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Richard Akinaka, a youth activist in the Niger Delta region, claims that some “mischievous militants” in the oil-rich region are planning to scuttle the peace plan between militants in the region and the MUhammadu Buhari-led government. Akinaka, who spoke in an interview on Tuesday, March 21, 2016,  did not name the groups involved in the […]

ednesday, 15th of March was the day Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was hoping to have his appointment confirmed by the much vilified Nigerian Senate after having been rejected the first time over a report written against him and sent to the Upper Chamber by the Department […]

In two separate YouTube videos, Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua claims to have foretold the terror attack which struck in the heart of London, England on Wednesday 22nd March 2017. A video which was posted on Joshua’s official YouTube channel in June 2016 reveals a prophecy the famed cleric gave on Sunday 22nd May 2016. “Pray […]

The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, with the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, admitting that Saraki did declare his assets and those of his family members. The third prosecution witness and a staff of CCB, Mr. Samuel Madojemu, also admitted before the […]

Operatives of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 20, 2017 stormed Umuahia, the Abia State capital and arrested the accountant general, AG, of the state, Chief Gabriel Onyendilefu, over alleged financial misappropriation during the tenure of the former governor, Senator Theodore Orji. Impeccable sources said Onyendilefu was arrested by the anti-graft agency’s operatives […]

Another tragedy was averted in Lagos on Friday, March 24, 2017 as police rescued a woman who attempted to take her own life by taking a dive into the Lagos lagoon from the 3rd Mainland Bridge. The woman, identified as Taiwo Titilayo Momoh, tried jumping into the lagoon from the bridge. Lagos State commissioner of […]

he recent case of a traditional priest in Ghana who was fatally wounded in the process of testing his supposed anti-bullet charms has once again illustrated the dangers of superstition in Africa. This incident has amply shown the imperative of skeptical thinking and scientific outlook in the region, and the fact that a dearth of critical temper could […]Read More

Republican leaders of the House of Representatives pulled legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system from consideration on Friday, March 24, 2017 due to a shortage of votes, despite desperate lobbying by the White House and its allies in US congress, dealing a stiff setback to US president Donald Trump. Mr Trump told Republican leaders […]

A combine team of marine police and local divers have finally recovered the body of Allwell Orji, a medical doctor who jumped off the 3rd Mainland bridge into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday, March 19, 2017. A body was recovered on Tuesday, but the deceased mother, who was invited to identify the body, said it was […]

The Senate, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 declared the embattled comptroller-general of Nigerian Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (Rtd.), unfit to hold any public office. It also called for his resignation and cancellation of the retrospective policy on duties for vehicles. The Senate made the declaration after the Customs CG failed to appear before it. […]

Chude Jideonwo, a young business leader in the Nigerian media industry, writes a series on good governance, Nigeria, politics, and how a younger generation can effect change. The OOTC series will run from February to July, 2017 and this article focuses on the viability of a Goodluck Jonathan candidacy in 2019. got a lot of panicked […]

ermit me to begin this contribution with an aside. The barbarians that launched a terror attack in Westminster, London yesterday in which four people were killed and many more injured are the same type of people that attacked and beheaded the sons and daughters of Ile-Ife in their own homes and on their own land […]