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A Nigerian man has lamented that ‘bad government’ made him to leave his country to another where he “eats grass like a goat” in his breakfast. A Poland-based Nigerian, Ewa Ekuma, wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, January 15 that “Bad government has made me leave my country where I enjoy fufu in the morning to run to a faraway country where I now eat grass like a goat as breakfast.” In a post seen by Straightnews, the morose man with a Rastafarian hairdo was seen with a plate containing Polish recipes: sliced hard cheese, scrambled eggs, and tomatoes garnished with…

Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski struck for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on a dismal night for the Spanish champions. Rodrygo rounded off Real Madrid’s rout as they won the competition for the 13th time, avenging last year’s final defeat by record 14-time winners Barcelona. “(Vinicius) needed two or three games to get back to his best level, and he’s back to it,” said Real Madrid coach Carlo…

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has come with debilitating shocks as underdogs are wrestling the favourites to the ground in the ongoing continental soccer fiesta. Garry Rodrigues’ stoppage time goal gave the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde all three points against the Black Stars of Ghana on Sunday in their AFCON Group B opener. The Blue Sharks had gone ahead in the first half thanks to a Jamiro Monteiro’s goal and took their lead into halftime. Alexander Djiku, however, pulled an equaliser in the 56th minute to revive hopes for the Black Stars of Ghana. Read also Win AFCON…

After  entering 100 days, Israel-Hamas war described as the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the bitter enemies keeps raging with no sign of abating. The fighting erupted on October 7 when Hamas carried out a deadly attack in southern Israel. The attackers killed 1,200 Israelis and took about 240 individuals hostage, according to Israel — shaking the country’s sense of security to its core. Israel’s military response, with an air, ground and sea assault on Gaza, has killed more than 23,900 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza say, and has left much of the territory in ruins. In retaliation, Israel…

Disciples of Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as TB Joshua, of the Synagogue Church of All Nations have continued to reel out startling revelations as captured by the recent expose of BBC documentary, thus sparking a wave of controversies from the public. In a video shared by Sahara TV, Bisola, a former follower of TB Joshua, asserted that within the church, sick individuals waited until the camera crew arrived to capture and their healing process. Bisola stated her role in orchestrating miracles behind the scenes, working closely with the emergency department organizers. “I was always behind cameras, arranging miracles. When…

A policewoman, Inspector Iniobong Umoren, Thursday was ordered to pay N5 million fine to a commercial tricycle operator for unlawful arrest and seizure of his tricycle (Keke). Jeremiah Sunday Udo, the victim, claimed to have acquired the tricycle through a hire purchase deal amounting to N1.9 million. The Uyo Division of the High Court in Akwa Ibom State heard that Inspector Umoren detained the petitioner for five days without access to food and water. Justice Ntong Ntong, presiding over the case, gave the order in response to an application for the enforcement of fundamental rights brought by the applicant, Udo,…

The Supreme Court Friday pinned the disputes over the outcomes of the March 2023 governorship elections in seven states of the federation. The states are Abia, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Cross River, Lagos, Plateau, and Zamfara. The cases which started at the various election petitions tribunal in the various states gave rise to decisions which aggrieved parties had appealed against at the Court of Appeal and subsequently at the Supreme Court. How Supreme Court’s rulings state by state Abia State Justice Uwani Abba-Aji who read the lead judgement reviewed the case from the Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Related posts Supreme…

The Nigerian Supreme Court has reinstated Yusuf Abba Kabiru of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the duly elected Kano State governor. The apex court dismissed the petition instituted against Yusuf by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna. The Supreme Court on Friday reversed the judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election of the governor. Justice John Inyang Okoro, who delivered the lead judgment, held that the law and natural justice were turned upside down by the two lower courts to arrive…

The police have begun investigation into the petition by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, against David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido over alleged bullying and threat to her life. The Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who stated this on Wednesday in Lagos, said ‘‘I can confirm that we received the petition. We have begun investigation.” NAN reports that Savage in the petition dated 9 January, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, accused Davido of uttering disrespectful words in reaction to a post which included herself and the singer’s Baby mama, Sophia Momodu’s Instagram story. The…

A marketing staffer of Globus Bank, Ikorodu branch, Lagos State who died in one of its toilets parted with a sorrowful note: ‘‘I can’t bear the pain anymore.’’ Amarachi Ugochukwu, the 32-year-old marketing staffer of the first generation bank, died on Monday, 8 January, 2024. For every 100,000 people in Nigeria, there are 9.5 self-murders, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Ugochukwu reportedly committed suicide leaving note in her diary with a bottle of ‘Snipper’ insecticide beside her. She was discovered to have gone missing from her desk which was unusual and a search party was conducted and her…