Wrong Impression: Abuja Is No Haven For Comfort And Enjoyment!

Imagine the silent ovation that normally greets you when you are in the midst of others in most southern states in Nigeria, and mention that you reside or live in Abuja. Just consider the looks on that faces of a throng where you mention that you just arrived from Abuja and you are returning to your Abuja residence in few days time. All eyes will be envious as if you just arrived from a earthly paradise, and you are returning to the same paradise in the appellation as Abuja.

                                                             Abuja City Gate

The insinuation of many Nigerians especially those in the remote regions of the southern parts and even the farther north, is the belief that Abuja as the capital city of Nigeria is a haven where everything is moving fine. Imagine you telling someone not living Abuja that you don't have electricity. You will encounter puzzles of questioning because of wrong insinuations that Abuja is deemed to have all for the good and comfort of those living in the city. They never believe that Abuja is like any other city in Nigeria because it

Conflicting: Paris Attack, New Bombings In Yola And Kano; Is There A Connection?

                               Scene of the Kano Bomb Blast on Wednesday

It has become a puzzle now waiting to be unravelled if there could be any connection amidst the series of bombings that ensued last Friday night in Paris unto that of the Vegetable Market in Yola on Monday and that of the GSM Village on Wednesday in Kano (both in Nigeria) this week. The manner of which the bombings were codified in execution, people are now puzzling and trying to strike a correlation as it is now understood that ISIS was responsible for Paris bombings and Boko Haram which has pledged their allegiance to ISIS, also struck in both the northeast and northwest regions of Nigeria. What is really the connection in these serial terror attacks?

Hausa In Nigeria: Is It Of A Language Or Of A People?

                              Map of Nigeria Major Ethnic Groups 

To some Nigerians especially those from the northwest and northeast states, asking this kind of question would appear to them ridiculous and flimsy. On the other hand, many people from the southern part of Nigeria would not see anything ridiculous about this inquisition into the realism of the appellation: Hausa. Many people from the south have already incorporated the murky belief but without factual evidence that, Hausa is just of a language rather than of a people and culture. They hardly believe that there are existing real Hausa people!

7 Reasons Why Many People Are Defrauded By Fraudsters In Nigeria (continued)

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4. Unemployment
Another avenue why many people fall into the preying claws of fraudsters in Nigeria is unemployment. In this part of the world, many people who are desperately in need of jobs and active engagement to earn decent living, are enormous but their quest to work is limited to little or unavailable jobs. On this basis, many targets of fraudsters become much available to victimize the novice and vulnerable. A question someone would ask next is, 'what could an employed person offer as valuable to a fraudster whose target is to lure him into defrauding?'

7 Reasons Why Many People Are Defrauded By Fraudsters In Nigeria

Many people have it as a general credence and as a notion that those who fall  the victims of many fraudsters also referred as tricksters, are associated with greedy tendency and the extreme desire to acquire more than what they can actually acquire legally. Many people who based their submission on greed and the quest to acquire easily, have perhaps forgot that many who had been snared into the trap of fraudsters never desire to acquire more either legally or illegally. A sample research has it that many were just victims of circumstances.

NEWS IN FLASH: Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki Triumphs At Supreme Court

                          Sen. Bukola Saraki, Nigeria's Senate President

The Nigerian Supreme Court has suspended the Code of Conduct Tribunal from proceedings and prosecution of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. The Senate President is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over his alleged filing of false and incomplete assets during his assets declaration to the Code of Conduct Bureau in few years ago during his era as governor of Kwara State.

JUST IN: The Full List Of New Federal Ministers And Their Portfolios

The new cabinet commonly referred as Federal Executive Council (FEC) has been constituted by President Buhari today the November 11, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with 24 recognized new federal ministries.

Talents: A Young Nigerian Constructs An Airplane In Enugu

                                    The local aircraft on display

A young talented boy from the Coal City of Enugu, South East, Nigeria has just scored another international reputable recognition by displaying his locally constructed airplane to the public. He made the little aircraft in the shape of a jet using locally sourced metal and other materials.

President Buhari Fires 17 Permanent Secretaries And Appoints New Ones: See List

                                 President Muhammadu Buhari

November 10, 2015 had a distinct headline which pervaded all news media that President Muhammadu Buhari has given matching order to 17 permanent secretaries in selected different federal ministries of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Strange: Live Rainbow Descends And Appears In Front Of Villagers In Edo State

                                                                Rainbow over the hills

In the tropical Rain Forest part of Nigeria, where rainfall is heavy and constant during the middle months of the year, it is common experience to witness the rays of rainbow occasionally during the months of rain. This is a phenomenon generally associated with a mythological credence. This is an age long myth which until recently, after this experience of villagers, has been unbundled  by the people of the northern part of Edo State, Nigeria, where the naturally uncanny incidence took place.  

Why President Buhari Removed Lamorde As EFCC Boss

                      

President Muhammadu Buhari has on 9th November 2015, sacked the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde. In a two-paragraph statement  issued last night, presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed that Buhari had approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu as the Acting Chairman of the EFCC.

Nigerian Golden Eaglets Break Double Records At FIFA 2015 Under-17 World Cup In Chile

Record breaking has been a fete or a milestone not commonly associated with African teams in the football sporting events. In any tournament as usually organized by the world football organizing body, FIFA, it is common to address African teams to be best as trailing others records but never record breakers. But this credence has be upturned yesterday by the young lads from the West African country of Nigeria in the just concluded FIFA Under-17 World Cup held in Chile.

Real Madrid Forward And French International, Karim Benzema Arrested!

                                       French International, Karim Benzema

According to The Guardian, the French international footballer Karim Benzema has been taken into police custody as part of an inquiry into an alleged plot to blackmail a fellow international over a sex tape.

Detectives detained the Real Madrid striker for questioning a fortnight after the former France and Liverpool striker Djibril Cissé was interviewed and released as part of the same investigation.