Written by By Farooq Kperogi TWO certainties have underpinned voting behavior in Nigeria, which APC’s Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Labour Party’s Mr. Peter Obi will either uphold or explode in next year’s presidential election. While one of the certainties is time-honored, the other is more contemporary and enabled by social media. The most time-honored fixity in … Continue reading “Tinubu And Obi Will Either Affirm Or Destroy These Two Theories In 2023”
Written by Hassana Maina is a lawyer, poet and advocate against sexual violence. Illustration: Benjamin Oluwatoyin/Channels Television My first interaction with Hassana’s work was via an Instagram Live series she started during the Covid lockdown, about sexual violence. She’s carried out similar activities throughout her adult life, campaigning for causes she feels to be right. Hassana, a … Continue reading “FIRST CLASS: Hassana Maina Knows What It’s Like To Fight Sexual Violence In Northern Nigeria”
Primordial sentiments are those sentiments that exist at or from the beginning of time or any event. They are behavioural tendencies that were displayed by people of the earliest time in history. Ancestral in nature and devoid of any modernisation. They are raw, unscientific and lacking in knowledge. Largely superstitious and religious. Decisions are based … Continue reading “Premodial sentiments and the emerging political order”
The presidency has said that the federal government has done all it can to ensure the release of those abducted by kidnappers who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu who spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa service on Friday August 12, said the terrorists’ leader demanded the release of his wife, newly born twins … Continue reading “FG released wife and children of Abuja-Kaduna train attack gang leader yet he refused to free the victims – Presidency”
The Abuja-based lady sexually assaulted by Kenji Steve, a businessman, repeatedly asked him to let her go as she did not want any physical contact with him, but he did not budge, an audio conversation of proceedings obtained by ringroad.com.ng search engine has revealed. ringroad.com.ng search engine had reported how a young lady who asked … Continue reading “AUDIO: ‘Shout Let Me See You’ — How Businessman Kenji Steve Raped Abuja Girl”
A recent downpour in Kano has caused the collapse of an uncompleted building in a secondary school, killing one student and injuring others in the process. The building, which collapsed in Boys Secondary School, Kaura Goje, had been abandoned for over six years, Daily Trust reported. Read Also or Search on OjoOjo.com : Terrorists Kill … Continue reading “Building Collapse Kills One Student, Injures Others in Kano”
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has warned drug barons to quit the illicit drug trade. The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), issued the warning on Thursday, August 4 when he led top officials of NDLEA, other security agencies and members of the public to burn … Continue reading “Quit illicit trade now or lose it all – NDLEA tells drug barons”
A graphical illustration of gunmen. Bandits have attacked the Federal School of Statistics, Manchok in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping the rector and two other residents. An 86-year-old ex-staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), who is a resident of the community, Mister Daniel Yatai, was also killed by the bandits … Continue reading “Gunmen Kill 86-Year-Old Ex-Railway Staff, Kidnap Rector In Kaduna”
Emirates Reduces Lagos Flight over Inability to Repatriate $85m Amidst capital control measures implemented to safeguard the naira, the United Arab Emirates national carrier, Emirates Airline, has notified the Aviation Ministry of its plan to slash daily frequencies to Lagos over accumulated stuck funds, now over $85m. Emirates plans to cut the number of flights … Continue reading “Emirates Reduces Lagos Flight over Inability to Repatriate $85m”
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari a 48-hour ultimatum to withdraw a sanction threat issued against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Daily Trust Newspaper over their reports on terrorism in Nigeria. On Monday, July 25, the BBC, through its BBC Africa Eye, released a 50-minute documentary titled ‘The … Continue reading “SERAP Gives Buhari 48 Hours to Withdraw Threat Against BBC, Daily Trust”