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Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Health on Tuesday raised concerns over the decline in the country’s health manpower. The committee disclosed that due to the relocation of doctors and nurses from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) to various parts of the world, five wards comprising 150 beds have been shut down. LUTH is Nigeria’s […]
Continue Reading“Every government is run by liars; and nothing they say should be believed” – I F Stone, US journalist, 1907-1989. Stone was one of about a dozen columnists I read religiously when I was in the USA. He cured me of the virulent disease of columnists sending their CVs to governments in search of jobs. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget proposal to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly in Abuja. See the full speech below: 1. In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present […]
Continue ReadingNigerians desperate to travel abroad have been warned by travel agency expert, Ruth Joseph-Audu, to desist from the marriage contract scheme, as many men are trapped by it. Ruth Joseph-Audu, who issued the warning in an interview with Daily Trust in Lagos, admitted that Nigerians are moving in numbers to seek greener pastures in foreign countries, but […]
Continue ReadingJoyce Banda, Malawi’s fourth (and first female) president, was in Nigeria earlier this month as guest of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State in South-East Nigeria, where she spoke at the 12th annual lecture in memory of the man after whom the university is named. It was also the 119th birthday of Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, Nigeria’s founding […]
Continue ReadingSharing her discomfort online, BBNaija star, Angel Smith, known for her candid and open nature, has sparked pregnancy speculations following a public revelation about her health condition lately. The reality TV star, who is romantically involved with fellow BBNaija alum Soma, took to social media to express her concerns about persistent nausea, leaving fans speculating about a […]
Continue ReadingThe idea that the “judiciary is the last hope of the common man” is a banal, flyblown cliché that is habitually huckstered in Nigerian judicial circles and uncritically repeated in the Nigerian commentariat. But that’s mere hype. There has never been any moment, at least in my lifetime, when the judiciary was the unalterable guardian […]
Continue ReadingThere are so many things that can make sex difficult, and sexual difficulty creates sexual avoidance. Rather than jump to the worst conclusion or wonder if you should walk away from your sexless marriage, assume that your husband is struggling with something real and that the two of you can work together to remove or overcome that obstacle. […]
Continue ReadingFormer BBNaija Reality TV show star and entrepreneur, Uriel Ngozi Oputa simply called Uriel Oputa, has shared an emotional video documenting her visit to a fertility clinic where she took the significant step of freezing her eggs. The beautiful reality star expressed her concerns about time running out while waiting for the perfect man for her to start […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission needs to be unbundled by the national assembly to be more effective. Jega who said this at a Citizens Town Hall on Electoral Reform organised by Yiaga Africa, European Union (EU) in collaboration with the National Assembly joint committees […]
Continue ReadingInternational Tennis star, Serena Williams has gone on social media to reveal how she is feeling. The tennis legend who welcomed her second child in August explained that she is not OK today and told all those feeling the same way to know they are not alone and that there’s always tomorrow. She tweeted: “I […]
Continue ReadingAnchor person for Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show and Nigerian media personality, Chukwuebuka Obi-Uchendu aka Ebuka Obi-Uchendu celebrated his wife, Cynthia, as she turned a year older Tuesday. Ebuka, the proud husband took to his Instagram page to celebrate his woman on her special day. He wrote: “My favorite human. The warmest smile […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Tuesday, said he used to say that any job that is expected to be done properly should be given to a woman. He said he had a change of mind when the nation had a female Minister of petroleum who he claimed excelled […]
Continue ReadingData from the website of the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body for universities in Nigeria, revealed that there are currently 147 private universities spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of the federation. As the demand for quality university education rises owing to industrial crises and issues of poor funding in […]
Continue ReadingIn July 1977, the Organisation of African Unity adopted a Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa. It offered a definition of a mercenary to include someone who “is motivated to take part in hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and in fact is promised by or on behalf of a party to the […]
Continue ReadingOba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Ewuare II, visited the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday. During the visit, he made a comment that the Binis founded Lagos, which has sparked debate on social media since then. The monarch had said: “It is in the history books that the Binis founded Lagos. When some […]
Continue ReadingSultry actress, movie director, MC, brands inflencer, content creator and real estate guru, Laide Bakare is giving marriage a chance again, for the third time. The beautiful and smart actress announced this on her Instagram page and shared her wedding date which has been given as Saturday, December 2, 2023. She also shared videos and […]
Continue ReadingA woman, who by virtue of her post and picture on social media, professes to be in a polyandrous relationship, has shown off her family. After Thursday’s Thanksgiving festival in the United State, the woman, known as Passion Jones, posed for a photo with the two men in her life and their sons. She added […]
Continue ReadingI’m not a big fan of reality TV programmes: the original concept of showcasing the lives of ordinary people has been lost in a maelstrom of faceless (- and often talentless) wannabes acting out badly written scripts in an effort to boost ratings and get their fifteen minutes of fame. ‘Big Brother’ started out as […]
Continue ReadingBBNaija star, actor, model, host and brand influencer, Lucy Edet Essien, aka Lucy Edet, says she got more confidence from one week at the gym than the nine months after she went under the knife for a liposuction. Lucy became curvier last year after she had a Liposuction done, however, in a post shared on […]
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