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The last time Ms Hilda Effiong Bassey featured in this column was in a piece titled “Tales The Country Told Me: Hilda Baci and Seun Kuti” (ThisDay, May 16) wherein I commented on her courage and heroism for using her culinary skills to bring herself to global attention by breaking the Guinness World Record in […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 21 years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman of Kofar Dumi area in Bauchi metropolis, Bauchi State, Nigeria, for culpable homicide as she allegedly killed her husband. In a press release by the Acting PPRO of the Command, ASP Aminu Gimba Ahmed on Friday, the Police stated that […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator, Ben Murray Bruce has announced himself as the first owner of a $300,000 Alef flying electric car in Nigeria. Though the car is yet to arrive in the country, nor even ready, the Silver Bird boss announced this on his preferred social media page — Twitter, saying, when the car is delivered […]
Continue ReadingIt is a sad day and a sadder period for sports in Nigeria. A few days ago, Jeremiah Okorodudu, a famous Nigerian boxer, probably the most flamboyant and loquacious boxer in the country’s boxing history, died in a private hospital in the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria. He was only 64 years of age. His death […]
Continue ReadingTo save Nigeria we must, among other things, go back to Education, Healthcare and Infrastructural development, Cut The High Cost Of Governance, with the President, ministers, governors, legislators and all other political appointees taking a substantial pay cut to save money that could be spent on the welfare of the citizenry – Chief Philip Asiodu, […]
Continue ReadingSince well before Nigeria’s return to elective governance in 1999, the country has been overtaken by a progressive escalation of what Hannah Arendt in her classic On Violence called “a massive intrusion of criminal violence into politics.” In contemporary Nigerianism, the word for this is “banditry”. “Bandits” is a conveniently capacious bogeyman for insecurity in Nigeria that precludes […]
Continue ReadingThere has been so much talk of late about the Ministerial appointments that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is about to make. Given the fast-paced style of governance that he has adopted so far, it is expected that he would not waste time in coming up with a list of cabinet Ministers. The 1999 Constitution vests […]
Continue ReadingA middle-aged Nigerian woman has been arrested for allegedly setting a policewoman and her two children ablaze on Sunday in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State, Nigeria. The suspect, who hailed from Amawbia was said to have been divorced by her husband and shortly after became homeless and in dire need […]
Continue ReadingMother of four girls, Mrs. Martina Okey Itagbor, was accused of witchcraft and burnt to death in Old Netim, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The deceased woman was accused of causing the death of two young men who died in a motor accident. Some youths in the community gathered on the 13th […]
Continue ReadingOlayemi Agbeloba a sixteen-year-old girl, has died by suicide after the husband of her boss whose name could only be confirmed as Ajibode, allegedly raped her at their residence in the Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State. After perpetrating the crime, Ajibode, who is a welder, was said to have […]
Continue ReadingNigerian national men’s football team has moved up a place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings with a point of 1486.48 for June. The Super Eagles, who were ranked 40th in the world in the ranking released in May, gained six points and moved to 39th, according to Punch. The Eagles’ rise in the rankings […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of Sokoto State Police Command, Sokoto State, Nigeria confirmed on Sunday the murder of a butcher, Usman Buda, over alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, who confirmed the killing in a statement on Sunday, said a distress call was received at 9:20 am that the […]
Continue ReadingBody of a severely malnourished unidentified woman was found dumped along the Makurdi-Aliade Road in Benue State, Nigeria. Activist Ukan Kurugh, who shared the photo on Monday, June 26, called on relevant authorities to evacuate the corpse. “Graphic Image! The body of a badly malnourished unidentified woman is lying dead directly opposite the main entrance […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is used to protect astronauts […]
Continue ReadingThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the board policy meeting on Friday, listed the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) alongside the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and the Lagos State University (LASU) as the most-sought universities following an appraisal of its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation […]
Continue ReadingThe countries with the largest breast sizes in the world have been revealed, and Nigeria failed to make the top 20. While many might think bigger is better when it comes to breast size, new research says this might not be so. According to information collated by World Data on the average breast size worldwide, […]
Continue ReadingA Senior Magistrate’s Court sitting in Aba South, Abia State, Nigeria, on Tuesday remanded 60-year-old Chukwuemeka Orji at the Correctional Centre over the alleged rape of a minor. Mr. Orji, a pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Aba is facing a one-count charge of serially raping a 13-year-old girl that lived with him. […]
Continue ReadingThe gory image that was sent to me a few days back was that of a stab victim. But what drew my ire was the multitude of people that surrounded the victim, yet it didn’t occur to any of them to make an effort or mobilise for support to rush him to a hospital. In […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian referee identified as Mustapha Bello has been killed when he was struck by lightning during a friendly football match in Madalla town, Niger State, Nigeria. The deceased popularly known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans, and a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFA) met his tragic end on Tuesday evening, June […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigeria’s Student Loan Bill into law. Giving out student loan was one of Tinubu’s campaign promises and he said at the time that it was part of his effort to develop the education sector and also build the youth capacity. Chief of Staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila; a […]
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