Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is shocked by recent killings in Anambra State especially the murder of a woman and her four children.

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is shocked by recent killings in Anambra State especially the murder of a woman and her four children. Soyinka spoke in a statement titled, ‘Drawing the Red Line on Infanticide’, yesterday. The statement reads: “So, it has happened!   No one can claim it was nowhere fearfully expected, but one dared hope that the ugly, abominable word “reprisal” would remain locked down within the dark pit of primitivism hidden in the Nigerian psyche. I decided to edit out the warning expression of that fear from my rece…

INCOMPLETE TRANSACTION’ MORE HEADACHES FOR MIRIAM OLUSANYA AS CUSTOMER CALLS OUT GTBANK OVER MISSING N95K

INCOMPLETE TRANSACTION’ MORE HEADACHES FOR MIRIAM OLUSANYA AS CUSTOMER CALLS OUT GTBANK OVER MISSING N95K   Racheal Olaleye, a nurse based in Osun State, has narrated how N95,000 went missing from her account after her debit card got stuck in a Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) ATM at Uniosun Teaching Hospital. Racheal said she initiated a transaction with her debit card around 8:30 pm on April 26, but due to poor network, her card was stuck and she couldn’t complete the transaction. Olaleye left the premises as it was late in the evening, but she inf…

Soyinka cancels Anambra school appointment over murder of Harira, children Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has announced cancellation of a school engagement in Anambra State to empathise with the brutal murder Harira Jibril and her children. Pregnant Harira was killed along with her four children by gunmen in Anambra State recently, a killing that has ethnic undertone. Soyinka, in a statement on Saturday titled: “Drawing the Red Line on Infanticide,” condemned the murder of Harira and her children and cancelled his appointment at a school i…

Kwara: Man hacks brother to death in bloody fight

Kwara: Man hacks brother to death in bloody fight A bloody fight between two Fulani brothers of the same parent in the early hours of Friday ended in tragedy at a village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara state. It was reported that the bloody fight ensued between Umar Bello and Abdullahi Bello at Dogonruwa village of Woro in Kaiama Local Government Area. Umar Bello, allegedly hacked Abdullahi Bello to death during the bloody encounter in which dangerous objects were reportedly used. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence C…

N96b alleged fraud: I’ve been vindicated – Amaechi

N96b alleged fraud: I’ve been vindicated – Amaechi The last may not have been heard on the report of the Rivers State Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor, Nyesom Wike as a former governor of the state, Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, claimed that the Friday judgment of the Supreme Court on the matter has vindicated him. Amaechi, one of the leading presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said that his stance on the report of the commission has been justified by the apex court decision. His position was co…

Fatima: IPOB distances ESN from killing of pregnant Hausa woman, identifies those responsible

Fatima: IPOB distances ESN from killing of pregnant Hausa woman, identifies those responsible The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the killers of a Hausa woman with four children in Anambra State, Fatima are not operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN. IPOB said it’s an abomination to kill a pregnant woman in Igbo land, hence ESN has no hands in Fatima’s murder. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, alleged that Fulanis murdered Fatima in a bid to cause disaffection between Igbos and Hausas. In a statement, Powerful warned t…

Grounded First Nation’s multimillion-dollar plane sold as scrap, towed to Oyo

Grounded First Nation’s multimillion-dollar plane sold as scrap, towed to Oyo An Airbus A320 jet belonging to First Nation has been sold as scrap to a yet-to-be-identified buyer, findings have shown. The development came about four years after the carrier grounded its operations for technical reasons. The buyer of the disused plane has consequently towed the equipment to a town in Oyo where it will be probably converted to a restaurant or other purposes, airport sources close to the deal revealed on Wednesday. The multimillion-dollar plane, wh…