Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has explained that the Eastern Palm University in Ogboko, Ideato South Council of the state was established under a Private Public Partnership (PPP) arrangement. He said the Rochas Foundation for Africa has 90 per cent ownership, while the Imo State Government has 10 …
Read More »Politics behind banditry in Northeast states
There were three grievous aspects of the recent mass abduction of 334 students of Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State: The bandits fetched that number of boys with minimal resistance. They ferried the students across the state boundary without Nigeria’s security intercepting them. Thereafter, officials of the state government went …
Read More »US-based Nigerian medical doctor kills self, wife
A Nigerian medical doctor, Ben Okigbo and his wife, Theresa have been found dead in their home in Texas, the United States. They were found dead around 10:05a.m. on December 18, at the Greatwood Subdivision in the 1500 block of Brookstone Lane. Sugar Land Police Department, Texas officer, Chief Eric …
Read More »Pope says fraternity the watchword ‘at this moment in history’
Pope Francis said in his Christmas message Friday that fraternity was a watchword for these unusually troubled times exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. “At this moment in history, marked by the ecological crisis and grave economic and social imbalances only worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, it is all the more …
Read More »Soldier and Civilian confirmed dead as gunmen abduct foreigner in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command says a soldier and a civilian have been killed during an effort to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen at Panorama Farm Mekun in the Oke Alaro area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday evening, December 12. …
Read More »US Attorney General William Barr resigns
The United States Attorney General, William Barr, has announced he would resign next week, ending a tenure in which the Trump loyalist carried the administration’s “law and order” message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump when he publicly refuted Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. …
Read More »Ede Polytechnic’s rector suspended for fixing a king-sized bed in his office
John Adekolawole, the rector of the Federal Polytechnic in Ede, Osun state has been suspended by the institution’s academic board on grounds of “sleeping at work.” Adekunle Masopa, chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in the institution, said the board based its decision on 21 grounds. Speaking …
Read More »Fearless mum stalks her daughter’s killers and hunts all 10 down
A mum on a revenge mission set up fake IDs and used disguises to stalk her daughter’s killers and hunt them down one by one. In a story reminiscent of the hit Hollywood film Taken, starring Liam Neeson, mum Miriam Rodriguez relentlessly tracked down those responsible for the kidnap …
Read More »Why do men brag about sleeping with multiple women
Singer Iceberg via his Instastories, posed a question to men asking why sleeping with multiple women a bragging right. According to him, being able to stay with one woman is a better achievement to brag about than sleeping with more women. See his post below
Read More »How an only son and friend was killed by a driver
An only son of the family, Emmanuel John and his girlfriend, Chidinma, who were killed by a hit-and-run driver have been laid to rest in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. The lovebirds died in the accident which occurred on Sunday, November 29, 2020 along Old Umunede/Agbor Road, …
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