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The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday said despite the apparent security challenges facing the country, the current situation is better compared to what the present regime met at its inception in 2015. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions at a press conference in Abuja after the day’s Federal Executive council meeting. “I can say without hesitation that, though Nigeria is facing security challenges, the situation is far better…
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Doyin Okupe, a spokesman to former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, says his son’s decision to openly declare himself a homosexual is a spiritual challenge. “For me, I look beyond the surface or the physical. Here I see a major spiritual challenge…,” Okupe said in a series of Twitter posts. “But I know as my God liveth, this whole saga will end up in Praise to the Almighty Jehova who I serve day and night.” My…
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Officials in Tanzania are scratching their heads to explain how they spent 27 million Euros they collected from the European Union as part of EU Solidarity Fund meant to fight the Covid-19 pandemic in that country. The money was supposed to be used to buy personal protective equipment (PPE), development of vaccines or medicines, pay for Covid tests, and other measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. But authorities in Tanzania have not…
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Mohammed Ahmadu, a notorious kidnapper, was forced to pay a ransom of $4000 (N1.5 million) when he was abducted by a rival gang. The police public relations officer in Abuja, Frank Mba, made this known during a media parade of suspects on Monday. Mba said Ahmadu was held by a group led by one Buba Babu. Both suspects were paraded in Abuja on Monday afternoon. Ahmadu fell victim to another kidnap gang when he visited…
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Activist Aisha Yesufu has defended same-sex marriages in Nigeria saying ‘All you need is being given the right to practice your sexuality.’ Yesufu shared her position on same-sex marriage in a series of tweets on Twitter. In one tweet she claimed, “Homosexuality was freely practiced in Nigeria for hundreds of years and I witnessed same-sex marriages in the 80s.” You do not need anyone liking your choice of sexuality. All you need is being given…