls who laugh at him whenever he talks, Ananova reports.  But, the 26-year-old from Lagos admits that he has needs and wants a companion to sleep with. So, Ikechuku says he will marry his pillow because he has been sleeping with it since he was 16 […]

NIGERIA: MANCHESTER UNITED FAN KILLS RIVALS

May 28, 2009

What was running through this idiot’s mind???  He should have been the one to die. Via BBC News A Manchester United football fan in south-eastern Nigeria drove a minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters, killing four people, police say. Ten other people were wounded in the incident in Ogbo town, after United lost Wednesday’s European Champions League Final 2-0 to the Spanish team. A police spokeswoman told Reuters news agency: “The driver passed the crowd, then made a U-turn and ran […]

PFIZER AGREES DEAL IN NIGERIA DRUG SUIT

April 7, 2009

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay 75 million dollars compensation over a 1996 drug trial that caused the death of 11 children in northern Nigeria, a source close to negotiations said Friday. “Pfizer has agreed to pay the sum of 75 million dollars in compensation and the Kano state government has agreed to the offer,” said the source, who did not want to be identified. The source said a separate 6.5-billion-dollar suit lodged against the US drug firm by the Nigerian […]

114 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN MAN ARRESTED OVER BAGS OF CANNIBIS

April 2, 2009

  Lord help us…. Via Yahoo News Nigeria’s anti-drugs agency has arrested a 114-year-old Nigerian man after discovering 100 bags of cannabis behind his house in southwest Ogun state, a senior official said Saturday. NDLEA Ogun state director Chinyere Obijuru said Sulaimon Adebayo who denied ownership of the illicit drug was arrested early in the week at Odeda following a tip-off. “Imagine what could have happened if this drug had not been seized. Imagine the lives that would have been destroyed by […]

JACKSONS STAR IN NIGERIA RESORT ROW

February 17, 2009

Visitors can contemplate the horror of slavery from their luxury rooms Via BBC News One of pop superstar Michael Jackson’s brothers, Marlon, is involved in a controversial plan to develop a $3.4bn (£2.4bn) slavery memorial and luxury resort in Badagry, Nigeria. The historic slave port is to be transformed through the bizarre combination of a slave history theme park and a museum dedicated to double Grammy-winning pop-soul group the Jackson Five. The idea is that the band will help attract African-American tourists […]