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World marathon running record holder, Kelvin Kiptum has passed away after driving his car into a big tree, it has been revealed. Kiptum, the marathon runner, died on Sunday at the age of 24 in his native Kenya, with his coach, Rwanda’s Gervais Hakizimana, 37, also killed in the road crash near Kaptagat, an area […]
Continue ReadingNew crisis has hit a faction of the Labour Party (LP) being led by Julius Abure after its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, demanded the accountability of about N3.5 billion in party finances. According to her, the finances were proceeds from the sales of forms and other fundraising […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Arise News television on Sunday evening, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the federal high court, Lagos, ordered federal government to fix the prices of milk, flour, salt, sugar, bicycles, motorcycles, motor vehicles, and their spare parts. This looks like a judicial attempt to address the biting inflation and the harsh economic climate caused in the main by naira devaluation. My […]
Continue ReadingSon of late pastor Daniel Taiwo Odukoya, the co-founder and former senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Jimmy Odukoya, has tackled women who believe they are not supposed to make any effort to support their husbands. Preaching in his church recently, Odukoya said many women want to be brides but do not […]
Continue ReadingSuper Eagles of Nigeria have lost to the Elephants of Ivory Coast in the final of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. Ivory Coast won the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind to defeat Nigeria in the final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium. The host started as the better, more aggressive team, creating […]
Continue ReadingToday, Nigeria is in a place where everyone – government, opposition, and the people – should work together. It is not a time for divisive or self-servicing conversations and engagement. There is fire on the mountain in Nigeria, even though many who should know do not seem to realise it. This is why I find […]
Continue ReadingChief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has reportedly died following the crash of a helicopter conveying him and five others on Friday night near the California-Nevada border in the United States of America. The chartered Airbus EC130 helicopter was flying from Palm Springs, California, to Boulder City, Nevada, just outside of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), on Friday, declared that it would deduct N10,505,286,072 from the annual allowed revenues of the 11 power distribution companies during the next tariff review as part of sanctions over their non-compliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. NERC disclosed this in a notice obtained in Abuja, stressing […]
Continue ReadingThe searing torment that everyday folks are going through in Nigeria right now is so dire, so unbearably extreme, and so unexampled in its rawness that even diasporan Nigerians like me who live tens of thousands of miles away from home can feel it not just vicariously but also experientially. The unending streams of requests […]
Continue ReadingGrammy Award-winning Nigerian star singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, is billed to perform at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. In a post on X (Twitter) platform, Billboard revealed that Tems will perform at the event scheduled for March 6 at the YouTube Theater in California, United States. “BREAKTHROUGH honoree @temsbaby will take […]
Continue ReadingAward-winning Nigerian singer and songwriter, Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, popularly known by his stage name Timaya, has given his reasons why dating a Nigerian woman or man is pointless. Timaya said this while revealing why he doesn’t have a Nigerian girlfriend and expressing reservations that if he were a woman, he would not date any […]
Continue ReadingAt a recent function in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima expressed his disappointment that some Nigerians would rather be amused by the free fall of Naira value than pour ashes on their heads. According to him, “It is not only disheartening and disenchanting but also heartbreaking that yesterday when the Naira culminated to N1,500 to […]
Continue ReadingConsequent upon the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), restricting the operations of International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) to only inbound transfers, IMTOs have decided to halt dollar transfers to Nigerians, meaning, they will now only pay recipients in naira. In the published document addressed to IMTOs on January 31, CBN ordered […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady on Friday, February 9, has said that she is very happy that married women are cheating back on married men. She said this on her X (Twitter) handle where she wrote: “Really glad married women are cheating back….. Recklessly if I might add.” Her post:
Continue ReadingFormer Super Eagles international, Idah Peterside, revealed that the Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, who plays for Chippa United in South Africa, has reportedly received threats from South African fans following his standout performance against their country at the AFCON semi final. Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday, Peterside stated that some fans have warned […]
Continue ReadingFuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, aka KWAM 1, has been the official ‘palace entertainer’ for almost a decade. Evidently through the instrumentality of then All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his ‘Nigeria, Sai Baba, Sai Buhari’ song that preceded the 2015 general election was a campaign anthem that also elicited an […]
Continue ReadingAfrica Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone, a platform and user of X (Twitter), has given the names of four Nigerians (one of them an NYSC member), who suddenly died while watching the AFCON semi finals between Nigerian Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Wednesday. Sharing on X, the pictures of three of the four […]
Continue ReadingA male Nigerian student of the Rivers University, Noble Victor, has said he is seeking a God-fearing female roommate who can cook to pair with him in a 2 bedroom flat. Victor posted the notice on the school’s Facebook group on Tuesday, February 6. His post:
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Eagles have advanced to the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast after beating Bafana Bafana of South Africa 4-2 on penalties Wednesday. In the line-up against South Africa, the head coach, Jose Peseiro, only made one change in the squad that faced Angola, with Osayi-Samuel replacing Zaidu. […]
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