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In an interview with VANGUARD, Shettima Usman Yerima, president of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), says the northern region will have to present someone else for the presidency in 2019 because the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has “failed.” Yerima, who said the north is unstoppable at the moment, and as such, will need a […]

The Nigerian Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the conviction and sentencing to two months in prison of Professor Festus Kolo, a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for enticing a married woman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pronouncement was without an option of fine. In his judgement, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi […]

A call by a radical Sudanese preacher for trying a female journalist on apostasy charges has invited a storm of condemnations across Sudan. On Friday, Mohammed Ali al-Gizoli called for putting journalist Shamail Alnour on trial for apostasy for writing an article about the use of condoms as a way of protecting people against the […]

Gambia’s new president promised greater freedom, an improved economy and better education as thousands attended a ceremony Saturday marking his inauguration after a tense political standoff with the country’s former longtime leader. “This is a victory for democracy. It is a victory for all Gambians,” President Adama Barrow said to a packed stadium near the […]

I am not a fan of Donald Trump, the incumbent President of the United States. I didn’t stand with him. I stood with her- Hillary Clinton- in the last US Presidential election. No other election in recent American history has been more international in terms of interest and emotional involvement. Trump’s election even divided the Nigerian middle class. […]

It had started like any other conversation to kill time. Why do women like to take and take? And why do men give women even when it is obvious that the women have more than enough? I bring you excerpts from the banter between a friend and me. My Friend: Men are foolish, very foolish. Me: Ah ah, […]

Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday, again called for restructuring of the country, saying it would end the nation’s culture of do-or-die politics. He said for Nigeria to overcome its present challenges and move forward, there was the need for restructuring of Nigeria’s governance architecture. Anyaoku spoke as the chairman of the […]

Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has assented to seven bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills which include Oath (Amendment) Act 2017, Defence Space Administration Act, Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Act) have now become Nigerian laws. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, confirmed Osinbajo’s endorsement of the […]

One of the richest pastors in Africa and founder of Enlightened Christian Gathering Church(ECG) Prophet Sheperd Bushiri has three private jets, which he acquired in a space of two years. The jets are not only for personal use, they are part of his company, SB Airways fleet, a lucrative VIP travel airways. See more of […]

Striking Kenyan doctors on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, stunned social media with a group dab photo which they took at the Uhuru Park. The gesture was an apparent mock at President Uhuru Kenyatta’s dab moves at the State House, a strategy he used to convince the youth to register as voters ahead of the  August […]

To evoke the Nigerian millennial – those boys and girls 30 years-old and below – is to immediately contemplate two tragedies which fall within the broader, paradigmatic tragedy that is Nigeria. The first tragedy of the Nigerian millennial is his essential condition as a betrayed citizen. He has been betrayed by at least three generations […]

Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday. She was 69. McCorvey died at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas, said journalist Joshua Prager, who is working on a […]

See the inhumanity that man is doing to man! Can you imagine this? The gullible kissers who are looking for unmerited miracles should be blamed. Source: LIB

Sarah Aradi from Ethiopia, landed in Dubai in 1993 as a 21-year-old with only $500 and a zest for a better life. She clearly remembers the old Dubai with fewer people around and the strong sense of community that existed. Sarah loved to cook her authentic Ethiopian cuisine and it was when her friends loved […]

Two weeks ago, the Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye, made a startling revelation that shook me and many right thinking Nigerians to our foundation. At a time Nigeria is going through a daunting economic recession, it was revealed that we plan on spending the sum of N250 […]

Star actress and single mum, Liz Anjorin, has slammed those who accuse her of having a sugar daddy, sponsoring her acting career. The actress who is currently working on a multi-million naira movie project titled, ‘Owo Nairabet’, in a chat with Saturday beats, disclosed that all she has now, was gotten through hardwork. “As a young woman, […]

The president of Jikwoyi Customary Court in Abuja, Mr. Everyman Eleanya, dissolved the marriage between Joseph Danjuma, a farmer, and his HIV positive wife yesterday. The Judge ordered Joseph’s ex-wife’s family to return the bride price paid, as everything the court did to reconcile the couple failed. Testifying in court, Joseph said he still loves his wife, […]

One of the books I read with relish when I was in secondary school was the Bottled Leopard by Chukwuemeka Ike. One of the themes was culture shock. The protagonist, Nwachukwu, who called himself Chuk, was sent by his father who was based in the United States, to go back to Africa and learn more about his culture, […]

The family of Sandra David has sued the Nigerian government and the Federal Medical Centre for N500 million over the death of the 29-year old woman at the centre due to “medical negligence”. In a suit, number FHC/ABJ/CS/74/2016, filed by Ms. David’s mother, Portia Sambo, the family is also demanding the payment of N8.2 million […]

Ex-aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Koyde has hinted on leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for embattled factional National Chairman of the Party, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff. The former Presidential campaign spokesperson in a series of tweets on his twitter handle wrote: “The Court of Appeal decision is absurd. It is time for us to quit the […]