A UNILAG 300L Student Consumes Poison In Hostel, Dies

A 300-level microbiology student of the University of Lagos, Jacob Eniola, has died after allegedly consuming a poisonous substance known as sniper. The victim was said to have been rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, where he gave up the ghost on Sunday. It is, however, unclear why the victim took the poison. The management of the school had already launched an investigation into the case. A source said the victim took the poison on Saturday evening.

The source said, “He stays in Biobaku Hall. It was on Saturday that he took the poison and he was rushed to the hospital. This morning, we got the news that he’s dead. I honestly cannot tell why he did that.” Friends of the deceased have also started pouring encomiums on the late student, whom they described as gentle and easygoing. Kunle Adegunoye, a former student leader, in a post on his Facebook page, said he was surprised to hear about the incident.

He said, “March 2014 was the first time I saw him strolling towards the entrance of the iconic room 113, Biobaku Hall of residence, bright, confident, enthusiastic and likeable. “Young, naive and ready to learn, he became the toast of everyone in the room. Hardly can a minute pass without Enny, as he was fondly called, ease smiles out of us. He made us sit up and do research with his brilliant, though unending arguments,” he wrote while praising him in death. Source: Punch

Rivers violent rerun election: UK envoy asks very interesting question

Ben Llewellyn-Jones who is the Political Counsellor at British High Commission Abuja, asked this very interesting question following the high rate of violence & thuggery that characterized the Rivers state National And State Assembly rerun elections which held over the weekend. Your thoughts?

Woman arrested for putting her 2 year old daughter in the oven...

A 35 year old Texas mother, Tasha Hatcher, was jailed on Thursday for allegedly putting her two-year-old daughter in the oven which left the toddler with third degree burns following the bizarre act. Police arrived at her family home after witnesses said she put the child inside the oven. No reason was given why she committed such atrocity. A spokesperson for Child Protective Services confirmed that the agency has taken custody of the girl. The girl's uncle says he and other relatives have been barred from having any contact with the toddler while the investigation is on going. The toddler is still in hospital, according to Fox 4. She is sedated but is believed to be in a stable condition. Hatcher was charged with Injury to a child with serious bodily injury. She was arraigned Saturday. She is being held on a $300,000 bond.

Hehe! Photographer files N120m suit against 2face & Annie for alleged Breach of Agreement

A photographer named Emmanuel Okolo, has dragged singer Tuface Idibia, his wife Annie, and one Antonio Anifite before a Federal High Court in Lagos in a N120 million copyright infringement suit ‎for allegedly using photographs he took of them at their traditional wedding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in 2013, without giving him credit as the owner of the photos. According to a report by Channels TV, in the suit which was filed before Justice Mohammed Idris, Emmanuel claims that during the couple's wedding in 2013, he took some photographs and watermarked them using his company name. Emmanuel says that some days after the wedding, Annie contacted him and asked for the photographs which he immediately sent to her. Upon receiving his photos, he said Annie complained about his watermark on the photos and asked that they be removed. He said Annie sent Antonio Anifite to negotiate with him.

He claims that he immediately released the photos to Antonio free of charge with the understanding that when it will be uploaded on Tuface's personal website, “ 2faceonline.com”, he will be duely credited. Emmanuel says he was surprised to find out that when the photos where uploaded, 148 out of the 355 high resolution photographs he took were uploaded with " 2faceonline.com" watermark on them. Emmanuel who claims to be a certified film maker from the prestigious London Film Academy and a holder of a Masters of Arts degree from Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, South Wales, United Kingdom, says he suffered general and exemplary damages which he is seeking 120 million Naira compensation from 2face, Annie and Anifite.

