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Baby ‘mamas’ deserve respect –Alex Unusual
Tofarati Ige A former Big Brother Naija contestant, Alexandra Asogwa, aka Alex Unusual, has said that unmarried women who have babies deserve respect and not condemnation. According to her, most of them didn’t intentionally put themselves in that position. Alex spoke against the backdrop of a stage play she is acting in as a baby
Amotekun: Southern Kaduna mulls community security outfit
FRIDAY OLOKOR The people of Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State are studying the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Operation Amotekun, to develop their own community vigilante system to protect residents from suspected Fulani bandits. The President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and former member of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Asake, stated
Registrar confirms killing of fourth seminarian kidnapped in Kaduna
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Registrar, Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Rev. Father Joel Usman, has confirmed the killing of the fourth seminarians abducted by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kaduna. Four students of the seminary were abducted when heavily armed gunmen invaded the school located at Kaukau in Chikun Local Government Area, on January 9,
Insurgency: Every lost soul is precious to God whether Christian or Muslim, says Adeboye
Kayode Oyero The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said every soul lost to insurgency is precious to God whether a Christian or a Muslim. Adeboye, who stated this on Sunday during the monthly Thanksgiving Service at the church’s National Headquarters in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, also said
We invested over N5bn in Lagos before okada ban — Bamiduro, MAX CEO
Adetayo Bamiduro, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of MAX (Metro Africa Xpress), a motorcycle ride-hailing service, talks to SIMON UTEBOR about the impact the ban of activities of okada and keke in some local councils in Lagos will have on the company Though the restriction of activities of keke (commercial tricycle) riders, okada riders (commercial
Magu meets UK govt, seeks Diezani, Etete’s extraditon before March
ADELANI ADEPEGBA Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has met with United Kingdom Government officials in London, in an effort to expedite the extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to face trial in Nigeria. Diezani, who served in ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, is expected to face
We don’t enjoy female condoms, they make us uncomfortable — Nigerian women
TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN examines the difficulties females face in using condoms made specifically for them I have never seen a female condom before neither have I used it for once,” said Mrs Booky Glover who has been married for about seven years with three children. Glover’s case mirrors the situation of many Nigerian women who have
Retirees worry over FG’s plan to divert N2tn pension fund
OLUFEMI ATOYEBI Nigerian pensioners have expressed their fear over the proposal by the Federal Government to invest N2trn out of the N10trn pension funds on infrastructural development. On Thursday, The National Economic Council was reported to have announced the resolve of the Federal Government to borrow the amount from the pension funds to finance the
Some communities practised cannibalism to survive during civil war – Ex-Biafran soldier enlisted at 14
Dr Andee Iheme, 65, is the Director of Information, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. Iheme, who was conscripted into the Biafran Army at the age of 14, tells ARMSTRONG BAKAM about his experiences and how Nigeria failed to derive positives from the Nigerian Civil War, 50 years after it ended You fought in the civil
20 killed during ‘anointing service’ stampede in Tanzania
At least 20 people in Tanzania were trampled to death at an open-air evangelical Christian church service in the north of the country, officials said on Sunday. Government official Kippi Warioba, District Commissioner in the northern town of Moshi, said he feared the number of dead could still rise from the accident, which took place
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