Rotimi Akinola

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

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Buhari orders “decisive action” on Southern Kaduna killings

These measures should soon ensure the return of normalcy to the region, the Presidency said.

Rakiyat Gali: BBOG confirms identity of newly found Chibok girl

“She is the 24th to return out of 219 missing #ChibokGirls,” the group said.

Delta: Married father dies after “overdosing on sex boosting drug”

He was reportedly found with his male organ erect.

Turkey: Car bomb blast leaves two attackers, policeman and a civilian dead

According to Governor Erol Ayyildiz, a car had stopped in front of the Izmir courthouse, sparking an exchange with police, after which the car bomb detonated.

BREAKING: Another Chibok girl found, Nigerian military confirms

Her name is Rakiya Abubakar.

Lagos: “Swim inside that gutter!” – Soldiers order transport worker after driver delayed travel by 18 hours

This happened after the driver allegedly locked and abandoned the officers in the bus overnight.

Uyo: Goods worth millions lost as fire razes Nigerian Bottling Company depot

It took the timely intervention of firefighters from the state Fire Service to contain the fire and stop it from spreading to the Nigerian Bottling Company depot’s office complex.

Ilorin: Patients flee hospitals due to lack of money, doctors blame police

Many of the patients flee due to their inability to pay for medical expenses incurred after being abandoned by their relatives, medical personnel in Ilorin have said.

Arik Air: Angry passenger assaults airline official after “10-hour flight delay”

Some Nigerians have condemned the assault.

Abuja: Panic in Presidential Villa as careless security operative’s gun fires bullets, injures two

A security operative’s cocked gun reportedly fired bullets into one Mrs Glady’s Okpa’s thigh as ministers gathered at the Presidential Villa for the Federal Executive Council meeting.

Heroes: Watch LASEMA officers save Lagos community from fire disaster following petrol tanker crash

The agency acted quickly and averted a disaster.

“Laughback”: Solomon Dalung, others who became comedians in 2016

These people should consider careers in comedy.

India: Nigerian drug peddler refuses to be deported, makes Indian prison break

In his desperate attempt to escape deportation back to Nigeria, John Okoro jumped from the balcony, crashing through the asbestos roof and fled on foot.

Kogi: Female lecturer’s decomposing body found a month after kidnap

The decomposing body of kidnapped female lecturer, Christie Agbulu from the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi has been found, despite her abductors receiving a ransom.

Rivers: Soldiers kill notorious gang leader identified as “Jungle Boy”

He was shot dead with two other gangsters.

MFM’s Olukoya predicts earthquakes, tsunamis, terrible winds for Year 2017

Olukoya’s prophecy of such occurrences would likely come true as such natural disasters occur every year.

Lagos: Police go trigger-happy, allegedly kill 2 protesters at Chi Limited

Police say the protesters had provoked the shooting by hurling caustic soda and other things, thereby injuring an Inspector during a protest over yuletide packages.

Nigeria: Desperate IDP kid beats camp security to gather spilled beans for starving mother

“As I enter the gate, I see a boy sieving beans from the sand; he has his way past the security to do this. I walk to him, go on one knee and ask him, what he wants to do with the beans and he says, he wants to take it to his mother because they do not have food. I am broken.”