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Within the last one week, I have been to Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State twice. Last Friday, when I left Yenogoa, Bayelsa State, I drove straight to Amafor-Imerienwe to spend a few moments with my friend, Dr. Sam Amadi, chair of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) who was burying his late […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. The Commission, however, declined the promotion of former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), CP Ibrahim Magu. After the Commission’s 12th Plenary Meeting held on Tuesday and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Law School has released the results of its 2021 final bar examinations and, of the 5,770 students who sat for the exams, 1,326 candidates failed. The results of the exams, which are a prerequisite for being called to the Nigerian Bar, were released on Tuesday, July 6. The Council of Legal Education statistics showed that a total […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Thursday started the screening of nominees for appointment as National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The nominees, including Lauretta Onochie, one of the aides of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, appeared in the Senate for the exercise. Onochie arrived at the Senate wing of the National Assembly accompanied by the […]
Continue ReadingOlubadan of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has denied reports that he collected N50 million from the Federal Government to aid the arrest of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho. The monarch made this clear as Yoruba Nation agitators staged a protest on Wednesday, July 7, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The crowd demanded the release of agitators arrested […]
Continue ReadingIn May, Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, was asked to clarify the statement he made nine years ago about the Fulani and their propensity to carry out maniacal violence against others. Rather than show that he had reflected on his injudicious remark and was ready to disclaim it, he doubled down. According to him, “The […]
Continue ReadingKano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today July 6, 2021 secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar before Justice J.K Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretense. The convict fraudulently sold a plot of land to the complainant […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian soldier in the rank of Major has been shot dead in an armed robbery incident in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shisu Adam said an army private was also killed in the incident which occurred at Dumdubus village in Dutse Local Government Area of the state around 9pm […]
Continue ReadingColonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), the former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, has blamed the current government under President Muhammadu Buhari for separatist agitations threatening the country’s unity. Umar, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday titled: ‘Nigeria; A Nation Challenged, ‘insisted that the current administration under Buhari has failed to unite Nigeria. He […]
Continue ReadingFamily members, colleagues, and friends of veteran and star actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), gathered in Lagos on Tuesday, July 6, to celebrate him as he turned 60 on the planet earth. His wife, Jumobi, was also readily there to receive guests. Prominent guests at his party included Mrs. Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett, Senator Florence Ita Giwa, Onyeka […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Imo state, Nigeria, have arrested an alleged fake lady lawyer, Mrs Princess kate Nneoma Duruji “F”, age 37 Years of Akakkims Palace Orji Owerri, lmo state. A statement released by spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, today July 7, states that the suspect who has been parading herself as […]
Continue ReadingFollowers of the Yoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest last Thursday’s midnight invasion by the Department of State Services (DSS) of the residence of the Yoruba nation activist. Placard-carrying protesters gathered in front of Igboho’s […]
Continue ReadingBishop of the Methodist Church, Onitsha Diocese, Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha, says he will stand with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as long as Northerners stand with Pantami and Gumi. He said that Nnamdi Kanu might have exhibited youthful exuberance but that he is representing 99.9 percent of […]
Continue ReadingWednesday 7th July, 2021 PRESS RELEASE 23 YEARS AFTER: WE JUST CANNOT FORGET MKO July 7 marks the 23rd anniversary of the murder of Chief MKO Abiola, the man popularly elected by Nigerians as president on June 12, 1993. It was an election widely accepted as transparent, free and fair. It was also a watershed […]
Continue ReadingLast week, Thursday, July1, the Senate finally passed the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill. It is a milestone in the history of Nigeria’s legislative affairs. Too many interests had repeatedly scuttled it over the years. According to the auditing and advisory firm, KPMG, previous attempts in 2009, 2012 and 2018 failed “because of factors such as […]
Continue ReadingHaiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning by a group of armed individuals, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph said he was now in charge of the country. Moise’s injured wife was in the hospital, according to Joseph, who urged the public to remain calm, and insisted the police […]
Continue ReadingGovernors, Senators and House of Representatives’ members from Southwest Nigeria zone, have agree to present a common position for Nigeria’s constitution review. They took the position at their Tuesday evening meeting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and also set up a committee to harmonise the positions of the Governors and lawmakers from the zone. […]
Continue ReadingIn the month of October, 1980, about a month before I turned 19, while living in Calabar, in a newspaper called “Daily Sketch”, I saw an advertisement for a vacancy by Nigeria Airways. It read “See the world and meet people, be a Nigeria Airways Flight Attendant.” I became extremely interested and saw myself travelling […]
Continue ReadingKano, a once proud, international centre of commerce and culture, has been overrun by religious charlatans, zealots and hypocrites. Kano has become the world headquarters of Almajirai and by extension, the centre of excellence for exclusion and downward mobility. No society progresses by truncating human development. No society grows by stifling liberty. When the Kano […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Jaiye Abiodun (Jaiyejeje Omo Iyalode), has shared screenshot of a WhatsApp message which he claims was from his ‘bestie’ who praised and rewarded him for handling her breast very well. Jaiye’s bestie in the said chat, asked him not to love her as it might make her not enjoy certain privileges she has […]
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