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[1] Sometimes, help and relief comes from unexpected quarters [2] In the case of Nigeria, the way out of our economic logjam may be the total collapse in global crude oil prices that will force us start thinking about economic development [3] Over the last month or so, the price of Brent Crude, which is […]

Doyin Okupe’s words on his Facebook page: “To ordinary watchers of Nigerian politics, the ongoing ordeal of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki may be an interesting soap opera. But to more discerning minds it is nothing short of a tragic comedy. Over the years, Nigerian politicians fail over and over again to convince anybody that […]

A police constable has reportedly killed two of his superior officers and then himself in Yobe state, Nigeria. The incident which took place at the Nangere Police Division in the state was reported to have occurred in the early hours of Friday. Eyewitness said the Police Constable shot two Inspectors at close range following a […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The President left with a 22-man delegation for the ten-hour-journey. Buhari is leaving just after celebrating the Eid in his home town in Daura. The President is accompanied by the governors of Kaduna, […]

When talking about aluta in Nigeria especially during the military misrule, the name, Chima Ubani cannot be forgotten in a hurry. As a student, as a comrade, and as Executive Director of Civil Liberty Organization, CLO, he did his best for the Nigerian masses before answering the call ten years ago. Ubani died in a controversial […]

Yesterday a BMW saloon approached border of Spanish enclave in northern Africa but the police recognized driver and passenger as people smuggling suspects so they stopped the vehicle checking inside the vehicle an officer could hear the sound of a heart beat coming from under the engine then they immediately stripped down the BMW saloon in the coastal city of Melilla, investigating […]

Mob believed to be angered by the unpaid salaries of workers, on Thursday hurled water sachets and stones at a tent under which the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and some other dignitaries sat, at the Eid-el-Kabir prayer ground in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Amid shouts of “ole” “ole” (thief! thief!), the mob, made up mainly […]

Conquering The Menace of Boko Haram, Using Education By Charlie Oribamise The menace that Boko Haram portends for the West African Region must be battled essentially using what it hates most – Education. The ignorance of the sect about education needs to be removed once and for all from Nigeria as a country. According to […]

Ekiti State governor, Mr.  Ayodele Fayose has, again, tackled President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. Amina Zakari. Fayose insisted yesterday, that it  was  wrong for the president to appoint his in-law as chairman, especially now that the nation was warming up for elections in […]

The only surviving sibling of the late Chief (Mrs.) HID Awolowo yesterday visited the Ikenne countryhome and wept inconsolably. Pa Festus Taiwo Adelana, 94, who was brought into the Efunyela Hall at about 3:20pm on a wheelchair by a relation threw his hands in the air and bit his fingers as he shouted “Ha! Ha! […]

According to Punch, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, says he slept on bare floor for the four days that he was held in kidnappers’ den. Falae, who was released on Thursday after being kidnapped allegedly by some Fulani herdsmen on Monday, on his farm in Ilado village, Akure North […]

Hundred years of Penkelemes By Owei Lakemfa NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, titled his 1946-1965 memoirs, Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years. He explained that “The inventor and embodiment of  this deliberate, populist corruption of ‘peculiar mess’ was, appropriately, a certain Ibadan shon of de shoil (son of the soil) by  the name of Adelabu.” Joseph .A. Sanusi  […]

According to Vanguard, a huge stampede has killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage. The stampede, the second deadly accident to hit the pilgrims this month following a crane collapse in Mecca, broke out during […]

General Gilbert Diendere, who last week staged a coup in Burkina Faso, on Wednesday confirmed the crisis had ended, describing the putsch he led as “the biggest mistake”. “The coup is over,” Diendere told reporters just hours after the interim president he deposed resumed office. “Carrying out this coup was the biggest mistake,” he acknowledged. […]

Former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae, has been released, reports Vanguard. The newspaper reported that the former presidential candidate was on his way to his country home in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Chief Olu Falae was Monday kidnapped on his farm at Ilado Village in Akure […]

Segun ‘oju’ Arinze turns 50 today September 24 and his wife and kids gave him a pleasant surprise. Happy birthday to him, wishing him the very best as a new phase begins in his life. Golden age, congratulations. See more pictures below: Images: LIB

The Lady pictured above right identified as Faith Nuhu has been arrested by the Abuja police command after she kidnapped her sister’s three children, Grace Musa Idris,13, Philip Musa Idris, 3, and Paul Musa Idris from their home in Kafachan, Kaduna State on the pretext of going to buy them biscuits. She then took the […]

According to Daily Sun, the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday arrested three persons, among them, a trado-med­ical doctor, over alleged theft and sale of a two-week old baby. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects yesterday at the command headquarters, Ikeja, identified the trado-medical doctor as Ona­laja Olawale and […]

An unspecified number of people were killed on Tuesday evening by gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, the police and community sources have said. A village head in the area, who pledged anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the victims included the district […]

Crazy, crazy, crazy. Ruth Wanjiru Kamanda, aged 21, has been charged to court by Kenyan police for stabbing her boyfriend, Farid Mohammed, 24, to death in Buruburu on Sunday, September 20, after she found love messages from another woman on his mobile phone. She stabbed him 21 times.