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A senior registrar in the department of anaesthesiology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), has died of COVID-19 complications. UCTH’s association of resident doctors announced the death of Odii Stanley. A statement released by the group reads: “On behalf of the entire membership of ARD UCTH, I regret to bring to your notice the untimely demise […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-American female basketballer, Nneka Ogwumike’s bid to play at the Olympics has again been denied. The Los Angeles Sparks was left off Team USA’s Olympic roster, a decision that has been described as arguably the biggest snub in Team USA’s history. Despite the snub, Ogwumike decided to join her sisters, Chiney and Erica, on Team […]
Continue ReadingA young man who hurriedly came to Nigeria in anger because of what he discovered online, is reported to have slumped and died after reading the result of a DNA test conducted on his son. According to the so-called friends of the deceased who gave their opinions online, the overseas-based man chanced upon his wife […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian singer, Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy and areafada1, has said he does not believe in one Nigeria. In a chat with The Nation, the 71-year-old singer said his submission is as a result of the current happenings in the country, which have continued to reoccur over the last four decades. “No, I […]
Continue ReadingThe six governors from the Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria have proposed conversion of the present six geopolitical zones into federating units, as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. In a document presented to members of the National Assembly from the geopolitical zone, the Southwest Governors’ Forum also […]
Continue ReadingNigeria, a country of roughly 250 ethnic groups arbitrarily coupled together by the British colonialists in 1914, is mired in an “existential crisis”, probably like never before. Apart from the north, it seems every other part wants out. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), under the leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has long declared its […]
Continue ReadingThe author, Chinua Achebe, in his 1983 book, “The Trouble with Nigeria”, depicts a nation where leadership is the most critical challenge in addressing the issues of underdevelopment, nepotism, institutional corruption, inept and mediocre personality cult, and injustice that have bedeviled the nation. Nearly four decades after that publication, our national life is still plagued […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian soldier in the rank of Major has been shot dead in an armed robbery incident in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shisu Adam said an army private was also killed in the incident which occurred at Dumdubus village in Dutse Local Government Area of the state around 9pm […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Imo state, Nigeria, have arrested an alleged fake lady lawyer, Mrs Princess kate Nneoma Duruji “F”, age 37 Years of Akakkims Palace Orji Owerri, lmo state. A statement released by spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, today July 7, states that the suspect who has been parading herself as […]
Continue ReadingIn the month of October, 1980, about a month before I turned 19, while living in Calabar, in a newspaper called “Daily Sketch”, I saw an advertisement for a vacancy by Nigeria Airways. It read “See the world and meet people, be a Nigeria Airways Flight Attendant.” I became extremely interested and saw myself travelling […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Nigeria’s federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, last week revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB leader was repatriated from. […]
Continue Reading“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a […]
Continue ReadingFormer American sprinter and double Olympics gold medalist, Lee Evans has been laid to rest in a tomb at a private cemetery of the Segun Odegbami International College and Sport Academy, in Ogun state, Nigeria. The former world record holder of 400m event was buried on Thursday, in accordance with his wishes before he died. […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS). The counsel stated this while giving an update of the case on Friday evening on Twitter. Ejiofor wrote, “My client, Mazi Nnamdi […]
Continue ReadingKenyan authorities have stated that they were not aware of the ‘arrest and extradition’ of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who was nabbed on their soil and brought to Nigeria. Kenya’s Director-General of Immigration Services, Alexander Muteshi, dismissed the claims of the country’s complicity in the ‘arrest and extradition’ of […]
Continue ReadingWhat appears to be the World’s Largest Flag to be hoisted was unveiled in Ibadan on Thursday by the Octogenarian Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, who designed Nigeria’s flag when he was 22 years old. The flag covers an area of 3,275.6 square meters. The previous world record for the largest flag to be flown was held […]
Continue ReadingBy the time you watched Information minister Lai Mohammed’s fume in the National Assembly on Tuesday where he had gone to defend the Twitter ban, you would conclude that these people neither have solutions to Nigeria’s problems nor the imagination to conjure any. Mohammed expectedly regurgitated his ear-grating tale about the evils of social media, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Alesh Sanni, has shared a video showing the poor state and environment of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC, United States. The video shows men and women who went to the embassy for an appointment, fanning themselves manually as the Air Conditioner wasn’t working. See what he wrote and the video he shared […]
Continue ReadingFreedom group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has called for the intervention of the international community to prevent an eruption of hostilities in Nigeria. Pointing to present challenges of instability, insecurity, lack of cohesion and mutual distrust in the country that was similar to the time before the Civil War between 1967 and 1970, NADECO warned […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be armed bandits have allegedly killed a medical doctor identified as Precious Chinedu Emeka in Salka village, Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the gunmen numbering about five invaded his clinic while he was on duty around 9:00pm on Wednesday evening, June 16, and whisked him away […]
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