Oluwo and Sulu-Gambari scratching the nose with cobra head (2), By Tunde Odesola

It’s evening yet on Creation Day in Odò Obà, the Land of the prized Parrots, where the Lion complained about not having a crown to proclaim his kingship, and his creator gave him a golden mane. Later, he complained about his teeth and he got powerful jaws. He looked at his paws and bewailed, he […]

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In Organ harvesting, 20-year old lures 17-year old boy to Abuja, to have his kidney removed

A 20-year-old man, Aondoaseer Agbadu has been docked before Magistrate’s Court in Benue for allegedly harvesting and selling the kidney of a 17-year-old in Abuja, the Federal Capital territory. The father of the victim, identified as Alexander Swati reported the illegal harvesting of his son’s kidney at Aliade Police Station in Benue on August 27, according to […]

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Appeal Court sacks Elumelu, declares LP’s Okolie winner

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgment of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State. The court affirmed the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Ngozi Okolie, as the duly elected lawmaker. In the February election, Ngozi Okolie of LP polled […]

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Two arrested over road crash that left Nigerian student dead in Scotland

Two people were arrested and charged in connection with a fatal road crash that claimed the life of a female Nigerian student, Chinenye Vera Okonkwo, in Scotland. Ms. Okonkwo was struck on St Vincent Street in Glasgow city centre around 7.40pm on Thursday, February 2, 2023. The 33-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. A […]

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Statesmen are not double faced, not blind to truth ―Labour Party scolds Soyinka over comments on Obi

PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY SOYINKA: Statesmen Are Not Double Faced, Not Blind To Truth The Labour Party took note of the statement that emanated from the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka who as an institution we have the utmost respect for. He is a Nigerian whose accomplishments in the literary world is without doubt […]

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Chieftain of Labour Party beheaded in Abia State

Chieftain of the ruling Labour Party in Abia State, Nigeria, Mr. Maduka Zachary popularly known as ” Power Zac”, has been reportedly beheaded in his house. According to Vanguard, the deceased who was the Campaign Director of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections in Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state was slaughtered […]

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Pretty Nigerian actress passes away

Nigerian actress, dancer, spoken word poet, model and writer, Cindy Amadi, has passed away. Late Cindy starred alongside MTV Shuga’s Uzomaka Aniunoh, in the lesbian movie, “Ife”, directed by filmmaker and actress Nse Ikpe-Etim’s sister, Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim. Producers of the film confirmed the sad news in a statement on its Instagram page on Thursday, September […]

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Obi’s supporters still irritate you? Oh, good!, By Abimbola Adelakun

Two developments that happened last week seemed disparate but were interconnected. First, it was the Bola Tinubu administration’s 100th day in office. That timeline used to be for an administration to glance back and celebrate its bold and decisive decisions that potentially set the country on track, but this one was rather muted. Several op-eds […]

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Singer Nelly confirms he is back with Ashanti, 10 years after they called it quits

American singer, Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr., has confirmed that he is back with Ashanti, 10 years after they called it quits. The two stars were reported to have reconciled earlier this year, a decade after they first ended their relationship. The Hot In Herre hitmaker has now confirmed that they are […]

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Nigeria’s power grid collapses, its now a total blackout

It is a widespread blackout across the country as a result of the total collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid early Thursday morning. Reports say that the grid collapsed totally around 12:40 a.m. on September 14, 2023, leading to the massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide. Multiple sources in the power sector, as well […]

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I want to be Asake’s full time backup singer ―Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy (Video)

Daughter of billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, and Nigerian disc jockey (DJ), Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has shown intention of becoming a full time backup singer to Nigeria’s raving artiste, Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake. In a tweet, Cuppy said she had finally met Asake in person and took the opportunity […]

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The Home Truth from Kigali, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Fifteen of our 36 governors and three deputy governors travelled to Kigali, Rwanda last month for a three-day executive leadership retreat. We were told the trip was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The retreat was reportedly designed to enable our governors to “re-imagine Nigeria’s leadership to achieve transformation and nationwide sustainable development.” Remarkably, governors from all […]

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Residents panic as flood takes over estate in Lagos, one feared killed

Residents of Gate House, Gold Crescent, LSDPC Bungalow Scheme, Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos, are currently living in fear after heavy flooding took over their estate on Tuesday, September 12.  The flood was induced by the downpour. One person was feared killed, as chairman of Gold Crescent, Jakande Estate, Emmanuel Ezeugo, on Tuesday, said: “It’s a […]

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Nigerian singer, Rema wins the 2023 MTV VMAs Best Afrobeats Award (See full list of winners)

Music Television (MTV) Video Music Awards (VMA) 2023 edition took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States, on Tuesday, September 12, honouring some of the biggest names in the Top 40 arena. Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema, and American pop star, Selena Gomez took home the award in […]

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I’ll end it all by 9pm tonight ―DJ Kaywise shares disturbing post

Nigerian celebrity DJ, Ayorinde Okiki, popularly known as DJ Kaywise, has shared a disturbing post on his Instagram page. In the post, the singer said he plans to end it all around 9:00 pm today, September 13.  DJKaywise and his girlfriend Nenny have been at loggerheads with his family members. His disturbing post:

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Devastating floods in Libya leaves over 2,000 people feared dead

Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one of the country’s leaders said Monday. The destruction appeared greatest in Derna, a city formerly held by Islamic extremists […]

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Durojaiye Ogunsanya who claims to be Tinubu’s CSU classmate does not exist ―David Hundeyin says

David Hundeyin, an award-winning investigative journalist has said Durojaiye Ogunsanya, a public affairs analyst, who claimed to have been a classmate of President Bola Tinubu at Chicago State University (CSU), is fake. In an interview with TVC, Ogunsanya said he shared the same class with Tinubu and they both graduated in 1979. He said: “We […]

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FBI, CIA, DEA, others reportedly announce to release volume of documents on Bola Tinubu from October 2023

United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of State have reportedly announced plans to start turning over documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in their databases. Peoples Gazette reports that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have also stipulated readiness to turn over thousands of pages of Tinubu-related […]

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24 countries qualify for 2023 AFCON (Full list)

All 24 countries that will trade tackles at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote D’Ivoire have sealed qualification for the tournament. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that five-time AFCON champions Cameroon on Tuesday spanked Burundi 3-O to complete the star studded list of qualified teams. A breakdown of the qualified countries shows […]

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