I'm very tired right now, but I need to say this with a very heavy heart.
Earlier today, I read a report containing the names of all 136 Nigerian prison inmates involved in the Nigerian-Ethiopian Prisoner Transfer Agreement facilitated by the Honourable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ma'am Bianca Ojukwu, and every single one of them is Igbo. I mean, every single one of them.
Is it just me, or is this extremely alarming? Does it mean that Igbos are the only Nigerians in Ethiopia?
Does it mean it is only Igbos that were in Ethiopian prisons? Were there no Yorubas, Hausas, Ijaws, Tivs, Efiks, Ibibios or people from other parts of Nigeria there?
How did we end up making up the entire list? What exactly are our young people doing in Ethiopia in such numbers that 136 names returned and all of them are from one ethnic group?
What does this say about us as a people? What are we not talking about? And why are we not having this difficult conversation in AlaIgbo?
Saka on fitness after reports suggested he cannot play 90 minutes: βI don't want to say anything that goes against the manager. What I would say is between Mikel [Arteta] and Arsenalβs medical team and Thomas [Tuchel] and England medical team since March, they've managed me amazingly and helped me get back on the pitch and do what I can for the team.
βI'm feeling better than I felt in the last few months. And, yeah, I'm ready to go.β
Reporter: βNot quite 100% yet, though?
Saka: βI'm ready to go, man.β
Lagos socialite #FunmilayoOgbuaya (aka #Ariket) has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring linked to Saudi Arabia.
1.595kg of cocaine was recovered. Her associate, #OdeyemiOmolara, got 25 years.
This comes shortly after Ariketβs lavish 60th birthday celebration in Lagos.
#AuntyEscobar