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This is a freedom manifesto for the captured people of Nigeria offered in autobiographical form. Beginning from age 17 as an undergraduate at the University of Nigeria I have rallied resistance against injustice. My early cry for doing things right peaked with my calling out students at UNN to protest police killing of University of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has said he never responds to the aspersions cast on his person by a former senator, Florence Ita Giwa, because he considers her as family. He said Ita Giwa recently queried his gender and that in 2022, “she scoffed at a meeting I held at my residence […]
Continue ReadingThe naira on Tuesday appreciated against the dollar as it exchanged at N742.10 at the Investors and Exporters window. The local currency gained by 4.06 per cent compared to the N773.50 it exchanged for against the dollar on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N761.24 to the dollar on Tuesday. A spot exchange rate […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, has passed away. The former Marlian record signee reportedly died on Tuesday at the age of 27. Music executive, Ovie, shared the sad news on his X (Twitter) page #Ovieo on Tuesday evening. “Confirmed. MohBad is dead. Sad, sad day,” he tweeted. Also, Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, popularly […]
Continue ReadingLast week, another Nigerian musician, Asake (Ahmed Ololade), had a sold-out concert at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena in London. Before him, other Nigerian musicians like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido had achieved the same fate. Some decades ago, something like that was unimaginable. Until the turn of the century, the popularity of Nigerian music was […]
Continue ReadingTech giant, Apple, is set to unveil its latest iPhone product, the iPhone 15 on Tuesday, September 12. This model will be unveiled at the company’s “Wonderlust” event in Cupertino, California, United States Of America, and is expected to come in four variants: iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria’s last election, Peter Obi has celebrated his wife on her birthday. Mrs. Margaret Obi turned a year older on September 9. Taking to his X (Twitter) handle, Obi wrote: “My Dearest Wife, I most sincerely congratulate you on your birthday anniversary today. You remain the best […]
Continue ReadingMarriage institution is as old as the human race. It is also as prominent as the human society; transcending country, nationality, race, religion, and culture. It is one of the basic socially acceptable relationships among the human beings. Given, my knowledge of traditions and cultures of many social groups may be limited; the definition or […]
Continue ReadingVillagers wept for lost relatives in the rubble of their homes on Monday as the death toll from Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades rose to almost 2,700 and rescuers raced against time to find survivors. Search teams from Spain, Britain and Qatar were joining Moroccan rescue efforts after a 6.8 magnitude quake […]
Continue ReadingBusinessman, Ssaalongo Nsikonenne Habib Ssezzigu, has wedded seven wives on the same day in Uganda. The wedding ceremony was held at Bugereka village, in Mukono district on Sunday, September 10, 2023. Two of the seven wives he married are biological sisters. The function started at about 8 am in the morning, when the brides were […]
Continue ReadingOpeyemi Bamidele was the candidate of the Labour Party in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. He thought he had worked hard enough to earn a victory but on the D-Day, he learnt a lesson profound enough to last him a lifetime. At exactly 7a.m. on the day of the election, a […]
Continue ReadingEx-Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) ‘Level Up’ housemate, exotic dancer and chef, Chinenyenwa Desire Okoebor, popularly known as Chichi, has thanked her stars for being a stripper. She said that being a stripper saved her life and she would not have amounted to anything if not for her stripping job. The reality star spoke in a […]
Continue ReadingDoyen of the accounting profession in Nigeria, Pa Akintola Williams, has passed away. Pa Williams died in the early hours of Monday, September 11, 2023, in his sleep at a ripe age of 104 years. Channels Television reports that the foremost accountant celebrated his 104th birthday on August 9, 2023. Pa Williams is the first […]
Continue ReadingComprehensive evaluation of the average rent of a three-bedroom apartment across 15 major cities in Nigeria has reached a new high of N750,000. Prices sourced from propertypro.ng and estate agents, showed that the cost of a three-bedroom flat in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt went as high as N1.5m per annum. Minna, Lokoja and Ilorin […]
Continue ReadingI confess that last Wednesday, I feared I may be a masochist. I do not know what else one diagnoses after he spent most of 10 hours listening to the Presidential Election Petitions Court. I mean, I had other things to do, and I should have moved on to them the moment I learned that […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled president of the Spanish Football Federation (SFF), Luis Rubiales, has resigned following criticism for kissing Spain forward, Jenni Hermoso, at the Women’s World Cup final presentation ceremony. Hermoso, 33, said the kiss after Spain beat England was not consensual and she filed a legal complaint last Tuesday. Rubiales said he had submitted his resignation […]
Continue ReadingTwo students of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilọrin, Nigeria, have been scheduled to face a disciplinary panel over alleged immoral sexual display during their graduation ceremony. The affected students are Sulyman Tawakaltu (female) and Mohammed AbdulSalam (male), both of the agricultural department. In a viral photo, AbdulSalam was seen grabbing Tawakaltu’s breasts during […]
Continue ReadingBefore anything else, let’s do with some laughter because this is a sobering journey into time – a journey gathering hailstones, lightning and thunder – tools to be unleashed in the cases of royal injustice and intolerance in Iwo and Ilorin. A good laugh is a drink to wash down the two plates of stones-filled […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Moyo Lawal has eventually reacted to the now-viral video of her which was leaked online on Saturday. That video which shows the actress engaging in a sexual act with a person, now revealed to be her ex-fiance, has since got many talking online with the majority claiming that the ‘A Time To Heal’ […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and his wife, Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on Friday. To celebrate their special day in a joint Instagram post, they wrote: ”56 years of beautiful companionship 56 years of shared moments 56 years of God’s goodness 56 years […]
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