A Nigerian man identified as Awolola Ismaila Olaniyi has shared his heartbreaking story with an Entertainment Bloggers Mayorspeaks. His story similar to People who traveled abroad to seek greener pastures but returns home with nothing after they might have been under a spell. According to the story of Ismaila, he claimed to be married to…
Justice has been duly served on her; She has 90 days within which to appeal decision of FCT High Court to Court of Appeal; Merely filing Notice of her Appeal will operate as automatic stay of execution of the death sentence; She has lost her right of the presumption of innocence as jealously guarded by…
A lot of significance is given to naming in Nigeria. Parents believe that a name is not just a totem of identification but sometimes a prediction of what the child will turn out to be. Sometimes, the name will embody the story that led up to the moment of childbirth. There are many important choices…
•Read three things Nigeria must do to end extreme poverty About 90 million people – roughly half Nigeria’s population – live in extreme poverty, according to estimates from the World Data Lab’s Poverty Clock. Around June 2018, Nigeria overtook India, a country with seven times its population, at the bottom of the table. Put in…
From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan Dateline: Wednesday, July 20, 2016. As a journalist, I had just finished from an assignment at the Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan, and returning home that evening when I came across a crowd reacting to the presence of a popular masquerade, Oloolu. They were shouting, “Oloolu is around! Oloolu is around!” Then…
•Recounts her many ordeals in Libya Aisha is a 31-year-old Nigerian lady who made it back alive after traveling to Libya in search of a greener pasture. The mother of one who hails from Ikirun in Osun state revealed what she went through during the journey in an interview with Legit.ng. The 31-year-old lady thought…
The residents of Ibadan especially in Old Ife Road, Iwo Road and areas along Akobo axis have cried out to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to earnestly come to their aid to repair dilapidated roads in their areas. According to the residents, life have been hellish for them as their vehicles always develop faults…
•Suicide takes a life every 40 seconds across countries THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria has the highest suicidal rate among African countries in 2016 with over 17,000 lives lost to suicide. In a new report that estimated the cases of suicide globally, WHO noted that, across the world one person takes…
The number of extremely poor Nigerians has risen to 94, 212 064 million, data from the World Poverty Clock shows, ICIR reports. Credit: Guardian NG The figure implies that virtually half of Nigeria’s population now live in extreme poverty. As Nigeria faces a major population boom—it is estimated by the United Nations in a 2017…
A recent research data has shown that Nigerians spend over 730 billion Naira annually on sports betting while at least two billion naira is generated daily. The data also revealed that over 60 million Nigerian punters spend over 3, 000 naira daily placing bet stakes. At least there are 50 betting sites in Nigeria with…
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