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Super Falcons Reward Sparks Debate Amidst Nigeria's Economic
A file photo of the Super Falcons celebrating The Greek philosopher Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” But in today’s Nigeria, we appear more concerned with shining surfaces than confronting the festering sores beneath.
Corn Dey Your Pocket: Waiting For Tinubu’s Agric Revolution
‘Corn dey your pocket’ may literally mean ‘there is corn in your pocket’ but an active social media user in Nigeria knows it’s deeper than that. Corn is a starchy vegetable just like potatoes and peas with a high sugar and carbohydrate content but the difference is that it is fashioned as kernels on a cob, adorned by a husk.
The Nigerian media conspiracy Original
The media the world over is driven primarily by the quest to push certain agendas which in the short or long run make an impact on the economic bottom line. In the West, for instance, the media is polarized along the two broad ideological lines of conservatives and liberals with their journalists having sturdy views on either side before they become journalists. This explains why the movement from one media house to the other has an unwritten rule of it being regulated by ideological biases.
The media conspiracy
By Ayoola Faseyi The media the world over is driven primarily by the quest to push certain agendas which in the short or long run make an impact on the economic bottom line. In the West, for instance, the media is polarized along the two broad ideological lines of conservatives and liberals with their journalists having sturdy views on either side before they become journalists.
Nigerian military invades police facility, assaults police officer
VIDEO: Nigerian military invades police facility, assaults police officer A clip showed the assaulted officer moving about restlessly inside the premises of the police station, surrounded by angry...
Any Nigerian that praises Obasanjo will go to hell
Any Nigerian that praises Obasanjo will go to hell - Seun Kuti Seun Kuti, a popular Nigerian musician and youngest son of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has stated that any supporter of former President, Seun made this revelation during an Instagram live session on his page, while lamenting the exploitation of natural resources for personal gains by Nigerian leaders and the Europeans.He alleged that Obasanjo's administration recorded the worst cases.He said: "They sell our oil,...
I apologise for calling everybody children
I apologise for calling everybody children - Desmond Elliot Popular Nigerian actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot has again tendered a public apology for his insensitive comments about the youths during October Recall that the Lagos lawmaker representing the Surulere I constituency at the State legislature was dragged on social media after referring to Nigerian youths who reacted to the shootings at the Lekki Tollgate as children.
Train Accident: Lagos Government Suspends Political Campaigns, Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Mast
Following the tragic train accident involving the Lagos State Government staff bus at the PWD area of the state in the early hours of Thursday, the state government has announced cancellation of campaigns and official activities in honour of the victims. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that a number of people were injured after a passenger train crushed a Lagos State Government staff bus on its way from Ikotun en route Alausa, at about 7am.
IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu May Reshuffle Legal Team Over Continued Detention By Nigerian Government - Sources
As a commencement of the overhauling of the legal team, Kanu held a meeting with one of his trusted lawyers, Aloy Ejimakor and instructed him to ask the legal team to return his case file to him without further delay, Vanguard reports. Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is reportedly planning to reshuffle his legal team over his continued detention in the Department of State Services (DSS) custody by the Nigerian government, sources have said.
Alleged Fraudster Arraigned Over N9Million Investment Scam In Oyo, Southwest Nigeria
This was made known in a statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, noting that Ibadan Zonal Command on Monday arraigned him before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on three counts. One Odeleye Moses Oluwabukola and his firm, Beedel Strategic Investment Company Nigeria Limited have been arraigned in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over N9 million investment scam.
Governor Akeredolu Begs Ondo Residents To Spend, Accept Old N500 And N1000 Notes
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has appealed to residents of the state and indeed Nigerians to accept and use the old banknotes alongside new naira notes, adding that rejection is disobedience to a court order. SaharaReporters had reported that Nigerians despite the Supreme Court judgment extending the validity period of use of old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes to December 31, 2023, have continued to reject the notes as legal tender.
BREAKING: Former Imo Deputy Governor, Irona Remanded In Prison
Former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Gerald Irona, was on Thursday remanded in prison by a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Owerri, the state capital. Vanguard on Wednesday reported that security operatives arrested Irona at his Owerri residence at about 10:15 a.m. An eyewitness was quoted as saying that some security operatives from “Imo State police command have arrested the former deputy governor of Imo state, from his house in Owerri”. “They came to his house dressed in black attire.
Nigerian Policemen Hang Man Upside Down, Brutalise Him With Matchetes After Labelling Him Sponsor Of ESN Militants
A civic group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has asked Nigerian Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to investigate the alleged torture of a man, identified Okechukwu Sunday by the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Police Command. This was contained in a release on Thursday, by Okechukwu Nwanguma, RULAAC executive director, claiming that the victim was wrongly profiled as a sponsor of Eastern Security Network.
Nigerian Activist Sues Secret Police, DSS, Agip Oil Over Alleged Torture, Two Years Detention, Seeks N9Billion In Damages
An Ijaw youth activist, Comrade Collins Trueman Opumie, has dragged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), the authorities of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force to the State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, over his illegal arrest and detention in an underground detention facility in Abuja for 730 days. Opumie, in the suit numbered YHC/324/2022, is demanding the sum of N9 billion in damages.
