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Oriokpa masquerades land in jail for assauting residents

Three arrested Oriokpa masquerades in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, identified as Emeka Eze (33), Omeke Uchechukwu (22), and Malachi Michael Nnaemeka...

Oriokpa Masquerades go gaga, terrorise Nsukka, residents call for govt intervention

Panic swept through the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State, on Sunday as the infamous Oriokpa masquerades resurfaced, launching violent attacks on unsuspecting road...

Supreme Court orders fresh hearing into Obaro of Kabba-Owe Stool legal battle

The Supreme Court has ordered that the legal battle over the Obaro of Kabba-Owe Stool and paramount rulership of Kabba-Owe land in Kogi State...

Of royals and unroyal entanglements

By Tunde Olusunle Royalty enjoyed tremendous reverence when my generation was growing up. As a schoolboy in Benin City those days, the Oba savoured profound...

‘I made a mistake, please forgive me,’ says  Kebbi PermSec over claims about gays, lesbians

The Permanent Secretary of Cabinet Affairs in Kebbi State, Nasiru Abubakar Kigo, suspended for claims about registered gay and lesbian groups in Sokoto and...

Federal High Court rules: “There is absolutely no justification for prostitution in Nigeria in the context of our cultural norms and tradition”

Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking fundamental rights for commercial sex workers in the...

Why communication targeting polio vaccine acceptance among rural populations fail  

My engagements with rural communities in Nigeria have shown that the state and non-state actors have not effectively communicated the polio vaccine in a...

Embattled Anambra native doctors threaten to name fake pastors visiting shrines for spiritual powers

Native doctors in Anambra State have begun compiling list of fake pastors who allegedly visit their shrines seeking spiritual powers.  This move follows protests against...

Wahala! Witch doctors lament alleged witch-hunt by Anambra govt

A group of witch doctors and traditional medicine practitioners in Anambra State are complaining that they are being witch-hunted by the administrof GovernorCharles Soludo. In...

Court orders stay of execution on dethronement of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland

The High Court in Lokoja on Thursday ordered a stay of execution of the judgment sacking the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Ahmed-Anaje. Justice Umar Salisu gave...

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