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Nigeria Police Force has paraded the officer who assaulted a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria, alongside two of his colleagues. A video showing the officer slapping and flogging the yet-to-be-identified man, went viral a few days ago. The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday, April 10, disclosed that […]
Continue ReadingIn my experience of presidential elections in Nigeria, I must necessarily admit that 2023 is the most dramatic so far — and something tells me I have not seen anything yet. I am not talking about the drama of candidates winning or losing in unexpected places. That is lovely. That is what I live for […]
Continue ReadingFounder, Restoring Isaachers Generation (RIG), United Kingdom, Prophet Tomi Arayomi, has announced the relocation of his family out of the country, until a “better Nigeria.” Arayomi and his wife Tahmar, who are both British citizens, were on Friday arrested alongside their aide, Emmanuel Ezerika, by the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikwe […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, film producer and director, Mr. Yemi Solade, is of the opinion that to live and survive in Nigeria, one must belong to “the cult.” The veteran actor shared this thought on his Instagram page on Saturday morning, April 8. The actor also shared a post disclosing that he is depressed. He however […]
Continue ReadingOnce again, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission imposed a heavy-handed fine on Channels TV, following a petition by an aide of Bola Tinubu. Ironically, the petition was based on some comment by the Labour Party vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed who, during a live interview, said something to the effect that swearing Tinubu into office in May […]
Continue ReadingA final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Nigeria, has been fatally stabbed by an indigene over N1,000 payment misunderstanding. The deceased, simply identified as Temitayo, was stabbed with scissors in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, around Ebenco filling, opposite Akua junction, Akungba, Ondo State. Temitayo was rushed […]
Continue ReadingFormer Emir of Kano and ex-governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Muhammadu Sanusi has said that Nigeria has not been this divided since the end of the civil war. He spoke on Tuesday, April 4, at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who […]
Continue Reading75-year-old grandmother, Iforiti Oloro, who set ablaze her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren in Ondo state is dead. A source was reported as saying: “The old woman (Iforiti) is dead after sustaining some burns in the fire incident. She was taken to the hospital but we got the information that she’s dead.” There were reports […]
Continue ReadingA female Indian social media influencer, Donna, has stated that she wishes to relocate to Nigeria because she adores the West African country so much. Donna stated that she can cook Nigerian delicacies and that it has always been her dream to not only visit but also live in the nation permanently. The woman made […]
Continue ReadingThere are many still in shock about February 25th and March 18 elections. This is understandable. In the week before the 20th of February it appeared the Obidient movement had pulled off a miracle and already made good of the first part of the first promise of the Obi/Datti manifesto: To unite and secure Nigeria. […]
Continue Reading“The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections should be over by now but they are not. There are people everywhere mocking poets and prophets. Clouds […]
Continue ReadingAs the 2023 election cycle comes to a close, the battle for the various political offices will shift to the Tribunals and the courts. Ordinarily this should be a reason for relief. However following some recent decisions of the Supreme Court, what we have is a feeling of trepidation and a fear of the unknown. […]
Continue ReadingBritish High Commission has said the UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, is prepared to take action against those who engaged in or incited electoral violence during the just-concluded general elections in Nigeria. The high commission, which said it deployed observers in six states, said the UK was already collating […]
Continue ReadingNigerians looked forward to their just concluded State elections – Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly – held on Saturday March 18, with fervent hope that their expectations would be met. They had managed to survive the Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 25 which resulted in controversy, protests, and two of the major […]
Continue ReadingAs a result of the tribalistic sentiments witnessed in the governorship elections in Lagos State earlier on Saturday, media gal, Bolanle Olukanni, says she really wonders how Nigeria will heal from this election. In a tweet posted on her Twitter handle, Bolanle wrote: “This is wild. I really wonder how Nigeria will heal from this […]
Continue ReadingAt least 109 election-related deaths have been recorded across Nigeria in the build-up to the 2023 general election, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has revealed. A pro-democracy think-thank, CDD, challenged and tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to learn key lessons learnt from its conduct of the presidential poll of February 25 […]
Continue ReadingMonths ago, when the Independent National Electoral Commission announced its voter register listed a whopping 93.4 million potential voters, it was an exciting promise of how the elections would go. At the end of the day, the presidential election—which typically attracts more voters—ended up with an underwhelming figure. With all the raucous noise that the […]
Continue ReadingCleveland, a city in Ohio, USA, was long regarded as the sufferhead among American cities. Bearing on its big head the weight of an unfortunate nickname – The mistake on the lake – Cleveland shares a few similarities with Nigeria. How did Cleveland get its nickname? This is how. As recently as late the 1960s […]
Continue ReadingDuring his campaign for a second term in January 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari chose to rouse the Ibadan, Oyo State crowd with an unusual chant that has since gone viral. The All Progressives Congress (APC) slogan is ‘Change’ so when the president raised his fist and shouted the name of his party, the crowd responded […]
Continue ReadingA High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court held that the convict, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA had confessed in his statement that he single-handedly […]
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