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Last 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 […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright 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 […]
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