Oxford Dictionary adds Okada, Tokunbo, Mama Put, 26 other Nigerian words, expressions
The authoritative Oxford English Dictionary said it has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to the dictionary. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings…
Supreme Court saved APC from “major blow” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said the loss of the “strategically important” states of Kano and Plateau would have been a “major blow” had the Supreme Court verdict, which affirmed the…
Editorial: Passport Power – As Nigerian Passport Becomes Useless
Announcing Nigeria’s visa-on-arrival policy for all Africans at the Peace and Development Summit in faraway Egypt, President Muhammadu Buhari failed to disclose that Africa’s largest economy has one of the…
Amotekun: The Politics of Protection
Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with Operation Amotekun: the Western Nigeria Security Network whose recent launch…
Uzodinma extends olive branch to opponents as pro-Ihedioha protests rock Imo
Thousands of protesters, most of them dressed in black, ignored the olive branch extended by Imo Governor; Hope Uzodinma and took to the streets of the state capital Owerri, on…
A New Case for a Commonwealth based on Trade – By Muhammadu Buhari
The United Kingdom’s exit of the European Union is now all but certain. Only the passage of time will reveal what their new relationship shall be. But with this new…
Supreme Court Judgement: Bauchi governor suffers Anxiety attack; evacuated to Britain
After spending sleepless nights in mosques and consulting witch-doctors to intercede on his behalf, the incumbent governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammad, reportedly suffered a panic attack and is recovering…
Ibori has $34m abandoned in 17 Bank Accounts – British Crown Prosecutor
Ex-convict and former Delta State Governor, James Ibori had about 17 bank accounts linked to him in different countries across the world, including the United States, Britain, Austria, Ghana and…
Yoruba elders challenge Tinubu to take Position on Amotekun
A socio-cultural organisation, the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), yesterday called on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to stop playing the ostrich and…
Dump Amotekun or forget 2023 Presidency, Miyetti Allah tells Southwest Governors
As criticism continues to trail the Federal Government’s declaration of Operation Amotekun illegal, another spanner was thrown into the works after angry reactions trailed Miyetti Allah Kaute Hore’s warning to…