Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

The Director of the Kano office of State Security Service, SSS, Abdullahi Chiranchi, has died. He died today at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital following complains of stomach cramps. He will be buried today in Katsina state according to Islamic rites. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

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A mother of two, Asmau Sulaiman, fainted twice on Tuesday after she received her sack letter from her employer, Kaduna Electric. Mrs. Suleiman was among 530 workers disengaged by the electricity distribution company. According to PremiumTimes, some of her colleagues said she slumped immediately she read the content of the sack letter.

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Some teachers of the Federal Government Girls’ College, F.G.G.C., Calabar were beaten yesterday by people they claim to be officials of the Department of State Service, DSS. The DSS stormed the school following a report that a teacher had beaten a senior student who happens to be the daughter of a DSS operative.

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Olympic and Paralympic Games have traditionally always been about gold, silver and bronze, but organizers of Tokyo 2020 want their Games to be remembered for being green. The Japanese public have been asked to donate unwanted mobile phones and other electronic items to help make 5,000 medals.Organizers hope to get eight tonnes of metal from collection boxes which will be placed in local offices and telecoms stores around the country from April.

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I still DO NOT understand why there’s so much noise about Trump’s decisbion to ban refugees from Muslim countries?? There are ‘100,000 empty fully air conditioned tents’ in Mina- Saudi Arabia capable of housing 3 million people yet Saudi Arabia refuses to take the refugees, who speaks same language, same culture, same tradition, same religion, yet Saudi Arabia feels it’s ‘a security risks to accept the refugees’ but wants the Christian world to do so? I’m trying to understand this thing called ‘common sense’, how it’s been used. Is Saudi Arabia not too wicked for turning it’s back against…

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More than 100,000 visas have been revoked from travellers heading to the US under Donald Trump’s travel ban, according to a US Department of Justice lawyer. The number came during a Virginia court hearing for a lawsuit filed by two Yemeni brothers who had flown in to Dulles International Airport last Friday and were quickly put on a return flight to Ethiopia.

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With the Big Brother Naija reality television game show now reaching the end of the second week, the Housemates have started to relax in front of the camera.They are less aware of the fishbowl and their true natures are starting to show. All, except for not so new kids on the block, Debbie Rise and Bassey, who have fitted into the House faster than the original Housemates did in their first week.

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