Nigerian navy personnel shot in the air on Tuesday as they sought to clear a waterfront community of 10,000 people in the latest mass-eviction around economic hub Lagos. Bulldozers rumbled into Tarkwa Bay, a semi-rural area on an island in the city of some 20 million, as part of an […]
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Oxford English Dictionary has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in its January updates to the dictionary. This was confirmed in a blog post on the dictionary’s website. OED, in the post, said some of the words were borrowed while others are coinages. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings […]
The road not taken as two roads have diverged. Which among these roads will now lead to right path, to follow his Yoruba people or to continue to act as a bystander in order to preserve his Presidential ambition? This is a big dilemma for highly revered Jagaban and National […]
Now, the ambience seems to be blowing wind of tribalism, hatred, incitement and war. The security outfit that is meant to safeguard the people in South West region on a goodwill has now been polluted and diluted with rebellious gongs. It appears like a reverie when the leader of IPOB, […]
Hundreds of marauding monkeys sparked a mass exodus from an Indian village after they destroyed crops and looted homes in a report by Daily Mail. Around 20 families packed up and moved away after being plagued by more than 400 macaques who roam the village of Narasapuram. Farmers have also […]
