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 Two young men has been arrested for possessing two  burnt Skulls of two policemen set ablaze during the #endsars protest. The two young men named Adewale Abiodun and Aliu Mubarak gave the graphic details of how they got the Skulls. Abiodun, 17 and Mubarak, 24, during an interview with journalists at the police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, disclosed that they sold the skulls to an herbalist in their neighbourhood.  The two suspect alongside the herbalist has been arrested  at Oluwo area of Ibadan by men of the Quick Intervention Unit of the Oyo State Police Command on Sunday, November 15. On Monday, October 22, Mubarak asked me to follow him to Alabata area in Ibadan, where his wife was staying. We got to Iwo Road and saw that the road had been blocked. Smoke was billowing. When we moved closer to see what was happening, we saw humans being burnt.    The mob was hitting the burnt bodies with sticks, and started taking the body parts. Mubarak came to me ...

 A Peregrine Falcon has been killed in a town called Ofagbe in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State.  In Nigeria and Africa at large. Mystical birds or animals are sometimes assumed to be possessed by witches or evil spirits. Just like the Owl that usually hunt at night, it is assumed that evil spirits possesses these nocturnal animals probably due to the way they live and their nature. The Bird which was killed in the town had a tag on it leg showing it flew all the way from Finland, Europe.  The tag reads, "Museum 200L Helsinki, Finland" confirming that the bird might likely had flown from Finland , Europe. On Twitter, many users kicked against the act and others made fun of it. Some believe it was an experimental bird freed for experiment sake. Check out the some of the  tweet. What is your take on this? Leave a comment below. Share your story with us via email on: omuabor@gmail.com

 Unbelievable as the popular #endsars flag boy is still carrying out his own peaceful protest after a month and eight  days of the Lekki shooting.   #Endsars was a hashtag on Twitter that trended and attracted the world on the brutality carried out by a unit in the Nigeria police force in October 2020. The protest was peaceful for 14 days until it was hijacked.  Before the hijack, young youths were seen across the control matching and chanting to end the unit brutality across the country.  It was so peaceful that protesters donate for their own welfare, donate to help less privilege they met on the way, donate for medication, food and whatever help is needed during this period.  However, after the government announced it has heed to the demand of the people and disbanded SARS, on October 20, 2020, peaceful protesters gathered at the Lekki toll gate were shot at by the Nigeria Military which many has claimed to be a massacre despite the military denying...

  According to the report, which was released on Wednesday by  the  Global Terrorism Index, a  number of deaths attributed to Boko Haram in the country increased by 25 per cent from 2018 to 2019. Despite claims of the country military to have always defeated the terrorizing group that has trouble mostly the Northern eastern part of Nigeria. Nigeria is still among the third most terrorized country in the World. This year’s report ranked Nigeria for the sixth consecutive time since 2015 as the third country with the worst impact from terrorism, globally. Afghanistan is top on the list, followed by Iraq. Syria, Somalia and Yemen are ranked fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.  GTI said despite the rise in the number of casualties from Boko Haram attacks in the North-East, Nigeria was the second to record a fall in violent deaths after Afghanistan in 2019. The report indicates that Nigeria remains the most terrorised country in Africa with huge economic and financi...

  A Twitter user with username @omojuwa has took to his handle expressing how he thinks MARADONA deserves all the praises he can get.   Diego Armando Maradona  who was one of the best soccer player of his time died from heart attack on the 25th of November, 2020. Due to his vision,    passing, dribbling, skills and ball control, he is widely regarded as one of the best in soccer.  Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the two joint winners of the  FIFA Player of the 20th Century  award.  What is your take on this? Do you agreed with Omojuwa? Share your story with us: omuabor@gmail.com

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Wednesday said there was a need for more cerebral lawyers to emerge in Nigeria to resist tyranny and expand the frontiers of jurisprudence in the country. According to him, with more good lawyers, the fundamental issues of the rule of law and basic human rights would be promoted and defended at all levels of society. The CJN, represented by a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumiju, said this in Abuja during the public presentation of a book, ‘Two Decades of Forensic Advocacy at the Inner Bar: A Festschrift in Honour of Yusuf Ali (SAN)’. What is your take on this? Drop on comment in the comment section. Do you have a story to tell, share with us on:  omuabor@gmail.com Source: https://punchng.com/nigeria-needs-good-lawyers-to-resist-tyranny-cjn/?amp=1&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true

  Beauty they say is in the eyes of the beholder but her beauty everyone knows. When I first saw her on Twitter, she radiate like the morning sun touching and giving life to the sleepy flowers.  Mobolaji Nafisat Olayemi Mobolaji Nafisat Olayemi is a young lady from Kwara State. She is 19 and loves baking. She study in the Kwara State University, Nigeria. She is a third born of five girls. Her favorite food is Rice and Beans and her favorite color is Yellow. Nafisat's Beauty is exceptional yet in Africa there are more of her kind of Beauty. She can't go unnoticed as she gets a compliment from friends and strangers. When asked the difference in how people compliment her in school and social media,  "It’s the same thing as school.  People do compliment me." She said. Baby Nafisat On her social media handle, her followers pour all sort of praises on her. She is indeed an epitome of Beauty.  Check some of the compliments she gets on her social media handle. For ...

The international community has been asked to rise against the killings of innocent Nigerians by Islamic State of West African Province around the Lake Chad Basin Region. Save Humanity Advocacy Centre, which made this call on Sunday, said world leaders must act fast to curb the activities of the terrorists around the Lake Chad Basin and the consequent risk this has posed to harmless women and children. Islamic protest Grace Akatu, Executive Director of the group, while addressing a press conference on Sunday said activities of ISWAP around the Lake Chad Basin region are sources of concern given the way and manner it has continued to maim, harass and kill innocent people that consist mainly of women and children. The group, therefore, called for urgent intervention from countries around the world to join forces with the Nigerian Authorities in combating the menace of ISWAP around the Lake Chad basin. Full text of her speech below. The activities of ISWAP has constitute...

It is no longer a new update on how the internet has helped a lot of young entrepreneur in selling their products to the public in Nigeria. Ranging from local goods to goods imported from other countries.  According to Jumia, an online shopping platform in Nigeria, over 50 of its marketers sold over 400,000 Naira monthly from their stores without a physical location.  Many young entrepreneur has therefore taken a bold step to utilized the internet for sales of their local products or imported products. Focywears.  is a new online shopping platform that deals on selling of clothing to the public. When we met with the director, Mr. Theophilus Omuabor , a student of the University of Benin, he told us that it has been over a year that he had had this idea in mind. He told FocyTalk that he wished to be among the most renowned online shopping platforms in Nigeria. However when asked why he chose to sell only clothing, he said that he wanted to be know...

Tyson Fury believes former world champion Anthony Joshua is “finished” after the British heavyweight’s shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr in New York. Joshua lost his IBF, WBA and WBO titles on June 1 in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the division. Andy Ruiz Jr  Vs. Anthony Joshua After the fight, Fury sent a message on Twitter that urged his fellow Briton to “rest up, recover, regroup and come again”. But this week he told BBC Sport: “When a man doesn’t want to be there once, he will always do it and it’s hard to come back from. “It’s been done many different times by many different fighters. He did it that night and I don’t think he will come back from it. Finished. Ask any top trainer who has been around the sport a lifetime. When he got to the ring I saw he didn’t want to be there.” Joshua, 29, whose defeat against Ruiz was the first of his career, had previously made Furyan offer to fight. “Everybody thought that man could beat me,” said Fury. “In wh...