TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former US House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, who visited Taiwan in 1997, said in an interview with Fox News that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has to go to Taiwan because to back down now would encourage more bad behavior from China, which is not even necessarily in a strong position to bully the U.S. “I think Speaker Pelosi now has no choice. Now that the Chinese Communist Party are dancing around and making threats and all that, she has to go to Taiwan, because to back down now would encourage every aggressive bullying attitude of…
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Man reportedly faints after losing borrowed N200K to bet (Video)A video circulating on social media captures a man who reportedly passed out after losing the N200K he borrowed at a betting shop.In the short clip, the man could be seen lying lifeless in front of a Bet9ja shop while a write-up attached to the video communicated what transpired. Man reportedly faints after losing borrowed N200K to bet (Video) It was disclosed that he borrowed N200K and proceeded to the betting shop where he initiated a ‘goal-goal’ bet, unfortunately, luck wasn’t on his side and he lost. The man who obviously…
I’ve been married for three years. My husband came into the marriage with his thirteen-year-old son and we currently have a two-year-old daughter together. Before we got married he was running a business that was thriving. He had twenty branches all over the country. He was not filthy rich but he was doing well enough to buy me a car. He also encouraged me to pursue my second degree and paid for all the expenses involved. It didn’t bother him that I was getting an MBA while he wasn’t highly educated himself. This is one of the things I loved…
Sam Omatseye had published the controversial opinion piece in Nations Newspaper, titled ‘Obi-tuary’.A journalist who used ‘Obi-tuary’ as the caption of a critical article against Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party has claimed that his life is being threatened.Sam Omatseye had published the controversial opinion piece in Nations Newspaper, titled ‘Obi-tuary’. In a tweet on Tuesday, Omatseye asked Obi to call his supporters to order, adding that the LP presidential candidate will be held responsible if anything happened to him.He tweeted, “Mr. Peter Obi, call your supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything…
VIDEO: Broadcaster, Rufai Oseni threatens to Call Sanwo-Olu on copsRufai OseniA video of TV broadcaster, Rufai Oseni, having an altercation with some police officers have emerged on social media.Oseni, Arise TV broadcaster, had on Monday, Oseni, revealed that a policeman threatened him with a gun for driving on a dedicated BRT lane in Lagos.In a new video trending on Twitter on Tuesday, it shows Oseni arguing with the policemen.He went to his car, then came back to the policemen who were in their vehicle and said, “I will call the governor…nonsense.” Watch video below:
By Bose AdelajaTwo male adults were on Tuesday, crushed to death during a fight at Oshodi-Oke inward Gbagada Expressway in Lagos State.The incident occurred at day time, adjacent LASTMA office in Oshodi.Though details of what led to the fight could not be ascertained but it was gathered that the victims were hit and crushed to death by an upcoming vehicle.One of them was said to have died on the spot while the other died few hours later. Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the Nigeria Police, Lagos Response Unit (LRU) paramedics…
He was a disturbed man when I met him. His attention span was like a second or two and then he would drift away. Sometimes you’ll have to tap him and ask, “Andy, are you listening to me?” He would then say, “Oh yeah I’m listening to you. What did you just say?” It happened for a very long time so one day I asked him, “What’s the matter with you? It looks like you’re far away even when you’re closer. What’s eating you up?” I knew I wasn’t going to get an answer because men are like that. They…
Video of a Pastor meeting a native doctor in his shrine for a charm for her church has gone viral after being shared online. The cleric who identified herself as Prophetess Amaka Uba, gave the name of her church as “Mountain of Prosper Ministry”. She asked for a charm that will make her Port Harcourt Church boom more than the branch in Lagos, and also bring in rich active members who will pay her tithes and also do whatever she asks them to do. Responding to the request, the native doctor said she’ll be giving him N500k for each of…
2023: Tinubu’s ally, Sam Omatseye under fire over ‘Obi-tuary’ articleSam Omatseye. Sam Omatseye, chairman of The Nation Newspaper’s editorial board, has come under intense criticism from Nigerians over an article targeted at Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and an opponent of his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2023 presidential election. Omatseye in the article titled “Obi-tuary,” which many have described as ‘excrement,’ and a ‘bad attempt at ethnic dog whistle,’ tried to link the Labour Party presidential candidate to the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), even though the separatist group has continuously…
A 23-year-old mentally challenged undergraduate, Jideofor Chigozie, has been beaten to death for allegedly straying into another person’s compound at Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. The victim, a final year student of Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, who is also a musician, was said to have mistakenly entered into a wrong house and he was tagged a robber and lynched. Our correspondent gathered that the victim was attacked with machete before he was rescued by a passersby who saw him in the pool of his blood in the house and then informed his family members who rushed to the…