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Former Military Head of  State son, Sodiq Sani Abacha,  got  back a response from an activist /writer, Ayo Sogunro over  the open letter  he wrote  to Prof  Wole  Soyinka. Below is  what the  letter has to say I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery - however misguided - in defending the honour of your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a problem; it is an obligation—in this cultural construct of ours - for children to rise to the defence of their parents, no matter what infamy or perfidy the said parent might have dabbled in.  The problem I have with your letter, however, arises from two issues: (i) your disparaging of Wole Soyinka, who—despite your referral to an anecdotal opinion that calls him as “a common writer”—is a great father figure, and a source of inspiration, to a fair number of us young Nigerians; and (ii) your attempt to revise Nigerian history and subst...

"It is  an act of  cowardice  on the  part of Prof  Wole  Soyinka to  have  said sharing an award with Sani Abacha is  an insult" says Sadiq Abacha.Check the open letter  he  wrote  to that effect below: If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. 1. The law of identity  2. The law of excluded middle  3. The law of non contradiction. Now let's look at each one of these and see what they mean in practice. 1.The law of identity The law of identity means that things are what they are, which at first doesn't seem very illuminating, but wait; it implies also the following, that things are what they are, whether you like them or not, it implies that things are what they are whether you know them or not, it implies that things are what they are whether you agree with them or not. Continue... However, if you don't like the facts as they are you are going to have to put up ...

Tosibe fuji  megastar, Abbas Akande Obesere was  arrested  by  the member of  Nigeria  police for  allegedly raping a 29 years  old  woman named Olanike Olaiya in his  Okota  home in Lagos. After the whole act she took the case to the police and the matter was taken up and was arrested. Read below what the woman has to say about the incident. "I got to know  Obesere through one of my friends, Mrs Bola Okoro. She told me that Obesere would assist me in my business. "I deal in office equipment and when I contacted Obesere, he asked me to meet him in his family house at Okota.  When I  met him, I  introduced my business to him and he promised to connect me to some of his friends in Dubai who would sell  goods to me on credit. Continue... "After the discussion, he started demanding for sex and I refused and when I wanted to leave, he insisted I should sleep over in his house because it was la...

Just at the time Stella Oduah, the then minister of aviation was believed to have been the best aviation minister Nigeria   has   never   had, her   exposure as a fraud was a   rude shock and   a   monumental failure, when she   claimed   she   bought an armoured car for a sum $1.6 million. She was busted. Months later the investigation carried out by agencies of federal government clearly showed that she has got accomplices who the government has today exposed and sacked appropriately President Jonathan yesterday March 4th fired all the Heads of various aviation agencies in Nigeria See below the  names and  pictures of some of  them                                                ...

Gbollywood actress, Juliet Ibrahim celebrated her 28 th birthday recently in Nigeria with her celebrity friends and family at Buddha Lounge in Victoria Island, Lagos. See some pictures below to catch the glimpse of the fun they had.