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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 […]
Continue ReadingSuspected 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, […]
Continue Reading55-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 […]
Continue ReadingWhether 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 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingWhen 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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, […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingAt 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 […]
Continue ReadingThere’s a new trend in our land which many are complaining about but which I doubt they are doing much to address. It is the use of the Cybercrimes Act to file criminal charges for alleged defamation where the civil laws should ordinarily suffice. First, what is defamation of character? I will adopt this definition […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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 […]
Continue ReadingCharges 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 […]
Continue ReadingAt a meeting called by the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Friday April 12, the Olubadan-In-Council, have appointed Owolabi Olakulehin as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadan land. He was reportedly nominated by the Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Gbadamosi Adebimpe, in the absence of Otun Balogun, Oba […]
Continue ReadingAn activist in Nigeria, known as Fawaz Alabi, has drowned at a beach in Lagos. Reports say, he went to the beach on Salah day, April 10, to celebrate with friends but went missing during the outing. His body was recovered Friday, April 12, on the shores of Ibeshe beach in Lagos. Around the same […]
Continue ReadingWestern powers condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to escalate the destabilisation of the Middle East. Here are some of the main reactions so far: – United States: ‘ironclad’ US National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson reiterated President Joe Biden’s “ironclad” support for Israel’s security. “The United States will stand with […]
Continue ReadingWithin the diverse pantheon of African rulership, something curious is emerging. In many ways, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is fast emerging as a model of the transformation of democracy into authoritarianism in Africa. While Museveni has retained his nationalist streak in the fight against the global LGBTQ epidemic as well as his isolated battles against […]
Continue ReadingA woman that is yet-to-be-identified has been crushed to death by a 40-foot container at the Alapere area of Lagos State. The accident that involved a Mack 40-foot fully loaded container fell on a Nissan car with number plate ABJ 692 BG when the driver was said to have lost control of the vehicle due […]
Continue ReadingThe exchange rate of Nigeria’s currency, the Naira has continued to appreciate to the dollar in response to the fiscal and monetary policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), on Friday revealed that […]
Continue ReadingA TikTok user has accused BBNaija star, Alex Unusual, of getting pregnant for star comedian AY Makun, after being his side chick for awhile. Legit, an online platform, reported in April 2022, that an IG blog alleged that Alex had a romantic relationship with comedian AY Makun and that Alex Unusual dared the blog to […]
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