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If wisdom were ever desperately needed, that time is now. But reason is embattled and truth often comes with a high price in this kind of season even if it may bring post hummus tribute to those who speak them today. Why are we caught in this gale of emotional neighbor-bashing and bitterness of spirit […]
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Global Peace Index (GPI) has ranked Nigeria 146 among 163 independent nations and territories, according to its level of peacefulness. Nigeria moved one step from 147 in 2020, though it still ranked eighth among the least peaceful countries in Africa after South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Central African […]
Continue ReadingI am sure there is no breathing being around the world who does not know that Nigeria is at the brink of collapse and disintegration. Every nook and cranny of our nation is bedevilled by deafening demurrer from Nigerians who are tired of Nigeria. There are groups in the Northern axis that want out. There […]
Continue ReadingA graduate of Architecture from Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Ella Williams, has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along the Benin-Ekpoma expressway. It was gathered that Ella was travelling from Benin City to Ekpoma when the gunmen opened fire on the vehicle killing her on the spot while other passengers were […]
Continue ReadingOne pastor Enoch has allegedly killed his wife for ritual purpose and buried her in a shallow grave in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria. The incident happened in Ikot Abia community, Okon Clan in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The suspect said to be from Abia State is the founder of Omega Word Global […]
Continue ReadingThe Twitter Saga When I saw the front page headline of This Day Newspaper last Wednesday, I realised that this administration neither cares about the welfare or happiness of Nigerians, nor has it got the wherewithal to fulfil either the primary purpose of Government, nor the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, that […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement titled, ‘Cardinal Okogie: Life at 85′, the former Catholic Archbishop of the Lagos Diocese, Nigeria and ex-president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie noted that the regime met some of the crises while taking over power in 2015, adding that the country seemed to have “worsened economically […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in an interview with Arise News on Monday, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. The octogenarian lamented and likened the tempo for disintegration in recent time in Nigeria to that witnessed prior to the civil […]
Continue ReadingUntil recently, I had believed that the biggest threat to Nigeria’s corporate existence was hunger. Following the shenanigans of the past week when the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) banned Twitter because he got his feathers ruffled, I concluded that the trouble with Nigeria is that our leaders are a collective of anti-social […]
Continue ReadingJudiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its nationwide industrial action. The decision to call off the strike followed a meeting between JUSUN executives and the National Judicial Council (NJC) led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. Both parties agreed that the strike should be called off in the […]
Continue Reading“Bombs kill terrorists, Books kill terrorism. Missiles kill extremists, Mindfulness kills extremism. Guns kill supremacists, Goodness kills supremacy. Law restrains cruel people, Love reforms cruelty. Sarin cripples the malicious, Service cures malice. C4 impairs the prejudiced, Curiosity treats prejudice. Violence can be revolution no more. For all degradation kindness is the cure.” ― Abhijit Naskar. […]
Continue Reading“Omo, I see you are still on Twitter. How you dey take do am? Come and teach your brother…” “Eishhh, Ishhh…Will you keep quiet?” “But I noticed you tweeted something not long ago, despite the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria” “Hey…hey. My family offend your family? This man. I commit crime to know you? […]
Continue ReadingThe Diplomatic Missions of Canada, the European Union, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have issued a joint statement in reaction to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. On Friday, June 4, two days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the president of Nigeria for violating its rules, the […]
Continue ReadingSTATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON TWITTER SUSPENSION IN NIGERIA The temporary suspension of Twitter is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post. There has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent […]
Continue ReadingUnited States of America has issued a statement in respect of the ban placed on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The US mission in Nigeria says banning social media and curbing every citizen’s ability to seek, receive, and impart information undermines fundamental freedoms. Read the statement below: U.S. MISSION NIGERIA STATEMENT June 5, 2021 Nigeria’s constitution […]
Continue ReadingNigerian academic, media scholar, public speaker and newspaper columnist, Farooq Adamu Kperogi, has reacted to the suspension that Nigerian government placed on the use of Twitter in Nigeria. Kperogi in a tweet, has been able to show the alternative way Nigerians living in Nigeria can continue to use Twitter inside Nigeria. He wrote: “Does Lai […]
Continue ReadingIn a press release, Nigerian government has suspended the Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria. This must have been as a result of the removal of its tweet some days ago by Twitter. See the Nigerian government’s press release below: PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Twitter’s Operations in Nigeria The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of […]
Continue ReadingWas Nigeria in its geographic sense created to last or was it a convenient contraption for extractive purposes? Since the birth of this republic, ethnic discontent and violence have been one of its characteristic markers. Before and after the Civil War, there was never a national consolidation based on the principle of federalism within the […]
Continue Reading300 Level female student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Omowumi Blessing, was brutally raped and murdered by unknown persons at her sister’s residence in Tanke area of the Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The deceased was a student of the Agricultural Science Department from Oke-Opin community in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described Nigeria as a country presently dripping bitterness and sadness. The Owu Chief argued that even though Nigeria, as a country, is destined to be a land flowing with milk and honey, bad leadership has made it unachievable. He said this on Thursday while receiving a book titled, […]
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