Yoruba Nollywood actress, Eniola Kuburat has passed on. Kuburat was said to have died after a brief Illness. Kunle Afod, her colleague in the industry, shared the news of her death via his verified Instagram handle on Friday. “RIP, Mrs Eniola KuburatOne of the yoruba nollywood Actress After a brief illness,” the actor wrote.
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Nigerian footballer, John Ogu has called on his fellow Super Eagles players to boycott the upcoming African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifier games as a show of empathy to victims of shooting of unarmed ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate allegedly by security operatives in Lagos. The 32-year-old midfielder made the call during an interview with BBC World Service radio, adding that it is the best thing to do to get the government attention to the plight of the citizens. “What is the point in representing the country if this is what the politicians, the people we’re representing, can do…
The leaders of Odi, a community in Bayelsa state, have asked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise for the killing of their people by the military 21 years ago, The Cable reports. Obasanjo had reportedly ordered the military into Odi in November 1999 following a conflict in the Niger Delta region over the control of resources. In some accounts, the military claimed that it was ambushed on its way into the community. However, lives and property were lost in the process. The Odi leaders asked for the apology in reaction to a statement credited to Obasanjo. The former president had asked President Muhammadu…
Famous Hausa musician, Hassan Wayam, is dead, Sahara Reporters reports. He died after a long illness in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to family members, he will be buried on Saturday (today) in line with Islamic rites. The late musician is originally from Maradun in Zamfara State.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to Nigerian youths to forgive leaders for the situation of unrest in the country occasioned by the shooting of unarmed protesters. In his address to people of the state on Friday, Governor David who described the shooting as regrettable and unwarranted, said the leaders of the south were pained over the incidence. He, however, insisted that the country needed to move forward after the killings and destruction of valuable properties. “Our hearts go to the families of the deceased, and we enjoin the Federal and Lagos State Governments to quicken investigation into the…
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) says some hooligans are using the ENDSARS protest as a disguise to push for a regime change in the country. The governors stated this in a communique issued after their emergency meeting in Kaduna on Thursday. In the communique which was signed by Simon Lalong, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau state, the Northern Governors also commiserated with those who lost their lives, got injured and those whose properties were destroyed. “Concerned by these development, the Northern States Governors Forum met and deliberated on the matter,” the communique read. “Forum commiserates with those who…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the massacre of unarmed Nigerians protesting against police brutality by Nigerian soldiers in Lagos. In a statement issued by Prof. Ishaq Akintola, its Director, MURIC encouraged the security operatives to use non-lethal tools to disperse peaceful protesters. “Nigerian youth have demonstrated the ability to articulate their grievances,” the statement read. “They showed ingenuity in the coordination of the welfare of fellow protesters thereby lending credence to the ‘not too young to rule’ mantra. “We appeal for calm on all sides. We call on the security agencies to spare our young ones. Nigeria cannot…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, says the video footage of the shooting at Lekki tollgate will be submitted to the judicial panel on police brutality, The Cable Reports. The governor said this during a live programme on ARISE TV on Thursday. ”Nobody ordered the removal of cameras at the Lekki tollgate. The MD of LCC said because of the curfew, they made the decision to take out installations,” he said. ”The cameras you saw are not security or motion cameras, they are laser cameras for vehicles. The security cameras are still available and we are using them for our…
The streets of Nigeria are coursing with the blood of innocents felled by guilty bullets of state agents. The Nigerian flag has turned scarlet from being a sponge soaking up the living fluid of harmless citizens who thought that the murderers would respect the symbol of the nation and spare their lives. The bodies of citizens are broken, littering the alleys. Young Nigerians who only ventured out with nothing but the flag, their fist and voice to protest against police brutality became victims of the violence they are campaigning against. Who gave the order for the killing of at least…
Adamu Garba, a businessman, has instituted a $1 billion dollars suit against Jack Dorsey, the CEO and Founder of Twitter International Company, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged sponsorship of the ongoing #EndSARS Protest across the country. More details soon.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The Falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity Surely some revelation is at hand… – W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming (1919) The poem quoted above: “The Second Coming” by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1919) is probably one of the most adapted and quoted poems in world literature, and in politics and culture, to describe moments of anxiety,…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has explained the reason he wants the ENDSARS protest to continue across the country. Governor Ortom said so long the protest continues peacefully, it will compel the government to correct its decades of wrongs in Nigeria. The Governor stated this at the state Government House in Makurdi on Monday, insisting that it was necessary for the country to be restructured. Speaking further, the Benue Governor told newsmen that as a son of an ex-policeman, he undertood for a very long time how poorly the force has been funded. “The police should be well funded, trained and…