Buhari and Olu Jacobs: Same Dementia, Different Narratives, By Farooq A. Kperogi

I salute the courage of Joke Silva, wife of legendary actor Olu Jacobs, for publicly revealing that her husband is battling what she called “dementia with Lewy Body.” “It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain, and is almost like Parkinson’s disease,” she said. “It affects the brain and affects the person.” My heart goes out […]

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For the Buhari Administration, APC, Dishonesty as Policy Choice, By Onikepo Braithwaite

The popularity and credibility of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration seemed to have started to wane almost from its inception; and six and a half years later, one and a half years to the end of the administration, it may almost be an impossibility to redeem its image – its ratings and that of the APC […]

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Divisional Police Officer (DPO) kidnapped in Nigeria

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Fugar Division in Etsako Central local government area of Edo state, identified as Ibrahim Ishaq has been reported kidnapped near Ise river along the Auchi – Ekperi-Agenebode road. According to reports, Ishaq was travelling with his orderly on Friday evening, November 26, when they were attacked by the kidnappers. A source close […]

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Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, weds (Photos)

The wedding of the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, to his heartthrob, Olamidun Majekodunmi, took place in Ibadan, Oyo state on Saturday November 27 and was well attended by prominent Nigerians including the state governor, Seyi Makinde, his Ondo and Ogun state counterparts, Rotimi Akeredolu and Dapo Abiodun. Olamidun […]

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9 arrested as police bust notorious kidnap syndicate in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious kidnap gang including a dismissed policeman, Ayo Samuel and one Johnson Apotire, who impersonates herdsmen due to his physical resemblance to Fulani men. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday, spokesperson of the command (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who represented the State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, […]

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Uganda may lose its only international airport to China over loan

The Uganda government, on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually […]

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Finally, Nigerian Judge declares bandits as terrorists

Judge of Nigeria’s federal high court sitting in the federal capital territory, Abuja, Nigeria, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, has in a ruling on Friday, declared the activities of the “Yan Bindiga Group” and the “Yan Ta’adda Group” and other similar groups in any part of the country, especially in the North-West and North-Central geopolitical zones, as […]

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My wife changed names on all our property documents in Nigeria to hers, plans to eliminate me ―Nigerian man based in Italy laments

A Nigerian man living in Italy, Vivian Olusola Omololu Wiwoloku has accused his estranged wife, Veronica Bolaji Wiwoloku of planning to kill him and take over all his properties in Italy and Nigeria. Olusola also alleged that his wife falsely wrote to the Italian government to deport him to Nigeria. Veronica had in an interview with a […]

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After 15 years in prison custody, 19 men acquitted of claims they were MASSOB members

The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital, Nigeria, presided by Justice Nicholas Oweibo, has discharged and acquitted nineteen persons accused of being members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and held in detention for 15 years. The nineteen persons shed tears of joy after […]

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We are now more worried about police officers on the road than armed robbers ―Actor Baaj Adebule says

Actor Baaj Adebule says Nigerians are now more worried about police officers on the road than they are worried about armed robbers. Adebule said he was on his way home on Tuesday night and was only worried about police officers he might encounter on the road and not armed robbers. He shared this thought on […]

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Madonna, 63, shares explicit images online (Photos 18+)

Pop Queen, Madonna left little to the imagination in her latest Instagram post which is commanding attention. The 63-year-old posted photos of her nipples and butt while striking several poses in a bedroom. In snaps, the singer lay in bed wearing fishnet stockings, thong underwear, and a very racy black bra. The post sparked criticism from her […]

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Reflections on the Blinken’s Visit, By Akin Osuntokun

“In recent years, many thousands of civilians have been killed in attacks led by Islamist Boko Haram and Fulani militias in northern and central-belt states. The underlying drivers of conflict are complex, yet targeted violence and the perpetration of atrocities against predominantly Christian communities suggest that religion and ideology play a key part” – The […]

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Billionaire Ayiri Emami and others arraigned over alleged invasion of Palace

The Delta State Police Command arraigned Chief Ayirimi Emami before a Magistrate court sitting in Warri over the alleged invasion of the Palace of the Olu of Warri. The dethroned Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Ayiri Emami, was on Wednesday, Nov. 24, arraigned by the police before a Warri South Chief Magistrates’ Court in Delta State […]

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‘I need to be back home’ ―Kanye West pledges to restore his marriage with Kim Kardashian

American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, businessman, and fashion designer, Kanye West has pledged to restore his marriage and family with Kim Kardashian amid her new romance with Pete Davidson. The 44-year-old rapper spoke about his marriage to Kim Kardashian while attending the Los Angeles Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving event in Skid Row on Wednesday November 24. During his speech, Kanye expressed […]

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In the jungle called Lagos, By Lekan Sote

Lagos is not just the place of the “indecency, lies and immoral acts of a typically rustic, countryside lady who went to Lagos and became sophisticated” as chronicled in Niyi Oniororo’s novel, Lagos Is A Wicked Place, the stuff of Onitsha Market Literature that Chinua Achebe described as “chronicles of social problems of a somewhat mixed-up, but […]

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Nightclub owner, his alleged mistress, found dead inside car in Nigeria

Operatives of the Kano State Police Command, Nigeria, has commenced investigation into the death of a popular nightclub owner, Steven Ayika and one Chiamaka Emmanuel, said to be his mistress. Ayika, the CEO of Knight House and Chiamaka were found dead inside a Lexus car along Katsina Road in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State in the […]

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Njideka Iheme, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili, sworn in as FCT High Court Judge

Njideka Iheme, the daughter of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili and a justice of Nigerian Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, has just been sworn in as a Judge of the Federal High Court. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, sworn in Mrs Iheme and 20 others as Judges of the […]

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