She asked, “If celebrities are doing it, then how is it wrong?” Why is what’s wrong was the answer she got as opposed to what she was expecting? I was calm enough to allow her fully express herself in other to have a clear understanding of what was running through her mind. Okay, she goes,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, says following the situation in Niger Republic, it has deployed personnel to check all the unorthodox roads through which foreigners may likely infiltrate. Mr. Mustapha Sani, the NIS Comptroller in charge of Jibia command, in Katsina State, disclosed this at a joint celebration with the state’s command to commemorate the…
Nigeria’s D’Tigress have qualified for the semi-final of the AfroBasket women championship after a remarkable comeback win against Mozambique in the quarter-finals. The Nigerian team defeated their Mozambican counterparts 59-52 on Wednesday night to go through. Nigeria are the defending champions of the women AfroBasket championship The first two quarters were particularly cagey for the…
Tiktoker who accused Eniola Badmus of prostitution sentenced to prison Popular Tiktoker, Okoye Blessing Nwakego, better known as Ego, who accused actress Eniola Badmus of connecting girls to top politicians in Nigeria, has been sentenced to prison. A Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced Ego to three years imprisonment with the option of a fine…
With the heavy presence of security operatives on the protest ground, the State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat and the popular Human Right lawyer, Femi Falana joined the Organised Labour in solidarity to protest the high cost of governance. Obafemi Hamzat was seen addressing the members of the Organised Labour as he calls for calm. Operatives…
NLC protesters have forced their way into the National Assembly complex, breaking down the gate. The protest by the Organised Labour against the “anti-people” policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is getting intense as protesters, on Wednesday morning, broke down the first gate of the National Assembly complex and forced their way into…
There are five Nigerian states commonly mistaken to be Hausa but they have their own languages. Although these states speak Hausa as a form of regular pidgin, they have their languages. Nigeria has 400 ethnic groups and 450 languages, many people are grouped under three broad groups, Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba, even though they aren’t…
The new military rulers of Niger, who took over the government in a coup a few days ago, have detained at least one hundred and eighty (180) members of the ousted democratically elected administration. The previous ruling party said this on Monday. The president of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism, Foumakoye Gado, Mines…
Most Nigerians want to rise. They want to break the ceilings that appear to frustrate them. Being typical Nigerians, they have prayed and prayed. They have fasted over and over. They have forgotten the lessons that Biblical Nehemiah teaches. Never fast without acting. Never act without fasting. They keep on fasting, including white fasting for…
The Director General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Adewale Oyerinde, on Monday, said the depleting number of industries in the country are unable to employ the high turnout of graduates churned out annually. He also said the unstable educational system caused by threats of strikes and other challenges negates the ability to produce graduates…
