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Former Chief Judge of Jigawa State, Justice Aminu Sabo Ringim, has died. He died in a lone accident at about 1.00pm on Tuesday, May 18 in Shafar village, Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Public Relations Officer, Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the attackers broke into the court around 3.00pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge. Katsina is one of the states most affected by terrorism and […]
Continue ReadingA six-year-old girl (name withheld) was raped to death by unknown men in Mararaban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. It was gathered that the girl went missing around 4.30 pm on Sunday, May 16, while playing with other children at a neighbour’s compound. Her parents, relatives and neighbours started searching for her […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, says the lower chamber of the National Assembly is set to legalize the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit. A Bill to legalize the use of Indian Hemp in Nigeria for economic benefit passed second reading in the house in October, 2020. Kalu […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Senior Pastor of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has revealed what his action would be if the country is engulfed in crisis. In a message to his church members, Oyedepo stated that he will be the last to leave the country if there is a crisis. […]
Continue ReadingPlateau Police Command has arrested a middle-aged Lebanese national identified as Simo, for allegedly sleeping with 14 under-aged girls in the Abattoir Community, a suburb of Jos, the state capital. According to Africa Independent Television (AIT), the Lebanese was said to have lured his victims to his residence, while seven of them are allegedly pregnant. […]
Continue ReadingThe New York Times report of March 13, 1976 put the story of Nigeria’s perennial human sacrifices by the bloodthirsty grove of coup-plotting most startlingly. The day before, newly appointed Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier Musa Yar’Adua, had announced that former Defense Minister, Major General Iliya D. Bisalla and 29 others, had been executed by the seaside suburb of Victoria […]
Continue ReadingThe funeral of Iniubong Umoren, the university graduate job seeker who was recently raped and killed in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria has held in the state with family, friends and sympathisers in attendance. Iniubong was raped and killed when a man lured her on social media with a fake job interview. See more photos from […]
Continue ReadingThe Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old man, Lamido Gunduma, for allegedly killing his pregnant girlfriend and their baby in Jamaare Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, May 14, said the suspect conspired with his friend to abort […]
Continue ReadingPolice operatives in Sokoto state have rescued a 12-year-old girl, Joy Emmanuel, caged for eight months by her guardians identified as Bassey and Esther Emmanuel at their home in the Sokoto Cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area, Nigeria. According to reports, Joy was locked up and deprived of food because of her unstable […]
Continue Reading“In an upcoming foreign policy piece, Dr Robert Rotberg and I will argue that Nigeria is a failed state.” That is a 6 May, 2021 tweet from John Campbell, a former United States Ambassador to Nigeria. It should worry all who know that this came from Campbell, author of ‘Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink’ published […]
Continue ReadingSome Abuja-based lawyers, on Friday, expressed divergent views committed by himself upon his lawful wife under the Nigerian law. The lawyers, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the spousal or marital exemption principle implies that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife had […]
Continue ReadingFormer American sprinter and double Olympics gold medallist Lee Evans, 74, is on life support in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, after suffering “an unusual kind of stroke,” according to Punch. This was made known in an appeal posted on WhatsApp platform Family United by Sports by ex-international Segun Odegbami on Thursday. The appeal titled ‘Lee Evans […]
Continue ReadingLast Sunday, the charismatic ‘House on the Rock’ Pastor, Paul Adefarasin told his congregation that no country has survived two civil wars. He warned that if the current situation degenerates, nobody can foretell the consequences. After calling on the government and other stakeholders to come together to address the challenge, Adefarasin then added a controversial […]
Continue ReadingSince independence the unity of Nigeria has hardly ever been taken for granted. This topic is being revisited here because it is even dangerous to have false assumptions today about a united Nigeria under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari. The basis of unity in the country is being called to question in virtually every […]
Continue ReadingNigeria appears to have turned the corner and her fate no longer rests with those protecting their oil wells or those nostalgic about their Civil War scars or even those hallucinating about 2023. Truth be told, these same people – those bent on protecting their advantage as well as those sentimental about the so-called non-negotiability […]
Continue ReadingSenior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church Lagos, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has advised his church members to get a plan B. He gave the advice on Sunday, May 9, after he spoke extensively on the state of the nation. Pastor Adefarasin called on all leaders not to be partisan at this time. ”No […]
Continue ReadingProfessor of political economy, Pat Utomi has countered the presidency’s claim of “disgruntled religious and past political leaders” working with “external forces” to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Utomi in an interview with PUNCH described the claim as “silly”, and further alleged that people in power are the ones who have ordered a coup against the Nigerian people by […]
Continue ReadingNo less than 22 underage girls of Akwa Ibom State of origin in Nigeria were on Friday rescued from a prostitution home in Ogun State, Daily Post reports. The girls were said to have been lured from Akwa Ibom to Ogun State with phony offers of employment. Some of them said they were brought to […]
Continue ReadingThe other day, my 15-year-old son — a scholastic chess award winner — drew my attention to an even younger Nigerian chess phenom in the US. The video reminded me to do what I have been putting off for quite some time — a column on why the Nigeria brand remains priceless to many, even […]
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