Opposition mentality

Opposition mentality

Apologies are in order, for a start. The office of Femi Adesina, veteran journalist and newly appointed spokesman for President Muhamadu Buhari, was merged with that of Akinwumi Adesina, newly elected President of the African Development Bank, on this page last week. The error is regretted.
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Oil workers protest non payment of salaries

Oil workers protest non payment of salaries

CONTRACT staff of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC attached to the Eriemu oil field, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, have embarked on a protest against the alleged non-payment of their six months’ salaries and bonuses.

Lamentation of a widower: Police shot my son, extorted money from me

Lamentation of a widower: Police shot my son, extorted money from me

“But the identities of the policemen who carried out the illegal and criminal operation are still being shielded by the authorities at Okigwe Division. “From the foregoing narrative, it is very clear that if the victim had died, it would have been very easy for the police to cover up or label him an armed robber or kidnapper.

The elephant has fallen … does she deserve her fate?

The elephant has fallen … does she deserve her fate?

Christopher Okigbo, one of the founding fathers of Modern African Poetry, and indeed, sometimes regarded as the father of Modern African Poetry, made this statement in the poem “Elegy to the Slit Drum,” in his last collection, Paths of Thunder. It is all about the concept of fall and an enquiry into our notions and perception of the same concept.

Ogun State notorious robbery syndicate smashed

Ogun State notorious robbery syndicate smashed

At the end of each operation, I was paid N40,000. I kept weapons for four different robbery gangs. The police only recovered an AK 47 riffle with three magazines and a Baretta pistol from me. The weapons belong to a particular gang”, he said. Spokesman for the Ogun State Police Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the police was still on the trail of other fleeing members of the gang, assuring that they would get them.

Don’t forget old agreements’ – ASUU, NANS, NAPS to Buhari’s administration

Don’t forget old agreements’ – ASUU, NANS, NAPS to Buhari’s administration

“Nigerian students demand for free and affordable education from secondary to tertiary institution, reduction in exorbitant school fees; lasting solutions to HND/Bsc dichotomy as well as subverting seasonal industrial strikes in the subsector.” The BSc/HND disparity was also a sore spot for the Senate President of the National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, Mr. Adeyemi Lukman who called on the new administration to “revisit pending issues in the sector.

Fetish 419 syndicate  paraded in  Ibadan

Fetish 419 syndicate paraded in Ibadan

The Oyo State Police Command yesterday paraded a gang of highly fetish 419 syndicate which specialised in defrauding unsuspecting citizens of huge sums of money.

I had a one-night stand and it bothers me

I had a one-night stand and it bothers me

I was also sad that he didn’t ask me for my phone number or my name even though I wasn’t interested in him. I felt unattractive and worthless. Is it normal to feel this way? Do guys also feel this way too? How can I get over this post-one-night-stand depression?

Would you cancel the wedding for one indiscretion?!

Would you cancel the wedding for one indiscretion?!

“When it was well past the time Romeo was to show up and he hadn’t, I got ready to leave when a flashy car pulled up in front of the house. The man got out and confidently put his thumb on the door-bell. I got out of the car and moved towards where both of them were in a welcoming clinch.