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n Southern Kaduna today, many are desperately searching for answers right now. Southern Kaduna indigenes have seen their loved ones slaughtered, raped and brutalised. Some have watched their homes, businesses, villages, and religious places set ablaze and destroyed. Husbands have helplessly watched their wives raped and humiliated. Ordinary people have been killed and burned publicly. […]

have known for a while that Nigeria was in a sorry shape, but not even that knowledge prepared me for a side of the country I saw when I arrived on January 3 for a ten-day visit. The last time I traveled by road from Lagos to my home state of Anambra was in 2002, […]

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has described the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari was not invited to attend United States of America president-elect, Donald Trump’s inauguration as a clear signal that Buhari does not enjoy international relevance any more. The governor, who said the 10-day vacation announced by the president could be to […]

Adama Barrow, the man who won The Gambia’s disputed election, has been sworn in as president. He took the oath at the country’s embassy in Senegal on Thursday, January 19, 2017 ordering Gambian soldiers to remain in their barracks. He has been recognised internationally. But Gambian strongman Yahya Jammeh has refused to step down and […]

Head of Samsung Group, Jay Lee, faces a long day in court as a judge in South Korea would on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 decide whether he should be arrested for alleged bribery or not. Lee has been in a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye’s administration. Investigators questioned Lee for 22 hours […]

President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia pulled a fast one on his Liberian counterpart, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Monday, January 16, 2017 as he released the video recording of a telephone conversation between the both of them without giving her prior notice. Sirleaf is the chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, […]

A man was on Sunday, January 15, 2016 set ablaze by angry mobs in Gbatse community, Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State after he was caught while trying to steal water pump at the Primary Health Care Centre located in the community. According to a community youth leader, Adanyi Gbatse, the unknown man and […]

There’s an interesting maxim about how long wealth actually stays with a person and their descendants. The saying is three generations, tops: one to make it, one to spend it, and the third to blow it. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but have you ever sat down and seriously thought about wealth […]

Dr. Mike Murdock is one of the wisest men on the planet today. We bring you, his Wisdom teachings in a new series on our Inspiration blog.  Refuse To Quit. Ever. The secret of champions is their refusal to quit trying. Futility is merely a feeling…conquer it and keep heading toward your goals. Create small […]

he Valentine season, more often than not, leaves singles feeling out of place. Well, it doesn’t have to be so. Here are 3 tips on how singles can spice up this Valentine season and join in on the merriment, maybe even making a number of people wide-eyed in admiration in the process. Remember Friends and […]

Dozens of civilians have been killed on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 during an airstrike by military troops, initially targeted at Boko Haram location, but landed in a Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camp in Borno State. The Rann IDP camp is located at Kala-balge Local Government Area in the northeastern state is home to thousands of […]

Nigeria: Comply with court order to release Sheik Ibraheem El Zakzaky The Nigerian authorities must immediately comply with a High Court order and release the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife from detention, said Amnesty International. El-Zakzaky, and his wife Malama Zeenah Ibraheem, have been in detention without […]