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The Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero has been remanded in Kuje prisons for charges of embezzling and misappropriating funds while at the helm of affairs. Ehindero is on trial for allegedly embezzling N16 million meant for the police force. He and a former Commissioner of Police in charge of Budget, John Obaniyi, were, on Friday, docked before an Abuja High Court. There have been several versions of the actual amount misappropriated by the duo during their tenure. Daily Times reports that the money was the interest that accrued to N567 million donated to the police, for the procurement of arms, ammunition and riot control equipment, by the Bayelsa State Government. Tribune claims that they misappropriated about N558 million while The Nation says they misappropriated about N574.4 million Police fund while in office. ... Ehindero succeeded Tafa Balogun, who was also convicted for corruption, as Inspector General of Police. He served his tenure between 2005 a...

Ailing Actress Ngozi Nwosu To Be Flown To India Ngozi Nwosu   Nigerian actress Ngozi Nwosu who is currently bedridden in her Lagos home after being diagnosed with a kidney-related ailment, needs to be flown out of the country urgently for a kidney transplant. After the breaking news of her failing health on Friday, there have been reactions from concerned citizens, including a Germany based Rotary Club that showed interest in paying her medical bills in the European country. Some of her colleagues including Amaka Igwe, Biodun Aleja and Emma Oguguah, are already raising funds and making preparations to fly her to India for the surgery. Ace film director, Biodun Aleja confirmed to Nollywood Reel that the actress is currently bedridden and that they are making efforts to make sure she gets back on her feet. “We gave her some money yesterday to support the tests she is undergoing, and we will very likely take her to India very soon; that is why we are trying to raise funds...

Prince Harry Deployed To Afghanistan 2012 Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne,  who  made  headline news recently when he was photographed naked in a Las Vegas hotel room,  has been sent to Afghanistan.      The 27 year old Capt. Harry Wales, as he is known in the military, will undertake a four-month combat tour as a gunner for an attack helicopter. "Prince Harry, like any soldier, considers it a great honour to represent his country   wherever it chooses to deploy him," St James's Palace said in a statement. The prince's previous posting as a battlefield air traffic controller in Afghanistan in late 2007 and early 2008 lasted only 10 weeks. It was cut short after his secret deployment was made public. With that, he became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands conflict with Argentina in 1982.  Britain...

HAIRSTYLES IN AFRICAN CULTURE The evidence of Greek writer Lucian (ca. 120–190 AD), the satirist from Samosata in his writing introduces two Greeks, Lycinus and Timolaus, who start a conversation: Lycinus (describing a young Egyptian): "This boy is not merely black; he has thick lips and his legs are too thin . . .  his hair worn in a plait behind  shows that he is not a freeman." Timolaus: "But that is a sign of really distinguished birth in Egypt, Lycinus, All freeborn children plait their hair until they reach manhood. It is the exact opposite of the custom of our ancestors who thought it seemly for old men to secure their hair with a gold brooch to keep it in place." (Lucian,  Navigations , paras 2-3) A recently discovered papyrus from Egypt informs us that Myron the Greek sculptor of the middle 5th century BC. made statues of the athlete Timanthes, victorious at Olympia in 456 BC, and of Lycinus, victorious in 448 and 444 BC.     ...