Menace of the herd
Menace of the herd The cult of self commands our politics. It thrives on the sinister quirks of sociopaths: superficial charm, grandiloquence, and conceitedness; a need for constant adulation, a penchant for violence, crass sentimentality, sophistry, the inability to feel guilt or remorse, and the inclination to kill. This is, of course, the ethic promoted by our dysfunctional social complex. It is deeply cultural and hardwired into the Nigerian psyche. It is the ethic of unfettered fanaticism, the principle of partisan zealots. As…
'Academic activities in full swing in AAU despite ASUU strike'
'Academic activities in full swing in AAU despite ASUU strike' Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, Vice Chancellor (V-C) of the state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, said academic activities in the institution are in full swing despite the ongoing national strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Adagbonyin spoke while dismissing claim that that though AAU has resumed as ordered by the Edo State Government, academic activities are not going on in the institution. He added that lecturers and students of AAU have retur…
2023: Wole Soyinka speaks on outcry against Muslim/Muslim ticket
2023: Wole Soyinka speaks on outcry against Muslim/Muslim ticket Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has condemned the outcry generated by the Muslim/Muslim Presidential ticket as Nigerians head towards general elections next year. He described the controversies surrounding the Muslim/Muslim ticket as a reflection of how the country has been fractured along religious lines and its citizens made to look different from one another right from childhood. Soyinka made the remarks on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State while moderating a lecture, the…
Happening Now: Protesters storm PDP secretariat, ask Ayu to resign
Happening Now: Protesters storm PDP secretariat, ask Ayu to resign Disturbed by the ongoing crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party over its 2023 governorship ticket in Delta state, young members of the party, on Wednesday, stormed the National Secretariat of the PDP to demand the resignation of its National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. The party supporters, acting under the aegis of Concerned Deltans for Good Governance, were at the Wadata Plaza, to register their displeasure over what they described as the refusal of the party chairman to …
Buhari Swears-in 3 New Perm Secs
Buhari Swears-in 3 New Perm Secs * As Osinbajo joins FEC virtually President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, administered the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office on three new Permanent Secretaries of the Federal Civil Service. The President performed the ceremony just before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The new Permanent Secretaries are Lydia Shehu Jafiya from Adamawa State; Udom Okokon Ekenam from Akwa Ibom State; and Farouk Yusuf Yabo from Sokoto State. The Pre…
MAGGI ‘O Setigo’ Season 2 Returns with 2-Million-Naira Grand Price
MAGGI ‘O Setigo’ Season 2 Returns with 2-Million-Naira Grand Price O Setigo – MAGGI’s cooking competition – returns with 12 contestants competing for 2-Million-Naira grand prize this season. Other prizes include 1-Million-Naira for the first runner-up, 500,000 Naira for the second runner-up and other cash and consolation prizes. The exciting journey will kick off as the show premiers on the 6th of August 2022. The 11 episodes of the show will air for 6 weeks on major TV stations, both terrestrial and cable. This season, two contestants were s…
I abducted pregnant mad woman to take her baby- Suspect
I abducted pregnant mad woman to take her baby- Suspect A 47-year-old woman Folasade Adesanyan has said that she ‘abducted’ a pregnant mentally deranged woman to take her baby after delivery. Adesanya said she took the action because she has only one child. She was among six suspects paraded by the Ondo Amotekun Corps for kidnapping of persons in Odigbo Local Government Area. Adesanyan was accused of taking her victims to a herbalist identified as Musbau Jimoh. She claimed to have wanted to heal the victim and take her baby as she wanted to ha…
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