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CAN NIGERIA SURVIVE IGBO-YORUBA INTERTRIBAL WAR?The Niger area, as the territories were called before the amalgamation, were areas occupied by different ethnic groups (Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa) that now make up today’s entity called “Nigeria.” Try hard as we may, though, this new identity, somehow, hasn’t seemed to stick. Deep down in the recesses of our minds, we still bare …

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF ETHNIC BIGOTRY IN NIGERIA: A CALL FOR EQUITABLE JUSTICE In light of the recent controversy surrounding Amaka Patience Sunnberger, an Igbo Canadian who made incendiary remarks against Yoruba and Benin people, the conversation on ethnic relations in Nigeria has intensified.While Amaka’s comments have prompted condemnation and a call for legal action in Canada, this incident opens up …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, INAUGURATES MINIMUM WAGE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has inaugurated the Committee for the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage for Civil and Public Servants in Enugu State, giving the Committee a maximum of one month to submit its report. The Committee which was inaugurated on Thursday at the Government House, Enugu, …

DETAILS OF NLC’S PRESIDENT, AJAERO, ENGAGEMENT WITH POLICE ON THURSDAY EMERGE Details of the interview between the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and the police have emerged. The police had interviewed Ajaero over an ongoing investigation of one of the EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters. The police had summoned Ajaero for questioning over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, …

AJAERO BACK TO LABOUR HOUSE AFTER HONOURING POLICE INVITATION The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress has left the police office in Abuja after spending about an hour and a few minutes with officials. He had arrived at the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) command at Guzape as early as 10:20 a.m., in the company of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana. …

AKWA IBOM COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, WAHEED AYILARA, IS DEAD The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, is dead. It is not clear when he died and if he was ill. The police spokesperson in the state, Timfon John, when contacted asked our reporter to wait for an official statement. “Just wait for an official statement from his …

REPS WANT CANADIAN GOVT TO PROSECUTE WOMAN THREATENING TO KILL NIGERIANS AS WOMAN DISMISSES REPS, SAYS I CAN’T BE ARRESTED The House of Representatives has called on the Canadian government to investigate and prosecute Amaka Patience Sunnberger, a Nigerian resident in Canada, for making threatening comments against Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin descent. In a video trending on X.com, a …

PASTOR ADEBOYE’S SON ABANDONS KADUNA PROJECT AFTER TAKING OVER N8B FROM EL-RUFAI GOVT, RUNS TO COURT TO STOP PROBESaharaReporters learnt that Adeolu and his wife, who secured the contract through Ronchess Global Resources Plc during former Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s administration, have been evading accountability for the diverted funds and unfinished project.Adeolu Adeboye, son of Redeemed Christian Church of God’s General …

DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM EDO APC GUBER CAMPAIGN – PRESIDENCY WARNS ODHIOMHOLE The presidency has issued a stern warning to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, instructing him to distance himself from the campaign activities of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the upcoming Edo State election. The development follows complaints from several APC chieftains who accused Oshiomhole of …

IS SEYI TINUBU JOBLESS OR WHAT? Obasanjo’s children were never seen around the villa. So was UMY, Jonathan & Buhari’s children. Yusuf Buhari only came to Aso Rock to see his father during festive period. Seyi Tinubu has no business in Aso Rock, except to see his father on domestic affairs. I thought his father cautioned him about that? He …