by Adeola Balogun Four men in Cross River are said to have lost their lives after they all attempted to recover a bucket from a well. John Ushie entered the well first and was followed by his brother, Boniface and then the landlord of the compound, Eyung Ebam. An operative of the fire service which... Read More
by Akan Ido Amidst the loud cry for the release of hundreds of abducted Chibok schoolgirls, Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar was able to extract some comic relief to soothe frayed nerves. The Kogi born actress put up the photos of clearly unfit Nigerian policemen with the caption “Bring our kids back.” We hope the FG... Read More
by Akan Ido With verified information difficult to come by since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls at the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, SaharaReporters, an online news platform has obtained a list of 180 names said to be part of the kidnapped students. The list reportedly made available by Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye... Read More
by Akan Ido Something’s eating up newly married MAVIN first lady, Tiwa Savage and she has decided to vent her anger on social media calling out all her critics and effectively telling them to leave her alone. Savage who recently got married to Tunji ‘TeeBillz’ Balogun in Dubai posted this on her Instagram wondering why critics... Read More
by Chimamanda Adichie I want President Jonathan to be consumed, utterly consumed, by the state of insecurity in Nigeria. I want him to make security a priority, and make it seem like a priority. I want a president consumed by the urgency of now Some of my relatives lived for decades in the North, in Kano and... Read More
by Akan Ido It has been up to 3 weeks that men believed to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, abducting over 200 schoolgirls with their whereabouts still unknown. A handful of kidnapped girls were able to escape from the insurgents opening up to the Punch... Read More
by Mark Amaza In the almost four years of the insurgency waged by the Boko Haram terrorist group, there has rarely been a crime committed by them as heinous as the abduction of 234 girls (or 270 girls) from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State. In the almost three weeks since the abduction has... Read More
by Akan Ido The Boko Haram Islamic sect may soon get more than what they bargained for as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has threatened to hit the streets in protest if the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are not released promptly. The First Lady said this yesterday while meeting with governors’ and ministers’ wives, female senators,... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche Phyno, indigenous rapper, man of the year and self-titled beast from the East goes in hard. We know this from his work as producer; most notably on Ill Bliss’ ‘Anamachikwanu’ and ‘Ghost mode’, his very own face off with rapper Olamide. Both singles were powerful, unflinching documents that not only ushered in... Read More
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