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Year: 2021

OP-ED Opinions 

Yusuf Buhari: The ‘Taliban’ Of Daura! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
The newly turbaned Talban of Daura, Yusuf Buhari, bears striking resemblance to his father. President Muhammadu Buhari’s look-alike son had been in the news for few scandals. Compared to the sons of Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and the late Sani Abacha Yusuf is world’s apart in terms of abuse of power, corruption or involvement in scandals that tend to… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Wizkid professes his undying love for his Nigerian fanbase at Lagos concert

Village Reporter,
In an emotional declaration, Wizkid stopped his performance midway to make the uniqueness of this relationship very clear to all fans present. In his words “I don’t feel this way anywhere else. What we have is very special”. The superstar who has sold out venues like the O2 arena in London in just 12 minutes, for his performance, rattled through… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Wizkid expresses his excitement over success of hit song ‘Essence’

Village Reporter,
The song also bagged Wizkid and Tems a Grammy nomination. The Afrobeats star, this morning at his headline concert at the Livespot X Festival, expressed his excitement as to the success of the song. In his words, “How can a young small boy from Ojuelegba, Surulere make a song with another girl from the same Lagos Nigeria and that song… Read More
Pacific 

UN humanitarians aid Philippines response to Super Typhoon Rai

Village Reporter
In an update posted online early on Monday, the top UN humanitarian coordinator in the archipelago, Gustavo Gonzalez, said that aid assessment teams had reached communities in need of emergency assistance at the weekend, for the first time. They “were able to access areas and communities hit hardest” by Rai’s 195-kilometre-an-hour (121 miles per hour) sustained winds, with gusts of up to… Read More
Africa 

EU cut ties with C. African Republic over links with Russian mercenaries

Village Reporter,
The relation between the central African Republic and the European Union is getting sour. This is after the European Union temporarily suspended its training mission for the Central African Armed Forces, due to “control exercised by mercenaries from the Wagner company”, the EU mission in Bangui said. “Due to the control exercised by mercenaries from the Wagner company over the… Read More
Africa 

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa back on duty

Village Reporter,
The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after spending a week in isolation following a positive Covid test, his office confirmed Monday. Ramaphosa who is fully vaccinated felt unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former president FW de Klerk in Cape Town on December 12. Ramaphosa self-isolated in Cape Town and was being monitored by… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

APRM and AU’s Peace and Security Council hold first joint meeting

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– – Members of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council are holding their first joint retreat in Durban, South Africa. The meeting is affording the two organizations the opportunity to discuss ways of better collaborating in identifying early warning signs of conflicts in Africa and devising the best way of tackling them.… Read More
Africa 

I see a light at the end of the tunnel for Nigeria : A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Village Reporter
“When I arrived in 2016, I set out to go beyond the traditional engagements with governments, the diplomatic and business communities, and engage and interact with the people, and their diverse cultures and traditions. It has been an incredible journey, with milestones and legacies to build on.  In the last five years, as I applied myself to realizing this vision… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

North up in arms against President Buhari

Village Reporter,
Youths stage protest over insecurity in the North. Photo credit: Daily Trust By ADEBAYO OBAJEMU These are indeed trying times for the nation, and for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration; this is a time for deep reflection, given the groundswell of opposition against the administration over worsening insecurity in the North in particular, and Nigeria in general coming from the… Read More