Gunmen, who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom, a family source told Daily Trust. Suspected bandits had on… Gunmen, who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom, a family source told Daily Trust. Suspected bandits had on Thursday abducted at least 100 persons from farmlands ... Read More »
PICTURES: FASHOLA INSPECTS ONGOING RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF LAGOS – IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, SECTION I AND REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF LAGOS – BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY IN LAGOS PIX ONE :A view of the Ongoing Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Expansion of Lagos -Ibadan Expressway, Section I by Otedola Bridge in Lagos State on Saturday, 8th April 2023. INSET:Hon. Minister of Works and Housing, ... Read More »
Anti-party: Dapo Abiodun, not Daniel should be questioned by APC In the last few days, I have been inundated with calls from different people seeking my opinion on the purported cry for suspension of OGD by a so-called APC Youth League. Not that the threat really amounts to anything, but for the concerns of the reading public, especially friends and ... Read More »
From all informed political permutations, the outcome of the 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria makes very plausible the swing of the position of Speaker, 10th House of Representatives, to the North. And on the list of eligible Reps-Elect for the Office of Speaker, House of Reps, Rt. Hon. Dr. Aminu Sani Jaji ranks atop. Undoubtedly one of the best lawmakers ... Read More »
The warring leaders of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, have been urged to sheathe their swords and allow peace reign in the overall interest of the Yoruba ethnic group and its progress. A former National Publicity Secretary of the organisation and former two-term member of the House of Representatives, Chief Babatunde Oduyoye, in a statement issued in Ibadan, called on ... Read More »
Gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked Chitumu, a community near Zuba town in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (F Gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked Chitumu, a community near Zuba town in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Muhammad Liman, secretary to the community’s village head, said the attackers numbering ... Read More »
A PASSIONATE PLEA FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF PROF. ONJE GYE-WADO* The news of the abduction of Prof. Onje Gye-Wado, this afternoon, came as a rude shock to me while trying to settle down on my holiday vacation. I had expected a holiday outside the shore of Nigeria to be a break from the stress of work and a time ... Read More »
CHIMAMANDA – NIGERIA’s POSITIVELY GROWING DEMOCRACY By Dele Alake The noted and internationally acclaimed Nigerian novelist and essayist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, deserves a great deal of pity and sympathy for her so utterly biased piece titled ‘Nigeria’s hollow democracy’ published in the latest edition of ‘The Atlantic’ magazine. It is a piece that does little credit to the image and ... Read More »
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has felicitated with Nigerians, especially the Christians, as they join others across the world to mark the 2023 Easter celebration in remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Dr. Obasa tasked Christians in Lagos and Nigeria to use the opportunity of the celebration to engage in ... Read More »
As the governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State, life is bound to be bright and beautiful, and bubbly. If you are now predisposed to epicurean pleasures like Governor Nyesom Wike, bingeing daily on the most expensive bourbon or champagne or cognac should not raise any eyebrow, no? This must be Governor Wike’s response to the mass hysteria that heralded a ... Read More »
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