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Falae, Obasanjo and Why Buhari is Goodluck By Dare Babarinsa Twenty-four months ago, it may have appeared far-fetched to think of Nigeria’s immediate future without the role of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in it. He was the leader of Africa’s most powerful and richest country. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the continent’s largest armed forces. He […]

According to ToyeenB, Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan has been recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize by a public policy organisation on African affairs, the Africa Political & Economic Strategic Center (AFRIPOL). The organisation noted that the will of Alfred Nobel, the progenitor of Nobel Prize stated that Peace Prize  be awarded to whoever “shall have done the […]

The entire world is in shambles and Nigeria is certainly no exception. In fact, we believe that the situations in Nigeria may have put her at the bottom of the scale of development ladder in many areas. The disparity between what Nigeria should be and what she actually is remains so vast that we cannot […]

According to Daily Times of Nigeria, the software market giant, Microsoft Inc has announced that Windows 10 software will be available beginning July, 29, 2015 in 190 markets globally as a free upgrade to customers running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. With this development, new  Windows 8.1 devices will also easily upgrade to Windows 10, […]

General Olusegun Obasanjo in a moment of delirious delusion took his pen and scribbled some comic script to the effect that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the architect of his own power misfortune in Nigeria.The inferior scholarship in him read power and office as the same thing. He boasted that he was walking barefooted when Awo […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, this morning, celebrated his survival of the 19 APC lawmakers’ impeachment moves against him by riding to the State House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti on an okada (commercial motorcycle) to inaugurate the new Assembly. It ought not to surprise anybody that he rode to the assembly complex […]

The Ekiti state governor held okada riders rally in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate the exit of the 19 APC lawmakers in the state. Watch. Credits: Core, Youtube.  

A 100-year-old woman, Hawwau Amarea, who was kidnapped by gunmen at Kudin village of Mahuta Local Government Area of Kebbi, has regained her freedom. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 10, Sokoto, Alhaji Bala Hassan, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Thursday. He said Amarea […]

The present edition of Diaspora Quarterly Magazine features popular Radio and TV personality Tolu Oniru, who tells all about her journey from the United Kingdom to fame and success in her homeland, Nigeria. Diaspora Quarterly also takes a look at the arts and culture and some tourism spots in the country. The May edition of the magazine, which […]

Officials said an explosion at a gas filling station in Ghana’s capital city of Accra killed at least 78 people, a spokesman for the national fire brigade told JOYFM radio on Thursday. Many of the victims were seeking shelter due to heavy rain and bad weather, Prince Billy Anaglate said. Around a dozen others were taken […]

University of Maryland graduate Mariam Folashade Adebayo was killed Monday evening outside a Germantown, Maryland Target by ex-boyfriend Donald Bricker, police say. Abedayo had recently ended the relationship and may have agreed to meet with Bricker that night after he threatened to harm himself over the breakup. Adebayo, 24, received a degree in public health […]

The media is awash with news that a former military administrator of Kaduna State, Colonel Hamid Alli (rtd) is currently undergoing State Security Service screening in preparation for his appointment as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Alli, 60, from Kano State was at one time the secretary of the revered northern […]

Is prominent Canadian French-language foreign correspondent, François Bugingo, a joker, a clown or both? He claims that he is the biological father of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and has filed a court action to demand DNA test as a proof. M.  Bugingo, who was born in Congo, is a high-profile Quebec journalist who has covered conflicts around the […]

The court trial of some Ibadan-based bankers, indicted over the theft of N8 billion worth of mutilated banknotes, was yesterday told of the stupendous wealth of the suspects. The suspects, including a self-acclaimed illiterate bank staff were alleged to have acquired petrol stations, shopping malls in Nigeria and abroad, exotic cars, supermarkets, among others. Mr. […]

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles bounced back to winning ways with a 4-0 triumph over North Korea early this morning in the on-going FIFA Under-21 World Youth Championship taking place in New Zealand. The Flying Eagles had lost their opening game 2-4 to Brazil, leaving them at the bottom of Group E. They desperately needed redemption and […]

According to Punch, a total of 51,464,799 telecommunications lines in the country are now dormant, according to statistics released in Abuja on Monday by the telecommunications regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission. The statistics showed that as of April 30, 2015, the number of connected lines on the networks of all the telecommunications operators in the […]

24-year-old female Youth Corper, Ijeoma Susan Azubuike (in picture) has been declared missing by her family. According to her family, she was last seen on Sunday May 31 in Owo, Ondo State where armed robbers attacked a GUO transport bus conveying her and many other passengers to Lagos. Ijeoma, a graduate of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, left Jigawa for […]

Major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the state capital have been blocked since yesterday with heavy duties vehicles by some residents of the state as the crisis between the state Governor, Ayo Fayose and 19 APC Lawmakers continue. The roads, according to reports, were blocked to ensure that the 19 APC lawmakers who are currently at […]