Personal Stories From The Life of a Writer

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Abia State Government has declared Thursday 5th May 2022 as a public holiday to enable residents participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise in the state. The one-day holiday is “to enable those who are yet to take part in the exercise to do the needful in fulfilment of…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAtedo Peterside, Nigerian entrepreneur and economist on Thursday said parties thinking of fielding Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate will be doing so in the face of damning data. Following the speculations that the former President may defect to the All Progressives Congress and contest for President in 2023. Mr Peterside said…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of members have presented a N50million cheque to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State to pay for the expression of interest and nomination forms under the platform of All Progressive Congress, APC to recontest in 2023. Coalition for Zulum Good Governance and Continuity stormed the Government House in Maiduguri…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes University students in Benin City took to the streets for the second straight day on Thursday in protest against the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tagging themselves ‘The University of Streets’, the protesters walked along the Ugbowo-Lagos expressway in Benin-City. On Wednesday, the students had taken…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTwelve years after the former Nigerian president’s death, Former President Goodluck Jonathan said Yar’Adua’s “type is hard to find” in the country. He described him as a selfless leader and a hardworking boss. Yar’Adua was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He died of an illness on May 5,…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesA 54-year-old pastor, Michael Oliseh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his friend’s 12-year-old twin daughters by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday Information gathered that Oliseh, an assistant pastor in a Pentecostal church at Okota, Lagos State, raped the minors…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents of Abakaliki metropolis are left in a sad mood as a 26-year-old lady, Ugochukwu Nworie, has been allegedly raped to death in Ebonyi State. Information gathered that the incident took place at Hope-in Hotel, Ngbowo Street, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed the incident…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Oluwagbemiga Shogbola,who is 30-year-old, has reportedly stabbed his friend, Victor Olabiyo, to death over $150 (N61,950) proceeds of a business deal between them in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that Shogbola, aka Oja or Federal, accused the victim of cheating him and taking all the money to himself.…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor, says his presidential aspiration is not an act of betrayal of his political associate, Bola Tinubu. He spoke on Wednesday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme Fayemi, the current Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, had earlier on Wednesday declared his intention…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Greg, A Lagos-based Lebanese hit-and-run driver has crushed the leg of a lady, Omotomi Akinsanya. The incident happened on Wednesday morning on the Sanusi Fafunwa Road in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. Greg reportedly drove against traffic, hit Akinsanya and sped off, leaving the young lady in…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Following the ongoing video trending, the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday vowed to fish out owners of dogs who pay ladies to have sex with their pets. Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer made this known in a statement to journalists on Thursday morning. According to him, the dog owners…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Steven Meyor, a newly recruited guard with a private security firm in Lagos State has disappeared after allegedly stealing valuables from residents of a building he manned. The 21-year-old was employed by Concentric Security early April this year and was posted to a residential apartment in Sogunle…