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Lagos Island residents who gathered to collect palliatives were given a few strokes of the cane alongside their free food.   Loaves of bread were given out to residents to cushion the effects of the current economic hardships in the country.   During the distribution, as residents queued up for …

Members of the recently inaugurated Community Protection Guards allegedly murdered Magaji Lawal Yandoto, a political associate of Senator Kabir Marafa.   It was gathered that the deceased was invited by members of the Community Protection Guards to its office in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area, on …

Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month. He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential candidates. The opposition has accused Sall of trying to cling to power, and protests …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  Nyesom Wike, has said when it’s time for politics “we will know who is who”.   Wike who visited Chief Victor Giadom, his old political ally and the South-South Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday, January 6, stated that he …

Former US President Donald Trump in an unusual Christmas message on his social media network, Truth Social, called for various people he sees as “looking to destroy” the nation to “rot in Hell.” It was one of several Christmas messages by Trump   “Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe …

Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tony Okocha has alleged that political profiteers are fuelling the face-off between the state’s Governor, Sim Fubara, and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.    In an interview with Punch, Okocha accused Fubara of opening his ears to crisis …

Opinion Creative Commons At a time when Americans seem to be at each other’s throats, a new poll shows that a large majority are concerned about political violence taking shape in the near future. Much of the anxiety, at least according to this poll, stems from fears of a repeat …

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced Safi Abolaji aka Ojulari, 44, of Kankatu area, Ilorin, to 10 years imprisonment.   Ojulari, an ex-convict, was dragged before Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar on a two-count charge of unlawful possession of firearms and belonging to a secret cult.    He …

Despite their political crisis, the incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, this morning, sent birthday wishes to his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, as he turns a year older today, December 13.    In the birthday message, Governor Fubara described WIke as ‘’My Oga”.   Social media users have now reacted …

Seven opposition parties in Nigeria on Wednesday, Dec. 6, formed a coalition tagged “the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP)” in Abuja.   The coalition was established in Abuja during a meeting of political party leaders at the National Secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).   The parties that …