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This administration is no stranger to blaming it’s failures and inadequacies on everybody else – from former President Goodluck Jonathan to every single person that has led the country in the past or that is not part of the current team. It’s not starting to irk – it has always been annoying. However, it is... Read More
It’s been a rough honeymoon week for America and it’s not even over yet. Just a day after the inauguration of their 45th President, the women (and men too) took to the streets of Washington by their thousands to protest various inequalities that persist till date and that they imagined were about to get worse.... Read More
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Namadi Sambo has never been the typical always-on-the-scene-type of Nigerian politician. It is a fact that not many Nigerians can lay claims to knowing much about him until he was appointed Vice-President by former President, Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. Namadi Mohammed Sambo started out his career as an Architect after bagging an Architecture degree from... Read More
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You must have been hit by the “tissue”, “condom” “pad” and just all round menstrual talk that has been flying around Twitter lately. It must have got you wondering: “why all this grossness everywhere?” Here’s how it happened: So @GbemmyG was wondering out loud why sanitary towels are not being distributed free the way condoms are:... Read More
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This week, the office of the Vice President announced the release of over N375 million to feed a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils in five states in continuation of the National School Feeding initiative introduced by the Federal Government. The APC had promised to launch this initiative during the 2015 campaign that saw... Read More
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The Presidency has just released over N375 million to feed a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils in five states. This was disclosed by Laolu Akande, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. According to him, the funds was disbursed last week to Anambra, Ogun, Oyo,... Read More
Recall that the Nigerian Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed was appointed the Deputy Secretary -General in of the United Nations in December. 2016. Since then her position as the head of the Ministry has been a little uncertain as the President -while expressing his pleasure at the news of her appointment – maintained that she... Read More
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Earlier today, the Nigerian Army did something that would on the surface appear to have exonerated them from the allegations of trying to silence the Press. They released this statement. Following the arrest of Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi and Evelyn Okakwu, the paper’s judiciary correspondent last week, Nigerians have been very vocal about their determination... Read More
Disclaimer: We are not one of those who wish any ill-luck on President Buhari. Spare us and just hear us out. Last week, there were rumours flying around following President Muhammadu Buhari’s vacation that he’d fallen ill and had given up the ghost in the United Kingdom. While those rumours were false and most likely ill-motivated... Read More
by Wilfred Okichie It was the video seen around the world. On Friday 13, January, a disturbing video made its way to the Internet. The Executive Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Isiaka Ajimobi was captured on video giving the worst performance of his entire public service career. While addressing protesting students of the state co-owned... Read More
by Wilfred Okichie It may be hard to believe but Lynxxx (born Chukie Edozien) released his first album, This is Lynxxx six years ago, back in 2010. Since then, he’s had just enough hit singles, endorsement deals and high-profile appearances to keep him on the right side of relevant even when his proposed sophomore album... Read More
We know when to let matters go. The President and his media club don’t seem to understand how insensitive this 10-day vacation is and they insist on justifying and even showing it off. We, on the other hand, have decided to move on. It might do us a lot of good to actually see how... Read More
Dear Nigeria Police, Remember when seven – maybe more – scoundrels thought they could get away with syphoning NGN 24 billion of the funds meant to ensure you all enjoy comfortable lives in your retirement? We Nigerians stood by you against the ruling oppressors. This we did despite all the years of harassment and torture you’d... Read More
Nigerians are increasingly becoming very aware of and getting active about where what they eat, drink, wear and use come from. How eco-friendly, ethical and kind-to-creatures the manufacturers of their everyday products are. This trend has led to an insane amount of #FitFam across social media platforms. Of course being fit and healthy (which is... Read More
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We have already talked about Nigeria’s indebtedness to China and how we nay have been sold to the Chinese by our leaders here. The fact that the very reactionary media company the President keeps did nothing to debunk those rumours but we overlooked it. Today, they have just fuelled those rumours again. Today, the Chinese... Read More
A photo of the Mosque that was attacked in the early hours of Monday by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu of the Bring Back Our Girls group were led on a guided tour of the North-East to gain an insight on the efforts of the military and Federal Government to... Read More
This week has been a mix of failures and victories co-existing in one space. For the people of The Gambia, it was a case of being saved by the bell. While thousands of Gambians fled their homes in anticipation of bloodshed following Yahya Jammeh’s insistence on remaining the country’s leader, Adamu Barrow got sworn-in -in... Read More
by Mark Amaza For the past 24 hours, a video has been spreading on social media showing Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, an Auchi-based church making some rather shocking comments unexpected of someone who claims to be a religious leader. In the video, Apostle Suleiman admonished his members to kill... Read More
by Mark Amaza On Friday January 20th, there was a change in the baton of leadership in the United States of America, the world’s largest economy and undoubtedly, its most powerful country as well. While so much has been written about what a Trump administration might mean for global politics and Africa in particular, it... Read More
Remember the man, Joe, who got a number of people riled up in Ogun State last August for naming his dog Buhari? A neighbour had gone to the police to report that Joe named a dog after his own father, named Alhaji Buhari. The said neighbour reported Joe at the Sango Ota Police Station and... Read More
Honestly, no one recants as much as former President Olusegun Obasanjo does in all of Nigeria. On Friday, immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan made a surprising trip to Ibogun, Ogun State to visit Obasanjo at his residence there. Here is some of what former President Obasanjo had to say to Jonathan during the visit: “When... Read More
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