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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that North-East Nigeria needs fresh $1 billion needed to address the Boko Haram-induced humanitarian crisis affecting more than six million people in 2021. The UN agency stated on Wednesday that a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption has affected livelihoods coupled with…
Popular Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky has been accused by a makeup artist of failing to pay up a debt. The accuser, @harrison_aesthetics alleged that Bob has not paid up for a service rendered to her. According to the makeup artist, Bobrisky had used the illness of his grandma as an excuse not to…
Ayoung man in Maiduguri, Borno State, has alleged that authorities of two mega schools in the state sell admission slots to parents for as much as N15, 000 per slot. He said many parents cannot pay the required money, thereby increasing the number of out-of-school children in the state. According to him, the mega schools…
Former Chairman, Ogun chapter of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Wale Adegbite, has advised the federal government to formulate a policy framework aimed at checking population growth. Mr. Adegbite said this was necessary to reduce the alarming rate of unemployment in the country. He spoke against the backdrop of a report by the National…
Talented Sikiru Adepoju is a master of the talking drum and many other Yoruba percussion instruments Born in Eruwa, Nigeria, Sikiru hails from the traditional lineage of Yoruba talking drummers culturally referred to as Ayan which means “one who has descended from drummers lineage,” and began playing under the tutelage of his father Chief Ayanleke Adepoju…
Former Chairman of Transparency International Nigeria, Maj.-Gen. Ishola Williams (retd.) has said South-West governors are not transparent about how they spend security votes and have failed to call for restructuring because they are afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated this in an interview with The Punch on Sunday, March 14, 2021. “All the governors…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, has said Nigerians who “sit in their comfort zones” abroad are not eligible to file petitions against the federal government on issues regarding violent crimes committed with links to herdsmen. Mr. Wase who sat in for Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, rejected a petition filed by Mzough…
The Senator representing Borno South District, Ali Ndume has lamented the rising insecurity in the country, stating that Nigerians don’t seem to understand the seriousness of the situation. Ndume also said the clamor for a northern Presidency in 2023 would amount to the North seeking a third term in office, describing such a move as…