Author: Femi Ajasa
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Nigeria is a broken country, decomposing from within, Kukah tackles Buhari-led govt
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has drawn attention once again to the perilous state of Nigeria, declaring that the nation is decomposing from within. “Nigeria is a broken country. It is decomposing from within. Our heart is broken and lives are hemorrhaging by the day”, he said. Kukah spoke in a…
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Sad! Popular Nigerian comedian Brakin Face is dead
News of the passing of popular Nigerian comedian, Brakin Face, has surfaced in the online community. Brakin Face death happened just at a time he’s planning a star-studded show, ‘Out side with Brakin Face’ which is scheduled to hold on the 27th of November. Dem Go Hear Word, a socialite and one of the friends…
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Buhari honours Joe Blankson, hero who drowned after rescuing 13 people from Rivers
President Muhamadu Buhari has bestowed a posthumous award on a hero, Joe Blankson who save 13 people from drowning but died while attempting to save more people. Blankson died on July 28, 2018, while saving others following a boat accident on the Abonnema-Bakana waterway in Rivers State. He was survived by his wife and two…
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Just in: Four dead as electric cable falls on worshippers in Lagos church
No fewer than four persons were electrocuted after an electric cable fell on worshippers in Lagos Church. The tragedy struck at El-Adonai Evangelical Church in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State as an electric cable fell on worshippers during service on Sunday. It was gathered that two adults and two teenagers were electrocuted in the incident.…
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Beyond the Politics of Discord – Chidi Amuta
The ultimate legacy of this divisive era is now on full display. Governors of the 36 states of the federation have fanned out into two rival formations with clashing rhetoric and war like posturing. Governors of the Southern States versus governors of the Northern States in open verbal confrontation to the amazement of a bewildered…
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Mourners returning from burial meet death as Rivers jetty collapses
Several persons were feared dead after a jetty collapsed in Isaka community in the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday evening while sympathisers who attended a burial in the neighbourhood were trying to board a boat back to Port Harcourt, the state capital.…
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Delta: Police arrest man with 340-round of Ammunition hidden inside Garri; caught housewife with double-barrel gun
POLICE operatives attached to Bomadi Divisional Patrol team, on October 1, arrested a cyclist with 340 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition concealed inside garri in Delta State. The suspect, Solomon Ebe, 37, from Tuomo community in Burutu Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended along Bomadi/ Tuomo road during a stop-and-search operation. In the…
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Abductors release father of LG boss in Bayelsa
The Police Command in Bayelsa has confirmed the release of Chief Gbalipre Turner by his abductors. The 70-year-old father of the Chairman of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Marvin Turner, was abducted on Sept. 5, at Kpansia, Yenagoa. In a statement on Saturday, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Asinmi Butswait, said the…
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TRENDING VIDEO: Ahead of 2023 election, Tinubu now addressed as ‘Mr President’
Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, supporters of the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu now address him (Tinubu) as ‘Mr President’. This salutation TheNewsGuru (TNG) sits well with Tinubu who has seen himself occupying the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. The country’s next presidential election will take…
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How police rescued 200 kidnapped persons, arrested 21 bandits in Zamfara
The Zamfara Police Command says it has rescued 200 abducted victims in the state. The command disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Muhammed Shehu, on Saturday. The police noted that the development was as a result of an ongoing onslaught against bandits and criminal elements in the state. “Fortunately, attacks, killings and…