Nigeria News Forum

I think the whole thing is political, otherwise, both Nigeria and Turkey have, at least, business relationship. I believe Turkey has (tertiary) institutions in Nigeria; if that is the case, it is something that could be resolved between the two governments without necessarily putting innocent ones into unnecessary tension and problem. By my view, whatever must have necessitated it, the two governments should sit at a round table and iron the issues out, so that the innocent students could be released to go back to their schools. If they have found anything unusual in the behaviour of those that are in detention, they should let our government know and if they don’t want them in their country, Turkey, then they should repatriate them. If it is mere politics, I think they need to be released and allowed to go about their academic pursuits. Two wrongs don’t make a right. That is the more reason why the two ambassadors need to sit down together and iron issues out. By closing down the ...

A 35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has been electrocuted at her fiance’s home on Ajoke Kazeem Street in the Idimu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Ewere’s fiancé, Segun Tolani, was fixing an electrical fault when the incident happened. She was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the area but was rejected before being confirmed dead at the Igando General Hospital. Ewere Our correspondent, who visited the area on Tuesday, gathered that Ewere and Tolani had scheduled their wedding for November and preparation was in top gear when tragedy struck. A resident, who did not want to be identified, said the incident happened around 1pm on Saturday, adding that it created chaos in the neighbourhood. He said, “The man had wanted to change his old cable TV decoder and antenna. When power was restored, he discovered that he didn’t have electricity in his house. “He wanted to do it himself, but neighbours advised him to get the service of an electrici...

A group of youths stormed the APC National Secretaria t on Tuesday to protest what they claim was the overbearing influence of the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on its affairs . The party’s youths, who came under the aegis of the APC Democratic Youth Frontiers, held several banners with anti-Tinubu posters. Glatiators of APC- Tinubu and Oyegun Some of them read, ‘We are united in APC; Tinubu can’t separate us’; ‘Tinubu is not God’; ‘Greed is not democracy’; ‘No room for an emperor’. Leader of the protesters, Mr. Lookman Salaudeen, said the APC national leader should be told to either toe the party line or be shown the way out. He said, “We call on Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu to either leave the APC, (or) curtail his greed (and) toe the line and exhibit the kind of loyalty needed for party cohesion whether from ordinary members or national leaders. “Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State, where you control affairs like a god; whose words are sacred and mus...

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Thursday dismissed as misleading, speculations that talks between it and the Federal Government on new national minimum wage had collapsed. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said that the talks had not even started. He said that the government is foot dragging on the issue. He said that the tripartite structure that should consider the modalities for the implementation had not been inaugurated. He said, “The government is still dragging its feet on talks about the minimum wage; the tripartite structure has not been put in place.” He said that the speculation that talk on minimum wage had collapsed was misleading, adding that the talk had not even started. He said, “The point we are making is that we have only agreed on the structure, but the structure has not been formed. “We have agreed on the membership and the structure of the negotiating team which is going to be tripartite, so this is the point that we are now. “...

A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her packing because she refused to terminate a six-month-old pregnancy. Amudalat made this known when she testified in a divorce petition filed against her by Tajudeen in Ilorin on Thursday. “My husband sent me away from our matrimonial home because I refused to terminate the six- pregnancy I am carrying,” she said. Amadalat, 40, did not oppose the dissolution of the 20-year-old marriage, but described Tajudeen as “an irresponsible man”. She said that was tired of being enslaved by “a useless man”. Tajudeen, 50, a residence of Edun Area, Ilorin, had prayed the court to dissolve the marriage due to his wife’s alleged infidelity. He said they got married in 1996 and had five children, who were all living with him because their mother had left the matrimonial home. “I am fed up with her waywardness. She is not stable and always frame excuses for her actions. I pray...

Jose Mourinho admits Manchester United’s lack of confidence has contributed to their dismal three-match losing streak. Mourinho’s side slumped to an embarrassing 3-1 defeat at Watford on Sunday to cap a miserable week that also included losses against Manchester City and Feyenoord.   After winning the first three games of the Mourinho era, United are stuck in a rut and looked painfully short of inspiration in their first defeat against Watford for 30 years. It was a tepid display that recalled the worst moments of Louis van Gaal’s reign and Mourinho believes his players are suffering from a lack of belief that takes an extra toll whenever an important moment goes against them. “We started the season very well and had good results. I feel the first moment we had a defeat, a difficult situation, some of the boys are having a bit of difficulty coping with the negativity,” Mourinho said. Mourinho - The Special One “You see Ashley Young, his mentality the happiness and ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was handed a speedy reunion with Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola in Wednesday’s English League Cup fourth-round draw. Guardiola’s City won 2-1 when he reprised his rivalry with Mourinho earlier this month and they will meet again at Old Trafford in late October when a place in the League Cup quarter-finals will be at stake. Mourinho and Guardiola “I think it’s good for us,” United midfielder Ander Herrera, a scorer in their 3-1 win at third-tier Northampton Town, told MUTV. “We can show again what we want to do. We were very disappointed (to lose to City) because it was in front of our fans and now we have another chance to play against them. “I’m sure it will be different.” Holders and Premier League leaders City booked their place in the last 16 with a 2-1 win at Swansea City. Mourinho and Guardiola fought an intense rivalry during their time as managers of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively between 2010 and 2012...