Even with victory over Antelopes, Eagles can’t rest now –Kanu

BY JOE APU

Despite Nigeria’s 2-1 victory in Addis Ababa over the Ethiopians, former Super Eagles’ captain Kanu Nwankwo has called on Coach Stephen Keshi-led side not to celebrate yet, as the race to Brazil 2014 is just half way.
While congratulating the African champions for their resilience in the encounter that saw the host taking the lead early in the game.

Cannibalism In Africa As Father Devours Daughter

SYDNEY  (AFP) – A Papua New Guinea man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood, a report said Friday.
Police called the grisly incident that occurred on Wednesday at a settlement near Lae “an act of cannibalism”.

The PNG Post Courier cited local councillor John Kenny, who was one of the first on the scene, as saying the three-year-old child and her mother were visiting the father when he grabbed the girl and ran off into nearby bushes.

No one can harm me, my dad saw oratory in me at a young age.

From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna

Niger State Governor, Muazu Babangida Aliyu has dropped a bombshell on why his perceived enemies cannot disgrace him out of public office.
He disclosed that his aging mother has every spiritual power to protect him and put his enemies to shame.
Aliyu, who is also the chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), spoke at the weekend when he commissioned the Kaduna-based Liberty Radio station.
He said there is the need for Nigerians to respect their mothers and women in general because according to him,women are more responsible for the upbringing of children than men.

Cannibalism In Africa As Father Devours Daughter

SYDNEY  (AFP) – A Papua New Guinea man described as a vampire has been arrested after allegedly murdering his young daughter by biting her neck, eating her flesh and drinking her blood, a report said Friday.
Police called the grisly incident that occurred on Wednesday at a settlement near Lae “an act of cannibalism”.

The PNG Post Courier cited local councillor John Kenny, who was one of the first on the scene, as saying the three-year-old child and her mother were visiting the father when he grabbed the girl and ran off into nearby bushes.

Kenny said the man allegedly held the toddler close to him, bit deep into her neck, ate the flesh and sucked her blood.
Two boys who were climbing a coconut tree nearby saw him and ran quickly to raise the alarm.
“He was just laughing at the boys and continued eating the flesh and sucking the blood,” Kenny told the newspaper.
“The boys were scared and ran quickly to alert the people.”

When people arrived to investigate the man reportedly dumped the body in the bushes and ran away before being caught and turned over to police.
PNG is a sprawling nation where black magic, sorcery and cannibalism sometimes occur.
Last year police arrested dozens of people linked to an alleged cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises.
There have been several other recent cases linked to cults, witchcraft and cannibalism, with a man in 2011 reportedly found eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony

Can this be true that about 89% of NYSC peeps can't write letters

 From Desmond Mgboh, Kano

Kano State Coordinator of  National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr. Sanusi Abdulrasheed, has lamented that 89 per cent of corps members in the country could neither write good application nor communicate effectively in English Language. 

He stated that the majority of the corps members were more at home with the use of “broken English” as a means of communication.

Mr. Abdulrasheed made the disturbing  disclosure yesterday in Kano during the passing out parade (POP ) of the present batch of corps members, where he noted that the findings were based on a nationwide research facilitated by the management of the scheme.

Is Divorce a curse or a corrective tool..................

D rate at which marriages collapse now is assuming a social status symbol in our society. In no-time, people will be throwing divorce parties and invite friends n well-wishers to celebrate their divorce anniversaries; they will choose aso-ebi, hire a hall and popular musicians & what have you. Even a question like "So when are u getting divorced?" will become common.

Nigerian Universities operate even without accreditation. See themlisted

The lingering problem of unaccredited courses in Nigerian universities is once again on the front burner as the admission process for the next academic year kicks off in many of the nation’s universities. Many of these institutions apparently take advantage of the desperation of applicants to admit them for unaccredited courses.

This is a major cause for concern. Why would our Ivory Towers be involved in conducting Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)  and even admitting students for unaccredited courses? How is this action different from obtaining money under false pretences?  Is admission of students for unaccredited course for pecuniary reasons not sheer insensitivity and opportunism? Is this unfortunate practice just about driving Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in our tertiary institutions or are the varsities taking advantage of the fact that the NUC does not strictly bar them from this unethical practice?