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BBC Africa: Nigeria ‘plastic’ rice scandal: What is going on?
Dec 24, 2016Nigeria’s government has denied reports that “plastic rice” was being sold in the country, days after the customs service said 2.5 tonnes of the contraband had been confiscated. Health Minister Isaac Adewole tweeted that tests by... -
Ribadu Remains The Only Saint That Led Anti-Corruption EFCC
Dec 22, 2016If you want to hang a dog, you give it a bad name. We have a way of rubbishing our heroes in Africa. Some of you may be too young to remember why Kwame Nkrumah was... -
Nigeria’s Absent Commander-in-chief
May 10, 2014WRITTEN BY AZU ISHIEKWENE With the country descending into chaos, President Goodluck Jonathan is running out of excuses and places to hide. Regardless of what President Goodluck Jonathan’s government would have us believe, Nigeria is losing... -
Nigeria Does Not Have And Does Not Need A Police Force
Apr 25, 2014The term Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is very misleading. NPF is a term used by some men and women in uniform who extort money from the citizenry for the benefit of the uniform wearer’s family. Nobody... -
Unemployment in Nigeria as a Ticking Time Bomb
Apr 13, 2014One of the most pressing issues affecting the world currently is the high rate of unemployment and under-employment. This social economic problem needs a radical and immediate solution before it consumes the peace of the country.... -
I am proud to be Nigerian, says Chinwetel Ejiofor
Apr 13, 2014A London-born Nigerian Hollywood star, Chinwetel Ejiofor, on Friday said he was proud to be identified as a Nigerian. Ejiofor said this in Lagos at the premiere of a movie “Half of a Yellow Sun’’ based... -
Diezani jet scandal: Reps uncover second aircraf
Mar 26, 2014Angry unemployed youths, numbering about 40, yesterday afternoon stormed the Ministry of Interior at the Area 1, Old Federal Secretariat, with tins of red paint, to register their anger over the failed immigration recruitment, which claimed... -
Martin Ebegbodi, 63-Year-Old Nigerian Man Shoots His 36-Yr-Old Wife To Death In Texas, USA
Mar 26, 2014A 63-year-old Nigerian was charged with murder after he confessed to the shooting death of his wife around 3 a.m. Saturday in west Harris County. Martin Ebegbodi went to a neighbor’s house and asked him to... -
Nigerian Son kills Mother in Baltimore USA
Jan 30, 2014Nigerian man, Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr , 20 years old, kills his Mother, Joy Ojiabo, 51, in Maryland, USA A 20-year-old Forest Hill man was arrested by Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies early Thursday morning, hours...