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Lagos 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 […]
Continue ReadingThree Students of the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria, have been kidnapped right on their university campus. According to Punch, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Catherine Anene, confirmed the abduction of the students. Details as to the identities of the kidnapped students are still sketchy at this time. (Logo: FUAM)
Continue ReadingNine wedding guests have reportedly perished in a ghastly road accident in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The accident which involved a commercial bus belonging to Who Go Better Transport Company and a truck, occurred at Ekpon Junction, along the Agbor-Ewohimi Road on Saturday, April 24. It was gathered that the victims were travelling from […]
Continue ReadingA shocking video has emerged online of three young men suspected to be “Yahoo boys” bathing at a cemetery while tying red clothing around their waists. The footage was captured by a stunned individual who appeared to be filming the whole episode from an uncompleted building. In the viral video, one of the men is […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advised Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari to seek help on how to tackle the different security challenges confronting the country at the moment. In a statement issued by the stateman on Saturday, April 24, in reaction to the killing of three students of Greenwich University by bandits in […]
Continue ReadingIdentities of the three students of the Greenfield University Kaduna who were killed by suspected bandits have been revealed. They are Sadiq Yusuf Sanga, Precious Nwakacha, and Dorathy Yohanna. This platform earlier reported that armed bandits broke into the private university located along the Kaduna-Abuka Highway in Chikun Local Government Area on Tuesday night, April 20, […]
Continue ReadingA people who elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victims… but accomplices. – George Orwell I know I must be sounding like a broken record but I have to say it again and again without any equivocation that those currently strutting around for elective positions, particularly for the position of the president […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed a traditional ruler, Chief Hyacinth Ajon and another man identified as Benjamin Anakula in Benue State, Nigeria. Chief Ajon and Anakula were hacked to death by the assailants in the early hours of Wednesday, April 21 in Tse Zoola community, Makurdi Local Government Area of the state. […]
Continue ReadingPolicemen, about seven of them, allegedly caught with a bribe of N500,000 in Anambra State, Nigeria, have been arrested. The cops, whose identities could not be ascertained as of press time, were arrested following a petition by the victim. The Police Public Police Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu, who confirmed the development, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Information and culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed has warned that Professors could be working in bakeries in Togo just to survive if Nigeria disintegrates. Lai Mohammed who featured on a NAN flagship interview programme on Wednesday April 21, stated that the Buhari administration’s main issue is with the elites and not the common people. He also insinuated […]
Continue ReadingNot less than five persons including a newly wedded man, were confirmed dead after an 18-seater bus plunged into a river in Aponmu village, Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state, Nigeria. The 18-seater bus with registration number Lagos AAA 859 XC which took off from Lagos, plunged into the Owena river on Sunday […]
Continue ReadingA yet to be identified pregnant woman died inside a commercial bus in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra state, Nigeria. One of the the passengers, Gifted Joseph, who disclosed this on Facebook said the incident happened on Thursday, April 15, at Awkuzu Junction. According to Ms Joseph, when they got to the junction, the […]
Continue ReadingOfficers attached to 9th Mile Police Division in the Enugu state Police command, Nigeria, have arrested 29-year-old Nnenna Egwuagu of Umulumgbe in Udi L.G.A., pictured above, for allegedly administering a noxious substance to her three (3) years old stepson, one Wisdom Egwuagu, thereby causing his sudden death. A statement released by the spokesperson of the […]
Continue ReadingA young woman identified as Ya Hauwa Ali was among seven persons killed when Boko Haram insurgents attacked Damasak community in Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that three women, a man and two soldiers lost their lives in the attack which occurred on Saturday night, April 10. The insurgents stormed Damasak […]
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