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Spain beat England 2-1 in a dramatic Euro 2024 final on Sunday, standing up to the tournament’s comeback kings and rising back to the top of European soccer in style. Earlier, after a closely contested first-half of the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England in Berlin, the score read 0-0 as the two teams […]
Continue ReadingMany Nigerians just love the parliamentary system of government without knowing it. That was my first take-away from the UK general election, which saw the Labour Party chase the Tories out of No 10 in one of the most comprehensive defeats in the country’s history. Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, assumed […]
Continue ReadingA survey conducted by Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigerians paid a staggering N721 billion in cash bribes to public officials in 2023. The survey, themed: “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends,” released on Thursday, July 11, revealed that over 95 percent of these bribes were in monetary form. According to […]
Continue ReadingA catastrophic fire broke out at the prestigious Gidan Rumfa palace, the residence of the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on the evening of July 12, 2024. The incident occurred around 11:00 pm, with sources suggesting that the fire might have been deliberately set. According to Sahara reporters, the blaze primarily affected the palace […]
Continue ReadingA two-story building has collapsed at Saints Academy, a primary and secondary school at Busa-Buji community, Jos North Local government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria, resulting in 22 fatalities and 132 injuries of whom many are still in the hospital. The incident occurred around 8:30 am on Friday during a third-term examination, trapping students, teachers, and […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say there was a shooting incident and that former United States president, Donald Trump was rushed offstage with blood on his ear and face during a Saturday evening rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. After the first pop of loud bangs, Trump went to the ground. Screams could be heard coming from the onlookers […]
Continue ReadingIt is a platitude to restate that Africa has been impacted negatively by colonialism and imperialism. In varying degrees, English has come to supplant Nigerian languages as the dominant mode of communication. Inevitably, this has bred an attendant recession of pre colonial traditional languages. Moreso the Yoruba, who were unarguably the first to receive Western […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star singer, songwriter and record producer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has unveiled a new social media platform called Chatter. He announced the launch on his social media accounts, sharing the app’s development journey and its features, which he co-founded with his friend Sir Banko. Chatter aims to provide a dynamic community for […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful and star actress, Wumi Toriola did not keep quiet on her birthday. The actress who was a year older on Thursday shared beautiful new photos of herself to the delight of her fans on her Instagram page. Captioning the photos, she wrote: ”I can be millennial ,Gen Z and a baddie🤣 Still my birthday […]
Continue ReadingIbadan, the capital of Oyo State and the political headquarters of the Southwest zone of Nigeria, wakes up to a new dawn on Friday, as a new monarch mounts the prestigious throne of Olubadan. Nearly 40 years after he was installed as the Mogaji, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin fulfils his destiny today as the 43rd Olubadan. […]
Continue ReadingA 39-year-old Nigerian woman who did not give her name, has taken her search for a husband to new heights, because, according to her, she is approaching ‘menopause’ and all her friends are married. In a video shared on X, the woman lamented that she has been single for a long time and does not […]
Continue ReadingNigerian media personality, actress, author, reality TV show host and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa was quick to correct an admirer who inflated her age while paying her a compliment. The media personality shared new photos and a follower hailed her, writing: “This aunty na 40+ looking this hot… okayyyy.” Toke responded: “You and who is 40 plus???? […]
Continue ReadingVeteran and star Nigerian actress, Joke Silva has celebrated her husband, legend and veteran actor, Olu Jacobs, who turns 82 years old on Thursday, July 11. The beautiful actress posted a lovely photo of her husband on her Instagram page this morning with the caption; “82 just like that…Agba ko ni nira l’agbara Jesu…Happy birthday […]
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the new British PM, Sir Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. I hope Nigeria will take cue from the forming of his cabinet with the 24-hour alacrity that serious governance demands. Nigeria concludes her elections three months before the actual swearing-in into office, yet, cabinet members are not chosen in advance, but, months […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, remanded a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, in Kuje prison. The ex-Minister was remanded after he pleaded not guilty to a 12-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), preferred against him. Trial judge, Justice James Omotosho said he should remain […]
Continue ReadingTrust Nigerians, some will scoff at any comparison between Britain’s democracy and what Nigeria calls democracy. But if democracy is, as Abraham Lincoln famously defined it, “government of the people, by the people, for the people”, then Nigeria must be held to universal standards. The critical electoral link between the government and the governed must […]
Continue ReadingSensational Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress, Simisola Bolatito Kosoko (nĂ©e Ogunleye) known by her stage name, Simi, is in the news for having too much fun. The singer recently went to the pool with her husband, family and friends, where she played the trending game ‘2345678’. She played the game at the pool while wearing her […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Kenya, William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a “broad-based government” following widespread anti-government protests. He said the move affects all ministers including the attorney-general but excluded prime cabinet secretary and foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Ruto said he decided […]
Continue ReadingDuring Nigeria’s First and Second Republics, not many people had faith in the country ’s judiciary. To start with, court cases dragged on for too long; making it practically impossible for litigants to enjoy the fruits of judicial victories. In other cases, many criminals were set free on account of some technicalities couched in Latin […]
Continue ReadingPopular Nigerian cleric, Abel Damina, Senior Pastor of Abel Damina Ministries International (ADMI), has made controversial statements about Christianity and salvation. While doing a sermon recently, he challenged the common belief that only Christians will enter heaven and claimed that God is not a Christian. Damina argued that people reached heaven before Christianity began. He […]
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