The Denver Broncos are 0-2 after blowing a big lead to the Washington Commanders and coming up just short in their comeback attempt in Week 2. Quarterback Russell Wilson’s numbers have been decent so far under new head coach Sean Payton, but some underlying tension may have shown itself after …
Read More »CJ Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata’ tale is mythological, but the tension is political
Mama Efe, played by Rita Edochie, is the god whisperer whose authority is increasingly called into question following a string of failures that shake the belief of her followers and embolden her detractors. The tired matriarch has to fight internal and external battles to keep her esteemed place of …
Read More »Tension As Armed Policemen Take Over Ekiti Assembly
There was heavy presence of armed officers of the Nigeria Police Force at the complex of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday (today). Reports reaching Naija News revealed that the assembly complex was shut down following a report about a planned attack by some unidentified hoodlums. In this …
Read More »Tension As ISWAP Claims Responsibility For Attack On Police Checkpoint In Edo
Terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have confirmed they were responsible for the attack on a police checkpoint in Edo State yesterday, Naija News reports. Reports had emerged earlier that some unknown gunmen attacked the officers who were carrying out their official duty in the South-South state …
Read More »Biden speaks with China’s Xi as tension grows over Taiwan
The two leaders did agree to begin arrangements for a face-to-face summit, their first as Xi resists travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic. And certain areas of cooperation, including climate change, were hashed out. The matter was discussed at length in the two-hour-and-17-minute phone call Thursday. Xi offered an ominous warning …
Read More »Tension in Ojo as okada riders resist attempts by police officers to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles in Lagos (video)
There is tension in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos as okada riders resist attempts by police officers to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycles in Lagos. The Lagos State Governor banned commercial motorcycles in some local governments in the state following the lynching and burning of a sound …
Read More »Tension in PDP as CUPP, others call for Anyanwu’s sack as national scribe
BMO said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that facts on ground showed that former US President Donald Trump had given his approval to the deal within one month of assuming office in 2017. “It has come to our notice that former Senate …
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