Day: April 3, 2022

Ige, Omisore And APC: Perhaps Closed Files Should Remain Just That-Closed?

Wole Soyinka

Revealing and read-for-yourself statement by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Bola Ige’s assassination and emergence of ‘prime suspect,’ Iyiola Omisore, as National Secretary of the ruling APC. Two decades after, the controversy surrounding the assassination of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, has, again, come into national limelight. On Saturday, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in a statement entitled, “Perhaps closed files should remain just that-closed?”, said the resumption of investigation into the murder was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility with the…

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Qualities I Love, Hate Most in a Man — Genevieve Nnaji

Precious Ibekwe

Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji, has stated the qualities she finds most attractive in a man. The popular Nollywood actress revealed this in an exclusive interview she granted Vanguard newspaper on a variety of issues. When asked what she finds most attractive in a man, Nnaji said: “The fact that a man will take me for who I am, not for what he hears or what he believes. “I like people who take me for the me they see. “That’s the most important thing. “And have regard for me. “And trust…

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How, Why 27 Year-Old Hacked Biological Father To Death – Witness

Gbenga Adeoti

“And, when he questioned him for still sleeping at that time of the day, the suspect got annoyed and brought out a cutlass with which he hacked the victim in five different places” A 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, was on March 30, 2022 arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for killing his biological father. The Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed this in a statement he issued on Saturday on the development. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu Divisional Police Headquarters by…

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Train Attack: Obi of Onitsha Reacts to News of How Phone Call Saved Him

Efe Wellington

The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has reacted to a story that made the rounds on Saturday that a phone call from an unnamed caller saved him from boarding the Kaduna-bound train from Abuja that was attacked by terrorists on Monday. Platforms Africa reports that the reaction of the revered monarch was contained in a statement that was issued by the Palace late on Saturday. The statement said it was not true that Igwe Achebe was billed to be on the train to Kaduna that day though he…

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No More Sit-At-Home Order In South East Nigeria, IPOB Declares

Precious Ibekwe

  The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday, said it has abrogated its ‘sit-at-home directive in South East Nigeria, saying the development is to embrace peace negotiations organised by the Anambra government. The IPOB yielded to the appeal by the Anambra state government and traditional rulers to pave the way for peace, since all Igbo stakeholders and religious leaders have declared their intention to find a lasting solution to insecurity and incessant sit-at-home directives in the South East. The decision was disclosed by the Chairman, Anambra Traditional Rulers Council,…

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