DCP Abba Kyari wins the First Lady’s Award for Uncommon Dedication to Duty…
Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade
Igbo Kwenuu, Yaaaa!!! Tension in Bayelsa as Igbo factions disagree over cultural day celebration Baring any last minute intervention by the Bayelsa Government and security agencies in the state, two factions of Ohaneze Ndigbo may clash during the ongoing celebration of Igbo cultural day in Yenagoa. Already, security has been beefed up at the Ox-bow lake pavilion, venue of the celebration, due to the crisis that engulfed the pan Igbo cultural group in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chief Mark Nkem is recognized by the national leadership as the caretaker chairman of the group, while…
President Buhari’s 2nd term: where will the votes come from? – the inevitability of power devolution Posted By: Femi Orebe On: October 28, 2018 THE GUARDIAN I am sure that today, nobody needs tell President Buhari that there is no more time Within the last decade or so, I must have deployed over a million words, on these pages, canvassing restructuring. I have not only written my hands sore on the subject, I have, under the auspices of AGBAJO YORUBA AGBAIYE, a pan Yoruba cultural organisation then under the interim leadership of Lt. Gen Alani Akinrinade, actively participated in planning,…
Atiku, S/East rift deepens over single term request Posted By: Dare Odufowokan On: October 28, 2018 THE NATION The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, does not seem to be interested in committing himself to a single term in office if he wins next year’s election, The Nation can now report. Prominent Igbo leaders are said to have been putting pressure on Atiku to agree to do only one term in office as a condition for the geo-political zone to support him. The idea is to pave the way for a Southeasterner to succeed him…
Cesar Sayok, charged over US mail bombings. . . BBCNEWS Is it just me or this guy looks like Adolf Hitler without the moustache? He is Cesar Hayoc, the neo-Nazi supporter of Donald Trump who has been sending bombs to Ex-President Obama, Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton, George Soros, Robert de Niro, CNN and other Trump critics. It took the police and FBI just four days to get him. If this happened in Nigeria where half the police force are guarding politicians and their families, the bombs would kill the targets and, before you know it, a religious clash would erupt…
Nana Asma’u Bint Shehu dan Fodio (1793—1864) was a Fulani princess and a scholar of the Sokoto Caliphate of Northern Nigeria. Taught by her father, Uthman Dan Fodio, her stepmother, Aisha, her brothers Abu Bakr and Mohammed Bello (grandfather of Sir Ahmadu Bello), she gained a deep knowledge of Qur’anic teachings, as well as four languages; Arabic, Fulfude, Hausa and Tamacheq. With her father’s backing, Asma’u set up the Yan Taru organisation. The Yan Taru organisation was a collective of travelling teachers, trained by herself, then sent out into the villages and towns to where the underdeveloped lived, shrouded by…
Wole Olanipekun, SAN former President of the NBA said in 2013: “The class of those who enjoy immunity in Nigeria is enlarging by the day. The Nigerian factor has crept in. We now have the ‘untouchables’ who can neither be investigated nor prosecuted for fraud, money laundering”.
There will be protest/ Arbaeen Symbolic Trek in Abuja by followers of El zakzaky for three days in Abuja as from 28/10/2018 to 30/10/2018. Pls plan your movement. There will be impact on traffic everywhere in and around Abuja, Nasarawa and Niger State as millions of sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky will trek down to Abuja. Tell your family .
A section of Ekiti traveled to Ibadan, Oyo State to witness and celebrate with Hon. sunday Adunmo (AKA Galaxy) as he gave his daughter’s hand out in marriage… leading the Ekiti representatives was her Excellency Erelu Bisi Fayemi who diligently represented her husband the Executive Governor of Ekiti state Dr John Kayode Fayemi. A few faces captured on lenses…
Bride price across Africa…You think your ethnic group charge more?. Think again Meet Nyalong Ngong Deng Jalang whose bride price is 500 cows and 3 V8 cars. She hails from Awerial in former Lake State in South Sudan. Currently, 5 men are competing to marry her. Out of 5 men, one is leading with 500 cows and 3 V8 cars and that’s none other than Kok Alat. Among the competitors is the former commissioner of Awerial and the current deputy governor of Eastern Lakes State, among others. The question begs, what’s very special about this lady that the other ladies…
