Nigerian Civil Servants Ready to Embark on Strike over Non-Payment of Salaries

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has called on the Federal Government to pay civil servants their December salaries and outstanding emoluments since July 2013 or risk industrial action.

In a statement on December 30, 2013, Monday, the Union disclosed that thousands of federal civil servants were yet to be paid their December 2013 salaries, adding that the affected workers and their families spent Christmas in pain and bore the pangs of hunger.

The ASCSN maintained that the inability of the Federal Government to pay salaries had lent credence to the belief in some quarters that the managers of the public sector economy were “grossly incompetent and rabidly corrupt”.

TB Joshua Exposé: Many Nigerian Leaders will Go Down in 2014

Renowned Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua has declared 2014 as a year of ‘crossing the bridge’, prophesying it to be a year of destiny where corruption would be corrected in Nigeria as corrupt leaders would go down.

It was an electric atmosphere in The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) where large crowds thronged to usher in the New Year 2014. T.B. Joshua came out around 11pm to deliver his much anticipated prophetic message in a broadcast beamed live via the churches popular television station Emmanuel TV.

Moving on, he spoke about what was to be expected in the New Year...

APC House of Reps Members Take Over Leadership from PDP

The the All Progressives Congress in the House of Representatives has shared out the leadership positions in the House to its members as part of plans to assume full control of the legislature this New Year.

The APC, formerly the leading opposition in the House, outgrew the majority strength of the PDP after some of the party's members, 37 PDP lawmakers, defected to the APC on December 18, 2013.

The development gave the country’s main opposition party a slim majority advantage of 172 members over the PDP’s 171 in the House that has 360 legislators.

“We have long resolved that Tambuwal will remain the speaker even in an APC dominated House until he decides to dump the PDP for the APC. For the other positions, we are taking over. We are electing a new deputy speaker also.”

Naija Entertainers: More Divorces Than Marriages In 2013

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and Lagos-based businessman, Kehinde Oloyede, were all smiles at their wedding reception on May 26, 2012. Exactly 14 months later, on July 15, 2013, Kehinde told his Facebook friends that the marriage was over, claiming Funke was the greatest mistake he had made in recent times. After an initial denial on July 17, Funke confirmed the split on July 19through a message from her publicist.

On July 29, Actress Chika Ike took to Facebook to announce that her divorce had been finalised.

In May, Nollywood director, Daniel Ademinokan, was accused by his estranged wife, Doris Simeon, of serving her a forged divorce certificate and eloping with their only child to the US (with actress Stella Damasus).

Hitherto divorced TV host Frank Edoho finally married his girlfriend Sandra Onyenaucheya at Arochukwu, Abia State on December 18.

DOKUBO-ASARI: Al-Mustapha And I Are Planning A Tsunami

This interview had been conducted by Premium Times before President of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Muhajid Asari-Dokubo was arrested in Benin Republic in late November, 2013. Here, he touches upon such subjects as Jonathan's chances at winning in 2015, oil stealing, Governor Amaechi's betrayal, among other things.

On "bloodshed" in Nigeria: If you look at the attacks that have been directed at Goodluck since it became apparent that he was going to become President since 2010, certain individuals, especially the Ciromas, Lawal Kaita, General Muhammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida, have also made several statements.

LOL, Nick Cannon Can't Keep His Eyes Off Mariah Carey's Cleavage

Well, if its what i'm seeing then its worth staring at. The 43-year-old Mariah posted the hilarious picture on Instagram and captioned it: 'Happy New Year!!!! "You like this and you know it.''.

The dress Mariah carey wore ahead of her performance on NBC New Year's Eve special, was embellished with silver studs.

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Sex

Let me give you the first sex tips for this year, I know you all probably don't know the following facts about sex,well they are some funny facts here,so check them out and don't forget to leave your comment telling us what you think about the facts.continue...

12 Events, Issues That Will Shape 2014

The year 2013 is gone. It was an eventful year – of scandals and open letters. It was the year of the power sector privatisation and the ‘great merger’. It was the year the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressives Congress and the All Nigeria’s Peoples Party merged to form the All Progressives Congress and (attempt to) throw a spanner in the works of the Peoples Democratic Party. Yes, 2013 was an eventful year, but it is gone and 2014 is here.

With so much brewing on the political scene and Boko Haram still roaring now and then, it’s hard to predict how the year will end. More so, with the likelihood that a plane could suddenly fall out the sky as has been the case in the last two years. However, from the signals spotted in 2013 and the ‘events schedule’ for 2013, the following are expected to shape 2014.continue...