By Festus Adedayo (PhD) One by one, three Nigerian former military rulers, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, arrived at Babangida’s Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State, last Sunday. So did former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau. The Minna meeting had every trapping of African witches assembling at the coven. Like owls, a pervasive symbol of African witchcraft, did they fly to and perch on their Minna assembly nest at nocturne? Yoruba attribute the kind of powers this trio had/have to witches. They eat the head…
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Obaseki Storms INEC Office As Tension Heightens, Okpeloboh’s Running Mate, APC Supporters Protest
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in the early hours of today, Sunday, September 22, 2024, arrived at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo State. The INEC head office in Benin, Edo capital, is the main collation centre for the ongoing governorship election. Accompanied by his security aides, the governor walked into the office of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha for a meeting which did not last 30 minutes. Members of the All Progressives Congress led by Monday Okpebholo’s running mate, Dennis…
Read MoreHow Government Neglect Caused Alau Dam Collapse And Maiduguri Flood Disaster
By Ibrahim Adeyemi, Mansir Muhammed, Alamin Umar and Usman Abba Zanna “On the surface, the disastrous flooding that overwhelmed Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria was caused by a ruptured Alau dam. [But] that the dam has suffered years of devastating decay, despite multimillion-dollar funds disbursed for its rehabilitation. When flooding submerged towns and villages of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in Northeast Nigeria, a wave of terror gripped the atmosphere. Thousands of houses were buried underwater; the heavy rainfall swallowed people as families lost track of one another. Hundreds of…
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