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Multifaceted Nigerian entrepreneur, Model, Brand Influencer, business manager, and reality TV show star, Aniekwe Francis Chidi, popularly known as Chizzy, has tied the knot with his love. The Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 7 housemate got married to his woman on Saturday in Anambra State, Nigeria, in a private ceremony that was kept secret from most […]
Continue ReadingImo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the November 11 governorship election in the State. Uzodinma was returned as the winner of the election by the state retuning officer, Prof Abayomi Fasina, the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State. The governor won in all […]
Continue Reading“When you go home, tell them of us and sayFor your tomorrow, we gave you our today” This evocative epithet is enshrined on the Kohima World Memorial in Nagaland, built to commemorate Soldiers, who laid down their lives to repel Japanese assault in 1944 during World War II. Yet successive Indian Governments since 1947 haven’t […]
Continue ReadingA man said to be a supporter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Kogi State, Umoru Agabidu, has been shot and killed by military officers. Reports say that the suspect had gone to a polling unit in Agala Ogane, Anyigba, Dekina Local Government area of the state, to snatch a ballot box […]
Continue ReadingGrammy Award-winning Nigerian star singer, Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems has spoken out about the healing power of God, and his grace. Tems explained how God truly healed her, and how she can’t even keep quiet about it. The ebony beauty singer revealed this while reacting to a post her manager made about her on X (Twitter). […]
Continue ReadingDaughter of billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, and Nigerian disc jockey (DJ), Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, is back online lamenting her failed engagement to British boxer, Ryan Taylor She took to her Insta-story to widely lament! Cuppy and Taylor went their separate ways in July, barely seven months after they shocked the world with […]
Continue ReadingA mother-of-three, whose son’s video went viral in ‘Mummy calm down’ three years ago, has died by suicide. Toluige Olokoobi Babalola reportedly took her life in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, leaving behind her husband and three children. An X (Twitter) user shared the sad news and revealed that he was at the scene on […]
Continue ReadingFor the past several years, the joke in Abuja is that whenever Nigeria encounters dire financial straits, the late General Sani Abacha looks down on us from beyond and drops a hefty sum into the national coffers. While I disagree with a friend who insists that Nigeria may have used Abacha for money rituals, more […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of recent moves by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to strengthen the foreign exchange market, the Naira closed trading on the Investor & Exporter forex window on Thursday at N996.75 to $1. This is a 13.95 per cent decline from the N874.71 to $1 it closed trading on Wednesday. So far, the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Shine ya eye Reality Tv show star, and #BBNaijaAllStars housemate, Angel Smith simply called Angel, shares sexy bikini photos The reality star shared the hot bikini photos on her X (Twitter) handle and captioning it: “I’m a bad lil bitch and I’m snipped like a….?” More of the photos
Continue ReadingThe news report that about 15 airports that gulped no less than N301bn altogether failed to meet an annual threshold of passenger traffic exemplifies Nigeria’s white elephant peculiarity that I call “concrete democracy.” It is a phenomenon where the supposed dividends of democracy are expressed through concrete infrastructure or facility divorced from perceptible ideological agenda […]
Continue ReadingThe pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in a communiqué released by the group’s General Secretary, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has faulted the Supreme Court judgment upholding President Bola Tinubu’s election. The communique reads in part: “Nigeria is a federation of entrenched ethnic nationalities which has failed to evolve into a nation because of the deviation from the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Dr. Adedotun Aridegbe on Tuesday in Abuja, noting that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
Continue ReadingI have read series of comments about this young professional trying to do his job, Mr Rufai Oseni. I have the following advise to give: When you offer yourself to be interviewed, you must be prepared. Don’t expect to be respected beyond the scope of the role you are there to play – to answer […]
Continue ReadingDecomposing body of a Nigerian woman was reportedly discovered after she had been dead for over one week in her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was learnt that the woman died without anyone knowing for weeks until neighbours raised alarm about a foul smell coming from her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. This […]
Continue ReadingNigerian politician and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), comrade Timi Frank; American-based Nigerian journalist, Jackson Ude; and others stated that they have formed a movement called Coalition of Nigerians in Diaspora to reclaim Nigeria from those they dubbed criminal cartel. They made this known in a video address […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently proposed to the National Assembly a N2. 18 trillion supplementary budget – the details of which have generated much interest in the public domain, especially those aspects of the supplementary budget relating to expenditures not considered of urgent importance but now reintroduced into the existing framework. During the campaigns for […]
Continue ReadingAmerican rapper, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., better known by his stage name, Nelly has revealed that he is making efforts to have a baby with American singer, songwriter and actress, Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas simply known as Ashanti, after they rekindled their romance. Nelly made this known on Instagram after Ashanti surprised him with his dream […]
Continue ReadingAt a time of existential economic crisis, headlined by widespread poverty, insecurity and galloping inflation, the Bola Tinubu administration’s commitment of billions of naira to luxury items in the 2023 supplementary budget is insensitive, imprudent, and an insult to long-suffering Nigerians. He should change course. Votes committed to the ‘presidential yacht,’ more SUVs and renovation […]
Continue ReadingOrganised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, last week, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. Based on one of the decisions taken at […]
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