Author: Ishaq

Mutale, 39, was suspended after more than 10 men formally lodged complaints against her, claiming she had used her influence as a branch senior bank executive to “enjoy their bed energies” after promising them jobs at the bank and approving their bank loan applications.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the PDP challenging the election of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The word ‘funeral’ comes from the Latin funus, which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves.

“We have six children but he has refused to enrol them in school. I enrolled them but he pulled them out, saying that I want to change their belief from his school of thoughts.

As part of the measures to practically correct the anomaly, there is need for the government to provide strict rules and regulation that will guide the system.

Interestingly, South Africa benefits from our current relationship far more than Nigeria. From MTN to DSTv to Shoprite, it is South African business that are opening shops in Nigeria and raking in far more revenue than their parent South African companies.

It is the fraudulent conducts of Nigerian politicians that pollute the entire ocean of our politics to the extent that politics in Nigeria is now synonymous with lying and deception. Nigerian politicians are notorious for telling ‘nice – to listen lies’ to electorate so as to get voted into public offices. They are extraordinary experts in the art of deception. This unique flair has been enabling them to either gain or retain power easily.

Godfatherism has become a norm in Nigeria’s political environment, where an individual can hardly hold political office either by appointment or election without patronizing a godfather because of their power and influence. Although godfatherism is not new in Nigeria but it has assumed a ludricrous dimension in the current Nigeria’s political dispensation.

Recently, Nigerians are becoming more notorious for committing criminal acts especially in diaspora. This negative development does tarnish our national image especially at the sight of international community.

There was an ongoing attack in the nearby village of Zandam which is about two kilometers away, he told me. They could hear the sound of gunshots from their position. There was no need to call the people in Zandam in that situation. The DPO had already been informed but only for the sake of it. His men were to come about five hours later from Jibia which was only ten kilometers away. We lamented and prayed over the phone before hanging up.

Any sane adult who had his own building demolished by government would seek answers to these questions before taking a stance to go public and seek redress. But Facebook opinions defy commonsense, especially with Gov. Wike recently quoted as saying “Rivers is exclusively a Christian state”.

“Born in Bebeji, Kano Emirate in 1877, his father, Abdullahi died when he was eight. His mother, Amarya, then left for Accra, and left her children in the care of a slave named Tata. Tata sent young Alhassan to an Almajiri school in Bebeji, where he worked, and learned from a Tijaniyya mallam.

The danger is the Boko Haram conflict is already becoming an industry, ran by the troika of the military on one side, an acronym soup of local and international NGOs in the middle and a beleaguered political leadership on the other side.

Talented Nigerian youths who made a lot of financial, mental, and time sacrifices to become graduates cannot get gainful jobs but a child of a politician who has never spent a semester in school throughout his academic years can easily get the most prestigious job which he knows nothing about.

He’s the filter, the person the president has total confidence in. In effect, the chief of staff is the president’s alter ego. That’s why they are given the free reign to hire and fire presidential aides on behalf of the president.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

In reality, many talents were buried, numerous employees are depressed and various viable ideas remain undeveloped, all due to the interference of parents regarding the career choice of their children. Parents should be aware of the implications of imposing their own goals on to their children.

When one traverse the north, one would be transfixed by the deplorable state of things caused by man. The north is rich by the standard of nature having been blessed with vast arable land, sunlight, rivers, valleys, lakes, springs and ponds, varying vegetative belts suitable for the cultivation of a variety of crops, favourable weather and climatic conditions, forests, livestock, solid minerals and a budding population, etc. Yet, the north suffers chronic poverty and is buried in ignorance, darkness and backwardness. It is a common belief of Nigerians that you must suffer to barely make enough bread to sustain yourself.…

unacceptable behavior from a spouse, bad habits, cheating, alcoholism, incurable disease, criminal convictions, mismatch of characters, beliefs, dissatisfaction, lack of love, jealousy, lack of preparation, lack of courtship, forced marriage, infertility, broken expectation, poor communication, dearth of tolerance and patience, domestic violence and viewing marriage as mere sexual adventure.

In 2009, Yusuf was killed by Nigerian security forces and Abubakar Shekau became the leader of Boko Haram. Under Shekau’s leadership, Boko Haram has grown more violent and has acquired a notoriety for mass killings.

Scientists said this put smokers of shisha at risk of developing a range of serious medical problems, including lung cancer and coronary artery disease.