by Nwobodo Chidiebere “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” –Martin LutherKing, Jr. It is no longer news that President Goodluck Jonathan of PDP, gallantly lost to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress,...
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by Mahmud Jega The Federal Government and all 36 state governments in Nigeria are right now suffering from high body temperature caused by a political fever called transition. Fela used to say that different different fever na him dey; this transition fever also varies from one state to another. The first aspect of it,...
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by Femi Aribisala God is determined to thwart our purposes in life and to make us the reproach of men instead. One day, at three o’clock in the morning, the Lord woke me up to spend some time with him. In the middle of the fellowship, he gave me a strange instruction. He asked me...
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by Anike Jacobs The South African Football Association (SAFA) has reacted to the ongoing Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. According to SAFA CEO, Dennis Mumble, they intend to use football to unite the people by organising two high-profile friendlies. “We want to use the two high-profile international friendly matches as an instrument to unite this...
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by Iyobosa Omoregie A group in Delta state has implored President Goodluck Jonathan to grant presidential pardon to the former governor of the state, James Ibori, before leaving office on May 29. On Sunday, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, insisted that Ibori should be freed as he had suffered enough. The group stated that...
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by Ogundana Michael Politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected. Every one of them swears they’ll be less corrupt, and less corruptible, than the lot in power. That is, of course, trivially true, if only because being out of power means you have no power to sell. As long as government power exists,...
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by Damilola Jagun For the past week or more, a strange ailment has killed over 18 people in the town of Ode Irele, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. While many theories have been postulated as to what could be behind the outbreak of the disease, the World Health Organisation seems to have an answer....
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by Anike Jacobs A woman from Delta State who allegedly hid her adulterous relationship from her husband, Lekan Onipede, is now on the run after viciously attacking him with boiling water and a knife. According to Sun Newspaper, the woman, Rosemary David, had a son for Onipede, a 31-year-old indigene of Ondo State, about 11...
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by Anike Jacobs The new move by Zulu King of South Africa seems to be in the right direction. After much pressure, South Africa Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has finally agreed to call an end to xenophobic attack. The monarch was credited to have fueled the xenophobic violence that led to the death of many...
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by Anike Jacobs Senator Uche Chukwumerije died yesterday in a Turkish Hospital, Abuja. This was confirmed in a statement by Senate Spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. 1. The former Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije died after battling lung cancer. 2. He was born November 1939, studied Economics at the University of Ibadan and was...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says his fate and tenure in office is in the hands of the Most High God. Fayose, who is terribly scared of being impeached from office, on Sunday, April 19, declared that his request for forgiveness was not an act of cowardice, but rather a yearn for...
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by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has denied a report that he and the Peoples Democratic Party spent N2trn to campaign for the recently concluded general election. Similarly the President also refuted the claims that he set up a committee to conduct an audit of how the elections funds were shared by party members and state officials. Jonathan...
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by Kolapo Olapoju It appears Olusegun Obasanjo is having the last laugh in the disagreement between himself and Senator-elect for the Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu is accusing the former President of instigating foreign security agencies to arrest him in Nigeria and extradite him to the United States of America, USA, to answer to drug...
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by Ranti Joseph The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Directorate has rejected the offer of a crash course on speaking for an opposition party made by the spokesperson of the All Progressive Party (APC) Lai Mohammed. The PDP said the offer was arrogant and self-serving. The PDP’s response was contained a statement signed by an...
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by Kolapo Olapoju From casting aspersions to out-rightly attacking the veracity of the Chibok girls’ abduction, journalist, Amanze Obi wrote an opinion piece that was widely irked a lot of people. Amanze Obi, while questioning the fact that the girls were abducted, also insinuated that President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, were the...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Winners & Losers is a roundup of the week’s major happenings, where we spotlight the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ of the news cycle. As always, you can agree or disagree. WINNERS 1. Supreme Court gives Fayose some joyful news Someone was an extremely worried man as the Supreme Court judges convened to rule...
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by Simon Kolawole If Nigeria is going to move from strength to strength, it has to be a deliberate plan. Things will not happen on their own. We would not have peace if we don’t work consciously towards it. Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe. Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. Cardinal John Onaiyekan. Alhaji Aliko...
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by Oludare Ogunlana Relentless instability is the fruit of hopeless greed and corruption, the disturbing consequences of which we must all recognise. The pains inflicted on foreigners, particularly fellow Africans in South Africa is barbaric and condemnable. However, boycotting South African goods and services may not provide needed solution. There are uncountable Nigerians working in...
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by Ranti Joseph South Africa on Sunday has vowed to hunt down those behind a wave of Xenophobic attacks, saying 307 people had been arrested over violence that has left at least seven people dead. The government stepped up its response to unrest in Johannesburg and the eastern coastal city of Durban, with Home Minister...
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by Ranti Joseph The Ondo State Government has said that the strange disease that has killed over a dozen people since its outbreak on April 15 in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of the state, is not contagious and could be a result of ethanol poisoning. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dayo Adeyanju,...
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by Kolapo Olapoju 1. “The PDP is a political party built on values, tradition and utmost respect for democratic tenets. Our manifesto and ideology centre on national peace, stability and prosperity and we shall uphold this at all times. In this wise, the PDP as always, will continue to work in the general interest...
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by Chinwe Okafor Nollywood producer, actress and AMBO winner, Ivie Ikujaiye got married to her longtime sweetheart and best friend of 10 years, Ezie Egbo yesterday and she certainly marked the most important day in her life, in style. She started off with it on her traditional marriage day when she donned her traditional gear with a...
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by Ranti Joseph The leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River have passed a vote of no confidence on the executives of the party in the state for allegedly mismanaging N350 million meant for successful electioneering campaigns. The members also called on the national leadership of the party to ensure...
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by Chinwe Okafor It all seemed staged when in early March, SABC TV crew were mugged live on TV in Johannesburg while covering the arrival of Zambian president to South Africa. The reporter kept mumbling that he is being mugged but instead of getting helped, instead got cut off and news from the main station...
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by Chinwe Okafor 19-year-old Kehinde Adegoke, a teenager who is an indigene of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, reveals how she had sex with a snake in her dream for four years and eventually got pregnant without any physical relationship with any man. According to Tribune, Kehinde was delivered of a baby boy in the early hours...
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by Anike Jacobs Ghollywood actor Chris Attoh who got married to his Nigerian sweetheart Damilola Adegbite a few weeks ago, is extremely excited and proud to be a husband. In an interview with Nation Newspaper, he told their love story. See excerpts below: On his presence in Nigeria: Whatever it is, Nigeria is the LA....
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by Kolapo Olapoju Ayo Fayose, the controversial governor of Ekiti appears to be getting tired of fighting for his political survival, and as such wants to make peace with the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, who are hellbent on getting him impeached. To avoid suffering the ignominy of being the first governor to...
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by Kolapo Olapoju President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to take legal action against the persons responsible for the lawless acts perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the elections of Rivers and Lagos states. Buhari says that PDP desperately wanted to be in control of the two states and as such employed various tactics, such...
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by Fisayomi Eko-Davies The northern part of the country had become quite unsafe and there was so much distrust among neighbours. I had been staying with my aunt in Abuja for a while, she warned against patronizing the small market that was beside her house because it was dominated with people from a particular tribe....
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by Kolapo Olapoju Femi Aribisala, controversial scholar and international affairs expert, is of the opinion that by the time Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as presidency, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, may become expendable. Aribisala in an interview with Vanguard, believes that the northerners have an agenda, which will become known after May...
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