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A joint military and police team on Sunday morning, June 6, killed six suspected gunmen alleged to have attempted an attack on the Imo State Police Command headquarters. The police have identified one of the six men killed during the attempted attack as Joseph Uka Nnachi, aka Dragon. He is alleged to be killer-squad commander […]
Continue ReadingKindly permit me to start this article with a footnote. I run a medium-size media company that publishes an online newspaper. We provide employment for roughly 40 young Nigerians. We do not receive government subvention or subsidy. Rather, we constantly get — and promptly settle —government bills: VAT, WHT, PAYE, corporate tax, education tax, and […]
Continue ReadingSeventeen young men from Kano State have perished in a fatal motor accident along Zaria-Kano highway. It was gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday evening, June 5, when they were returning to Kano after attending the wedding of their friend in Zaria, Kaduna state. The victims were travelling in a Kano Line bus and […]
Continue ReadingFor far too long we have allowed the Nigerian government and the Buhari administration dismiss and downplay the impact and reach of social media on our culture, governance and economy. We let them lie blatantly about how we were simply wasting our time, called us miscreants, tried to delegitimise our collective power to advocate for […]
Continue ReadingThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced the birth of their second child, a baby girl. Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California. According to BBC, both mother and child are healthy and well, Prince Harry and Meghan said in a statement. The couple said […]
Continue ReadingUnknown gunmen have razed the country home of the Imo state commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, in Oru East Local Government Area. The gunmen stormed his apartment at about 1am today June 6, broke the gate, and set it ablaze. Confirming the incident, Emelumba in an interview with The Nation, said: “Early hours […]
Continue ReadingThree soldiers have been accused of being involved in the death of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) Seye Olubodun, in a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. It was gathered that the soldiers invaded Hossana hotel at about 7.30 pm on Friday, June 4, during which one of them allegedly stabbed […]
Continue ReadingA consultant anatomic and forensic pathologist, Prof. John Obafunwa on Saturday, June 5, told the Lagos state judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters, that the coroner’s office conducted post mortem autopsies on 99 bodies between the October 20 and 27 during and after the #EndSARS protest. Channels TV […]
Continue ReadingAt least 10 persons were reportedly killed with houses, petrol station and vehicles razed when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Igangan community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that said the assailants invaded the community in the early hours of Sunday, June 6, with guns and other […]
Continue ReadingFears of “Fulani domination” have endured since Nigeria’s founding but, more than ever before, there is now an insanely unhealthy obsession with the Fulani in Nigeria’s South. The Fulani are not just routinely reviled with genocidal rhetorical venom, all manner of devious, supernormal political power is ascribed to them. In the service of the reigning […]
Continue ReadingVarious sources are reporting that the popular tele evangelist, founder and General Overseer of The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua has passed on late last night, Saturday, June 5, shortly after ending a programme at his church. His body has reportedly been deposited at the morgue. A Facebook user, claiming to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter operations within Nigeria. This was after the giant social platform site deleted genocidal tweets from Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the Biafran War of 1967-1970, where many lives were lost. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement, said the government was forced to […]
Continue ReadingI was shocked last week to hear the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd) criticising those who “want me to fail.” He described them as sponsors and orchestrators of insecurity in Nigeria. How on earth, I questioned, is it that Buhari pretends not to know that his failure is not opinion but fact; that when […]
Continue ReadingNot deterred by the Nigerian government’s ban of Twitter operations in Nigeria, Nigerians logged on to the microblogging site in large numbers on Saturday to lambast the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. Amid the palpable panic that trailed the announcement of the ban […]
Continue ReadingNoella, the daughter of Seyi and Layal Tinubu, turned 4 years old, a few days ago. Seyi is the son of APC national leader, Bola Tinubu. Her parents threw her a birthday party. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingThe Diplomatic Missions of Canada, the European Union, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have issued a joint statement in reaction to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. On Friday, June 4, two days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the president of Nigeria for violating its rules, the […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Nigeria’s ruling party’s Support Group, APC Support @APCNigeria’s tweet sent on June 5, despite ban, even though Buhari’s political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) used the tweet to promote Trenchat.com, another social medium. Can the Nigerian government ban Twitter operations in Nigeria while its political party of the same government continues to […]
Continue ReadingSTATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON TWITTER SUSPENSION IN NIGERIA The temporary suspension of Twitter is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post. There has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent […]
Continue ReadingUnited States of America has issued a statement in respect of the ban placed on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The US mission in Nigeria says banning social media and curbing every citizen’s ability to seek, receive, and impart information undermines fundamental freedoms. Read the statement below: U.S. MISSION NIGERIA STATEMENT June 5, 2021 Nigeria’s constitution […]
Continue ReadingThe Yoruba Nations agitators led by Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, storm the capital of Ekiti state, Ado Ekiti on Saturday June 5, to continue the struggle for the realisation of Oduduwa self determination, that is, Oduduwa as a sovereign nation. You can see the massive crowd yourself. It speaks for itself. Watch […]
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