The Hidden Lesson of Obi Cubana’s Mum’s Funeral

Reactions of disgust about how wasteful and showy the Igbos are, and defensive responses to such reactions, have flooded the internet following the trend of the affluent burial ceremony of Mr. Obinna Iyiegbu’s (“Obi Cubana”) mother. High-class businessmen, politicians, and celebrities such as Mr. Emeka Agbanari, Mr. Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E money, Jowi Zaza, Hon. Akin Alabi, Abba Kyari, Kanayo O Kanayo, Zubby Michael, Williams Uchemba, D’banj, Patoranking, Davido, Phyno, Kcee, Man like...

Can We Be People?  ―psychological relevance of unity and faith, peace and progress

  People whose placement in seats spells out s.e.r.v.i.c.e not subjugation; hose understanding of positions lies in the country’s motto: unity and faith, peace and progress, where unity beats instigation of violence and stir faith in her citizens, resulting in the wholeness that brings progress. People who uproot the weed of greed when saddled with the responsibility of multiplicity and distribution of the nation’s wealth. People who carry on their lips, words of inclusion, fairness...

Umeoji’s recognition by INEC is a mockery of the APGA Reconciliation Committee

There is nothing completely off the table in politics. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The decision by INEC based on a certain Jigawa federal court judgment, to recognize the candidacy of Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji and not Prof. Chukwuma Soludo is a sort of climax in the long-standing controversy trailing APGA’s general conduct so far in the 2021 governorship election in Anambra state. For the first time in a very long while, party members and keen observers were caught...

Emir of Gwandu Blames Parents On Banditry, Other Forms of Insecurity

BIRNI KEBBI, (Kebbi State) —The Emir of Gwandu and the Chairman Kebbi State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar has blamed parents on increase in banditry and other forms of criminality in the country. The emir stated this in his Eid-el-Kabir speech shortly after the completion of two Rakaat prayers at Eid Praying ground in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. He said most of the criminality being perpetrated in society could be traced to indiscipline and...

FRSC Arrests 108 for Driver’s Licence Violation in Anambra

AWKA — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, says it apprehended 108 motorists for driver’s licence violation in the ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence’ in the state. The FRSC headquarters in Abuja has directed state commands to go after driver’s licence defaulters from July 5 to July 11. The operation targets motorists without valid licences, expired ones, and those with expired temporary copies. The Sector Commander, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, told the...

Lagos Assembly Proposes 2-year Jail Term for Assault On Firemen

IKEJA — Lagos House of Assembly has recommended two years’ imprisonment for a person or persons obstructing fire fighting or assaulting firefighters. The assembly made the recommendation in its proposed state fire service bill. The Chairman of the House Committee on Special Duties, Mr. Raheem Kazeem (Ibeju Lekki II) made the disclosure at a one-day public hearing on the bill on Friday. The public hearing was conducted by the House of Assembly. The News Agency...

Victims Of Sabon Layi- Demsa Crisis To Get Compensation

YOLA — The Adamawa state government will compensate victims of the recent crisis in Sabon Layi Community of Demsa local government area. Recall last Friday, some people of the community barricaded Numan-Demsa highway for several hours to express their anger over the destruction of their farm plants by herders in which one person was injured. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri who was in the village to broker peace between the two parties with other service chiefs...

Zulum Dismisses Claim By ISWAP Of Appointing Governor In Borno

MAIDUGURI — Prof. Babagana Zulum of Borno state says the alleged appointment of a governor over territories in Borno state by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), was not authenticated. The governor, who stated this while speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, declared that he was fully in charge of the state and that there was nothing contrary to show the...

Rescuing the futility of APGA’s peace-reconciliation committee ―Prof. Soludo’s options

The APGA peace-reconciliation committee does not look like a peace committee. It looks like a campaign committee ―Ebuka Onyekwelu A look at the newly constituted committee to reconcile differences in APGA and square the warring factions reveal very clearly that it is an afterthought, perhaps, a mere committee set up solely for the purpose of just having it on record. So many things are not right with the committee, ranging from the timing to membership...

Sound Sultan: Celebrate Me While I am Alive

The news of the death of the veteran singer and rapper, Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi, a.k.a Sound Sultan, on the 11th of July, 2021, struck many with unexplainable sorrow. For some, it was their first time encountering his name, while it came to the knowledge of some that he suffered a rare type of cancer called Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma. Hearty comments about how wonderful the late singer was, flooded the internet. Pleasant nostalgic memories from friends...

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