2013-08-18 ~ CODED Issues

Saturday, August 24, 2013

#CODED-ish News::Incredible! Romania's King Laid To Rest In 'Air Conditioned' Coffin (PHOTOS)

King Florin Cioaba died of a heart attack while on holiday in Turkey last week. His body was carried in an air-conditioned glass covered coffin down a four mile route in Sibiu, Transylvania. Thousands of Roma turned out for the funeral of their self-styled King as he was laid...

By: Unknown On 6:19 PM

#CODED-ish News::Strange But True: Extra Small Condoms For 12-Year-Old Boys Sold In Switzerland

This is kind of revolting, but its something I feel like sharing. Extra small condoms designed to fit boys as young as 12 is currently on sale in Switzerland, in fact it has been on sale since 2010 and it is produced by the largest Swiss manufacturer of condoms. Why...

By: Unknown On 6:13 PM

#CODED-ish News::''My Doctor Has Warned Me To Stay Away From Unprotected Sex''...Vast Of Bracket

Vast who returned from the UK hospital where he underwent intensive treatment for Lymphoma, says he is fine now. He told Saturday Beats that the doctors has warned him to stay away from unprotected sex for about three months. Because if he impregnates a girl in his current state,...

By: Unknown On 6:08 PM

#CODED-ish News::Get ready, Iyanya! It’s Tonto Dikeh’s turn on Rubbin’ Minds this Sunday

Popular actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh is the guest in this Sunday's Rubbin' Minds with host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. She is guest on the Entertainment Segment on Channels TV at 3pm. The beautiful actress is appearing on the show barely a month after being called out by popular artiste, Iyanya...

By: Unknown On 5:59 PM

#CODED-ish News::Itz Ova? Khloe Kardashian Steps Out… WITHOUT Wedding Ring!

It seems a divorce might finally be on the cards as Khloe Kardashian went out with her wedding ring for the first time since marrying Lamar Odom. MailOnline reports that the 29-year-old star emerged from a gym session in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles without wearing either...

By: Unknown On 5:54 PM

Friday, August 23, 2013

#CODED-ish News:: Mercy Johnson, Nse Ikpe-Etim & Clarion Chukwura star in Hustlers

Ace movie producer Elvis Chuks is back with a new production titled Hustlers, starring Mercy Johnson, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Clarion Chukwura, IK Ogbonna, and Chelse Eze. The movie is set to hit the cinemas in November 2. The movie shows Mercy, Nse and Clarion in a totally different light....

By: Unknown On 8:47 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Jude Okoye Finally Signs Female Artist, Cynthia Morgan to his Record Label

Contrary to reports making the rounds that P-Square's record label Square Records has signed its first female artist, I can tell you for free that it's not true. Cynthia is signed to Jude 'Engees' Okoye's own record label called Northside Music Inc, which is separate from Peter and...

By: Unknown On 8:44 AM

#CAMPUSNEWS:: UNIBEN VC commends NASS stand on same–sex marriage

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Osayuki Oshodin has commended the National Assembly for voting against the legalization of same-sex marriage, in spite of pressures from some countries and international donor agencies. The University don spoke today at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

By: Unknown On 8:05 AM

#CODED-ish News:: [PHOTO] Obasanjo in Shirt

Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is known for wearing traditional attires. In this picture however, he appears in a Shirt. What is your take on his new look? ...

By: Unknown On 7:43 AM

#ASUU STRIKE UPDATE:: ASUU Withdraw From Negotiation With Government

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday announced its disengagement from further negotiations with the Federal Government, over what it describes as the latter’s perceived insincerity in the 2009 agreement as well as the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) both parties signed in January last year. The union...

By: Unknown On 7:18 AM

Thursday, August 22, 2013

New Music Video: DJ Zeez - Bless Me

...

By: Unknown On 8:48 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Rugged Man To Mode9: “Get Another Job Or Adapt”

All these rappers and their beef sef. Mode 9 and Rugged Man have always been on different sides of the coin and that doesn’t look like it’s going to change. I reported how Mode 9 was on HotFM’s Breakfast Radio Show last week and complained bitterly about how...

By: Unknown On 8:25 AM

#CODED-ish News:: My Car Disgraced Me At Psquare’s Home – Teju Babyface

The comedian and host of popular Teju Babyface show shared a quick but hilarious story with his fans. He narrated the story thus: “In the year 2011, when I went to invite Peter and Paul of P-square to invite them to The Teju Babyface Show, they were very...

