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A notable group, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Tuesday asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to “resign immediately” over failure in providing security for Nigerians. In a statement, the group made the demand through its spokesperson, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. According to him, it is disappointing that after about seven years of being in office, Buhari […]
Continue ReadingExactly how does one describe a moment such as this in the life of a nation? A moment when that nation is exhibiting all the traits of collapse but there is no credible rebuttal by the evidence or the authorities. A moment that, it seems obvious, there is nowhere to run, nowhere to go, nobody […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday night, terrorists attacked a Kaduna-bound passenger train that left from Abuja. They ambushed the train by detonating some explosives laid on the railway tracks. The violent implosion that followed not only stopped the train in its tracks but also imploded the myth of the progress Nigeria has made under the present regime. So […]
Continue ReadingPopular comic actor, Kunle Adetokunbo, popularly called Dejo Tunfulu has died. Another star actor, Kunle Afod, shared the news on his Instagram page on Friday. The president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, also confirmed his death. “Yes, it is confirmed. He died in […]
Continue ReadingTranslated in its simplest form, “aṣiṣe” (ashee-shay) in Yoruba means blunder, mistake or error. But the English language perennially fails to capture the nuances of certain Yoruba words. Aṣiṣe is deeper than a mere, everyday mistake. There is an element of unusualness to it, a bit of stupidity or an insinuation of operating under a […]
Continue ReadingMy sister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili could not have been more apt when she said Nigerians like to major in minors. Ever since the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the Governor of Anambra State ended on a slapping note, there has been no bigger storyline in Nigeria than the humiliation of an errant (now former) […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman was reported to have been brutally murdered in Ebonyi state, Nigeria, after demanding her father’s inheritance following the death of her only brother under a mysterious circumstance. The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), is demanding justice for Nnenaya Onu, 35, who was allegedly stripped naked, beaten, dismembered, and burnt behind her father’s […]
Continue ReadingMen 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 […]
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