The Abuja Original Youths Empowerment Organisation (AOIYEO), in collaboration with National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have evacuated over 279 students, who are natives and residents of Abuja from Jos. The President of AOIYEO, Mr Isaac David, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. David said that …
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Sulhu: Nigeria’s Secret Programme To Lure Top Boko Haram Defectors
Editor’s note: This story was based on six months of reporting and research. Government officials, former jihadists, analysts, journalists, displaced people, and civil society workers were interviewed, but nearly all asked to have their names withheld or altered due to security concerns. ‘If sulhu allows us to go back to our …
Read More »Obasanjo coaches PDP on choice of 2023 presidential candidate
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to consider the pedigree of those aspiring to lead the country in 2023 before picking its presidential candidate. Obasanjo, who hosted the members of the National Working Committee of the party at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential …
Read More »Buhari’s Wedding: Three Months Later, FFK Says Pantami Is His Friend
The ancient city of Kano is bubbling at the moment with politicians, government officials, and cronies of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as his son, Yusuf, marries Zahra, daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Ado Bayero. As expected at such a society wedding, the display of raw …
Read More »“You Are Already A Failure” – PDP Berates Buhari
Press Statement You are already a failure, PDP Mocks Buhari…Says Lame Attempt At Damage Control Can’t Help APC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is already a failure in governance and will leave a failure, adding that his attempt at political damage control cannot …
Read More »Insecurity: UNIJOS Suspends Academic Activities, Shuts Hostels
Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem, …
Read More »Bandits Attack Rini Town In Zamfara, Kidnap 60 Persons In Midnight Raid
Bandits have attacked Rini town in the Bakura Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses told Channels Television on Friday that the armed men stormed the town at about 2:30am and started shooting sporadically. While residents were said to have refused to come out of their homes despite heavy …
Read More »Vivian Lam Glamour Magazine Celebrates 5th Anniversary (Pictures)
The most anticipated 5th Anniversary of Vivian Lam Glamour Magazine has been celebrated in a delightful, impressive and memorable Grand style, especially with the Unvieling of popular Nigeria Nollywood Actress Regina Daniels as the the next coverpage Personality. The well attended glamour event was held at the Congress hall of …
Read More »Russia: New Mum ‘throws Another Woman’s Baby To His Death( Pix)
BABY HORROR: A NEW mum allegedly threw another woman’s baby to his death from a maternity ward window – but the victim’s parents have FORGIVEN her. Viktoria Ivanova had just given birth to a baby boy when Alina Araslanova, 29, allegedly walked over to her bed in the Russian city …
Read More »Fred Nwabufo: Can We Expunge “Northerner, Southerner” From Nigerian Lexicon?
National affability has much to do with what we think of one another; how we talk to one another, and what we call one another. As nugatory as this may appear to be, the content of our dialogues and multilogue – caustic and vile – in our cocoons on social …
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