Arrested Yoruba Nation agitators arraigned in court

Not less than 25 arrested Yoruba Nation agitators were, on Wednesday, arraigned before the Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for their involvement and roles in the failed invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly. On Saturday, April 13, 2024, some masked persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation […]

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God does not recognise Easter, By Femi Aribisala

Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Easter is not one of God’s holy days. The word ‘Easter’ is not even scriptural; it does not exist in true translations of the Bible. Easter was smuggled into the King James Bible in Acts 12:4, where it was substituted for the original word: “Passover.” “When […]

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Kano court affirms Ganduje’s suspension as APC chair

A High Court of Kano State has issued an ex-parte order affirming the suspension of ex-governor Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, presiding over the court, granted the order in response to an ex-parte application filed by two executive members of the APC from the […]

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Cubana Chief Priest arraigned for Naira abuse, granted N10m bail

Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, on Wednesday, granted businessman, socialite, and Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira by allegedly spraying and tampering with the […]

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Man can cheat and still be good to you, but once a woman start cheating, she will start treating you like trash ―Nigerian lady says

Nigerian air personality, author, public speaker, content creator and counsellor, Evelyn Nneka Ifeanyichukwu, who also calls herself Eve Lyn online, has said that a cheating man can still be good to his partner, but once a woman starts cheating her partner, her attitude changes and she will start treating her man like “trash.”  

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Nigerian actress loses father on eve of her husband’s burial

Nigerian actress, producer and mum, Obey Etok Chima has sadly experienced the heartbreaking passing of her father, occurring just hours before the scheduled burial of her husband, Chima Iheke. Taking to her Facebook wall, obey revealed that her father departed in the early hours of Thursday morning, lamenting the timing as it coincided with the […]

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The Yoruba Nation ‘Secessionists’ of Ibadan, By Reuben Abati

On Saturday, April 13, a group of 18 masked persons dressed in army camouflage, armed with rifles, charms and Oodua Nation flags attempted to take over the Oyo State House of Assembly and Government Secretariat to proclaim the emergence of a Yoruba Nation. They caused some commotion as they insisted on hoisting a flag, but […]

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Armed hoodlums attack Ekiti community, LG secretariat

Suspected armed hoodlums from Obbo-Aiyegunle in Kwara State on Tuesday attacked Ilejemeje Local Government secretariat and some residents of the town over land dispute. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged hoodlums were heavily armed and fired gunshot to scare residents. The traditional ruler of Eda Oniyo, the Eleda of Eda Oniyo, […]

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Arrested Yoruba Nation agitators paraded, they say no regret invading Oyo govt house

55-year-old lecturer at the Federal College of Education (Special), in Oyo State, Alabi Ogundeji, who is one of the arrested Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded the Oyo State Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly on Monday declared that he doesn’t regret his action. Corroborating his view, a 29-year-old phone repairer, Ademola Adeniyi, who […]

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The Lagos Boy’s coastal highway, By Festus Adedayo

Whether real or imagined, none of the metonyms for “Lagos boy” is complimentary. The “Lagos boy” moniker once came up in the late 1980s. Commodore Olabode George, then military governor of Ondo State, had just been removed from office after spending two years. The African Concord magazine then did a post-mortem of his turbulent rule. Newly purchased […]

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Naira appreciates against the Dollar again on Monday

Nigeria’s Naira strengthened against major world currencies on Monday, April 15. Reports say, the local currency exchanged at below N1,000 at some segments of the parallel market as of late Sunday. Bashir Ahmad, former aide on digital communications to ex-president, Muhammadu Buhari, took to X to celebrate this, and wrote: “I can authoritatively confirm that […]

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Nigeria’s National grid collapses for the second time in one month

Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again early Monday morning, April 15, plunging Nigerians into darkness. This is the second collapse in less than a month after it collapsed on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Data supplied by the National System Operator, a semi-autonomous unit in the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that the grid collapsed around […]

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Psquare’s Paul Okoye, ex-wife pose together with their kids (Photos)

When one looks at these poses, it is hard to believe that these guys have divorced. That is why in this occasion, Psquare’s singer, Paul Okoye with his ex-wife, Anita, and their kids have made the rounds on social media. It is evidenced here that the couple who finalized their divorce in 2022, appear to […]

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For Yoruba Muslims and Pentecostals, By Lasisi Olagunju

The audience at the 1903 (third year) lecture of the Royal African Society in London listened with rapt attention as African nationalist, Dr. Edward Blyden, took them back to antiquity when “the most enlightened nations of Greece, Asia, and Egypt” held the opinion that “God revealed himself only in Africa.” Great men of that period, […]

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This building exceeded my expectations ―Abroad-based man who sent money to his brother to help build a house finds (Video)

A man living abroad and was sending money to his brother, Rashid, was left in awe of the beautiful mansion the younger brother, Ridwan, helped him to build while he was away. The Ghanaian man had been sending money to his younger brother to help him build a house back in their country. He recently […]

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Yoruba Nation agitators try to seize Oyo Gov’s Office, state Assembly

At least 18 suspected agitators of the Yoruba Nation who attempted to seize Oyo House of Assembly located a few metres away from Oyo State Government Secretariat, yesterday, were arrested by the police. Reports say, masked men dressed in Army camouflage and armed with rifles, occupied strategic points in the Secretariat. While some of them manned […]

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N32.7bn, $445,000 recovered from Nigeria’s Humanitarian Ministry

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed suspended Humanitarian Minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry. In a statement signed on Sunday by the […]

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Woman charged in fatal shooting of her Nigerian husband in the US

Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the shooting dead of her natural bodybuilder husband, Michael Chidozie, in Houston, Texas, United States, at about 7:35 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. The suspect Keaiirra Shavoiyae Chidozie, 28, was arrested by Houston Police Department (HPD) and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in […]

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