A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Samaila Sabo Awudu, has been murdered by suspected robbers in Adamawa State. It was gathered that the assailants invaded his room on Friday, August 26, 2022, stabbed him and made away with his laptop, mobile phone and other valuables. The 28-year-old Federal University Wukari (FUWUKARI) Taraba State graduate fondly known as Sam the Drummer, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead. Following the killing of the corps member, friends, colleagues and members of his community in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, called on the Government…
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Mad cows and even madder narrativesProfessor Wole SoyinkaProfessor Wole Soyinka has explained that people misunderstood him when he said “you can never defeat Biafra”, noting that it was simplistic to think he was referring to the battlefield.The Nobel laureate made the clarification in an interview on Channels TV, while responding to a question on the Civil War, agitators and history. According to Soyinka, he “was very desperate for that (the war) not to happen. First, I thought it was a wrong war. No war is right, but this one was particularly bad.”PDP in Disarray: Pro-Atiku forces move against WikeOn his…
The day I completed SHS I knew my education was over. I was in school when my dad retired. Mom had been sick for a long while and she wasn’t doing anything that brought in any income. My two other siblings were in school, the elder one was in the second year in university and the youngest one was still in Junior high school. My dad told me, “If you really want to continue your education, then you’ll have to wait until your elder brother completes, get a job and support you through school. It’s hard the way things are.…
Video making rounds on social media captures the moment a slay queen stole the belongings of her client who paid her N50K instead of the agreed N40K.The embattled man in the video who was backed by his friends queries the call girl after his belongings disappeared overnight. The young lady denied being in possession of diamond earrings, a passport, and a gold necklace said to be missing in the room.After a while of questioning, the man found the properties carefully hidden away by the lady. She, however, pleaded that the recording of the event should be stopped immediately after handing…
A 45-year old man, Jeremiah Ode, has allegedly killed his uncle’s 65-year old wife, Priscilla Adoga, used her head to make pepper soup and was eating it before he was caught. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Police operatives from Benue State Command have arrested the suspect, Ode and charged him before the Makurdi Magistrate Court for cannibalism. According to the Police, the suspect, Ode, who hails from Igwe Ochekpo, Oju Local Government Area of Benue State, was caught eating the head of a woman he allegedly killed on her farm after making pepper soup from it.The Prosecutor, Inspector Omaye Ujata, told the…
Falling into depression in the UKA serial entrepreneur, Mr. Tobi Mohammed is the founder, the Mainland Block Party and Managing Partner of an entertainment company, The Plug. He discussed the influence of his mother on his career, among other issues. SEGUN KASALI brings the excerpts.What was your experience like growing up?I come from a humble background. Though I went abroad, my parents only started getting comfortable when I was around seven or eight years old. But, one thing we also had was discipline. My mum was very disciplined. She was a teacher. My mum used to coach me to the…
There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures. So to post this is just “Islamophobic,” right? Wrong: there is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction. Islam doesn’t teach that man may kill his wife, but once you’ve allowed him to beat her, accidents will happen. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient.…
Pastor Mercy Okocha, presiding Pastor of Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church of 2, Sanni Taiwo Street, Puposola area of Oko Oba, has been fingered has being the person that threw the coconut which inflicted fatal injuries on an Oro worshipper, Akeem Agboola, which eventually led to his death, reports thegazellenews.com. Our correspondents visited the scene of the mayhem where Oro worshippers and church members of the aforementioned church engaged each other in battle which eventually led to the death of Akeem Agboola, one of the Oro worshippers. According to investigation by our correspondents, the worshippers have informed residents of…
Peter Obi’s campaign promise of moving the country from consumption to production resonates well among the youths who see him as a saviour in a country ravaged by the corruption of the old political class. Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have defiled rains across the country on Saturday to fill up streets in PortHarcourt, Rivers State, Auchi, Edo State, Makurdi, Benue State and Afikpo, Ebonyi State, in a one million march rally .Goldennewsng reports that the one million march rally has a large turn up of youths dressed in shirts crested the former governor…
A Nigerian woman has narrated how her life changed for the better after she quit prostitution.The abroad-based lady, who revealed she finally quit due to the low pay, stated that young girls were being paid as low as €10 per client as at 2013. According to her, she decided she could do more with herself in 2013, so she stopped being a prostitute and took some courses to upskill herself.She said that immediately after the course she got a job, which she now uses to fend for herself. She stated that being a prostitute is a bad trade and urged…