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Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said he does not believe Nigerian unity is attainable under the current regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari due to its systemic failure. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Saturday at the book reading and signing of two of his books titled: ‘Trumpism in Academe’ and ‘Chronicles […]
Continue ReadingStray bullet has killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo State, Nigeria. Mrs. Glory Nkwocha was at her house with her family on Thursday, May 6, when a stray bullet from a gun duel between combined security operatives and hoodlums in Orlu town hit her. Mrs. Nkwocha was […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement made available to journalists on Friday, Bright Edafe, acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) said, suspected cultists and murderers were arrested and several arms and ammunition recovered. “On the 5/5/2021 at about 1300hrs, we received an information that a woman Jemilia Suleman ‘f’ age 48yrs, a native of Plateau State with one […]
Continue ReadingThe Obosi police station in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, has been attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Tribune reports that two police Inspectors were killed during the attack that occurred on Wednesday night May 5. The gunmen freed all the detainees in the cell before razing down the police station. Confirming the […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday described calls for the disintegration of Nigeria as unmindful and insensitive to the plight of the minority groups in the country. Mr. Obasanjo made the observation when he received the Tiv Professional Group (TPG) from Benue State, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abeokuta. The former president recalled […]
Continue ReadingA middle-aged man, identified as Sunday Maduegbunam, who was seen in a viral video flogging, kicking and boxing his own mother, has been caught and flogged publicly by the youth of the community in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the one minute-fifty five seconds video, the man was seen […]
Continue ReadingA newly married couple identified as Kingsley and Ajoke Akpor, have been reportedly killed by a hit-and-run driver in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the tragic accident happened on Sunday night, May 2, along NPA Expressway. Details on the accident are still sketchy, however, it was gathered that the couple were crossing […]
Continue Reading13-year-old girl simply identified as Nsebong has allegedly committed suicide in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Nigeria. According to FadFM Calabar publicist, Archibong Efefiom, the incident happened at Diamond Hill area of Calabar on Sunday evening, May 2. It was gathered that the teen’s guardian had raised alarm over her disappearance. Neighbours gathered and […]
Continue ReadingDear President Muhammadu Buhari, what a hell of a week it was! Again, undergraduates kidnapped in Kaduna were slain while the ransom was still being negotiated. More bloodbaths in Zamfara claimed over 100 lives. Over 50 villages were deserted in Niger after attacks by Boko Haram, who cheekily hoisted their dark flag in one of […]
Continue ReadingRobert Clarke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has said Nigeria might not survive the problem of insecurity for another six months. While speaking on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics, the senior lawyer noted that the country was on the verge of collapse, stressing that the prevailing security situation now was worse than the situation during the […]
Continue ReadingCatholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, seemed not to have sympathy for secessionist calls on Saturday when he said the cost of staying together as a nation is cheaper than the cost of dividing Nigeria. He didn’t waist time to blame the All Progressives Congress government of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, for making […]
Continue ReadingFor the umptee Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has said the ”failure” of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the country is fuelling agitations of secession by groups within the country. Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, 93, alleged Buhari’s stubbornness to implement federalism will only make secession inevitable while also saying Buhari was hiding in the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Kano state, Nigeria, Abdullahi Ganduje has decried the level of corruption in the country which according to him, won’t lead to development or progress. In his speech at the inauguration of an eight-man Anti-Corruption Strategy Steering Committee on Thursday April 29, Ganduje who was represented at the event by Alhaji Usman Alhaji, the […]
Continue ReadingLagos lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, said on Thursday, that Nigeria has become a failed state; regretting that the government has lost the monopoly of violence to the armed gangs. He pointed out that apart from the manipulation of ethnicity and religion and the use of brute force the federal and state governments […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war because it will not augur well for the country. Osinbajo said this at an interactive forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra governorship aspirants, organised by the state chapter of APC Patriots in Abuja. “The thing about the kind of […]
Continue ReadingA hotel owner and his wife have been brutally murdered by unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins in Ado–Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The 63-year-old man identified as Kehinde Ibidunni and his wife, Elizabeth, 54, were reportedly stabbed and shot dead by the gunmen who broke into their residence at Atan-Ota community […]
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested after he was found with a condom containing sperm. The brother of the arrested man had gone on Twitter to complain about his brother’s arrest. He wrote in his tweet: “SARS AT SARS ROAD has been holding my brother since yday night that they saw him with condom. He slept […]
Continue ReadingAbia State Police Command in Nigeria has launched manhunt for a fleeing gateman after a widow was brutally murdered in Umuahia. The victim, Mrs Queeneth Alozie, a retired nurse from the Federal Medical Centre FMC Umuahia, was allegedly slaughtered on Sunday morning, April 25, by yet-to be identified assailants. Until her death, Mrs Alozie was the […]
Continue ReadingSinger ReekadoBanks is of the opinion that Nigeria is on the brink of a civil war. In a tweet posted on his handle, ReekadoBanks alleged that politicians are doing everything to enable a civil war because ”their schemes thrive in havoc and when there’s a divide”. His tweet reads: “Nigeria is on the brink of […]
Continue ReadingAt the inaugural Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI), launched on Monday April 26 in Singapore, Nigeria was ranked the third-worst in global good governance index. 34 indicators which are organized into seven pillars: leadership and foresight; robust laws and policies; strong institutions; financial stewardship; attractive marketplace; global influence and reputation; and helping people rise are used […]
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