It is a mixed bag for the opposition parties as ruling parties have adopted the maxim of war by all means, as they stifle the opposition in order to gain upper hands in the build up to the general elections scheduled for Saturday, February 25 and March 11. Sunday Telegraph checks revealed that the ruling […]
Investigation
Nigerians besiege INEC offices as PVC collection ends
•Low collection rate trail exercise across Nigeria Nigerians have besieged the various points located at the various designated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the 774 local governments across the country for the collection of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). This is coming just as reports from across the country have revealed low […]
2023: APC, PDP lack moral credentials to rule again – Cardinal Onaiyekan
…says 2019 elections were terribly rigged say Buhari must take blame for oil theft as Minister of Petroleum says people in power steal Nigeria’s money The Christmas season is usually a period of merriments, celebrations and exchange of gifts, but Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, says there is more […]
Ebubeagu: Well-intentioned outfit turned killing machine
…leading to the hunter becoming the hunted I was tortured, dehumanised, and paraded naked in public -Victim Ebubeagu, a security outfit, was set up by the South-East Governors’ Forum to combat insecurity and protect residents of the region from marauding herders who were carrying out deadly attacks and kidnapping people at random. But, it soon […]
Caging the Omo onile monster in Abuja
Unauthorised persons encroaching on our land – NUT Municipal, Abuja I have no issues with NUT, my land is separate from theirs, says Yusuf ‘Faceless people petitioned against me in a matter that doesn’t concern me’ All over Nigeria, land is held in high regard in both rural and urban communities. Apart from the […]
Homeless girls: A story of lost souls
‘Every day is a struggle, and fear of street urchins, palpable’ The dilemma homeless girls face on a daily basis, are dreadfully pitiable. They are condemned to a life of rejection, trauma, deprivation and poverty. Isioma Madike, who took a tour of the city, visiting some bridges, markets and hot spots, serves a story of […]
Sports varsity: Anioma salutes FG as NUC gives final nod
…supports Nwoko’s quest for Senate Prominent indigenes of Anioma in Delta State, have applauded the Federal Government and the Nigerian University Commission (NUC), for what they said was a bold step in giving the final approval for the first Sports University in the country, which is cited in Idumuje-Ugboko. Reacting to the good news, the […]
Costly burials: Profiting from the dead
The poor cannot afford the prices of these services, says a casket seller It is often said that death is a necessary end. But, in today’s Nigeria, the social status of a person often reflects in the way such a fellow is buried. This, it seems, has become the motivation for private burial grounds and […]
7th-Day Adventist crisis (2)
Pastor Owolabi’s resignation, only panacea to end crisis –Laity The man they’re talking about is the best minister in the church, says Union This is the concluding part of the Seventh-day Adventist crisis that had threatened the very existence of the church in Nigeria as captured by Isioma Madike Press conference Representatives of the Laity […]
7th-Day Adventist Church crisis deepens
Pastor Owolabi has no legitimacy to remain as president –Laity Disgruntled individuals orchestrating the crisis, says Owolabi’s group Allegations of harassment, intimidation and arrest, false –Police The Seventh-Day Adventist Church holds a unique system of end-times beliefs. Traditionally, the church has taught that the Second Coming of Christ will be preceded by a global crisis […]