Author: Emporium Reporters

CDS commiserates with Borno State residents over devastating flood

Emporium Reporters

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa today, expressed deep sympathy and condolences to the government and good people of Borno State over the devastating flood that have ravaged several communities and paralyzed economic activities in the state.   The CDS said he was saddened to learn of the loss of lives, destruction of property, and the displacement of thousands of citizens as a result of the flood from Alo Dam. “On behalf of the entire Armed Forces of Nigeria the Chief of Defence Staff wish to convey…

PDP crisis and shaky road to 2027 ,by Jide Babalola

Emporium Reporters

Things appear to be falling apart in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), once a dominant force in Nigeria’s political landscape. It is becoming clearer that the centre of a political party that had boasted of holding on to power for 60 years can no longer hold. A party of ideals, ethos, structure and spread, is now stuck in the mud. And there is no sign of resurgence soon, as the party is mired in crises since 2022. Gone are the days that the PDP was either in control of the…

Why President Tinubu always takes the hard road,By Temitope Ajayi

Emporium Reporters

Those who think they are taking a dig at the President have been gloating. Their usual refrain is that the man they said built Lagos should build Nigeria for them to see. As Governor of Lagos, the President reformed governance and set the state on the path of irreversible progress.   President Tinubu has never claimed he did it alone or discounted the contributions of others who led the state before him. Some of the landmark projects he started are still standing, and the plans and vision he articulated are…

BREAKING: DSS Releases NLC President Ajaero on Bail

Emporium Reporters

The Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero.   Following an extended period of detention, spanned several hours, in the federal capital city of Abuja, Ajaero has finally been released by the secret police.   As the country’s apex labour union leader, Mr. Ajaero’s detention had sparked widespread concern and intense speculation regarding the circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention.   Emporium Reporters on Monday morning reported that Ajaero was arrested at…

BREAKING: DSS arrests NLC President Joe Ajaero

Emporium Reporters

Operatives of the Department of the State Service (DSS) have arrested the President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero.   According to Vanguard, Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning, September 9, 2024, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.   Ajaero was about to board a flight to the United Kingdom, UK, for an official assignment when DSS picked him up.   Alhough details of the arrest and the reasons are still sketchy, sources said he has been handed over to the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.   According to…

Teaching of Nupe Language commence soon – Commandant PSS Nami Agaie assures ILLEC

Emporium Reporters

By Umar Idris Ndadzuru, Minna     The Commandant, Police Secondary School, Nami In Agaie Local Government Area Of Niger State, DCP MK Haruna, has granted request for the inclusion of the Indigenous Nupe Language to be thought in the school to enable the students understand their mother tongue better.   The Commandant PSS Nami Agaie, gave the approval when he hosted the management of the Indigenous Language learning Center, ILLEC led by its Director Adamu Idris Manarakis, at his Residence In Minna.   DCP Haruna explained that education would…

‘Those who are about to die salute you’ By Lasisi Olagunju

Emporium Reporters

From William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold, substantially in my own words, in some areas using his words: A certain Chief Lowa was careless with his tongue. Every priest has a priest; Lowa’s own warned him to be careful so that his mouth would not disgrace him. Chief said he had grown taller than disgrace; he was too surefooted to be put to shame. Because he had money and medicine in super abundance, he thought there was nothing he said or…

When A Child Turns Out Bad, By Funke Egbemode

Emporium Reporters

It is God who gives babies. It is the God-assigned duties of parents to nurse and nurture those babies into adulthood. It is a long journey, onerous task to grow babies into adults. Every parent, every aunt and uncle knows that that long journey is bumpy, painful and lonely. Many times we stumble. Many times we get it right. Occasionally parents fail, sometimes woefully. Sometimes because they did not do the right thing at the right time or failed altogether to do anything. Sometimes, circumstances just work against both parents…

Over 30 people killed, 50 cows burnt as petrol tanker explodes in Niger Community

Emporium Reporters

At least 30 people have been killed in a petrol tanker explosion that occurred in Kachia ,along Lapai-Agaie Road in Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State.   More than 50 cows were also burnt alive during the incident that occurred around 12:30 am on Sunday.   The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday.   According to him, the petrol tanker collided head-on with a trailer truck carrying travellers and cattle from Wudil, Kano State en…

Mr President, We Are at War, by Hassan Gimba (1)

Emporium Reporters

We were hit with the sad news of the massacre of scores of people by Boko Haram in Mafa, a village in Tarmuwa local government area of Yobe State. Mafa is close to Shekau, the town that was unfortunate to be the birthplace of Abubakar Shekau, the notorious murderer in the name of religion.   Surrounded in the mosque by the bandits just after the Asr (four o’clock) prayer, all those, save a few, were executed. Sources said it was because some villagers were instrumental to some successes in defeating…