Tragedy: 8 Killed In Auto Accident In Enugu, Southeast Nigeria
Tragedy struck in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria on Thursday as at least eight persons reportedly lost their lives in a motor accident along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The incident occurred at about 9 am near the CBN Bus Stop in Enugu, when an 18-seater bus with Enugu registration number, XL884 ENU collided with a haulage truck carrying bags of cement. Eyewitnesses said the two vehicles were driving in one lane because of the potholes dotting the other lane.
PDP Raises Alarm Over Alleged Plot To Mobilise Bandits Ahead of Governorship Poll In Zamfara
The allegation is coming a few hours after the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the postponement of the governorship and State Assembly polls. The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to disrupt the voting process in the state by mobilising bandits to unleash wide-scale violence in the state during the March 18, 2023, governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
Russia Fires Missile, Kills At Least Six Civilians In Ukraine After Weeks Of Standoff
The mass strikes on targets far from the front were the first such wave since middle of February and shattered the longest calm since Moscow began an air campaign against Ukraine's civil infrastructure five months ago. Russia fired a huge wave of missiles across Ukraine on Thursday as people slept, killing at least six civilians and knocking out power in an attack Kyiv said included six Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles.
Indonesian Court Jails Football Match Officials After Stampede Killed 135 Persons
The incident took place in October 2022 when a tense match in Malang, East Java, between bitter rivals Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos, with a pitch invasion and police responding with volleys of tear gas which choked onlookers and forced crowds to flee to exits – some of which were locked – resulting in the deadly crush.
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Studying In Cyprus University To Lose Student Status After Arrest, Detention For Weeks By Police In Benin Republic
A Nigerian, Okail Illemona Shedrack, studying at the Cyprus International University has been kept in detention for close to five weeks by policemen in Benin Republic. The student who was coming from Cyprus to Nigeria for a holiday had decided to spend some time in Benin Republic to see his sister. He was arrested by the police on February 7, 2023, and taken into detention where he is yet to be told his offence.
The Nigerian Media Conspiracy By Ayoola Faseyi
The media the world over is driven primarily by the quest to push certain agendas which in the short or long run make an impact on the economic bottom line. In the West, for instance, the media is polarized along the two broad ideological lines of conservatives and liberals with their journalists having sturdy views on either side before they become journalists. This explains why the movement from one media house to the other has an unwritten rule of it being regulated by ideological biases.
Billionaire Businessmen, Dangote, Elumelu, Otedola’s Meetings With Tinubu Show His Government May Protect Capitalists’ Interests -Activist
The visit of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola to Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu, according to a socialist revolutionary activist, Francis Nwapa, shows that his government may protect policies that benefit capitalists in the country. Dangote, chairman and CEO of the Dangote Group and Otedola, a billionaire businessman visited Tinubu in Abuja last Friday.
Rivers Governor, Wike Vows To Chase Presidential Candidate, Atiku, Ayu, Others Out Of PDP
Wike vowed to chase them out of the party and start the process of rebuilding it. The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu and some other leaders have no role to play for the party Wike vowed to chase them out of the party and start the process of rebuilding it.
Taliban Governor Of Afghanistan's Balkh Province Killed In Bomb Blast -Police
Taliban's Governor and two others have been killed in a blast in his office in northern Balkh province in Afghanistan on Thursday. The blast tore through the Taliban governor's office, police said. "Today around 9am a blast took place inside the second floor of the governor's office, due to the blast (governor) Mawlawi Mohammad Dawood Muzamil has been killed with two civilians," said Mohammed Asif Waziri, Balkh's police spokesperson.
Ponmo ban: Perish the thought!
SIR: There have been series of debates over the nutritional value of animal skin – the popular delicacy, ponmo – as so many schools of thought have opined that it adds no nutrients to the body. Ponmo has over the years become a part of the meal of an average Nigerian. Apart from the taste, it is cheaper than normal meat and fish and thus, very accessible for the high and low class. But despite the popular argument against its nutritional value, it has become a darling of many Nigerian food lovers.
Gistlover blog and the social media menace | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
One of the greatest revolutions of the later part of the 20th century was the evolution of the Internet which greatly democratised the spread of information. The early part of the 21st century saw the rise of social media which dislodged the traditional media in the latter’s age-long news gathering and dissemination of information that it had done for centuries. It made just about anyone with a smartphone and Internet data a journalist.
Fani-Kayode and political volte-face | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Political cross carpeting is as old as man. The game of politics is primarily motivated by interests. It is worse in Nigeria and Africa as there is no ideology in the polity. Politics is still in its pristine form as there is no iota of intellectual discourse to it. It is not issues-driven and it is sturdily backed by sheer sentiments like zoning, tribalism among many asinine pursuits.
The petty garbage of the presidency
The collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around the office of the President of a state or nation is what is known as The Presidency. It is thus a configuration of members of staff, ministers, agencies, special assistants, and media aides of the President and Vice-President of the Republic. The Presidency is an entity that should be revered as it is the highest political and social group in the nation’s geographical landscape.
Limit of press freedom: Channels TV experience | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
All through the ages man has cried in earnest for the right to be free. All the Revolutions from the French Revolution in the 18th Century which spanned a decade to the American War for Independence against Great Britain under King George III to the agitations for independence in Africa in the 20th Century, one common denominator is the loud cry for the sweet elixir of freedom to be able to live according to one’s dictates and not tied to the apron strings of another.
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