However in a counter suit filed by the Idibia's for which they are claiming N150 million in damages, they say Emmanuel was never invited by them to take photos at their wedding, that he was just one of the many uninvited p‎hotographers who came to their wedding to make some money via photography. The Idibia's in their suit, say that after their wedding, they noticed strange copies of their wedding photos in circulation with Emmanuel's studio watermark on them and after finding out they were taken by him, they approached him, expressing their displeasure. ‎He apologized and also forced the photos on the Idibia's, saying he wants them to use it so he can leverage on their popularity.

They however made him understand that the only way they will use the photos was for his watermarks to be completely removed. This he allegedly agreed to. The Idibia's say they were shocked when after uploading the photographs, he wrote a pre-litigation letter to them demanding that his watermarks be boldly inscribed across the photographs and a letter of apology. The Idibia's say the photos were immediately pulled down from 2face’s official website as the watermarked photos would distort the original idea of his website.

“The second plaintiff (Okolo), through his several guile, deceit, cunning gate-crashing and opportunistic posturing carefully planned and orchestrated the entire events leading to the institution of this suit with the express intention of embarrassing, harassing and blackmailing the first and third defendants (Annie and 2face) with a view to extorting money from them,” they further claimed in their counter-claim.

They accused the photographer of having a premeditated plan to blackmail them and extort money from them. They urged the judge to order Okolo and his studio to pull down all the photographs of them that the photographer had circulated.‎ They are also praying the court to order Okolo and his studio to “render forthwith, account as well as make full and frank disclosure of all sums and profit made by them as a result of unauthorised commercial usage” of their photographs.‎

Money speaking!!! May weather flaunts wads of $100 bills (see photos)

As shared by the wealthy retired boxer on his Instagram Page. Read what he wrote about investing wisely after the cut..

80 abducted Chibok sch girls were found by US, UK surveillance & then left in captivity- Former UK ambassador to Nigeria

In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, a UK Newspaper, former British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, says that 80 of the Government Girls College Students who were abducted by Boko Haram members in April 2014, were spotted in Sambisa forest by a team of British and American surveillance but they could not rescue them as the Nigerian government made no request for help.

“A couple of months after the kidnapping, fly-bys and an American ‘eye in the sky’ spotted a group of up to 80 girls in a particular spot in the Sambisa forest, around a very large tree — called locally the Tree of Life — along with evidence of vehicular movement and a large encampment. They were there for perhaps up to four weeks, and the question was what to do about them. Answer came there none.”He said despite all the BBOG campaigns in London and the White House, the British and American troops could not immediately go in to rescue the girls because the Nigerians never asked for that “What’s more,” Pocock says, “the Nigerians never asked for that.”He however pointed out that if the Nigerian government had even asked for help, he said the safety of the girls would have been of utmost priority as it would have been very risky to go in and carryout any rescue operation “A land-based attack would have been seen coming miles away and the girls killed. An air-based rescue would have required large numbers and meant a significant risk to the rescuers and even more to the girls.

You might have rescued a few, but many would have been killed. My personal fear was always about the girls not in that encampment. 80 were there, but 250 were taken, so the bulk were not there. What would have happened to them? It’s perfectly conceivable that Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, would have appeared on one of his videos a week later, saying, ‘Who told you that you could try and free these girls? Let me show you what I’ve done to them…’ So you were damned if you did, damned if you didn’t. They were beyond rescue, in practical terms."he said

Samson Siasia picks up 6 home based players for Egypt clash

Interim Super Eagles head coach Samson Siasia has picked six home based players to join his foreign contingent of players who will play the all important AFCON qualifier against the Pharaoh's of Egypt on the 25th of March. The six players picked include Kalu Orji, Chibuzor Okonkwo, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Matthew Etim, Ifeanyi Matthew and Oghenekaro Etebo.

Meanwhile Siasia will have to make do without the services of two important players namely Leon Balogun and Kenneth Omeruo due to injury sustained why playing for their club sides. The Pharaohs of Egypt top Group G with six points from two games, two points ahead of the Super Eagles , with only the group's winner guaranteed automatic qualification to the AFCON finals.