If Nigeria Finally Breaks up…, By Simon Kolawole

Nigeria, a country of roughly 250 ethnic groups arbitrarily coupled together by the British colonialists in 1914, is mired in an “existential crisis”, probably like never before. Apart from the north, it seems every other part wants out. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has long declared its […]

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Multitalented Nigerian singer and songwriter, dies

Multitalented Nigerian singer, rapper, actor, comedian and songwriter, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, has passed away. He died at the age of 44. The veteran singer and Jagbajantis crooner, died after battling Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. In a signed statement, Dr. Kayode Fasasi, on behalf of the Fasasi family, broke the sad news. The statement […]

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Gunmen attack palace, abduct Kaduna emir and 12 others

The Emir of Kajuru, Adamu Kajuru, and 12 persons described as “members of his family,” have been kidnapped by bandits in Kaduna State. This was disclosed by the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “The Emir of Kajuru, 30 minutes drive from Kaduna and twelve of his family members were […]

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Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs’ youngest child, Olugbenga, graduates from University

Youngest child of actors, Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs, graduated from the American University of Nigeria AUN on Saturday July 10. The proud mum shared the good news on her Instagram page on Saturday afternoon. “And here he is …Olugbenga Oluwapamperinayo Jacobs…@oj_poetry …our last born.This stage done and dusted. As you start the next may […]

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Nnamdi Kanu’s UK passport remains in Kenya ―The UK Guardian

Brother to the embattled leader of the Nigeria-proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has disclosed how they spoke while he was in Kenya shortly before “he went missing.” Kingsley Kanu, the brother, disclosed that Nnamdi had taken a walk and that he was without his documents when he was arrested. The UK Guardian […]

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Halting Nigeria’s Quick March to Somalia, By Toby Okechukwu

The author, Chinua Achebe, in his 1983 book, “The Trouble with Nigeria”, depicts a nation where leadership is the most critical challenge in addressing the issues of underdevelopment, nepotism, institutional corruption, inept and mediocre personality cult, and injustice that have bedeviled the nation. Nearly four decades after that publication, our national life is still plagued […]

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Tell gov Obaseki to let the 1,130 artefacts coming back from Germany to be in Benin palace ―Oba of Benin

Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has kicked against the decision of the Edo state government to take custody of the 1,130 stolen Benin artefacts that are in the process of being repatriated from Germany. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and the other top government officials are currently in […]

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Kanu and Ighoho: Buhari beckoning on crisis to elongate his tenure, By SKC Ogbonnia

The abduction of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the recent terrorist attack on the leader of the movement for Odudua Nation, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), by the Muhammadu Buhari regime, did not come as a surprise. In a recent piece, calling for the removal of the president from […]

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Both 16-year-old twin sisters impregnated by a 16-year-old boy (Photos)

The predicament of a set of twin sisters in the Likoko community in the English-speaking region of Cameroon has been revealed by a Facebook user, Ayisha Toginia. Toginia, who encountered the pregnant teenagers when they visited the Solidarity Hospital in Buea revealed that the girls were subjected to sexual solicitations in order to feed. She […]

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Nigerian govt publishes photos of the 4 escaped inmates from Jos maximum Prison

Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has published the photos of four inmates who escaped from a prison facility in Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. The photos were released Friday, July 9, via the NCS’s Facebook account in a post titled: Faces of inmates that escaped from Jos Custodial Centre. The NCS disclosed that the inmates escaped around 2am […]

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Kanu and Igboho: What Buhari must understand, By Niran Adedokun

On Tuesday, the Presidency expressed triumphalist emotions over two recent events spearheaded by the country’s security forces. The first is the re-arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The second is the midnight invasion of the home of Chief Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho. Adeyemo is the chief […]

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ECOWAS court awards N30m to Agba Jalingo against Nigerian govt for ill-treatment, torture

ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa, has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to pay Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo N30 million. The compensation to Jalingo, a Nigerian citizen, is for his arrest and chaining to a deep freezer for about 34 days, while in detention in Cross River State without being […]

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Actress Rosy Meurer breastfeeds her son, bonds with him (Photos)

Gambian-born Nigerian actress and producer, Rosaline Ufuoma Meurer simply called Rosy Meurer, took to her Instagram page to share photos of her son, including one of her breastfeeding the newborn. The actress made sure to hide the newborn’s face in the photos shared to Instagram. See more photos below: Photo: Rosy Meurer

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Igboho takes Nigerian govt to court, demands release of 13 detained aides

Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the release of his aides arrested by operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) at his house in the Soka area of Ibadan on July 1. Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN, counsel to the Yoruba […]

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Nigerian Army Commander felled by explosive device planted by Boko Haram, is buried in Abuja (Photos)

Remains of Nigerian Army Commander, Col. Husseini Samaila Sankara, who was killed by explosive device planted by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state, has been laid to rest. Sankara, who was the Commander, Counter-Insurgency Operations under the ongoing Operation Hadin Kai in the North-East, was laid to rest at the Guards Brigade Cemetery in Abuja on […]

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Nigerian Police officers protest over unpaid allowance, non-reposting (Video)

Officers of the Nigerian Police Force, Counter Terrorism Unit, staged a protest to voice out their displeasure over unpaid allowance and refusal to repost them for over 7 months. The officers said they were deployed to Katsina state in January and the special duty was supposed to last for 3 months, but they have now […]

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