$1b To Fight Boko Haram Failure of APC – PDP
…Says Federal Government Should Apologize To Nigerians Over False Claims. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday described the approval for the release of $1bn to the APC-led Federal Government under the guise of fighting insurgency in the northeast as curious and alarming. The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, […]
Sultan to train 200 Boko Haram orphans, Senator Wamakko establishes women training centre
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Friday disclosed his plans to train no fewer than two hundred children orphaned by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. This is coming just as Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, has set up a special centre […]
OPINION: THE HISTORIC IGBO/YORUBA HANDSHAKE; THE KEY TO SOUTHERN UNIFICATION.
By Charles Ogbu. I have said it before and it bears repeating now, the day Ndigbo and the Yoruba decide to bury the very destructive but senseless rivarly between them and forge a common front on issues of common interest, that is the day the #TheChildrenOfTheSouth and indeed the whole of Nigeria will experience a […]
Israel threatens to return Lebanon ‘to the Stone Age’
A top Israeli minister also warned that his country would not hesitate to take military action against Iranian facilities in Lebanon. By Vasudevan Sridharan http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/videos/world-reacts-donald-trumps-declaration-jerusalem-israels-capital-30561 World reacts to Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital IBTimes US A top Israeli minister has threatened to return Lebanon “to the Stone Age” as he warned that his […]
INEC registers 21 new political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered 21 new political parties, taking the number of registered parties in Nigeria to 67. The decision was taken on Thursday during the weekly meeting of the electoral body held at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A statement signed by INEC National Commissioner, May […]
‘HOW I LURED, RAPED, KILLED FEMALE CORP MEMBER’ – SUSPECT
A driving instructor, Festus Udoh, has narrated how he lured a 23-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Modupe Kawose, into a bush at Mawuko, in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. He said he raped and strangled her in the bush. Kawose had registered in a driving school, Lizzy Driving School, while […]
What is grossophobia? We need to talk about thin privilege
Grossophobia, or fatphobia, is a form of prejudice that is not often discussed. Campaigners want to legislate to ensure that fat people are treated fairly. By Josh Robbins Grossophobia is a hot topic in France right now ROBYN BECK,RONALDO SCHEMIDT,PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images The deputy mayor of Paris recently remarked that grossophobia – prejudice towards fat people […]
Sokoto council chair assures Yoruba resident community, others of security
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim, Chairman Sokoto North local government area has assured Yoruba resident community and others within the area of adequate security of their lives and property. Alhaji Ibrahim stated in Sokoto Thursday while receiving on courtesy call, leaders of the Yoruba community in the area led by its Chairman, Mr. […]
Court overrules Aregbesola, declares ‘State of Osun’ illegal
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has declared that the change of name of the state to “State of Osun” by Gov. Rauf Aregbesola is illegal, null and void. Delivering the judgment on Thursday, Justice Yinka Afolabi ruled that the law and its makers were unknown to the 1999 Constitution. Delivering judgment which […]