Rotimi Akinola

Nigeria is not a country. It's a mindset.

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APC hails military for stepped-up battle against Boko Haram

“We believe the Army has what it takes to protect the Nigerian people.”

APC lists instances of looting, says no worthy leader will ignore such cases

”The level of looting that went on in other sectors is better imagined, hence the need for all Nigerians to rally around the Buhari Administration to recover the loots.”

TRAGEDY: Batman dies in car crash

Police say the crash is under investigation, but no charges have been filed.

“She’s a disgrace to my ministry,” Pastor Tunde says, tells court to end 15-year-old marriage to Agbeke

Agbeke in turn said her pastor husband is a promiscuous night-crawler who fails to provide for the upkeep and education of the children.

OMG! 52 male cultists rape 16-year-old schoolgirl to initiate her into their gathering – police

“She would be given sedatives during the process so that she will not physically feel the pain.”

Ingrate! Man dying after drug abuse resurrects, rains curses on medics, police who saved his life

“To everyone’s surprise he began shouting and swearing at officers and the ambulance crew.”

Helicopter crash: Bristow to pay Peter Bello’s family, other victims, survivors over N230 milllion compensation

The helicopter has been recovered. So have the black boxes that will aide investigators in determining the cause of the crash.

Nollywood’s Doris Simeon – the orphan who got her break through Yomi Ogunmola

She has featured in over 100 Nigerian films, and is the recipient of a 2008 AMAA Best Indigenous actress Award.

UI student slumps during exam, dies after “doctors failed to attend to him on time”

Bolaji was rushed to Ikeja general hospital where the doctors were reportedly nowhere in sight.

Gang armed with charms, gun “attempts” Lagos bank customers robbery

“As the police team closed up on them, one of the men fled the scene with the motorcycle while the other one was apprehended.”

Government houses “sex scam”: The current media lynching of senator Godswill Akpabio

“These agents of darkness are working, overtime, in fabricating non-existent scandals in an on-going campaign of calumny, aspersion, deception, and outright fiction.”

Albino tragedy: 23-year-old Nigerian student “commits suicide” over stigmatisation on “colourless” skin

A 2013 UN human rights report states that albinos are often regarded as “ghosts and not human beings who can be wiped off the global map.”

PHOTOS: Crowd stops tenant who’s got police “backing” from “killing” landlady’s daughter with wooden plank

“He will fight them and then head to Ilaje police station to bring policemen. The police will come most of the time and arrest Izu’s opponents.”

Two lives lost, as baby, 13 others escape death in separate auto crashes

The two men lost their lives in the accident which happened “opposite Tomlas along Lagos-Ore road,” the FRSC said.

HERO: Borno civilian stops suicide bomber from blowing traders, buyers to pieces

“In the process of interrogation, the suspected terrorist blew himself off and died on the spot.”

Man shoots fellow hunter dead after “mistaking him for a bush pig”

Police will not say whether the hunter was arrested.

Borno deputy governor Zannah “died in his sleep, to be buried 4pm, Saturday”

“His remains would be brought to Maiduguri for funeral at the Government House, Maiduguri at 4pm today, Saturday.”

Borno deputy governor Mustapha Zannah “dies in Yola hotel room”

Zannah was reportedly found dead in a hotel room Saturday morning.