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Well, well, well… what an eventful week! So eventful I was unsure of what topic to write about. I started out wanting to do a follow-up to my last article, ‘On States, Regions and Federalism’. I also wanted to make an important clarification on the Unification Decree of 1966, having forgotten to add that it […]
Continue ReadingFormer housemate in the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) No Loose Guard or season 9, Ruth Akpan, popularly called Ruthee, has said that she felt special getting a second shot in the BBNaija house even if she did not get a chance to compete for the prize money a second time. According to Sunday Scoop, she […]
Continue ReadingNigerian social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as Verydarkman, has vowed to start his own NGO to ensure funds donated for a cause will reach the affected party. So, on Saturday, Verydarkman decided to solicit for fund raising by launching his NGO and has been able to raise N21,000,000 within 24Hrs and […]
Continue ReadingThe torment of incessantly escalating petrol prices and the consequent surge in the cost of everything have plunged Nigerians into a precipitous decline in quality of life. This dire situation is exacerbated by insensitive, almost mocking remarks from those responsible for inflicting this pain. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, aptly nicknamed “T-Pain,” recently stated from London […]
Continue ReadingAllen Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged in a superseding indictment with obstruction of justice for submitting false documents to the government in an effort to end an investigation of him that resulted in earlier charges of bank fraud and money laundering. Ejiroghene Eghagha, the airline’s […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, comrade Shehu Sani, has responded to former First Lady of Kaduna State, Hadiza El-Rufai. Mrs. El-Rufai had tackled him on Saturday, after he made a post about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In his post on his X handle, Sani had opined that President […]
Continue ReadingMarriage is a beautiful union between two individuals who have the desire to create a long-lasting commitment and a partnership that promotes love, happiness, and emotional stability. However, if one of the couples has personality disorder which has been overlooked through the passage of time, it can have an adverse effect on their individual mental […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lady who introduced herself as Imeh Mary Beauty, a 21-year-old from Akwa Ibom, took to her Instagram handle to plead with Nigerians to help her book a flight, even if it’s just from Lagos to Abuja, before her international passport expires. She explained that she has never flown on an airplane before. Carrying her […]
Continue ReadingThe drama in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is showing no signs of abating, as the integrity faction of the party, on Friday announced the appointment of Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman. In the early hours of Friday, the National Working Committee (NWC), led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended National Legal […]
Continue ReadingSince the return to civil rule in 1999, Rivers State, the acclaimed treasure base of Nigeria, has had five governors namely Peter Odili, Celestine Omehia, Chibuike Amaechi, Nyesom Wike, and now Simnalayi Fubara. The first major political crisis in the state happened in 2006 during the Peoples Democratic Party governorship nomination for the 2007 election. […]
Continue ReadingThe imbroglio in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shows no signs of resolution, as a faction of the National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, for alleged disloyalty to the party. Before this, a faction of the NWC aligned with Damagum announced the suspension of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian media personality, actress, author, reality TV show host, and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa has called out women in relationships who share everything with their significant other, to the point of even disclosing their best friend’s secrets. She said that when a friend tells you her secret, it is for your ears alone, not for your […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held its 2024/2025 Legal Year ceremony yesterday in Abuja. With a retired Justice of Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko as Chairman, I was the guest speaker. Below is a slightly abridged version of my presentation that speaks not only to labour justice and public interest but also the rule […]
Continue ReadingIn the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of 2025, Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, has once again, and for the third time, secured the topmost position among all the Universities in Nigeria. THE rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries across the world, assessed the institutions based on 18 performance […]
Continue ReadingPopular Nigerian actress, model and movie producer, Judy Austin Moghalu-Yul Edochie, has taken to her Instagram page to share photos of herself rocking a white blouse and short jean skirt. In one of the posts, she expressed feeling loved and blessed, while thanking her fans globally. While some of her followers appreciated her message, others […]
Continue ReadingThere is a fire and ballot revolution in Rivers state and the main victim that I can see for now in the burning fire is Nyesom Wike, former Governor of Rivers State, incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who is on record has having boasted garrulously that if anybody, a politician from any […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, and presided by Justice Emeka Nwite, has on Tuesday, affirmed Julius Abure’s position as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In an originating summons in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1271/2024, Labour Party v INEC, the plaintiff asked the court to decide, among other things, whether by […]
Continue ReadingPolitical crisis in Rivers State deepened into violence on Monday leading to the killing of a brother to Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, the father of a newly elected councillor, and about three other persons. Three local government secretariats were also torched by suspected thugs shortly after the Inspector-General of Police […]
Continue ReadingChief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self be true…” It is from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. It simply says do not deceive yourself – like the one with a sore in the right leg but who nurses the […]
Continue ReadingJoy Kelvin, believed to be a sex worker, has allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man identified simply as Okafor to death on Monday morning, at about 5:30 am at the Jakande Housing Estate in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the late Okafor had brought Joy to his house to spend […]
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