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My first encounter with royalty and power politics is the stuff of family and Yoruba history. At the end of the Ekiti Parapo war, the architect and motivator of the Ekiti uprising, Prince Ishola Fabunmi and his main lieutenant Dada Akoja (my forefather) returned to Okemesi. The long serving Monarch of the town was Fabunmi’s […]
Continue ReadingDaniella Okocha has said being the daughter of the football legend, Jay Jay Okocha is her biggest privilege. The lawyer disclosed this in a question and answer session with her followers on Monday, May 27, 2024. “Being close to such greatness is inspiring,” she wrote. Her posts:
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor and singer, Zulu Adigwe who passed away in April, has been laid to rest. He was buried in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday, May 29. President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, shared photos of the late veteran actor Zulu Adigwe’s funeral on his Instagram page on Thursday, May 30. […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview session with media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, Nigerian comedienne Helen Paul has advised those with relocation plans to do it rightly and try to meet the ‘’right people” as it gets easier that way. The Nigerian comedienne narrated how she relocated from Nigeria to the United States with […]
Continue ReadingThis week last year, two things were enthroned in the Nigerian political space. One was the man, Bola Tinubu, who was sworn in as the president. The other was the myth of the man as a headhunter endowed with a unique instinct for sourcing the right talent and an astute administrator. So much was this […]
Continue ReadingNewly graduated young Nigerian lady identified as Gladys Jonathan Yemi, whose father was kidnapped and killed after payment of ransom, has herself passed away. A family member, Prince Bawa, who resides in Abuja, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. “Sister, why do you choose to left us with such pains, […]
Continue ReadingRivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has revealed that his administration inherited a huge debt burden from the previous administration of Nyesom Wike. Fubara stated that under his watch, the Rivers State Government has awarded nine new road projects, valued at N534.332billion but he inherited 34 uncompleted projects, valued at over N225.279billion spread across 13 local […]
Continue ReadingIn my 1994 book, ‘Fortress on Quicksand’, which chronicled the presidential primaries of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) and profiled the contenders during the aborted Third Republic of General Ibrahim Babangida, I wrote that it was glaring to the discerning that the experiment would not last. I had the same […]
Continue ReadingBauchi State Police Command has arrested suspects believed to be the masterminds of the 2011 post-election violence in the state. The crisis then led to the deaths of six National Youth Service Corps members and several police officers. According to the Daily Post, this was disclosed by the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, […]
Continue ReadingA New York jury convicted Donald Trump on all charges in his hush-money case on Thursday in a seismic development barely five months ahead of the election where he seeks to recapture the White House. The verdict makes Trump the first criminally convicted former US president but does not prevent him from campaigning for another […]
Continue ReadingRivers State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has issued an interlocutory injunction, barring factional Speaker, Martin Amaewhule and 24 other lawmakers from further sitting and parading themselves as members of the state House of Assembly. Justice C.N. Wali issued the order in a lawsuit filed by lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, led […]
Continue ReadingThis is all about women fashion on a special day and what we can only say here is, happy married life to this couple. The video did not give identities of this couple, it also did not state where the wedding took place and the date of the event. However, watch their video below: @shakenyawardlaw12 it’s […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a policeman who killed two persons at an accident scene in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The accident, which involved a Lexus car and a Jincheng motorcycle occurred late on Tuesday night at the Omisanjana area of Ado-Ekiti. Reports say, in the process of managing the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that she would not revert to the old national anthem, newly signed by President Bola Tinubu as the country’s new anthem. Ezekwesili made this disclosure in a post on her X handle on Wednesday. According to her, no one can suppress her right to dissent from […]
Continue ReadingLet’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka, Vladimir Lenin, and come to terms with the fact that followership are just extras in a movie! Or, was it ‘the people’ […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is a mess right now. A huge mess. Even the blind can see it. And the deaf can hear the cry of anguish of Nigeria’s children. Can the country be rescued? Possibly. But the myths, years of delusions of grandeur and criminal capture of the Nigerian state threaten the possibility. Last week one of […]
Continue ReadingFour Nigerian women married to the same Nigerian man (his wives) proudly showed him off. The Youtube video did not give identity of the women and their husband. It also did not say where they live, but their accent gave them off that they are all Nigerians. Watch their video below: Video: Wetin dey happen […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate, on Tuesday, May 28, passed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which aims to reinstate the original national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” which Nigeria adopted at independence in 1960, The bill had previously undergone first and second readings and was referred to the Senate’s Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters for […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has ordered the eviction of the just reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from the Kofar Kudu Palace. Justice S. A. Amobeda who gave the ruling on Tuesday, May 28, said he made the decision in the interest of justice and maintenance of peace in Kano. He […]
Continue ReadingToday, those whose ancestors snatched Kano are fighting each other over the city and their spoils. The Yoruba would look at their drama and sing for them the song of Ambrose Campbell/ Ebenezer Obey: Eni rí nkan he tó fé kú torí è/ Owó eni tó ti so nù nko? I won’t translate this! Their […]
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