A Taekwondo athlete, Maria Uchenna Raphael, has been killed in a motor accident in Nasarawa State. The deceased, who won a silver medal for team Nasarawa in the just concluded Bayelsa Open Taekwondo, was crushed to death by a truck in Lafia, the state capital on Friday, August 26. The Nasarawa State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, in a statement on Saturday, said the deceased had gone to purchase some items from a grocery store along UAC road few hours after returning home from the championship in Yenagoa, which ended on August 24th, 2022. The statement signed by spokesperson…
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Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been booed by residents of his country home in Ilorin, Kwara State.In a video which has since gone viral and stumbled upon by REPUBLICAN NIGERIA, Saraki was captured being whisked away by security detail as shout of Ole Ole (thief) rented the hair. This isn’t the first time Saraki would be booed in his ancestral home.In 2018, Saraki and his acolytes were pelted with stones at the Eid playing ground of the Muslim laity in Ilorin.As at the time of filing this report, the office of the former Speaker of the Senate was…
Benue Youths shutdown another area of The State for Peter ObiBenue Youths shutdown another area of The State for Peter Obi. Benue Youths has shutdown another local government area of Benue State today, for Peter Obi.Are you people sensing what I am sensing here ?Rivers State And Benue are the home States of Governors Wike/Ortom, the two major participating PDP Governors, that were present at the recent multiple dialogue Meetings held in London, Between Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, APC Presidential Candidate (Tinubu), LP Presidrntisl Candidate (Peter Obi), PDP Presidential Candidate (Atiku), Amongst Others. Where everyone of the aforementioned Presidential Candidates…
A video of a widow being tied and flogged by members of her community in Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community Nkpa Bende Local Government, Abia state has been shared online. Activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who shared a video, said the widow was assaulted after her late husband’s brother’s wife accused her of being a witch. Gwamnishu wrote;”When I talk about widows protection, I’m not asking for too much. Our mothers suffer the most from child delivery.Mrs. Amarachi Okechi, a widow was accused of witchcraft by her late husband brother’s wife.If you are from Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community Nkpa Bende Local…
A 49-year-old man, Amoda Bola, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, tells DAUD OLATUNJI about the case. What do you do for a living?I work as a dry cleaner in Ishara. I live in the Ishara area of Remo-North.How many children do you have?I have five children.What is the position of the one who accused you of raping and impregnating her?She is my fourth child.Does her mother stay with you?I divorced her mother after she gave birth to the girl (victim). She has been married to another man in Ilorin. I…
One Onyedika Ndu, Sunday, narrated to THE WHISTLER how two young men alleged to be members of a vigilante group at Nsukka, Enugu State, nearly killed him last Sunday.He said, “On 21 August, 2022, around midnight, I got to Nsukka, precisely at Fenpark junction. I was returning from Enugu. These security men usually block the major road leading to Nsukka town in the name of securing the place. “They do wear uniforms. I had collected my motorcycle that I newly bought. I met them and greeted them. I also identified myself. They demanded money from me. I told them I…
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…
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…