From the monthly archives: October 2011

Lady Gaga to pose in lettuce dress

On October 28, 2011 · In Music

First, Lady Gaga wore a dress made of meat. Now, how about one made of lettuce? Indian animal rights activists have asked pop star Lady Gaga to pose in a lettuce dress and embrace vegetarianism during her visit to India this weekend, where she would be part of the star-studded unveiling of the country’s first Formula 1 race.

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Russia jails fan killer for 20-year

On October 28, 2011 · In Sports

A Moscow court handed down a 20-year sentence Friday to a young Russian Muslim for the murder of a football supporter that sparked unprecedented racist riots outside the Kremlin walls.

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ExxonMobil makes 41% profit as sales soar

On October 28, 2011 · In Business

ExxonMobil, the world’s largest energy company, on Thursday posted a 41 percent profit jump for the second consecutive quarter as sales soared again on higher oil prices.

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ICC contacts Gaddafi’s son as NATO ends Libya mission soon

On October 28, 2011 · In News

NATO decided Friday to end its mission in Libya on October 31, declaring it fulfilled its “historic mandate” to protect civilians as contact was made with Moammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son

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700 young Nigerian face harder life in Libya’s post-Gaddafi

On October 28, 2011 · In News

On the coast outside Tripoli, a squalid refugee camp shelters hundreds of African migrants who found work under Libya’s former regime, but are now jobless, discriminated against and unable to return home.

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Wenger marshals courage as Arsenal face Chelsea

On October 28, 2011 · In Sports

Arsene Wenger told Arsenal shareholders on the eve of Saturday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea that his team will fight to get their season back on track.

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British royal succession rules to favour girls

On October 28, 2011 · In News

Centuries of British royal discrimination came to an end on Friday after Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic.

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Body builders fight for ‘Mr Flex Nigeria

On October 28, 2011 · In Sports

Come October 29, 2011, all roads will lead to Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos venue of the maiden edition of a body building championship tagged ‘Mr Flex Nigeria’, as body builders flex muscles for N2.5m prize money.

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Party chieftain decries use of foreign coach

On October 28, 2011 · In Sports

A CPC chieftain Dennis Aghanya has attributed the problems in the nation’s sports sector to the unwillingness of sport administrators “to put round pegs in round holes”.

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Nigerians need behavioural adjustments

On October 28, 2011 · In Viewpoint

UNFOLDING events across the country have now made it imperative for Nigerians to hold their leaders accountable and should demand for good governance.

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Nigeria’s population projected @ 433 million by 2050

On October 28, 2011 · In Features
A picture taken on February 6, 2006 shows people struggling for space between public transport buses and trucks at the burstling Oshodi bus stop in Lagos. The world's population of seven billion is set to rise to at least 10 billion by 2100, but could top 15 billion if birth rates are just slightly higher than expected, the United Nations said on October 26, 2011.AFP PHOTO

IN less than a week, precisely October 31, 2011, Nigeria’s population will hit the 166 million mark. This figure implies that the country will be contributing about 2.4 per cent of the world’s population and at the same time, about five million people are added to Nigeria’s population on a yearly basis.

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Police train members on-line operations

On October 28, 2011 · In News

THE Police Assistance Committee (PAC) has embarked on intensive training programme for its grassroot members on how to pass information on-line to keep assisting security agencies on how to prevent, detect and combat crime in the country.

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The inside story of petroleum subsidy saga

On October 28, 2011 · In Viewpoint

No doubt elements of subsidy exist in the pricing of petrol and kerosene sold in Nigeria. But before the federal government throws all of us into an unprecedented confusion by an unplanned removal of this subsidy we must ask questions because once the nation starts to burn you never know.

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A/Ibom council polls postponed

On October 28, 2011 · In News

The local government election fixed by Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC, for December 29 has been postponed to hold in the first quarter of next year.

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