By: Unknown On 8:14 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Seyi Shay: “Love Has Never Been Fair To Me”

Singer Seyi Shay silently and successfully entered the Nigerian music scene, especially with her singel “Irawo”. The pretty singer made out time to have a one on one chat with Joan Omionawele of The Nigerian Tribune. Seyi spoke about about her journey to the music industry, her role...

By: Unknown On 8:08 AM

#ASUU STRIKE UPDATE:: House Committee On Education Urges ASUU To End Strike

The House of Representatives Committee on Education has pleaded with the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the prolonged lecturers’ strike, even as it lauded the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Otuoke, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, for his efforts in making the new institution to be...

By: Unknown On 7:55 AM

#CAMPUSNEWS:: Johannesburg’s University in global war for very best academic talent

Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand launched a campaign to attract Africa’s top postgraduate talent Tuesday, intensifying the continent’s battle for brains. The university — also known as Wits — wants to enrol 1,200 more postgraduate students by 2014, in a drive to tap Africa’s growing education market. Vice-chancellor...

By: Unknown On 7:48 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Facebook-led project seeks Internet access globally for all

Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc and four other companies for a project aimed at bringing Internet access to people around the world who cannot afford it, following efforts by Google Inc. The project, called Internet.org, is the latest move...

By: Unknown On 7:45 AM

#CAMPUSNEWS:: Benue varsity’s inaugural lecture focuses on students’ empowerment

Penultimate Thursday will remain indelible in the annals of private universities in the country as the University of Mkar, Benue State held its third public lecture. Welcoming participants to the forum, the host vice chancellor, Prof. Hemen Agba said the lecture was to impacting the students and other...

By: Unknown On 7:37 AM

#CAMPUSNEWS:: [MUST READ]ALUU FOUR: Fears, worries amid delayed trial of suspects

*L-R Ugonna, Lloyd, Tekena, Chidiaka; victims of Uniport killings. ON October 5, 2012, when four male students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Rivers State were lynched by an out of control mob in Omuokiri Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area in jungle justice, the barbarism in...

By: Unknown On 7:33 AM

#CODED-ish News:: ‘NYSC to partner JAMB, others to check false claims by corps members’

THE management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it was collaborating with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs) in parts of the country to check all forms of fictitious claims among prospective corps members nationwide. The Director, Corps Mobilization...

By: Unknown On 7:27 AM

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

#CampusNews:: Atiku Abubakar Scholarship for undergraduates/postgraduates 2013

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is offering one undergraduate/ postgraduate scholarship to Nigerian students. The scholarship is tenable in Nigeria and overseas, and will reasonably cover tuition and board. Entrants must be Nigerian citizens who are currently undergoing, or have been admitted into, a course of study at undergraduate or...

By: Unknown On 8:16 AM

#CampusNews:: NNPC/MPN 2013/2014 undergraduate scholarship award

As part of its support to educational development and human capacity building, Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), operator of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/MPN Joint Venture awards annual scholarships to qualified undergraduate students in Nigerian Universities. Applications for NNPC/MPN Undergraduate National Scholarship Awards are based on the following criteria:...

By: Unknown On 8:13 AM

#CampusNews:: Erasmus Mundus Academic Mobility Programe 2013 (Scholarship)

The Erasmus Mundus Academic Mobility programme is a scholarship and students support aid funded by the European Commission. For 2013, they have invited application for students scholarship (Masters/Doctorate) and staff mobility (Academic/Administrative). The programme is being implemented by the ANGLE Consortium which comprises 11 (eleven) European Universities, 9...

By: Unknown On 8:11 AM

#CampusNews:: Riot Breaks in FUTA after Student is Killed by Policeman

A student of the Federal University of Technology in Akure, has been killed extra-judicially by a policeman in Ikorodu, Lagos State, in western Nigeria. The killing provoked a riot in the town, with people running helter skelter as sympathisers made bonfires and attacked some motorists. The 21 year-old...

By: Unknown On 8:07 AM

#Coded-ish News:: Bible college students gets N1m scholarship from blind prophet in Ibadan

An Ibadan-based visually impaired prophet, Moses Kasali, of the Hour of Mercy Ministry, Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, has awarded scholarships to two children, Samuel Babayemi (5) and Abidemi Oladitan (15) for their exemplary knowledge of the Bible. The announcement of the scholarship, which threw...

