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We marked the World Water Day on March 22 with a damning statistic: over 60 million Nigerians do not have access to safe drinking water. In simpler English, they get their water from unhealthy sources, such as streams and ponds. I will deliberately leave out the stinking statistics on the 47 million still practising open […]
Continue ReadingIt was, as far as I can remember, the second time in over three decades that I would observe such grief. The first was in 1986 when Dele Giwa, the pioneer editor-in-chief of Newswatch magazine was assassinated by a parcel bomb. The second only recently happened after the tragedy of March 10, when an Ethiopian aircraft crashed […]
Continue ReadingPeople believed to be herdsmen have killed 16 persons during an attack on Ebete community in Agatu local government area of Benue state, Nigeria. The herders were said to have attacked the community at 1am on Wednesday, opening fire on residents and setting houses ablaze. Adeyemi Yekini, force commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, an army task […]
Continue ReadingAn Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), has been shot dead by suspected herdsmen, at Umuachi-Afor community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. Until his death, the ASP was attached to the Ashaka police divisional headquarters, according to Vanguard newspaper. He was reported to have led a team of police officers in search of […]
Continue Reading71-year-old retired Colonel has been jailed for 25 years over the killing of one Felix Esan in Ekiti State. The retired Army Officer, Richard Ogunboyo was sentenced on Tuesday, by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The convict, who was the head of a vigilante group in Iyin Ekiti, was said to have committed […]
Continue ReadingSad. A Nigerian man has taken to his social media handle to narrate a very horrible event that happened to his friend. He wrote: “Ladies please stop the act of pressing phone while cooking with gas it is dangerous, I am so hurt. None of us will die young oo, rest in peace annyfat […]
Continue ReadingAn alleged gang of notorious kidnappers has been smashed by security operatives in Imo state. The notorious gang members were said to have been terrorizing residents of Arondizuogu and environs for months now, before they were apprehended on Tuesday, December 8 (yesterday). They were caught by the police and youths along Nkwo-achi area in Arondizuogu, […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the family of 19-year-old Confidence Nwanma, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, has declared that the killer boyfriend must marry her corpse in line with the tradition of the family. The beautiful girl, Nwanma was allegedly stabbed to death last week by her boyfriend, Ladayo in the Oshinle area of Akure, the Ondo […]
Continue ReadingJigawa State police command has said a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Jafaru, attempted to commit suicide after his wife, Halima, refused to return home following a dispute. Premium Times reports that Abdullahi poured petrol on himself and set himself ablaze in Shunar, Kafin Hausa LGA of the State The Jigawa state police command spokesperson, Audu Jinjiri, […]
Continue Reading42-year-old Samuel Sunday Otasi, and his brother, Preye Ayah, have been arrested by the police in Igbogene community, a suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, for killing two of his three children. The suspect was said to have connived with Preye and tied his three children to a tree in a bush along Glory Land Drive, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed the death of two pilots and three crew members in an helicopter crash, which occurred in Damasak, Borno State, Nigeria on Wednesday. In a statement by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF disclosed this on Thursday. Daramola said the 5 crew members, who were on board the Nigerian Air […]
Continue ReadingA suspected female thief was set ablaze by a mob in Obudu, Cross Rivers state yesterday December 29th. Facebook user, Anya Vincent, who shared the story online, said residents of the area alleged that the lady assists robbers who terrorise the area. Read what he wrote below “This happened yesterday in obudu , Cross River State. She […]
Continue ReadingIt is indeed sad as a young Nigerian Air Force Officer, Val Monfort Sixtus, was, shot dead on Boxing Day by a policeman in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The terrible incident allegedly happened around 10.00am at Unity Bank ATM stand along Marian Road, Calabar. Confirming the news, on Thursday, the Cross River State Police Public […]
Continue ReadingThe kernel of this essay is to show the legal realities of three types of marriage being entered into by a single individual in his or her quest to satisfy Nigerian tradition, religious belief and makes the contract legally binding on parties under the Marriage and the Matrimonial Causes Acts. The essay will center on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Saturday that Nigeria belongs to all and that God will not allow “insensitive” few to make the country their private estate. Chief Obasanjo said this at the 80th birthday celebration of Professor Ango Abdullahi, former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, which took place at the […]
Continue ReadingShowing their concern about some of the events culminating in Nigeria’s next year’s general elections, 4 United States senators; Jeff Flake, Cory Booker, Johnny Isakson and Christopher Coons came out strongly in the week and insisted that Nigeria must build off on the peaceful transfer of power she pulled off in 2015 as she gears […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in have it that suspected kidnappers abducted the Rt.Reverend Clement N.Ekpeye, JP, honourable Bishop of Ahoada Diocese of the Anglican Communion at about 7pm on Tuesday, December 18. Spokesman and Clerical Synod Secretary of Ahoada Diocese, who confirmed the incident, said it occurred at Bishop’s Court, which is his official residence at Odiemerenyi […]
Continue ReadingA Grade 1 Area Court judge sitting at Kubwa, Abuja, Mr Abdulwahab Mohammed said to be 32-year-old, who was reported to have slumped on Saturday has died. According to the Court’s Executive Officer Litigation, Umar Kontagora, the late Area Court judge who has been on admission at National Hospital Abuja, died at the weekend. Kontagora said the […]
Continue ReadingSustainable Development International (SUSDEVI), is a multi-lateral non-governmental organization that works to help countries achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Its main focus is on developing countries in the African and Asian continents, but green energy programs extend to countries in America, Australia and Europe. The body (SUSDEVI) is currently seeking to recruit […]
Continue ReadingA man reported to be rich in Niger State, Nigeria, Yakubu Chanji, has tied the knot with a teenager said to be 15-year-old. Neighbours of the age-gap couple said that Mr Chanji is in his early 70s. According to Daily Nigerian, the wedding Fatiha took place on Monday in Lapai, Niger State, with family and […]
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