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Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the statement of the President, Muhammadu Buhari to civilian dissidents as wrongly targeted and tragically untimely. The Nobel laureate stated that Buhari’s language in utterance and what was known as ‘body language’ was of a different temper at the time innocent citizens and farm destruction including mass displacement were […]
Continue ReadingThirteen persons, including women and children, have died in a boat mishap that occurred in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. According to reports, the victims were traveling from Doruwa to Ginga when the boat capsized. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Chairman of the local government council, Aliyu Dantine Shagari, said eight of the victims […]
Continue ReadingNigerian academic, media scholar, public speaker and newspaper columnist, Farooq Adamu Kperogi, has reacted to the suspension that Nigerian government placed on the use of Twitter in Nigeria. Kperogi in a tweet, has been able to show the alternative way Nigerians living in Nigeria can continue to use Twitter inside Nigeria. He wrote: “Does Lai […]
Continue ReadingIn a press release, Nigerian government has suspended the Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria. This must have been as a result of the removal of its tweet some days ago by Twitter. See the Nigerian government’s press release below: PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has advocated alteration of the Constitution to reduce the maximum number of Justices of the Supreme Court from the current 21 to 16. Justice Muhammad called for an increase in the number of Justices of Court of Appeal, which is currently pegged at 49 in Section […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has accused foreign countries of funding and supporting agitators for secession in Nigeria. Ayade made the allegation while speaking to state house correspondents after he visited President Buhari at the presidential villa on Thursday, June 3. According to him, some foreign countries target nations with natural resources and support […]
Continue Reading300 Level female student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Omowumi Blessing, was brutally raped and murdered by unknown persons at her sister’s residence in Tanke area of the Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The deceased was a student of the Agricultural Science Department from Oke-Opin community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a country presently dripping bitterness and sadness. The Owu Chief argued that even though Nigeria, as a country, is destined to be a land flowing with milk and honey, bad leadership has made it unachievable. He said this on Thursday while receiving a book titled, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian identified as Charles Onus has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his alleged involvement in diverting $800,000 into prepaid debit cards, barely a month after Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state was arrested for fraud in the United States. The United State Department of Justice in a statement shared […]
Continue ReadingAfe Babalola University founder and legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola SAN, has urged the National Assembly to find ways of reawakening and reenacting the 1963 Constitution, as against the 1999 Constitution being contemplated for amendment. In a statement he personally signed in Ado Ekiti, he said the 1999 constitution would not solve Nigeria’s problems. “Alternatively, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has asked pertinent questions concerning the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a firmer political Adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. Fani-Kayode is asking why the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was not provided with security escort in the state. He also asked if he wasn’t in good […]
Continue ReadingGoverning Council of the University of Lagos has dismissed two lecturers caught on camera demanding sex from a ‘student’ in a special BBC report. The lecturers, Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of the Department of European Languages and Integration Studies, Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Samuel Omoniyi Oladipo of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences were […]
Continue ReadingEx-governor of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari could not have been the one who made the ‘genocidal’ tweet that Twitter deleted. Nigerian President has been under fire for a tweet made on his official account on Tuesday night. He tweeted; “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to […]
Continue ReadingInvestigation carried out by Vanguard revealed that three persons were killed on Monday night, by suspected assassins including a youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Awonmama, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo state, Kenneth Amukaamara. A family source to one of the victims who craved anonymity disclosed this to Vanguard in […]
Continue ReadingA man took to Instagram to share a video while accusing a police officer of being drunk on the job and assaulting a female beachgoer. A stolen phone is what led to the altercation on Saturday, May 29, and it quickly escalated into a physical fight as a woman who was at the beach for […]
Continue ReadingA dramatic scene was recorded at the Masquerades festival in Igbope, Igboho in Oyo state as one of the masquarades was failed by his “spiritual powers”. Eyewitnesses said the masquerade was failed by his spiritual power as bullets penetrated his body during the festival. Facebook user, Shitta Olajide Fasasi who shared a video from the scene […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to abolish the dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma certificate and the university degree holders in the country. The piece of legislation, which was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure, passed the third reading on the floor of the Senate at plenary. Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have killed Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, AIG Christopher Dega (retd) in Jos, Plateau State Capital, Nigeria. Dega was said to have been shot in the chest several times by the gunmen on Tuesday, June 1. AIG Dega had a brilliant career in the Nigerian Police Force and was […]
Continue ReadingIn a released statement, the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) said it has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr. Jonathan Mbachaga, over alleged sexual harassment. Mbachaga was, until his suspension, an Associate Professor in the institution’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts. The statement signed by the Chief Information Officer to the Vice Chancellor, Mr Foluso […]
Continue ReadingTempers rose on Monday among participants at the ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Transition Inter-Ethnic Peace Dialogue’ organised by Youths Off The Street Initiative when the Middle Belt Forum said it would not go with the North should Nigeria break up. The event, with the theme, ‘Restructuring and 2023 power shift: Nigeria’s make or break factor for […]
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