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Nigerians who feel slighted by UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s disparaging comments about their country are free to respond to her in whatever manner suits them. When someone like Badenoch makes denigrating comments about Nigeria, it is its people who suffer the indignity of such talk. A country might be an abstract entity, but […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star and beautiful actress, Bukola Adeeyo is a year older on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. To celebrate her special day, the popular actress shared stunning photos of herself on her Instagram page to the delight of her fans. And captioning the photos, the mother of two wrote: “Happy birthday to me🎂” See more of […]
Continue ReadingA female member of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss Tayachibiyacha Ebal, serving in Dakingari, Kebbi State, has collapsed and died. Ebal was rushed to the camp clinic at Dakingari after she collapsed and later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Birnin-Kebbi, where she passed away while receiving medical attention. The incident […]
Continue ReadingIn a chilling report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), N2.2 trillion was paid to kidnappers as ransom between May 2023 and April 2024. Titled, ‘The Crime Experienced and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) 2024’, the report revealed that as many as 91 per cent of kidnapping incidents in the country were to extract ransom, while 2.4 per […]
Continue ReadingMy Fellow Nigerians, In fulfilment of one of my constitutional duties and with an unyielding commitment to rebuilding Nigeria towards ensuring that we remain steadfast on the journey to a prosperous future, I hereby present the 2025 Budget to the Joint Session of the 10th National Assembly. On this day, before this hallowed chamber, I […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed concern over a reported death sentence of a young man in the state for stealing a fowl. In a statement posted on X.com on Tuesday, governor Adeleke has directed the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to launch a full investigation into the case and initiate […]
Continue ReadingThere appears to be panic and deep pain in Afe Babalola’s actions since the publication and sales of the new international bestseller, Dele Farotimi’s book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System. It became a bestseller precisely because the all-powerful Mr Babalola is determined to stop Nigerians and the international community from reading it. Apparently, no one […]
Continue ReadingNigerian women’s national football team, the Super Falcons, have been named African National Team of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards 2024. This achievement, revealed on Monday by the Confederation of African Football during the presentation ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, reinforces their dominance and excellence in African women football. The prestigious […]
Continue ReadingHe needs no ushering exordium. In the last few weeks, his name has been an intense tintinnabulating trend on the social and mainstream media in Nigeria. Pugnacious and polemic human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, hails from my hometown of Imesi-Ile. We are a closely knit community of cerebral and industrious men and women […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Nancy Isime, has marked her 33rd birthday in style and unveiled her newly acquired home. Top and veteran actresses like Joke Silva, Kate Henshaw, Shaffy Bello, Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele, NIDCOM CEO, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Pastor Jimmy Odukoya and many more attended the unveiling of the home. In a long essay on her Instagram […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Faithia Williams-Balogun has taken to social media to respond to her colleague, another star actress, Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele who reportedly blocked her on Instagram. The drama unfolded after it was reported that the two actresses had unfollowed each other on the platform. Sources say, the rift between the two beautiful actresses began […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) to the name of former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon University (YGU). Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to State House correspondents on Monday, December 15, after the Federal Executive Council’s meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The […]
Continue ReadingIn these desperate times, where men face endless “play away” options, every man who values his family should take a moment for serious self-reflection. There is a pressing need for sexual discipline among married men, as nothing communicates disrespect to a wife more than a husband’s sexual recklessness. As social media increasingly preaches the “cheat […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, has maintained that he did not send anybody, on his own behalf, to beg or plead with Chief Afe Babalola SAN. Farotimi is currently standing trial in Ekiti State and federal courts for criminal defamation and cyber bulling in a complaint lodged against him by the legal […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Afro pop superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, and American singer and actress, Chloe Bailey, have been spotted together in Lagos, Nigeria, drawing attention from fans and onlookers. Chloe was first seen getting into one of Burna Boy’s Aventador Lamborghinis. Later, the two were spotted at a nightclub in Lagos, enjoying the […]
Continue ReadingTwo major meetings were held over the weekend that just passed that have implications for the future of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the possible resolution or otherwise of political developments among member-states in the last two to three years, with implications for the future of the sub-regional organization. ECOWAS was […]
Continue ReadingAmerican star singer, Cardi B, has sparked new controversy in her on-and-off relationship with Offset after sharing explicit messages from her estranged husband, who seems to be pleading for a reconciliation. Over the weekend, the Bronx rapper posted a screenshot on X (formerly Twitter) of a private text exchange where Offset begged her for intimacy, […]
Continue Reading“It is said that the judiciary is the last hope of a common man, but what happens when a common man cannot get justice? The purpose of seeking justice is forfeited.” An Oshogbo High Court judge sentenced two brothers from Cotonou to death for armed robbery and murder. The judge admitted the confessional statement as […]
Continue ReadingContrary to assertions by some so-called experts who have been prattling all week that Dele Farotimi wrote what he could not logically substantiate in his book Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, this was a pre-meditated confrontation. Having depleted the legal means to get justice, he wrote to re-litigate the case in the court of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Samuel Nwajaju, has become the first African to win the Mister International pageant at the 16th edition of the pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. Mister International, established in 2006 by the late Alan Sim, the former president and founder, is one of the world’s largest male pageants, second only to Mister World in […]
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