A welcome mat for a hostile ideology, By Ray Ekpu

It does appear that a constellation of forces, expected and unexpected, has compelled the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to double down on the issue of restructuring. It has meekly, mealy-mouthedly, descended from Mount Sinai to the lowest point on planet Earth. For two years since President Muhammadu Buhari took his chair at the Aso Rock […]

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In evidence, ex-Nigerian Air Force Chief, Dikko, allegedly collected N558.2m monthly for 2 years

Criminal trial of Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko, former Nigerian Chief of Air Staff, on charges of fraud to the tune of N9.7billion came up on Thursday, February 8, 2018 before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with the cross-examination of the first prosecution witness, Air Commodore Salisu A.Yushau (rtd). […]

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Young Nigerian man makes bags, shoes, coats with thrashed pure water sachets (Photos)

  A Lagos-born young man who is helping people around him live an affordable life by making use of pure water nylon bags to make coats, shoes, car covers and bags, has just been discovered due to his creativity. The entreprenuer identified as Olayemi Oluwabamigbe Samson, named his craft as a tri-pod cycle initiative which […]

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90% of Nigerian households consume faeces-polluted water

Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed. Mrs Maureen Zubie-Okolo, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, told newsmen that the water and sanitation situation in the country was worrisome. She said although 64.1 per cent of Nigerians had access […]

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Meet 8 women who are timber and caliber in Nigeria’s finance sector (Photos)

Nigeria is blessed with many brilliant and hard working women who are worth their weight. Many of these women have headed into the finance world and they have made an achievement out of it. Taking charge of top positions, they also manage to run their different homes smoothly without any hassle. Below are a brief […]

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Fulani herdsmen allegedly kill SARS boss in Oyo, Nigeria

The officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Saki unit, in Oyo State Police Command, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was, on Tuesday night, macheted to death by Fulani herdsmen during an operation in a forest on Saki-Ogbooro road, in Oke-Ogun area of the state. According to Tribune, the state police command has […]

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Nigerian who committed suicide in Germany laid to rest (Photo & Video)

A Nigerian man has been buried in Germany days after he committed suicide. Francis Ibegbulem, who lived in Altenstadt Bayern in Germany, killed himself shortly after getting fired from the company where he worked. He reportedly tried using a kitchen knife but when that didn’t work, he went to a forest and hanged himself. He […]

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Young Nigerian man set to marry two young women same time (Photos)

A young Nigerian man named Ejindu is set to marry two women, Ebere and Oyediya at the same time and same venue, on Sunday, February 25, 2018, in Abriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. However, the traditional wedding ceremonies of the two ladies will hold on February 23 and 24 at their family compounds, also in […]

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Drama at Nigerian House of Reps as APC member announces exit to PDP

There was a mild drama on the floor of Nigerian House of Representatives on Thursday as an APC member from Kaduna State, Jagaba Adams Jagaba, defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the People Democratic Party (PDP). Jagaba, who was elected to the House of Reps under the ruling APC, had earliar announced in Kaduna that he was dumping the […]

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Missing Iconic Nigerian painting, ‘Tutu’ discovered in the UK, to be sold for N100m (Photo)

An iconic Nigerian painting that’s been missing for decades has been discovered in a north London flat. The discovery of Ben Enwonwu’s 1974 masterpiece of the Ife princess Adetutu Ademiluyi, known as ‘Tutu’, has been touted as the “most significant discovery in contemporary African art in over 50 years”, Nigerian novelist Ben Okri told the Guardian. The image of the painting became a symbol […]

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Man on the loose after allegedly killing his wife with machete in Ghana (Graphic Photos)

35-year-old man identified as Isaac Akuka has been declared wanted by Sefwi Akontonbra District Police Command, Ghana, for the alleged brutal murder of his wife, Hannah Akosah. It was gathered that the suspect hacked the wife to death with a machete. Her body was deposited at the Wiaso government hospital mortuary. See more of the […]

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Buhari’s scandalous recall of NHIS boss -Punch Editorial

In a baffling move, President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrated clannishness and lack of respect for procedure once more by reinstating the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf. Yusuf was suspended in July 2017 following serious allegations of corruption reported to the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, and is being investigated by both the […]

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Woman allegedly hits 9-year-old stepson’s head with a stool killing him instantly (Photos)

Police in Bweyogerere, Uganda have arrested a couple over the horrific death of their 9-year-old son. Yvonne Oyo Vena, 28, a resident of Bweyogerere, allegedly hit Zion Ssendagire, the son of her co-wife, with a stool on the head killing him instantly. She allegedly wrapped the body and transported it to Ziroobwe – Kaleerwe, Luweero […]

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Of Drowning Men And National Security, By Reuben Abati

Jimoh Moshood, the current Police Public Relations officer in Abuja is probably the most unprofessional occupier of that office since 1999. His lack of professionalism and ready capacity to perpetually say the wrong thing at the right time is the reason why he should be relieved forthwith of that important position. He obviously loves the […]

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The Urgency of Now, By Donald Duke

Expectedly, the launch of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, shortly after former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, has elicited diverse commentaries. There is the excitement that something is, at last, happening in the polity that reverses the bore and replacing that with hope. There was also confusion and, of course, condemnation […]

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NHIS Exe Sec., Usman Yusuf’s reinstatement, a dent on Buhari’s anti-corruption war – ASCSN

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has said the reinstatement of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf by President Muhammadu Buhari, is another dent on the anti-corruption war. In a statement issued on Wednesday, ASCSN Secretary-General, Alade Lawal, said the action of the President shows that […]

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