Mallam Umaru Abdulrahman Dikko (1936 – 2014) was an adviser to Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second Republic President. He was also the minister of transportation between1979 and 1983. He made some prophetic statements some of which had come and are still coming to light. When MKO was striving for the presidency, he was quoted to have…
Photo credit: France 24 US President Donald Trump said Friday he is sending envoys Steven Witcoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II,…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Five European countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed non-EU country to host a “return hub” for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, with a targeted start date of 1 January, a Danish minister has said. Denmark, Greece, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands agreed to the initiative as Copenhagen…
Photo credit: L.A Times An attempt to steal oil from a loading vessel in Nigeria’s oil-producing Rivers State left at least 37 people dead, most of them from inhaling toxic fumes, an advocacy group said Friday. The Associated Press reports that the Youth Advocacy Centre said the victims were simultaneously siphoning crude products into their boats from…
“This is to show the beauty of Islam, only one person started this project and completed it without waiting for the government and the community. This is someone that does not even have a car of his own, but he demonstrated a good intention as taught by Islam.” – Imam Ishaq Muhammadu Awwal. The Imam…
Beyond the retaliatory hooliganism and barefaced looting of the scums and debris of Nigerian society, purportedly against the ill treatment of Nigerians in South Africa, those who are imbued with the ability to really think straight would have seen that the Nigerian society is in trouble! Even if for the umpteenth time, I will declare…
Most of Nigeria’s problems will certainly be solved when people start evaluating issues holistically. Now, we’ve been schooled that some of the businesses being destroyed are actually totally owned by South African investors. Let’s even agree! What about most of the workers, especially those at the lowest rung of the ladder? The buildings which some…
