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A woman claiming to be the mother of footballer Michael Olise’s child has accused him of abandoning their daughter and failing to provide support. In a video making the rounds online, she alleged that Olise neither checks on their daughter nor contributes financially to her upbringing unless repeatedly asked. According to her, she currently works […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has disclosed that the federal government of Nigeria cannot afford the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, noting that it won’t go anywhere. Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday night, August 4, Duke who is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), presidential candidate, argued that the project is unnecessary and will […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress and movie producer., Temitope Osoba, has passed away. She died at the age of 40. Her death was announced on Wednesday by fellow actor, Alesh Sanni in an emotional post shared on his Instagram page. Expressing grief over the loss, Sanni said he had been unable to sleep since learning of the […]
Continue ReadingMr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), was a guest of Seun Okinbaloye on Channels TV last week. He spoke on a wide range of topics as the race for Aso Rock in 2027 gathers energy and momentum. The aspect that jumped at me was the power crisis. While vowing to […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases ranging from 30 to 80 per cent for personnel of Nigeria’s Armed Forces, with about 250,000 personnel expected to benefit from the new pay package. Approved by the President, the salary increase will take effect from September 1, 2026, according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the reported freezing of Osun State Government bank account, saying the anti-graft agency lacks the constitutional power to impose a blanket restriction on a state’s finances without due legal process. The EFCC on Wednesday directed that no money be withdrawn from the […]
Continue ReadingExecutive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Rilwanu Muhammad has told women of reproductive age to ensure that they breastfed their new born babies exclusively without any fears of breasts sagging. He declared that, “Breastfeeding your children will not make your breasts to fall or sag. Whether you want or not, with […]
Continue ReadingA grandson of Uganda’s former military ruler, Idi Amin Dada, is Aziz Abdul, better known as “Ringo.” Like his grandfather, the young Ugandan is a super-heavyweight boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games, which ended yesterday, August 2. He left the ring at the weekend convinced that he had been denied victory by a biased […]
Continue ReadingNigerian student in the United Kingdom, Anderson Ishiekwene, 25, has been sentenced to three years in prison and faces automatic deportation after attempting to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex following online sexual grooming. BBC reported on Monday that Ishiekwene was arrested in Washington, England, after arranging to meet the supposed […]
Continue ReadingIt is all joy as there is a new addition to the royal family of the Ooni of Ife, HRM Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and his wife, Olori Oluwatosin, as they have welcomed a baby girl (princess). Oba Ogunwusi shared the joyful news on his official Instagram page on Sunday, August 2, announcing the arrival […]
Continue ReadingThe Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Her Excellency Anna Westerholm, was the special guest of honour at the graduation ceremony (Kindergarten 2 and Primary 5 pupils) of my wife’s Not Forgotten Initiative (NFI) School last Thursday in Abuja. “When I visited this school (last December), what stayed with me was not just the privilege of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of popular Juju and Highlife musician, Iyun Janet Ajilore, popularly known as St. Janet. Her passing was announced on Sunday by publisher and socialite, Otunba Femi Davies, in a post shared on his Facebook page. According to Davies, the veteran singer died on Saturday […]
Continue ReadingNigerian presidency on Saturday slammed representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria over their conduct during a recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the clerics were not the sole custodians of truth on the state of the nation. The presidency also faulted the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal […]
Continue ReadingWho would have imagined that nearly three decades after the demise of Sani Abacha, we would still be arguing about how he died? The revival of the inglorious way he died is thanks to Dennis Amachree, a former assistant director of the Department of State Services who recently shared his account of Abacha’s final moments […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties. In a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Abba Mohammed, the appellate court held unanimously that the June 15 judgment […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned five suspected members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, popularly known as Ansaru, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the May 15 abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and the alleged killing of two victims. The […]
Continue ReadingSunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba nation agitator, has explained how he escaped arrest during the raid on his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in July 2021, saying he never left the house throughout the operation. Igboho said the operatives searched for him but failed to […]
Continue ReadingSomewhere in present-day Osun State, about a hundred years ago, an oba ordered a manhunt for a troublesome strongman in his domain. The man, Kátákatà, was captured one night, killed and beheaded. His severed head was placed in a pot and brought to the oba. The palace erupted in celebration. At last, the nuisance was […]
Continue ReadingFamily members have launched a fundraising campaign to repatriate the remains of a Nigerian woman, Christiana Nwosu, who reportedly died of cardiac arrest while visiting the United Kingdom. This was learnt on Monday from a GoFundMe appeal signed by Chijioke Metuka on behalf of the Nwosu family. According to Metuka, Nwosu died on July 19, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Actress, producer, and red carpet host. Uche Ogbodo has opened up about embracing life as a single mother of three following the recent collapse of her marriage to Bobby Maris. Sharing a reflective post on social media, the actress described herself as “always a winner” as she looked back on the journey that brought […]
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