Author: Rashaad Harris

Insecurity in Nigeria increased drastically in 2022, with the government doing nothing to curb it. Millions of naira have been paid to faceless kidnappers as ransom. There have been reports of the government negotiating with these terrorists and also restricting the masses from using arms to defend themselves. According to Jihad Analytics, “Since the beginning of the year, the Islamic State has conducted half of its attacks in Africa. For the first time in the history of the jihadi group, Iraq is no longer the country where IS claims the highest number of operations: the group ISWAP is now more…

Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, has been listed as the worst African city to live in 2022. The data released by Business Insider Africa showed the top five worst African cities to live in. “The 5 top worst cities to live in Africa in 2022 1. Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬 2. Algiers, Algeria 🇩🇿 3. Tripoli, Libya 🇱🇾 4. Harare, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 5. Douala, Cameroon 🇨🇲.” A 2019 report released by This Week showed Lagos as the second worst city to live in worldwide, after only war-torn Damascus. However, Business Insider Africa did not release the criteria used in their ratings.

France are through to the semi-finals of the World Cup after a 2-1 win over England. The holders broke the deadlock in the 17th minute through Tchouameni’s long-range strike into the bottom corner. England made a bright start to the second half though and were awarded a penalty after Saka was tripped, and Kane fired it into the back of the net. Giroud restored France’s lead in the 78th minute with a header from close range and the Three Lions had another chance to equalise from the spot, but Kane blazed that one high over the bar. This is the…

Imagine if Bob Risky was part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet as minister of Petroleum. Now imagine a cross dresser as the Energy Secretary of the President of the Free World, Joe Biden. The United States Energy Secretary, the Nigerian equivalent of Minister of Petroleum, has been caught on camera with a stolen bag containing expensive jewelries. Sam Brinton, a 35 year old man, who claims they’re non-binary(neither male nor female) and who goes by the pronouns of “they/them,” has been caught in the act for the second time. A security camera caught Brinton picking up a woman’s 320 Away-brand…

History is written, as Morocco become Africa’s first World Cup semi-finalists by bravely beating Portugal in Al Thumama. Defending relentlessly and exhibiting great skill on the break, the Atlas Lions roar into the final four thanks to En-Nesyri’s magnificent first-half header. Even with several injuries to contend with, they delight their hordes of noisy fans, and having eliminated Belgium, Spain and now Portugal, a high-stakes clash with England or France awaits. Morocco became the first African team to qualify for the semi-final of a World Cup tournament. Indeed, each of the previous three African sides to reach a quarter-final were…

Croatia are through to the World Cup semi-finals for the second tournament in a row courtesy of a 4-2 victory over Brazil on penalties after their quarter-final clash finished 1-1. Neymar looked to have put the Selecao on the path to the last four with a brilliant goal to break the deadlock in stoppage time in the first half of extra time. However, Bruno Petkovic equalised with a deflected effort to keep Croatia alive in the second half of extra time. Dominik Livakovic then performed his magic again to deny Rodrygo Silva from the penalty spot, while Zlatko Dalic’s men…

The restaurant owned by the Labour Party women leader of Kebbi State has been reportedly burnt down. According to one Jamilu Sufi, the incident took place after she turned down an offer made by one of the political parties. Sufi who gave the name of the women leader as Madam Florence Ibrahim, said the reason they are lip tight about the incident is because of their concern for her safety. https://twitter.com/JamiluSufi/status/1601153749028057089?t=1TVhQK8m-_vDG6qOQU8A2A&s=19 https://twitter.com/JamiluSufi/status/1601216354266550274?t=rd_qtC-yists04wSn5K4ew&s=19 “Kebbi State Women Leader of @NgLabour restaurant was raised down after we refuse one political party offer. “We tour the LGAs 2gether with her, if we tell you…

Twitter has announced plans to rid the platform of 1.5 billion accounts. According to Elon Musk, the CEO of the microblogging site, the accounts to be affected are ones that have not had a tweet or login in years. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601124219009409024?t=WiNDkTOhfkJka1dVEaPbBQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601124608282742785?t=WiNDkTOhfkJka1dVEaPbBQ&s=19 “Twitter will soon start freeing the name space of 1.5 billion accounts. These are obvious account deletions with no tweets & no log in for years

World-leading policy institute and think-tank forum, Chatham House has invited the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to discuss his plans for Nigerians ahead of the February 25, 2023 presidential elections. Obi, who has spoken at many public forums both at home and abroad, will speak at Chatham House in London on January 16.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has knocked the presidential candidate of the APC, for expressing doubts over the credibility of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and Results Viewing Portal. The commission expressed shock that the APC candidate could question the efficiency of the technology which had been used in several polls, including the off-season governorship elections in Ekiti, Osun, and Anambra states. The APC candidate, at the Chatham House in London, United Kingdom, said the electoral body had yet to assure Nigerians of the workability of the BVAS and e-transmission of poll results.Speaking at Chatham House, He said, “We are…