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A natural Igbo man is a born rebel even to his own God. The stubbornness of the Igbos to their various deities and to even the christian God is very legendary if not more defiant than that of any other race I know. Igbo's continuous worship…

Students at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State, where Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student, was lynched, have been given the green light by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to stage a peaceful protest in the…

I visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday, (Friday, 13th May, 2022) to felicitate with him and also as part of the wider consultations with critical stakeholders in search of lasting peace and security in the South East. He was in very high…

The Catholic Secretariat in Sokoto, headed by Bishop Mathew Kukah, has been set ablaze by irate protesters. There have been reports in this newspaper that protestors have taken to the streets to voice their anger at those responsible for…

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, urged APC supporters to rally behind female candidates on Saturday in Abuja. Ahead of the party's primary elections, she addressed a summit of female APC aspirants. She…

Deborah Samuel, a student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was burned to death by her classmates on Thursday for what they said was blasphemy. Her body was buried in Tunga Magajiya, Rijau Local Government Area of Niger…

Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.) congratulated Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the new President of the United Arab Emirates, on Saturday. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed was chosen by a Federal Supreme Council to replace his late half-brother,…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has described the death of Debora Samuel over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing and very unfortunate. Osinbajo said this on Friday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…

The results of this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been revealed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) (UTME). The examination organisation, in a statement signed by Fabian Benjamin, the head of…

Abubakar Atiku, Nigeria's former Vice President, explained on Friday why he removed a tweet criticising the killing of a student at Sokoto's Shehu Shagari College of Education for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. Mr Abubakar, a…