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One Pastor John Onu, has been killed by police stray bullet at his house in Nkaliki, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident happened on Monday morning, September 20, when police protecting a hotel belonging to one Chukwudi Onyibe, a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Local Government on Internally Generated Revenue, […]
Continue ReadingDr. Chris Ngige, Nigerian Minister of Labour and Productivity, has said that the rising rate of unemployment and lack of education portend danger for the country, warning that if not tackled the country might be “completely wiped out.”. The Labour and Productivity minister said this at the inaugural partnership economy summit organised by the Ministry […]
Continue ReadingThe million-dollar question many are asking on the aftermath of the recent coup in Guinea is: Can there be a military coup in Nigeria again? Recall that on Sunday, September 5, 2021, Alpha Conde, the 83-year-old president of the country, was removed from office by the coupists led by the 41-year-old Colonel Mamady Doumbouya. They […]
Continue ReadingThe people within the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) held a protest opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States to drive home their demand for a referendum so as to actualise their dream of having Nigeria broken into separate nations. The coalition of agitators for self-determination consist of southerners and […]
Continue ReadingEveryday, every new evil, every mass abduction, kidnapping for ransom, herdsmen killing, has become a test of what we can tolerate. When evil visit To purge evil from this land and to rid all antecedents that fed it, our best is what we have to do by every legal, constitutional, and moral means.To purge evil […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Institute of Peace (USIP) has revealed that the rate of kidnapping across Nigeria has increased by 169 per cent in two years. In a report posted on its website titled: “Six Alternative Ways to Measure Peace in Nigeria”, which is part of its ongoing research to understand how Nigeria measures peace, USIP stated […]
Continue ReadingA young lady named Monsura has allegedly been shot dead at her home in Nigeria and her family members are crying for justice. She was killed on Friday, September 10. Her sister took to Facebook to share photos of Monsura after she was shot. She also shared photos of the scene where her sister was […]
Continue ReadingThe book I have been waiting for has arrived. It is called: Formation: The Making of Nigeria From Jihad to Amalgamation, written by Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi and published this year by Cassava Republic. The authors discovered a magical formula – that the writing of history is too serious an agenda to leave in the […]
Continue Reading“We don’t believe in cheating or rigging elections but also we don’t want other parties to cheat us, and that was why we encouraged the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission to come up with a fool-proof voting process.” – Nasir el-Rufai The prefatory statement above belongs to Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna, one of […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the Dodo of Wawa (Gbere) in Niger State, Nigeria, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. The traditional ruler was kidnapped from his palace in Wawa, a suburb of New Bussa, the headquarters of Borgu local government area, in the presence of his wives around 9:30pm on Saturday, September 4. Reports say that […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I was supposed to give the speech, largely reproduced below, two days ago in Ibadan, but I was in Accra, Ghana, so opted to speak via Zoom. The occasion was the seminar on Broadcast Media and National Security organised by the Foundation for Ibadan Television Anniversary celebration at the Press Centre in Iyaganku. […]
Continue ReadingOlayomi Koiki, spokesperson to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has reiterated the mind of the activist on the actualisation of the Yoruba sovereign nation. In a statement issued by Koiki, he said Igboho has maintained that Nigeria as a country does not exist any longer for him as he believes the […]
Continue ReadingScary! One spring night, the pilot of a small plane experienced a complete engine failure. On top of that, he lost his electrical system, and with it, the use of his radio and navigation instruments. Mist filled the sky. The moon had not yet risen. The plane went down helplessly and blindly in the darkness….. I did […]
Continue ReadingWhen the Taliban took over Kabul, the mountainous capital city of Afghanistan last week effortlessly within two weeks of the exit of American troops, many Nigerians felt flabbergasted. They were afraid of what the fate of Afghans would be under the rule of the Taliban. They painted gory pictures of what the Taliban would do […]
Continue Reading46-year-old Nigerian man, Patrick Markson, has committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife, Hannah, 35, in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The incident occurred at Odede Street, Tombia-Amassoma Road, Yenagoa, the state capital, in the early hours of Thursday, August 26. According to witnesses, the man said to be a staff of the Yenagoa Local Government, reportedly […]
Continue ReadingA UK-based Nigerian woman, who returned to the country for her mother’s burial, was shot dead along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the presence of her children. Bolanle Aworetan Omojuwa hosted loved ones at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, to celebrate her late mother’s life. After the funeral reception, she decided to visit Oyo State. […]
Continue ReadingBefore dealing with the substance of our discussion today, a useful preliminary would be to explicate the meanings of ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘hypocrite.’ According to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, hypocrisy is the act of “feigning to be better than one is, or to be what one is not: concealment of real character or belief (not necessarily conscious): an […]
Continue ReadingFive persons have been crushed to death in a fatal accident along Tombia-Amassoma road, leading to the newly opened Bayelsa State Airport. The accident which happened on Thursday evening, August 19, was said to have involved a Venza car and two tricycles heading towards Amassoma community. According to an eyewitness, Mr Stephen Jones, the driver of […]
Continue ReadingIntroduction Broadly defined, Nigeria’s civil society landscape is one of the most expansive in the world, encompassing religious bodies, ethnic and subethnic associations, village cooperatives, occupation-based groups, student and alumni entities, charities and foundations, as well as a broad range of advocacy and development-focused NGOs, both international and domestic.1 Even during long periods of military rule, […]
Continue Reading62-yr-old man identified as Moshood Lasisi has committed suicide in his room in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. TVC reports that Lasisi who was walking on crushes, hung himself when his wife and children had gone to farm. His wife, Lady Evangelist Victoria Lasisi, discovered his body in […]
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