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There are very interesting parallels in life. Thomas de Quincey called out in poetic song, “eloquent opium! that with thy potent rhetoric stealest away the purposes of wrath, and to the guilty man, for one night givest back the hopes of his…

The Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing workshop, which is organized by multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will have a new home this year.Now in its 11th year, the workshop will hold in Awka, Anambra…

The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 31 persons comprising 14 women and 17 children at Mantari, Malam Masari and Gabchari Villages in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno.Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col.…

A group under the aegis of Concerned Youths of Niger Delta (CYND) has threatened to attack all Igbo interests in River State following weekend attack on the Minister of Transportation, Chief Chibuike Amaechi by the Indigenous People of…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to sanction its members in about seven universities who defied its directives and enrolled into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System(IPPIS).It, however, added…

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the suspension of the district Head of Fannami Ward, Lawan Mari from Bade Local Government for alleged sodomy with a six year-old-boy.In a statement signed by the Commissioner for…

Leading human rights activists are set for a face-off with the top brass of Directorate of State Security (DSS) and Nigerian Police at the 2019 “Human Rights Summit” in Lagos.According to a statement by Messrs Okey Ilofulunwa and Emeka…

Affirming that the flimsy and belated attempt made by the Spokesperson of the State Security Services to exculpate his agency from the abominable defecation of the Temple of Justice last Friday and the resultant re-arrest of the Publisher…

Anglican Communion, diocese on the Niger State, has banned the printing of brochure and ceremonial dresses aka ‘asoebi’ during burial ceremonies at the diocese to reduce burial cost.Ven. Ikechukwu Ihemtuge, Vicar in charge of St.…

Armed bandits suspected to be armed robbers numbering about twelve attacked some motorists travelling along Lokoja-Abuja Federal Highway Sunday evening killing several.The incident took place near Gadder beau, before Kweita, a community…