Athens is a city full of ruins of ancient buildings and the relics of ancient gods yet, every visit to that city is always memorable. My last visit was particularly dramatic because I almost fainted while climbing the Acropolis, an ancient citadel perched atop the city of Athens. My travel companions started pouring water on me as I laid on the floor (I thought I was back in Oshodi where the first thing we do to anyone that slumps is to pour water on them). Home to the iconic Parthenon, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, Erechtheion, and Propylaea, this…
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The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called off the indefinite strike it embarked upon to protest the kidnap of Dr Stephen Ezeh, an Ihiala based medical doctor. The NMA, which announced its members’ return to duty posts in a statement on Sunday, said the decision followed Ezeh’s release on Saturday. The statement was signed by Dr Princeston Okam and Dr Ifeanyi Obiaeli, Chairman and Secretary, respectively. The association appealed to Governor Chukwuma Soludo to declare a state of emergency on security in Anambra, noting tha the growing insecurity, particularly kidnapping, was crippling the economy and…
Two persons have reportedly died following a clash between the Nigeria Police Force and Shiite protesters at Wuse Market, in the Wuse Zone 6 axis of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. DAIlLY POST reports that the clash got bloody when the Police used teargas on the protesters. Videos showed that the demonstrators attacked the Wuse Market Police station. The Police have yet to react to the development as of the time of filing the report. See Video: The @PoliceNG attacked the Arbaeen Symbolic Trek in Abuja and killed numerous mourners. The police have attacked the ongoing Arba’een Symbolic Trek at…
A stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Dr Peter Inyali, has challenged the chairman of African Action Party, AAC, in the state, Mr Agba Jalingo, to field candidates in the forthcoming local government elections. According to Inyali, Jalingo should field candidates in the poll instead of perennially criticizing and setting a benchmark for the next council chairmen, particularly that of Obudu LGA where both hail from. In a statement issued in Calabar, Inyali who is also the national president of Cross River State University Alumni Association said, “Instead of setting agenda for others, let…
Troops of Forward Operations Base in Potiskum, Yobe State have arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to smuggle recently distributed farm machineries out of the state. Special Adviser to Yobe state Governor on Security Matters, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalm, (retd), disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday. The statement said the suspect, identified as Mallam Auwal Sule, was arrested in possession of 11 seed planters which he claimed to have bought from some beneficiaries of the Yobe State Government Agric Empowerment program at the rate of N40,000.00 per item at his shop in Babban Kasuwa, Potiskum. According…
The wrangling in the United Methodist Church, Nigeria, has again taken a different dimension as a Zimbabwean bishop of the church, Eben K. Nhiwatiwa, was reported to have been arrested in Nigeria. Nhiwatiwa who was in Nigeria to meet with the members of the church in order to kick start the process of electing a new bishop of the church in Nigeria after the resignation of the former bishop, John Wesley Yohanna, was reported to have been arrested in Yola, Adamawa State and whisked to the Abuja headquarters of the Nigerian Immigration Service. In a statement made available to journalists…
Katsina State Government has dissolved the management of Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, side Katsina United. The State Acting Governor, Faruq Lawal announced the dissolution in a letter signed by the Head of Civil Service, Abubakar Saminu. Lawal urged the Chanji Boys management to hand over the documents of the club to the new team in-charge. He explained that the dissolution of the board was due to a report submitted from last season. Katsina United are currently preparing for the upcoming season. The new season will commence next week. NPFL: Katsina United management board dissolved
British singer Lilly Allen has admitted that she returned an adopted puppy after it ate her family’s passports. Speaking in a recent episode of her podcast ‘Miss Her?’, Allen said she adopted the puppy named Mary during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 but returned it after it ate her passport, as well as those of her two daughters, Ethel, 12, and Marnie, 11. The singer said she and her husband, actor David Harbour, are considering adopting a new puppy. She said: “We actually did adopt a dog already, but then it ate my passport and so I took her back…
A chieftain of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed the citizens in its nine years administration. DAILY POST reports that APC came to power in 2015 through former President Muhammadu Buhari, who spent 8 years and handed over to another APC chieftain, President Bola Tinubu, who has spent one year in office. Oguntoyinbo declared that what is happening in the country is an indication that Buhari and Tinubu have failed the citizens in the last nine years. The NNPP chieftain made the declaration in a statement…
Victor Osimhen’s move from Napoli to Chelsea could be off due to his huge wage demands. According to The Sun, Osimhen is asking the Blues for £500,000-a-week to sign for them this week. The Nigerian striker is also not keen to move on loan. This has led to Chelsea exploring other striker options with less than one week left in the summer market. They are looking at Federico Chiesa, who has been exiled at Juventus, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has one year left on his current deal at Everton. Osimhen is also attracting interest from Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain. Transfer:…