National Assembly shames itself over Bobrisky, By Abimbola Adelakun

In the previous article I wrote regarding popular crossdresser and transgender Bobrisky, real name; Idris Okuneye, I suggested that if there is a way her antics have proved useful, it is how much they manage to reveal us to us. Well, Bobrisky did it again when she became a topic at the National Assembly. Credit […]

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Tinubu’s Nigerian 64th Independence anniversary speech (Full Text)

Fellow Nigerians, as I address you today, I am deeply aware of the struggles many of you face in these challenging times. Our administration knows that many of you struggle with rising living costs and the search for meaningful employment. I want to assure you that your voices are heard. As your President, I assure […]

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Actress Bimbo Thomas shares amazing poses (Photos & video)

Nigerian actress, film producer, event host, brand influencer, content creator and entrepreneur, Bimbo Thomas has shared stunning photos of herself to the delight of her fans on her Instagram page. See more of her photos below: Watch her video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Abimbola Idowu Thomas (@iambimbothomas)

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Minimum wage: Breakdown of salary structure for civil servants in Nigeria

The Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) in Nigeria is quite comprehensive. It’s divided into 17 grade levels, with salaries determined by qualifications, experience, and performance. According to Nigerian Tribune, the breakdown of the salary structure for civil servants following the new minimum wage signed by President Bola Tinubu-led administration, with key emphasis on 1, […]

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Poverty, professors, and policy, By Lasisi Olagunju

There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That was before Nigeria happened to itself. A professor in 1973 was on a consolidated annual salary of £3,000; permanent secretaries earned £2,800. Today, the most senior professors do not take home N450,000 per month; federal permanent secretaries gross N1.3m […]

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Court upholds Rivers State Local Govt election date

A High Court of Rivers State, sitting in Port Harcourt had declared that there’s no going back on Rivers Local Government election scheduled to hold Saturday, October 5. Justice I. P. C. Igwe made the declaration while ruling on the suit between: Action Peoples Party (APP) and Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Rivers State […]

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Kekere-Ekun sworn in as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria

Following her confirmation by Nigerian Senate on 25 September 2024, President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Succeeding Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who assumed office on 27 June 2022 and bowed out on 22 August 2024, upon attaining the retirement age of 70 years, Justice […]

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Before Wike’s fire consumes Nigeria, By Luka Danboyi

The self-immolating tendency for people to be indifferent to situations in which they are not directly involved seems to be playing out in the debacle in Rivers State. Curiously, there are people who are enjoying the political drama between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor-cum-godfather, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. There […]

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Lion mauls handler to death in Obasanjo library’s zoo

A lion has killed a 35-year-old zoo worker at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The incident happened on Saturday, September 28, 2024, when the Bauchi State-born lion handler identified as Babaji Daule, went to feed the animal. Reports say the deceased forgot to secure the locks and barricade […]

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Only in Nigeria you’ll find somebody with unexplained wealth being celebrated ―Senator Ali Ndume

Senator representing Borno South at Nigeria’s National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has decried the level of corruption in Nigeria, saying the trend is a major challenge facing the nation. Ndume stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Kano on Saturday, September 28, 2024. “Our major challenge in this country is corruption. Up till now, […]

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Unmasking Tinubu’s government of NADECO veterans, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari on the last day of 1983, he inherited an economy in a mess and a political system in a turmoil. This crisis of a dysfunctional political economy was Buhari’s principal reason for sacking the Shagari administration. For Buhari, Nigeria’s crisis of balance […]

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Last eight words of death row inmate who Richard Branson, Innocence Project called an ‘innocent person’

A death row inmate has been executed for the murder of a woman during a home invasion, despite the prosecutor, victim’s family, and Richard Branson calling for his life to be spared. Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted of the 1998 killing of Felicia ‘Lisha’ Gayle, who was stabbed more than 40 times during a burglary […]

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Making the Anti-Graft Fight Real, By Onikepo Braithwaite

Does President Bola Tinubu read my page? Last week, I mentioned that Nigeria requires a Government that has compassion, as empathy had been sadly lacking during the eight-year Buhari administration, and that President Tinubu’s first port of call on arrival from the UK should be Maiduguri, Borno State, on account of the devastating flood that occurred […]

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Suffering with a man is not true love ―Nigerian author tells fellow women

Nigerian author, Salma Yakubu Ahmed has said that suffering with a man doesn’t equate to not true love or unconditional love. “I just want to tell my ladies that suffering with a man is not true love or unconditional love. If you choose to suffer with any man, it’s completely your choice,” she wrote in […]

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Nigerian gospel singer, Peterson Okopi weds his fiancée (Video & photos)

Nigerian gospel singer, song writer, and music minister, Peterson Okopi Adikwu simply called Peterson Okopi and his partner, Prudent Gabriel, have officially become husband and wife after exchanging vows in a civil wedding ceremony. Sharing the joyful news on his Instagram page, Peterson Okopi expressed gratitude and enthusiasm for his new chapter in life. The […]

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Kidnappers kill 22-year-old man in Ekiti, Police rescue four other victims

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a 22-year-old Idowu Oguntuase and abducted four other persons in Ekiti State. The gunmen abducted the four victims along Isan-Iludun Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The victims were said to be traveling along the road on Sunday evening […]

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Phone number of Nigeria’s Education Minister, Tahir Mamman, hacked

In a statement, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that the phone number of the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has been hacked. Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, confirmed this on Friday. Before the official statement, Mamman himself had issued a disclaimer about the hacked […]

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Investigative journalist, Tamunobifiri (PIDOM) granted bail

Investigative journalist, Bristol Issac Tamunobifiri popularly known by his X name, PIDOM Nigeria, has been granted bail. According to The Nation, the Nigeria Police Force said the officials from the National Cybercrime Centre (NCC) arrested him for allegedly undermining the integrity of government operations. Tamunobiefiri operates as an anonymous whistleblower, 99% Oppressed, on X.com, and […]

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Discussing Portable, Apostle Suleiman, Fufeyin and the Chosen (1), By Tunde Odesola

Inhumanity was an unknown word in humanity until some white perverts, backed by racist European royals, sailed all the way from Europe to motherland Africa under the darkness of commerce and Christianisation, before drawing the guns of colonialism from under their cassocks to enslave Africa, despoil its minerals, loot its artefacts, condemn its culture and […]

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