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Men of the Adamawa State Police Command in Nigeria have arrested 20-year-old, Amina Umar, for allegedly killing her 3-day-old baby boy with a pesticide normally used in killing rats. Confirming the arrest to LIB, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the suspect killed her child because she felt the […]
Continue ReadingGlobal oil benchmark, Brent crude, appreciated in price on Monday, moving up by 7.3 per cent or $7.88 to $115/barrel at 7.54pm Nigerian time as European Union nations considered joining the United States in a Russian oil embargo. Industry figures showed that the commodity has been gaining in price since about a week, as more […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said over 70 per cent of medical drugs being dispensed in Nigeria are substandard. The NPHCDA in a statement shared on its website ahead of the Primary Healthcare Summit and captioned ‘Re-imaging Primary Health Care in Nigeria’, outlined some of the challenges the country is facing in the […]
Continue ReadingIn Waziri Adio’s article, “Is Nigeria Due for Another Electoral Upset?” (THISDAY, January 16, 2022), he made a strong and neat argument on the near-impossibility of an upset in the 2023 presidential election. By upset, he meant a third force — rather than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — upstaging the ruling All Progressives Congress […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman, simply identified as Happiness, died in a bus during a journey back to the country. The woman, said to be from Enugu State, was on her way back to Nigeria when the tragic incident occurred, a fellow passenger said while reading from the identification found on her body. The passenger said Happiness […]
Continue ReadingKokoeka Maeyen, simply called Koko, the daughter of Senator Florence Ita Giwa, has said that she is tired of being a Nigerian. Sharing a screenshot on how to become a Senegalese citizen on Thursday March 17, the entrepreneur wrote: “God…you know I am not picky. Please do it for me. Even if na Senegal. Please […]
Continue ReadingA 22-year old woman identified as Shakirat has been murdered by suspected ritualists at Oke-Oore, Iwo, Osun state, Nigeria. A resident of Oke-Oore, who pleaded anonymity, told Punch that the victim’s corpse was found dumped at the back of her mother’s shop at Oke-Oore by the ritualists. According to the source, Shakirat had gone missing since Wednesday March 9, […]
Continue ReadingAbba Kyari, a suspended Nigeria Deputy Commissioner of Police, appears to be heading to the United States, no visa required, as Nigeria finally surrenders to that country’s extradition squeeze. It could have been no less embarrassing. Kyari was no ordinary cop, according to the legend he was the “Super Cop.” But he may have been far […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah has said women and not mistresses or extra wives of big boys should benefit political participation in the country. Kukah said this on Saturday March 5 at a book festival in Abuja, days after national assembly members voted against bills seeking to provide more opportunities […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that we might be saying goodbye to Nigeria as a nation following recent trends in the country. Obasanjo said this on Saturday March 5, at the international symposium organised to mark his 85th birthday at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The symposium […]
Continue ReadingRegardless of where one stands on the animosity between Russia and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), leading to the invasion of Ukraine by President Vladimir Putin, reports of the human tragedies are heartbreaking. Sadly, many of our nationals are also caught in the middle of this disaster. Ukraine and Russia have in recent years become […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate and star, Tokunbo Idowu popularly called TBoss, has said that Nigerian ladies are the prettiest in Africa. “In Africa, when it comes to pretty ladies Nigeria remains undefeated,” she wrote. Her post: Photo: TBoss, Brookmatrix
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that for Nigeria to move forward, it needs more rebels who would speak the truth to power not minding whose ox is gored. Chief Obasanjo said this when he spoke at the unveiling of the autobiography of the Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, titled “Footprints […]
Continue ReadingSince the report of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari’s alleged involvement in a drug ring hit the airwaves on Monday, the question of whether he will be extradited to the United States of America to face justice for pending infractions has also resurfaced. About nine months ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had […]
Continue ReadingLast Tuesday at the public presentation of my book, ‘Cowries of Blood’, a reporter asked me to crack the title. I smiled the question off. I hope my quizzer reads this and connects the silhouetted dots. It is not only about cows and forest boys grazing in farms and killing grumbling farmers. It is about […]
Continue ReadingMen of Ogun State police Command on Saturday, February 12, arrested one Kehinde Oladimeji 43years, and his wife Adejumoke Raji 35, for being in possession of alleged fresh different human parts. The couple who are residents of no.72 MKO Abiola way, Leme Abeokuta, were arrested following a report lodged at Kemta Divisional Headquarters by one […]
Continue ReadingArmed bandits have killed a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) named DSP Abdukadir Abubakar Rano, in Jibia local government area of Katsina State, Nigeria, during an attack on Magama section of Jibia town. Katsina State is president Muhammadu Buhari’s home State. According to residents of Jibia, the gunmen attacked the town at about 3a.m. on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and ex-Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Monday, said that Nigeria is living on extra time in view of the numerous challenges battling the country. Sanusi noted that the country would be in a deeper hole in 2023, if nothing drastic was done to address the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Umaro Cissoko Embaló survived Tuesday’s “failed attack against democracy.” But the situation in Guinea-Bissau remains unclear. That the fragile West African country is the fifth to catch the military coup bug in recent times should be disturbing to leaders within the sub-region. Only two weeks ago, President Roch Kabore was toppled in Burkina Faso. […]
Continue ReadingNo government can remove fuel subsidy in Nigeria. And this is simply because the chicken has come home to roost, not because it is desirable to subsidise a product that needn’t be subsidised. Well, some people may argue that because Nigeria is a crude oil producing nation, then it is good to expect the citizens not to pay what other […]
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