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A governor goes to a thanksgiving service and takes umbrage at a prayer of conciliation that he seizes the microphone from the pastor and negates those prayers.
The F1 scandals have come from drivers threatening to tell all or telling all due to situations not going their way, not because anyone has been honest or full of integrity.
That is an underlying problem that is not being addressed at all.
This first highlights the dangers of cosmetic surgery and then the risks of negligence by surgeons in foreign hospitals.
In this case, it was proven that the surgeon was negligent, it is no consolation to all affected.
Amidst the news and incontrovertible evidence the Inspector General of Police denies a person of interest ever visited Nigeria.
Methinks this is Nigeria's own Comical Ali
If a lawmaker assaults a federal official in the course of his duties, the lawmaker should face the full wrath of the law and not be succoured by his status.
Classic influence peddling by daughters of powerful leaders, these are the very naughty ones that includes the daughter of the erstwhile President of Nigeria.
Whilst is it timely to institute a probe into the Boko Haram affair, asking the National Security Adviser to conduct a probe into the failure of the self-same security framework that allowed it cannot be impartial.
The killing of the leader of Boko Haram and its financier in police custody after being delivered to the police by the army fully subdued and bound brings great cause for concern about the rule of law in Nigeria.
There are lessons to be learnt from the insurgency of Boko Haram but I doubt the government, community and society has the resolve to tackle the issues resolutely.
AFRICOM has no combat mission in Africa but is deploying the Human Terrain System using a defence contractor to map out the core of what makes African tick.
The plight of children caught in unfortunate circumstances who become victims of old cultural norms.
A child of 8 is raped by 4 boys and her parents abandoned her for shame. Shame on the parents.
What we should not lose sight of from President Obama's speech to the Ghanaian parliament is that it is the first time a Western leader has been able to speak the truth to African leaders and not have blow-back.
Against Obama they have no antibodies.
A court barred the President from suing for defamation on a report that suggested he was ill.
If the President refuses to be transparent about his health, the rumours would continue and going to court might just expose the truth about his health.
The prospect of Mr. Bongo demise or impending demise brings into focus the problem with long-serving African leaders who have brought no progress to their countries.