By: Unknown On 8:03 AM

#Coded-ish News:: UK Schools prepare for worst ever predicted fall in GCSE grades

Schools are bracing themselves for bad news in this year’s GCSE exams, thanks to a perfect storm of changes – with some attempting to weather it by switching from domestic to international versions of the exams, which some claim are easier. While top A-level grades this year were...

By: Unknown On 7:53 AM

#CampusNews:: CBN to give Varsity N10bn Grant

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday said it would provide a N10bn grant for the Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto to enable it to embark on training and research. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the gesture was announced by the bank’s Deputy Director, Projects Planning and...

By: Unknown On 7:48 AM

#CampusNews:: Nasarawa poly suspends 12 over cultism

Barely a week after students suspected to be members of a cult at the Nasarawa State Polytechnic in Lafia, shot and killed a student, the school management has announced the suspension of 12 students over cultism. A statement by the acting rector of the polytechnic, Engr. Emmanuel Jatau,...

By: Unknown On 7:43 AM

#Coded-ish News:: 662 schools shut in Delta

Delta State Government has shut down 662 private primary and secondary schools, which were allegedly operating illegally in the state. Briefing journalists on Tuesday at the mid- term report of the Basic and Secondary Education Ministry, the Commissioner, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare said the action was necessitated by the...

By: Unknown On 7:41 AM

#CampusNews:: 21-year-old intern at Bank of America Dies in London

A 21-year-old intern at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Moritz Erhardt, has died after collapsing at his student accommodation in London. Mr. Erhardt, a German citizen who was an exchange student at the University of Michigan, was found unconscious by British police and paramedics on Aug. 15, and was...

By: Unknown On 7:39 AM

#CampusNews:: Schoolboy errors in Mexico textbooks

As Mexican children trooped back to school on Monday they had already learned one lesson: you can’t believe everything you read in your textbook. Their new government-provided books are riddled with the sort of mistakes that students are supposed to be learning to avoid: misspellings, errors of grammar and...

By: Unknown On 7:26 AM

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

#CODED-ish News:: FG appoints Electricity Generating Football Inventor as Ambassador

The Federal Government has appointed Jessica Mathews, a U.S.-based Nigerian, who invented energy generating football and skipping rope as an `Entrepreneurship Ambassador’. The Minister of Trade and Investments, Dr Olusegun Aganga, announced this on Friday after the presentation and demonstration of the invented products to President Goodluck Jonathan...

By: Unknown On 7:54 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Don Jazzy and D'Prince become MTN ambassadors

Congrats to them.!!! ...

By: Unknown On 7:42 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Popular Blogger, Linda Ikeji on the Teju BabyFace Show [PIX]

She was a guest on the Teju Babyface Show yesterday. The show will air in the coming weeks. According to her..."I'm hoping to one day be a talk show host BUT I need to work on my self confidence and brush up on my English first before I...

By: Unknown On 7:10 AM

#CODED-ish News:: [PIX] Lady Gaga reveals stretch marked breasts

The pop star revealed the dreaded stretch marks on her breasts as she stepped out in white bra top during an appearance on Good Morning today in New York to promote her new video for new single, Applause. The video for Applause is quite something...see photos after the...

By: Unknown On 7:05 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Ex-Disney Child Actor Lee Thompson Young Commits Suicide, aged 29

Former Disney child actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead in his apartment from a suspected self-inflected gun shot wound... From TMZ Lee Thompson Young, who played the main character on Disney's "The Famous Jett Jackson" has died after what officials believe is a suicide TMZ has learned....

By: Unknown On 6:58 AM

#CODED-ish News:: How true is this??? Boko Haram Leader Shekau Died Of Gunshot Wounds – JTF

Despite releasing a video recently where he dismissed claims he had been deposed, and also challenged US president Barrack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, men of the Joint Task Force (JTF), ‘Operation Restore Order’ in Maiduguri the Borno state capital has said Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau might...

By: Unknown On 6:52 AM

#CODED-ish News:: Two Female Teachers Abducted In Edo

Barely a week after three female teachers were released by kidnappers after collecting N5 million ransom, gunmen have abducted two female teachers in Benin, the Edo state capital. The abducted teachers were identified as Mrs. Agbaka, the headmistress of Edion Primary School, Sapele Road, Benin City and Elebe...

By: Unknown On 6:48 AM