Category: Greed and Bloodshed: The Ugumuma Tragedy
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Clemency To Kanu
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By Wole Olaoye “Mercy is the compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm. The object of our mercy may be grotesquely…
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Setting the Record Straight: Chief Omaye Igonoh Denies 2021 Kidnapping Allegations
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Chief Omaye Salifu Igonoh, the Ojogba of Odo-Eto community in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, has categorically denied allegations of kidnapping Ismaila Edibo and Mohammed Shaibu in January…
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State Police: Tinubu’s date with history
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By Segun Adediran By now, discerning citizens should have got accustomed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s style of administration. Rightly or wrongly, his leadership approach has been likened to that…
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Ohanaeze hails Simon Ekpa’s conviction
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By Jide Ajia The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended the Federal Government for the incarceration of Simon Ekpa in Finland, resulting in a six-year prison sentence on…
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THE CONVICTION OF SIMON EKPA: A HISTORIC LESSON AGAINST FRAUD, VIOLENCE, AND MISGUIDED PREACHINGS
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INTRODUCTION: The conviction of Simon Ekpa today by a District Court in Finland does not come to me as a surprise. I have long understood the weight of his infractions,…
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Harvesters International Pastors Risk Jail Over Gbagada Land Contempt
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Contempt proceedings have been filed against pastors of Harvesters International Christian Centre for allegedly disobeying a subsisting order of the High Court of Lagos State regarding a disputed parcel of…
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FG delighted as Finnish Court jails Biafra agitator six years for terrorism
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The Federal Government has welcomed the landmark judgment of the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland today sentenced Simon Ekpa, a self-styled pro-Biafra agitator, to six years’ imprisonment for terrorism offences.…
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Insecurity not worse under Tinubu, North-Central APC counters El-Rufai
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By Deborah Musa The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has accused former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, of spreading propaganda and falsehood over his claim that insecurity has worsened in…
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Tinubu, Egbetokun, Makinde, Obaseki, others mourn as ex-IG Solomon Arase passes at 69
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Adebari Ogunrinde President Bola Tinubu has joined other Nigerians to commiserate with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over the demise of the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Ehigiator…
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Breaking: Ex-IGP Solomon Arase is dead
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Former Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase, is dead. Arase, who was born on June 21, 1956, was reportedly died at the Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja. The 18th Inspector-General…
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Forgery Trial of Two Lawyers: Court Must Decide, Not Police
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The trial of two lawyers, Ademola Owolabi and Adebayo Akeju, is set to resume on October 13, 2025, before Justice Serifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court, with legal…
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How not to reward infamy (2)
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THE CASE OF VALUEJET AND WASIU AYINDE MARSHALL (KWAM 1) (d) In the case of KWAM 1, the NCAA is to reduce his flight ban to a one-month period. FAAN…
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How not to reward infamy (1)
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In our two part editorial earlier this week titled ‘Before terrorists take over the aviation sector,’ we had warned against the slap on the wrist Mr. Waisu Ayinde Marshall aka…
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Soname will feel me in his business – KWAM 1 ‘threatens’ ValueJet owner in leaked audio
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A leaked audio that has gone viral has shown the embattled Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1 and K1 De Ultimate, threatening Mr. Kunle Soname, owner…
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Obasanjo Library condemns EFCC night invasion, threatens legal action
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By Jide Ajao, Abeokuta Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Management has condemned the invasion of its premises by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, around 2 am on…
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Is Nigeria’s anti-corruption war heading south?
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By Taiwo Adisa In May 2022, the nation’s socio-economic and political system was shaken to its core when the news of the suspension and subsequent arrest of the then Accountant-General…
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Airport security breach: NCAA blacklists Wasiu Ayinde Marshal for six months
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Thursday, wielded the big stick on Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (K1 De Ultimate), for his behaviour at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.…
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Terrorists Hit Imo, kill 15 in Ideato North Communities
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A brutal terror attack that shook the Ideato North council area of Imo State on Thursday night, July 24, 2025, at around 21:00 hours has left not fewer than 15…
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Court remands in prison Tik Toker who claimed President Tinubu died
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A Chief magistrate court Friday in Abuja has remanded Ghali Isma’il, a social media influencer, who posted online videos purporting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu died as a result of…
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Lagos business man, Alhaji Rasak Shotunde, faces N322m advance fee fraud charges
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A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has fixed 17 November, 2025 for the trial of a Lagos business man, Alhaji Rasak Shotunde, and his company, Rasatech Engineering Company Limited,…