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His Royal Highness, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, revealed that he was to board the Abuja-Kaduna train that was attacked on Monday, March 28, but a phone call caused him to abort the journey. The attack left some of the passengers dead, others injured and many still unaccounted for. Speaking on Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian couple have gone viral on Twitter because of their unconventional simple wedding. For the wedding, the bride, Dami, wore a short black dress, a black veil, black panty hose and black shoes. She also had her hair cut low. The groom wore a white shirt and white pants and styled his hair in […]
Continue ReadingThere is now absolute silence from all those who, once and often repeatedly, spoke up for the bandits ravaging The North. They had no doubt, at the time, that they were defending the interests of The North. They said that we should not call them bandits. Sheik Abubakar Gumi was upfront in his many recommendations, […]
Continue ReadingBody of a 21-year-old woman was found lying on a blood-soaked bedsheet in an Abuja hotel and her brother has now accused the hotel management and police of cover-up. Esther Isaac Asuquo lodged in Room 901 at Agete Hotel in the Gwarinpa area of the FCT, Abuja on February 25, 2022. She didn’t make it […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said the resumption of investigation into the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility with the emergence of a prime suspect in the case as the National Secretary of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued statements mourning the death of their members. But it may take a while for Nigerians to get the complete picture of Monday’s horrific attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train. My heart goes out to families of the victims who will find it difficult coming to terms with their loss, especially given the tragic circumstance. This attack […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Nationalist, Adeyinka Shoyemi, popularly known as Adeyinka Grandson, 45, president of the group Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF), has been jailed for four and half years by a United Kingdom court for inciting violence against other Nigerian tribes via social media. Grandson, a UK-based Nigerian, is known for using his social media accounts to […]
Continue ReadingBoma Douglas, the daughter-in-law of Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs, has said she is still married to their son Olusoji Jacobs. The mother-of-one, while answering questions on Instagram had said that she is no longer married to Soji. When told that what God cannot do does not exist, she agreed but said there are some […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday night, terrorists attacked a Kaduna-bound passenger train that left from Abuja. They ambushed the train by detonating some explosives laid on the railway tracks. The violent implosion that followed not only stopped the train in its tracks but also imploded the myth of the progress Nigeria has made under the present regime. So […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal of the Enugu Division, on Friday, affirmed the judgement of Ebonyi High Court, Abakaliki, which quashed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). Recall that governor Umahi and his Deputy had on November 2020 left the PDP, […]
Continue ReadingPopular comic actor, Kunle Adetokunbo, popularly called Dejo Tunfulu has died. Another star actor, Kunle Afod, shared the news on his Instagram page on Friday. The president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, also confirmed his death. “Yes, it is confirmed. He died in […]
Continue ReadingThe issue of leadership recruitment at all levels of governance in our country, is central to our current national predicament; and getting it right is key to the resolution of our poor governance and development processes. We evidently have been recruiting and appointing or electing inappropriate leaders, quite often, round pegs in square holes, and […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the scheduled resumption of tolling in Lekki area of Lagos state, Instagram comedian Mr Macaroni has given an update from the LCC and stakeholders meeting held today, March 30. The comedian revealed that Lekki Estate Residents and Stakeholders Association Chairman announced the decision of all residents which is “NO TO TOLLING”. Mr Macaroni […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, Toke Makinwa has reacted to the Kaduna-Abuja train attack which left many dead and also led to the abduction of others. Toke Makinwa condoled with those who lost their loved ones in the attack, adding that her heart bleeds for Nigeria. She also stated that she has never felt the need to relocate […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and presidential hopeful has withdrawn from the 2023 race to support the ambition of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. Okupe made this known on Wednesday at a press conference held at the Iwe Iroyin Press Centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, saying that leader of socio-political group, […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija (BBNaija) star, Erica Nlewedim has expressed how she feels about being Nigerian. The reality show star in a tweet she shared following recent happenings in the country, stated that she doesn’t want to be Nigerian again. Erica also said that it is frustrating being Nigerian. She tweeted: “I really don’t want to […]
Continue ReadingStudy the following statements: The couple is here. The couple are here. The two couples are here. I hope you know the implication of the grammatical status of each of the clauses. We will get back to them. The word, couple, refers to a husband and wife. For instance, popular singer, Tuface Idibia and Annie […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man, Isaiah Olugosi, 38, was on Monday, March 28 discovered dead in his cell at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in West London, where he was awaiting sentence after being convicted for fraud. In May 2021, he pled guilty to masterminding a scam that defrauded over 100 shops in the UK in a two year […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have allegedly recovered 11,570 tablets of tramadol from a lawyer in Ekiti and arrested a professional methamphetamine (Mkpuru Mmiri) cook in Imo state. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Wednesday March 30, said the Mkpuru Mmiri cook, Reuben Bekweri, […]
Continue ReadingKABIYESI Onirisa, I call your name in awe and utter fear; it’s the impudent subject that the king kills. I stand at a respectable distance away from the crown, may the second-in-command to Adimula not kill me. May my mouth not kill me. May the king’s hoe and the king’s machete not strike my feet. […]
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