Negotiating with bandits: Gospel according to Gumi, By Dons Eze

For the unrepentant spokesperson of bandits terrorising different parts of the country, particularly the North West, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, the only solution to the incessant kidnapping for ransom takings by this group of people, would be for the federal government of Nigeria to sit side by side with these criminals, in a conference table, and begin to dialogue and negotiate…

June 29, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Nigeria’s pandemic of hunger, By Lasisi Olagunju

Our Minister of Agriculture is Alhaji Muhammad Nanono from Kano State. The Minister of State for that ministry is Alhaji Mustapha Baba Shehuri from Borno State. You are wondering why the two of them come from the far north? Where else do you have farmers in Nigeria except in the North East and the North West? If you sincerely desire an answer…

June 29, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Why Does Buhari Oppose Restructuring, Support Open Grazing?

By Tony Eluemunor How on Earth could anyone explain President Muhammadu Buhari’s recently advertised opposition to the massive calls that Nigeria be restructured? And does anyone know the exact reasons why he supports Rural Area Grazing Reserves (RUGA)? What exactly did the President have in mind when on Saturday, June 19, 2021, he said in…

June 29, 2021167Comments

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Law Report

Is it lawful for Nigeria Police to parade suspects? Certainly not, reply lawyers

MEDIA parades of criminal suspects by the Nigeria Police has, for a long time, been a subject of heated public debate. It involves not only the dramatic arrest of persons suspected to have committed a crime but also group photographs taking in public and press conferences. Emmanuel Ojukwu, former Enugu state Commissioner of Police, has justified…

June 27, 2021135Comments

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Opinion

‘NIGERIA NEEDS BETTER, NOT MORE UNIVERSITIES’

Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA ‘The Guardian’, Sunday June 27, 2021, Back Page. There is a sense in which one can claim that it is provocative that the authorities in Nigeria have continued to ignore the groundswell of informed commentaries that Nigeria needs better, not more universities at this time that disruptive technologies daily shape…

June 27, 20210Comments

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Lifestyle

Family Mandates Woman to Drink Late Husband’s Bathwater to Prove Innocence

A 34-year-old widow, Mrs Chioma Asomugha from Ubahuekem in Ihiala area of Anambra, has raised alarm that her in-laws were forcing her to drink water used in bathing her late husband’s corpse. Chioma, the widow, confirmed the report in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka. She alleged…

June 27, 20210Comments

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TIPS

We Don’t Allow Takeaways.

We Don’t Allow Takeaways. Daily Law Tips (Tip 812) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK) Introduction: For pleasure or business, there are several reasons to stay away from home. From hotels, motels to hostels, there are often buffet and complimentary meals. However, like most services in Nigeria, the meals are often very tasty but the staff…

June 27, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Adichie versus Emezi: When sisters feud, By Osmund Agbo

There is a raging showdown between two literary Amazons, both of whom have played a crucial role in shaping contemporary African literature and helped expand its global appeal. Am losing quite a bit of sleep. My initial approach was to let time sought things out as prior experience had shown. On a second thought however, I decided it’s better…

June 27, 2021171Comments

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Sound health

How Okada rider abandoned wife in hospital for delivering twins

As Nigerians groan under harsh economic realities a confused young father simply bolted on hearing that his wife has been delivered off a set of twins, 24-year-old Abibat Kehinde and her new babies were abandoned by her husband at the Epe General Hospital, Lagos State, following his inability to pay their hospital bills amounting to…

June 26, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Chidimma And Usifo Ataga: Salient Points To Note

By Funke Cole – She is 21, he was 50 – adults, both of them. – They were lovers – two mutually consenting adults in a romantic relationship. – She agreed to meet and be with the man at an apartment. She wasn’t forced. In fact, she booked the apartment, while he transferred money to…

June 26, 20210Comments

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