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The United Bank for Africa recently “named and shamed” three forex defaulters by publishing their names on the bank’s website. The first two people on the list were said to have cancelled their trips but failed to return the Personal Travel Allowance availed them by the bank despite repeated correspondences by the bank agents. The […]
Continue ReadingTomorrow marks Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. While we lament about what might have been and politicians play their usual games that contribute nothing to the welfare of people, let me confess straightaway that the copyright for the title of this piece is not mine. But there is an interesting backstory to it. Late in July […]
Continue ReadingAn Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting customer’s tongue during sex. The police charged Anems with assault and causing grievous harm. The Magistrate, Ms Rose Iyorshe, on Thursday, September 30, sentenced Anems after she pleaded guilty and told the court that […]
Continue ReadingNothing less than 13 wedding guests have died and many others injured in a fatal motor accident which occurred in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The motor crash involving a Coaster bus filled with passengers and a truck occurred close to Akpoku-Udufor community on Sunday, September 26. One Great Missionary, who shared […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has banned the Nigerian flag in the Southeast zone of the country. In a statement released by the Media and Publicity Secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in Awka, Anambra State on Saturday, the secessionist group said the ban begins today, and also declared October 1 a sit-at-home day. He […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, script writer and movie producer, Nnaji Charity has re-echoed her past claim about celebrity life in Nigeria. In an Instastory post she shared, she alleged that being a female celebrity in Nigeria is more like advanced prostitution. See Charity’s post below:
Continue ReadingBeyond the Rotation of Presidency between the north and south arrangement, which seems to be taking up a huge chunk of media space as 2023 general elections loom large , there are other critical factors which are nuanced but Germaine to the matter of who becomes the president of Nigeria in 2023. The word on […]
Continue ReadingOne Pastor John Onu, has been killed by police stray bullet at his house in Nkaliki, Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The incident happened on Monday morning, September 20, when police protecting a hotel belonging to one Chukwudi Onyibe, a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Local Government on Internally Generated Revenue, […]
Continue ReadingDr. Chris Ngige, Nigerian Minister of Labour and Productivity, has said that the rising rate of unemployment and lack of education portend danger for the country, warning that if not tackled the country might be “completely wiped out.”. The Labour and Productivity minister said this at the inaugural partnership economy summit organised by the Ministry […]
Continue ReadingThe million-dollar question many are asking on the aftermath of the recent coup in Guinea is: Can there be a military coup in Nigeria again? Recall that on Sunday, September 5, 2021, Alpha Conde, the 83-year-old president of the country, was removed from office by the coupists led by the 41-year-old Colonel Mamady Doumbouya. They […]
Continue ReadingThe people within the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) held a protest opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States to drive home their demand for a referendum so as to actualise their dream of having Nigeria broken into separate nations. The coalition of agitators for self-determination consist of southerners and […]
Continue ReadingEveryday, every new evil, every mass abduction, kidnapping for ransom, herdsmen killing, has become a test of what we can tolerate. When evil visit To purge evil from this land and to rid all antecedents that fed it, our best is what we have to do by every legal, constitutional, and moral means.To purge evil […]
Continue ReadingUnited States Institute of Peace (USIP) has revealed that the rate of kidnapping across Nigeria has increased by 169 per cent in two years. In a report posted on its website titled: “Six Alternative Ways to Measure Peace in Nigeria”, which is part of its ongoing research to understand how Nigeria measures peace, USIP stated […]
Continue ReadingA young lady named Monsura has allegedly been shot dead at her home in Nigeria and her family members are crying for justice. She was killed on Friday, September 10. Her sister took to Facebook to share photos of Monsura after she was shot. She also shared photos of the scene where her sister was […]
Continue ReadingThe book I have been waiting for has arrived. It is called: Formation: The Making of Nigeria From Jihad to Amalgamation, written by Fola Fagbule and Feyi Fawehinmi and published this year by Cassava Republic. The authors discovered a magical formula – that the writing of history is too serious an agenda to leave in the […]
Continue Reading“We don’t believe in cheating or rigging elections but also we don’t want other parties to cheat us, and that was why we encouraged the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission to come up with a fool-proof voting process.” – Nasir el-Rufai The prefatory statement above belongs to Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna, one of […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the Dodo of Wawa (Gbere) in Niger State, Nigeria, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. The traditional ruler was kidnapped from his palace in Wawa, a suburb of New Bussa, the headquarters of Borgu local government area, in the presence of his wives around 9:30pm on Saturday, September 4. Reports say that […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I was supposed to give the speech, largely reproduced below, two days ago in Ibadan, but I was in Accra, Ghana, so opted to speak via Zoom. The occasion was the seminar on Broadcast Media and National Security organised by the Foundation for Ibadan Television Anniversary celebration at the Press Centre in Iyaganku. […]
Continue ReadingOlayomi Koiki, spokesperson to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has reiterated the mind of the activist on the actualisation of the Yoruba sovereign nation. In a statement issued by Koiki, he said Igboho has maintained that Nigeria as a country does not exist any longer for him as he believes the […]
Continue ReadingScary! One spring night, the pilot of a small plane experienced a complete engine failure. On top of that, he lost his electrical system, and with it, the use of his radio and navigation instruments. Mist filled the sky. The moon had not yet risen. The plane went down helplessly and blindly in the darkness….. I did […]
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