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Aketi: 1956 – 2023: Conjurer of mixed emotions

By Tunde Olusunle Nigerian politics over time has been flavoured by branding, the affixing of monilkers, sobriquets and aliases to major players across seasons. Iconic...

72 hours after: Who burnt grand-niece and 75 years old sister of Attah Igala to death, and why?

As messages of condolence pour in to the Igala paramount ruler, Attah Matthew Alhaji Opaluwa, over the death of his sister in Idah, the...

Ondo gets new governor hours after Akeredolu’s demise

Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been sworn in as governor following the death of his former boss, Rotimi Akeredolu. The swearing-in of...

Police orderly killed, Akwa Ibom judge abducted

A high court judge in Akwa Ibom State, Justice Joy Uwana, has been kidnapped, while her police orderly was killed, the Police Command there...

How I lost 34 family members in Kaduna Army bombing

Idris Dahiru, a resident of Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State says he lost 34 members of his extended family...

Funeral rites of Wole Soyinka’s elder sister, Grandma of Gbagada, Mrs. Tinuola Aina, out

The funeral rites for Mrs. Tinuola Aina (nee Soyinka) who passed on November 7, 2023, will commence at 5pm on Thursday, December 7 with...

Tinubu orders probe, mourns over Army error that killed 30

Following the admission by the Nigerian Army that it mistakenly bombed and killed 30 residents of Tudun Biri, mistaking them for terrorists, President Bola...

24 hours after killing of traditional ruler, policemen gunned down in Mbaise

24 hours after a traditional ruler was gunned down in Imo State, two policemen have been shot dead at Ahiara junction in the Ahiazu...

Rare, radical battler takes a bow: MC Alli: 1944-2023

By Tunde Olusunle The uncanny combination of his names which featured Christian and Muslim epithets was sufficiently intriguing to tickle my curiosity and inquisitiveness. He...

Runaway driver, fleeing LASTMA pursuit mauls two road cleaners to death

A runaway driver, fleeing from pursuing traffic officials on Monday morning, hit and  killed two road sweepers on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos State. The...

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