General Michael Hayden Michael Hayden is a vocal critic of former president Donald Trump and MAGA supporters Former CIA chief General Michael Hayden has said that he agrees there is no political force more nihilistic or dangerous than the current RepublicanParty. General Hayden, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2009 during the final years of George …
Wadume and the Nigerian Tragedy By Olusegun Adeniyi
Wadume The slap on the wrist given a notorious kidnap kingpin has exposed the underbelly of the criminal justice administration in Nigeria. It also underscores the seeming hopelessness of the national security situation. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, according to reports, last month sentenced Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume, to seven …
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Mummified corpses: Edo police reveal details of investigation by Nigeria Punch Newspapers
The Edo State Police Command has said that the building where mummified bodies were found can not pass for a morgue, as the principal suspect, Gabriel Otu, has no approval to operate such, noting that a severed body at the facility showed there was more happening at the place than claimed. At a press conference …
The Nigerian and Italian vultures By Nigerian Guardian Editorial Board
Sometime in the year 1993, a malnourished little girl, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea in a worn-torn country, decided, like the Biblical four lepers, to take a leap of faith to reach a United Nations feeding centre about a half mile away instead of starving to death. Unknowing to her, whilst …
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Sacred ground: the ancient grove where Yoruba traditions are reborn by Emmanuel Akinwotu
Through the dim forest, a slow procession of hundreds of people largely dressed in white, some in a trance, others singing fervently, heads towards the Osun River. As they have every August for 700 years, Yoruba people gather here at the Osun-Osogbo sacred grove, a Unesco world heritage site in south-west Nigeria, for an ancient festival …

