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A Nigerian soldier in the rank of Major has been shot dead in an armed robbery incident in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shisu Adam said an army private was also killed in the incident which occurred at Dumdubus village in Dutse Local Government Area of the state around 9pm […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Imo state, Nigeria, have arrested an alleged fake lady lawyer, Mrs Princess kate Nneoma Duruji “F”, age 37 Years of Akakkims Palace Orji Owerri, lmo state. A statement released by spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, today July 7, states that the suspect who has been parading herself as […]
Continue ReadingIn the month of October, 1980, about a month before I turned 19, while living in Calabar, in a newspaper called “Daily Sketch”, I saw an advertisement for a vacancy by Nigeria Airways. It read “See the world and meet people, be a Nigeria Airways Flight Attendant.” I became extremely interested and saw myself travelling […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, last week revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB leader was repatriated from. […]
Continue Reading“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a […]
Continue ReadingFormer American sprinter and double Olympics gold medalist, Lee Evans has been laid to rest in a tomb at a private cemetery of the Segun Odegbami International College and Sport Academy, in Ogun state, Nigeria. The former world record holder of 400m event was buried on Thursday, in accordance with his wishes before he died. […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS). The counsel stated this while giving an update of the case on Friday evening on Twitter. Ejiofor wrote, “My client, Mazi Nnamdi […]
Continue ReadingKenyan authorities have stated that they were not aware of the ‘arrest and extradition’ of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and brought to Nigeria. Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the ‘arrest and extradition’ of […]
Continue ReadingWhat appears to be the World’s Largest Flag to be hoisted was unveiled in Ibadan on Thursday by the Octogenarian Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, who designed Nigeria’s flag when he was 22 years old. The flag covers an area of 3,275.6 square meters. The previous world record for the largest flag to be flown was held […]
Continue ReadingBy the time you watched Information minister Lai Mohammed’s fume in the National Assembly on Tuesday where he had gone to defend the Twitter ban, you would conclude that these people neither have solutions to Nigeria’s problems nor the imagination to conjure any. Mohammed expectedly regurgitated his ear-grating tale about the evils of social media, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Alesh Sanni, has shared a video showing the poor state and environment of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC, United States. The video shows men and women who went to the embassy for an appointment, fanning themselves manually as the Air Conditioner wasn’t working. See what he wrote and the video he shared […]
Continue ReadingFreedom group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has called for the intervention of the international community to prevent an eruption of hostilities in Nigeria. Pointing to present challenges of instability, insecurity, lack of cohesion and mutual distrust in the country that was similar to the time before the Civil War between 1967 and 1970, NADECO warned […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be armed bandits have allegedly killed a medical doctor identified as Precious Chinedu Emeka in Salka village, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the gunmen numbering about five invaded his clinic while he was on duty around 9:00pm on Wednesday evening, June 16, and whisked him away […]
Continue ReadingIf wisdom were ever desperately needed, that time is now. But reason is embattled and truth often comes with a high price in this kind of season even if it may bring post hummus tribute to those who speak them today. Why are we caught in this gale of emotional neighbor-bashing and bitterness of spirit […]
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Global Peace Index (GPI) has ranked Nigeria 146 among 163 independent nations and territories, according to its level of peacefulness. Nigeria moved one step from 147 in 2020, though it still ranked eighth among the least peaceful countries in Africa after South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Central African […]
Continue ReadingI am sure there is no breathing being around the world who does not know that Nigeria is at the brink of collapse and disintegration. Every nook and cranny of our nation is bedevilled by deafening demurrer from Nigerians who are tired of Nigeria. There are groups in the Northern axis that want out. There […]
Continue ReadingA graduate of Architecture from Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Ella Williams, has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along the Benin-Ekpoma expressway. It was gathered that Ella was travelling from Benin City to Ekpoma when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle killing her on the spot while other passengers were […]
Continue ReadingOne pastor Enoch has allegedly killed his wife for ritual purpose and buried her in a shallow grave in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria. The incident happened in Ikot Abia community, Okon Clan in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The suspect said to be from Abia State is the founder of Omega Word Global […]
Continue ReadingThe Twitter Saga When I saw the front page headline of This Day Newspaper last Wednesday, I realised that this administration neither cares about the welfare or happiness of Nigerians, nor has it got the wherewithal to fulfil either the primary purpose of Government, nor the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, that […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement titled, ‘Cardinal Okogie: Life at 85′, the former Catholic Archbishop of the Lagos Diocese, Nigeria and ex-president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie noted that the regime met some of the crises while taking over power in 2015, adding that the country seemed to have “worsened economically […]
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