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After the jokes, memes, comedy skits, and satire about Ms Bianca Ojukwu slapping the former first lady of Anambra State, Ebele Obiano, had settled, it dawns on you how much abuse is endemic to our Nigerian societies and forms a part of our socialisation processes. To be born a Nigerian is to be thrust into […]
Continue ReadingA man has been accused of brutalizing a woman who confronted him after he allegedly touched her butt in Ikoyi area of Lagos state, Nigeria. The lady who shared photos of the injuries she sustained after the alleged incident, said: “Molested and harassed by man, human right should help me Nigeria people should help me […]
Continue ReadingFor Nigerians, the crisis in Ukraine is not far away at all. It is next door, in fact it may be said that the war is having a major effect in many Nigerian homes and families. This is not about crude oil, the spot price of which has gone beyond $100 per barrel, and the […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say the Federal Government of Nigeria has arranged a special flight operation to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama in an interview with NTA said the Nigerian embassy in Kyiv has been contacted to finalise the arrangements for those willing to return to the country. Onyeama said: “The […]
Continue ReadingAfter celebrating “Made in Nigeria, Enjoyed Worldwide” in my previous article, I was immediately confronted with the other side of our beloved country as we slipped into the “Only in Nigeria” mode again. It emerged that motorists had unknowingly been buying off-spec petrol. Their car engines were getting damaged. Apparently, the authorities tried to downplay […]
Continue ReadingHe looked rather gangly, and so his gestures weren’t particularly dreadful. But he barked orders that sent shivers down the spines of Nigerians. He threatened to tamper with the press, and then struck through the Protection Against False Accusations Decree, infamously dubbed Decree 4. He ordered Nigerians to form neat queues, as part of his […]
Continue ReadingNigerians have trooped to the page of the alleged new wife of the Ooni of Ife to leave messages after Queen Naomi announced her marriage to the Yoruba monarch is over. The alleged new wife, Princess Ashley Afolashade Afolakemi, posts mostly photos of herself taken in the Palace and photos where she’s meeting with children […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has sent his greetings to Nigerians especially the Christians at Christmas. He used the opportunity to assure Nigerians of his commitment to secure Nigeria. He also used the occasion to advise Nigerians to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Read Buhari’s full Christmas message below: PRESIDENT BUHARI’S 2021 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE I rejoice with […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that religion is the number one problem hindering Nigerians from being liberated as “rational beings.” Soyinka said this while speaking with a professor of African Literature, Dr. Louisa Egbunike. He stated that “if religion becomes an excuse for flouting the law, then that religion has got to […]
Continue ReadingWhat I find highly frustrating in discussions of certain killings in Nigeria is the assumption that the deaths were about “money rituals.” In instances of violent murders where the motive remains unclear, people allege ritual killings. The tendency to immediately conclude that certain instances of homicides are ritual killing could, unfortunately, be providing an alibi […]
Continue ReadingOne of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN, has raised the alarm over the alleged plan to take his life following the report by the panel that protesters were killed at the Lekki toll gate on October […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria has warned Nigerians to beware of fake social media handles of the newly launched digital currency, the eNaira. Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, launched the central bank digital currency, called eNaira, on Monday. To access the eNaira, users have to download the ‘speed wallet’, which allows users to conduct transactions with speed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Ruth Kadiri has decried the attitude of Nigerians when some public figures decide to use their platforms to speak on their behalf. In a post shared on her Instagram page, the actress mentioned that some Nigerians attack public figures who decide to speak on some national issues. She mentioned that what many Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingThe ultimate question we need to ask ourselves is whether we believe we are worthy enough as a people and as a nation, to have and to manage a currency, or if we feel too worthless to have one. One-track-minded philistinism leaves us all wretched, one way or another. I have been struggling to write […]
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY FIRST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY 1ST OCTOBER, 2021. Citizens of Nigeria. It is with full gratitude to God that today, we celebrate Nigeria’s sixty first Independence Anniversary. 2. For 1st of October 1960 to happen, […]
Continue ReadingNothing less than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. According to reports, the names of the affected individuals have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be arrested on sight. Going by the 2020 NIS annual report suspect index, 308 persons were […]
Continue ReadingFounder and General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi was spotted arriving for an event (Divine Solution Crusade) in Abuja in an expensive car that got social media buzzing. In the photos shared on his official Facebook page, Kumuyi was seen alighting from a platinum limousine car while being received by church […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I’m back again with my epistle this week. As we inch closer to another monumental and hopefully defining election, I need to sound this note of warning in earnest. This admonition is addressed in particular to most of our young ones who love to grumble and lament like the Biblical Jeremiah about bad […]
Continue ReadingIt is doubtful if there is any country that had more of its nationals competing for other countries than Nigeria at the just concluded Olympic Games tagged Tokyo 2020, which held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From European countries to North American countries and to Asian countries and Oceania, Nigerians were busy helping […]
Continue ReadingTop Boko Haram commanders have reportedly surrendered to troops in Operation Hadin Kai. Army Spokesperson, Onyema Nwachukwu said Chief Bomb Expert of the terrorists group known as Musa Adamu a.k.a Mala Musa Abuja and his second in command Usman Adamu a.k.a Abu Darda were among those that surrendered. They were received by Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 […]
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