I didn’t break up with him ―Tiwa Savage speaks about divorce from TeeBillz

Nigerian star singer, songwriter and actress, Tiwatope Omolara Savage, known professionally as Tiwa Savage, has finally spoken about her divorce from her ex-husband, Tunji Balogun, popularly known as TeeBillz. In 2018, TeeBillz announced their divorce on social media. Speaking in an interview with The Receipts Podcast, Tiwa Savage accused TeeBillz of being responsible for the […]

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Judiciary’s Financial Autonomy and 2025 Budget, By Femi Falana

Upon the inauguration of the Bola Tinubu administration last year, new SUVs were purchased and distributed to the members of the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly. Such public officers were never assembled in a public place to receive the vehicles. At about the same time, judges whose cars were replaced after about 10 […]

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I’m scared of marriage ―Nigerian actress, Kiitan Bukola

Nigerian actress, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, Oloruntimilehin Bosede Bukola Kiitan, popularly known as Kiitan Bukola, has shared her personal struggles and the impact of her childhood experiences have on her views about marriage. Chatting with Biola Adebayo (Talk to B), Kiitan revealed that while she loves the idea of marriage, she harbours fears about it due […]

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24 hours after mother’s death, Nigerian gov loses son

Governor of Jigawa State, Nigeria, Umar Namadi, has lost his eldest son, Abdulwahab, in a ghastly motor accident that occurred on Thursday. This incident comes just a day after the governor mourned the passing of his mother, Maryam Namadi, who died on Wednesday after a brief illness. Reports say, the governor’s son was involved in […]

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Osun gov approves Haastrup as Owa Obokun

Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Prince Adesuyi Haastrup as the new Owa Obokun Adimula of Ijeshaland. Adeleke also approved the appointment of Prince Johnson Adekanmi Abikoye as the Asaoni of Ora Igbomina. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, obtained in Osogbo, on Friday, […]

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Gov Adeleke pardons man sentenced to death for stealing fowl

Governor of Osun State, Ademola Jackson Adeleke, has pardoned the widely known ‘death-for-fowl’ convict, Segun Olowookere, alongside his co-convict, Sunday Morakinyo. Olowookere, who was 17 years old at the time of his arrest in November 2010, was convicted and sentenced to death by an Osun State High Court on December 17, 2014, for conspiracy to […]

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Music stars Rema, Ayra Starr, Tems, Tyla rock at DJ Obi’s house party in Lagos (Videos)

Music stars and some big names in the entertainment industry gathered at DJ Obi’s lavish house party to celebrate the joy of music and good company. The guests list featured a veritable who’s who of musical talent in Nigeria and other part of Africa, featuring Rema, Ayra Starr, Tems, Tyla, and Crayon, among others. The […]

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Stampedes are symptoms of Nigerian innumeracy, By Abimbola Adelakun

Within a mere four days, an estimated 70 people were recorded dead from three different instances of stampedes that occurred in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija, Anambra State; and Abuja. In the case of Ibadan, the organisers had promised to give several gifts to as many as 5,000 children, but so many people turned up that […]

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Akeredolu’s widow rejects Aiyedatiwa’s memorial lecture for late gov, calls it #419 lecture

Widow of Rotimi Akeredolu, the late former Governor of Ondo State, Betty Akeredolu, has rejected the planned memorial lecture in his honour, being organised by the state government. The lecture, scheduled for Friday in Akure, is part of a series of activities to commemorate the first anniversary of Akeredolu’s death on December 27, 2023. The […]

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Wife of ousted Syrian President Asma al-Assad files for divorce, unhappy in Moscow ―Report

Asma al-Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has reportedly filed for divorce and is seeking to relocate to London. According to Turkish and Arab media sources, cited by the Jerusalem Post, Asma has submitted her divorce request to a Russian court and is awaiting approval to move to the UK. Asma, who […]

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Insecurity is a by-product of corruption, unemployment, religious extremism and failure of State ―Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in Nigeria, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has called on the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria, to address unemployment and religious extremism as critical measures to combat Nigeria’s widespread insecurity. In his 2024 Christmas homily at the Holy Family Cathedral Catholic Church, Sokoto on Wednesday, Bishop Kukah described insecurity as a […]

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Nigerian actress, Nkechi Blessing engaged to her boyfriend

Nigerian actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, was left in tears of joy after her boyfriend, Eseoghene Obire, popularly known as Xxssive, surprised her during her pop-up luxury beauty launch in Lagos on Monday. The emotional moment unfolded as Xxssive, who resides in Delta State, appeared unannounced at the event. Taken completely off guard, Nkechi fell to […]

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Nigerian man beheads his best friend after collecting N50m from the victim

Delta State Police Command in Nigeria has arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian man, Mr Efe Onoetiyi, for killing his best friend, Paulinus Okon, after collecting over N50m from the deceased victim and his family. The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Monday while parading the man alongside four other killers. Abaniwonda said: […]

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Nigeria’s hostages in law, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their terminal date from 1992 to 1993 coincided with a planned meeting in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, of the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students […]

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Nigeria’s LPDC dismisses Afe Babalola’s petition to disbar Dele Farotimi

Nigeria’s Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) in its report (B8B/LPDC/1571/2024), has rejected the request from Chief Afe Babalola’s SAN law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the practising licence of lawyer and author Tomilola Farotimi, also known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. A petition submitted by a lawyer from Emmanuel […]

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Tinubu’s harvest of human chickens for Xmas, By Festus Adedayo

The unnamed woman had just given birth to a baby five days before. Her body was still wet as Yoruba say of mothers who newly underwent the pangs of labour and delivery. Pains must still be ricocheting round her navel. Ex-Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, and an Ibadan-based broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat, […]

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Court orders remand of Oriyomi Hamzat, Naomi Silekunola over Ibadan stampede

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, has ordered the remand of three persons in connection with last week’s deadly stampede which occurred at Bashorun Islamic High School. The defendants are Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi, the school principal; Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, the proprietor of Agidigbo FM; and Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife […]

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Dele Farotimi meets bail conditions, released from Ekiti correctional facility

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi has been released from the Ekiti State correctional facility after meeting the conditions for his bail. His release took place on Tuesday morning. He was granted bail last Friday by an Ado-Ekiti magistrate court, set at ₦30 million, with two sureties. Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun stipulated that the […]

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