My father walked out of our home one day and never returned. My mother had to raise me and my brother all by herself. It wasn’t easy for her. She always left the house at dawn and returned late at night. She sold whatever was trending on the market in a particular season. That’s how she could afford to feed us. My brother was six years older than me so he always took care of me in my mother’s absence. He bathed me, cooked, fed me, washed my clothes, and took me wherever he went. I was his little handbag.…
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Genotype is a big issue for me. It has always been an issue and I am losing it. I have been trying to act mature and do the right thing but this is becoming too much and I can’t continue to pretend about it. I am a 31 years old lady from Osun. I don’t know if there is something wrong with me or I am just unlucky. At my current age, I cannot boast of having met a great guy who wants to start a life with me and we are compatible in every aspect. There will always be…
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…
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…