Former Nigerian national basketball player shot dead in a botched burglary in Texas

Former Nigerian national basketball player shot dead after ‘trying to rob home in Texas

A former Nigerian national basketball player was shot dead in a botched burglary in Texas before Thanksgiving, it has been revealed.

Chinedu Onyeuku, 29, was trying to break into a home in Plano on November 21 and was shot and killed by the homeowner, police say.

Onyeuku had played…

How The Sport Of Basketball Got Started

A Canadian by the name of Dr. James Naismith invented the sport of Basketball. Born on November 6, 1861, Naismith studied physical education in Montreal before moving to Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States. While teaching at the Springfield YMCA in 1891, Naismith was given 14 days to come up with an indoor game to “athletically distract” a particularly rowdy class he was in charge of. The New England…

Columbus May Have Discovered Syphilis

The transmission of diseases from Old World to New may have been a two-way street.Christopher Columbus and his crew have long been villainized for, among other acts, bringing diseases to the New World that wiped out massive numbers of Native Americans. But the transmission of disease may have been a two-way street, suggests new research.

After analyzing 54 published studies of Old World skeletons, researchers concluded…

US Issues Fresh Travel Warning On Nigeria

The US Department of State has issued a fresh warning to its citizens on the risk of travelling to Nigeria.

The Obama-led administration particularly warned citizens to avoid Niger Delta states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Rivers; the southeastern states of Abia and Imo; the city of Jos in Plateau State; Bauchi and Borno states in the northeast; as well as the Gulf of…

Impeach Jonathan Now, CLO Urges NASS

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), South East Zone, has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Goodluck Jonathan, since his administration has failed to make provision for the security and welfare of Nigerians, its primary duty.

A statement issued by the Zonal Director of CLO, Barrister Olu Omatoyo yesterday said Jonathan’s administration“has in recent times failed woefully in this regard and…

Marketers Raise Price Of Aviation Fuel To Over N175

Oil marketers have adjusted the price of Aviation Fuel otherwise called Jet A1 from N160 to between N175 and N185 per litre despite the fact that the product was deregulated several years ago. Outside Lagos and Abuja, the commodity now sells for about N200 per litre.

This price increase is coming exactly one week after the federal government removed subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Apart…

Lagos May Ban Okada In 2012

Indications have emerged that Lagos State Government may ban the use of commercial motorcycles, also known as Okada, in the ever busy metropolis in the New Year.

Submitting its report to the state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at the Ikeja Lagos State House yesterday, the Chairman of the Lagos Security Committee, Mr. Olusegun Kazeem, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, said the grave consequences of…

CPC vs. Jonathan: Supreme Court Delivers Judgment Today

The Supreme Court will today deliver its judgment in the appeal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo, in the April 16 presidential election.

The CPC had named the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its national chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega; Jonathan, Sambo, the Peoples Democratic Party…

Gov Aliyu: We Know Boko Haram Sponsors

I want to assure all Nigerians that there is no conflict between Christians and Muslims, between Islam and Christianity.

It is a conflict between evil people and good people and the good people are more than the evil doers. The good people must come together to defeat the evil ones and that is the message. — SULTAN Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the time has…

Bombings: ACF, ACN, CPC, Fault Jonathan’s Comment

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), have faulted the comment made by President Goodluck Jonathan alluding that Nigerians must live with the burden of bombings until it stops. The ACF, a northern socio-cultural group said the persistent bombings in the country particularly in the North were not beyond repairs and that Nigerians do not have…