Mariah Carey in the mix for 'Idol'

NEW YORK (AP) — "American Idol" may be getting a worldwide idol as a judge — Mariah Carey.

A person familiar with the show's negotiations say Carey is being pursued to join the judging panel of the Fox talent competition. The source requested anonymity because of the private nature of negotiations, which were termed as serious. Carey has also been courted by other talent competitions, and her name has been thrown out in the past for "Idol" and other shows.

Obama says a Romney presidency would create 800,000 jobs–abroad

President Barack Obama speaks at a town-hall style rally in Cincinnati (Susan Walsh/AP)

President Barack Obama blasted Mitt Romney's economic plan during a stop in the pivotal swing state of Ohio on Monday, saying the blueprint would create 800,000 jobs—just not in America.

Nokia counsels Nigerians to halt purchase of inferior phones

Lagos – Mr Silvin Sinan, the Head of Nokia Care Centre, Nokia West Africa, has advised mobile phone users in Nigeria to desist from purchasing substandard ones.
Sinan in Lagos on Monday said that substandard products had no value for the money spent on them.

He also said that counterfeited product was hazardous to the users’ health due to excessive radiation from the fake device, adding that such product also do not have long life span.

Sinan said that consumers were often constrained by ignorance, poverty and the inability to detect

FEDERATION CUP: El Kanemi Warriors stun Kwara Utd, Rangers fall to Prime

BY JACOB AJOM
True to tradition, the 2012 Federation Cup has continued to churn out surprise results. The tradition was kept alive at the Agege stadium, Lagos yesterday when a 22nd minute strike by Thompson Ezekiel gave newly promoted National League side, El Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri a shock 1-0 victory over Nigeria Premier League side, Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin.

In Ibadan, Premier League table toppers, Rangers International of Enugu fell by the same margin to Prime FC.
It was a result most followers of the local game least expected although El Kanemi worked hard to earn their victory, they also had a touch of luck as Kwara played most of the second half with ten men.

3 killed as soldiers clear Elechi Beach

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Three persons, an elderly woman and two girls, died when at least 1,000 residents of Elechi Beach Waterfront, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, were today rendered homeless and properties worth millions of naira destroyed by a Military Joint Taskforce.

The taskforce raided the area in the early hours of today and set the illegal bunkering site ablaze.

Attah of Igala, longest reigning monarch, dies at 102

BY Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor

Lokoja – Dr. Aliyu Ocheja Obaje, Attah of Igala, Nigeria’s longest reigning First Class traditional ruler, is dead, Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State announced yesterday.
In the statement by Governor Wada, the Kogi State Government said Dr. Obaje died yesterday at the age of 102.
Obaje, who ascended the throne on November 2, 1956 was the paramount ruler of Igala, the dominant ethnic group in Kogi State and was chairman of Kogi State Traditional Council until

2 Chinese nationals murdered in Nigeria by Chinese

Police authorities in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday said they are still investigating the remote and immediate causes of a murder case involving four Chinese nationals at kwanar Ganduje Quarters within the metropolis of the commercial city.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ibrahim K. Idirs told reporters that Jimbo Zhao Dang Dong and Smith Zhhang Ze are being detained at the Headquarters of Kano Police Command for killing Xucheng Kun and his friend identified as Old Man during a brawl.