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Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the European Union Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe and Nigeria is not one of them. Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe […]
Continue ReadingCitizens or foreigners coming into Nigeria will henceforth leave their passports with the Nigeria Immigration Service for two weeks, till their health status is verified. In a circular dated June 10, 2020 and addressed to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria, it was gathered that only those with diplomatic passport are exempted […]
Continue ReadingAn imminent UNO State of Cameroon is fiction, both Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office in Nigeria said on Friday. A Nigerian newspaper had reported the imminent birth of a new African nation, sandwiched between Nigeria and Cameroon. According to the false report, the new country whose name is UNO State […]
Continue ReadingAbia Commissioner for Environment, Solomon Ogunji, has died. A statement from the state Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi-Kalu, said Ogunji died in the early hours of Saturday, May 23, in Aba at the Abia State Teaching Hospital. According to Okiyi-Kalu, Ogunji died after a brief illness associated with high blood pressure. The statement reads: “It is […]
Continue Reading“We must make sure about two things, namely: that our principles are just and that are methods are practical; for nothing destroys her own ends as unjust principles and impractical methods and approach.” – Obafemi Awolowo. Twenty three years ago, yours sincerely authored an article on one of Nigeria’s never-endingDevelopment Plans. The intervention, entitled, ‘Vision 2010 Hath No Fury’ (Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingSequel to the incident of Coronavirus confirmation in Nigeria, the Ogun state government says 28 people who had contact with the Italian victim of the disease have been identified and quarantined. The Ogun state government also said the firm that the victim visited in Ewekoro, has been shut down. Mr. Dapo Abiodun, the state Governor, […]
Continue ReadingThe Government of Jersey, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United States of America, on Monday, 3 February 2020, entered into an Asset Recovery Agreement to repatriate over US$308 million of forfeited assets to Nigeria. The funds were laundered through the US banking system and then held in bank accounts in […]
Continue ReadingAnglican Bishops in Nigeria have rejected the Supreme Court’s judgment that nullified the election of Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Imo state governor and replaced him with Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC). On behalf of the Bishops, the Archbishop of Enugu Province, Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, said there was […]
Continue ReadingSexually explicit video from a Twitter hangout which was held in Ogun State, ignited mixed reactions after it went viral on social media. The videos shared on social media showed some of the hangout attendees smooching publicly while others looked on. Some Nigerians who reacted to the videos questioned the morals of the youngsters and […]
Continue ReadingOn December 20, the United States government issued a statement, speaking through the US Department of State and US Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, designating Nigeria “a country of particular concern” with regard to religious freedom and the freedom of thought and conscience. The statement opens with the patronizing declaration that “the protection of […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has placed Nigeria and six other countries on the special watch list of states that had engaged in or tolerated the severe violation of religious freedom. Other countries listed in the SWL include Comoros, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Sudan. US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo announced this in a statement in […]
Continue ReadingThe Kaduna State Police Command has rescued a woman who was locked up in a dark room by her biological brother for two years. The police and an NGO, Arida Relief Foundation found the lady identified as Hassana Sale in a sad state in the room she was locked up in at Rigasa area of Kaduna by her brother Lawal […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Police Command says a mob of protesters have killed one Ahmed Bello, a Vehicle Inspector Officer, in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Friday. Narrating the incident, Usman said, […]
Continue ReadingOndo State police command has arrested a man identified as Ojo Daniyan for allegedly killing his wife, Dorcas, over a disagreement they had concerning proceeds from a parcel of land she sold. The suspect said to be a welder allegedly emptied a keg of petrol on his wife who he set on fire around 11pm […]
Continue ReadingThe remains of the wife and three children of Nigerian man, Tervershima Jebe, who died in a fatal accident in Benue state on Sunday September 15, were laid to rest today September 18. The deceased woman and their three children were traveling in the Benue state owned transportation buses, Benue Links, when they died. The […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is standing on the edge of a dangerous cliff. It is just a matter of time before it tips over. Rather than the current emotional and politically driven call for a “revolution”, we all really need to calmly analyse and situate the cause(s) of our problems. In any case, a revolution without a vanguard […]
Continue ReadingIn the Bible, Jesus cast a legion of demons out of a demon-possessed man. However, he cast the demons into 2,000 pigs nearby. Immediately, the pigs ran over a cliff, fell into the sea and drowned. When the villagers heard about this miracle, they were not pleased. How could 2,000 pigs be destroyed just in […]
Continue ReadingDuring the meeting of world leaders at Paris, President of the African Development Bank and former Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, trended on the social media. He had been pictured with different world leaders at the G7 meeting, and before he knew it, Nigerians declared him a presidential material. They were not merely superficial, mind […]
Continue Reading26-year-old Saliu Oladayo was handed a death sentence by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Tuesday September 3, after he was found guilty of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend, Confidence Ebere. The convict was arrested by the police after stabbing Ebere to death during an argument in May 2018 at Oshinle Quarters in Akure […]
Continue ReadingOffice of telecommunication company, MTN, situated at Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria has been set on fire by an irate mob. The incident resulted in gridlock as vehicles passing through Agodi government secretariat road en route the University of Ibadan are having a hectic time, navigating the road. As a result of the development, the […]
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