Senate President’s Attack On Yoruba Governors, By Lasisi Olagunju

Northern leaders are an intriguing lot. They are looking for shortcuts to the top of the palm tree by befriending their nemesis, the bandits. They want peace, yet they express open sympathy for killers. They speak volubly for bandits and have no word of empathy for their own people, daily killed, daily abducted by the […]

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Okorocha’s aide, 13 others charged to court

Former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, his sons in-law, Chief Uche Nwosu and Dr. Uzoma Anwuka, as well as his political appointees, Chief Laz Okafor Anyanwu and Ijeoma Igboanuni, Monday, were not in the Magistrate Court, Owerri. It was gathered that Okorocha and about 19 others, were arrested Sunday evening by the police, but […]

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Once a single mom, Elizabeth Jemiseye gives God the glory for finally getting married (Photos)

A Nigerian single mother, Elizabeth Jemiseye, took to a Facebook group on Monday, February 22, to share her testimony a year after she got married. According to the mother of a 6-year-old daughter, she had been looking forward to getting married as it was not easy doing everything on her own. She wrote: “Am here to […]

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PDP accuses Uzodinma, Okorocha of turning Imo into war zone

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday accused the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and a former governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha, of turning the state into a war zone. In a statement released on Monday, the PDP spokesperson in the state, Ogubundu Nwadike, said that the clash between the supporters of Okorocha and […]

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Brazilian star footballer, Ronaldinho’s mother dies of COVID-19

Dona Miguelina, the mother of Brazilian football star Ronaldinho, is dead. Miguelina, 71, was hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 last year while in their home city of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. In December, the Ballon d’Or winner asked fans to pray for his mother, revealing she was fighting for her life at Mae de […]

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See Desmond Elliott, Lilian Afegbai, Laycon, Iyabo Ojo, other celebs at the 14th Headies award (Photos)

The 14th edition of the Headies award took place at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos today February 21. Desmond Elliott, Laycon, Iyabo Ojo, Lilian Afegbai, Tobi Bakre, Kim Oprah, Wathoni, and others attended the award ceremony. See more photos below: Photos: C3 Pictures, Photo Frank

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Southwest Governors, Obas, maintain their stand of no open grazing in the zone

To curtail open grazing and its attendant consequences, governors of the Southwest geopolitical zone of the country have advanced the need for both state governments and the Federal Government to support cattle breeding. The support, according to the governors, could come in the form of government establishing designated grazing areas, setting up feeding mills among […]

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Toyin Lawani is being accused of husband snatching

CEO of Tiannah’s Empire Place, celebrity fashion stylist and entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani is in the news again. This time, she is being accused of husband snatching. It is no news that the business tycoon and mother of two got engaged to her photographer lover on Valentine’s Day, Feb 14, 2021. In a recent development, reports […]

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Don’t address me using ‘dear’ if we are not buddies, living together, or in the same circle ―Toke Makinwa

Media personality, author and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa has warned against the use of ‘dear’ while addressing her. The media personality who stated that “sis and bro” are also abused, wondered if calling someone by their name is against the Nigerian culture. Toke Makinwa further insinuated that only her buddies, those in her circle and those […]

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Africa’s year of revolution?, By Adekeye Adebajo

This month marks a decade since the start of the “Afro-Arab Spring.” Led by technology-wielding youths. These revolutions toppled mummified dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. The dry harmattan winds of this North African spring blew across the Sahara desert three years later to topple the 27-year autocracy of Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaoré in another […]

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Nigerian lady commits suicide because her boyfriend cheated (Graphic video)

A Nigerian lady is reported to have committed suicide after she was said to have suffered heartbreak when she discovered that her boyfriend cheated on her. Twitter user @sisi_alagboeko who shared the story online, wrote: “A girl committed suicide yesterday in the hostel, cause she caught her boyfriend cheating, and the guy decided to break […]

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Identities and photos of victims of crashed NAF aircraft released (Photos)

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released the names of the seven personnel that perished in the military aircraft that crashed in Abuja today February 21. According to a statement released by AVM Ibikunle Daramola, the Director of Public Relations and Information, the victims of the ill-fated plane crash include: a. Flight Lieutenant Haruna Gadzama (Captain). […]

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Nigeria’s Morenike Obi-Farinde Gets International Tribunal Job

Nigeria’s experienced Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practitioner, Morenike Obi-Farinde has been appointed into the pioneer seven-man Tribunal of the world table tennis ruling body, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). With this development, Obi-Farinde who is bringing three decades of legal practice and two decades as an ADR practitioner to the ITTF Tribunal will be the […]

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Ethnic Profiling as Nigeria’s Predicament, By Simon Kolawole

On January 9, 2021, operatives of Amotekun – the quasi-state police outfit of south-western Nigeria – went to Aiyete in Ibarapa LGA, Oyo state, on a mission to arrest suspected kidnappers based on “intelligence” from the local communities. At the end of the operation, Alhaji Usman Okebi and his two sons were killed and several […]

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Kidnapped Niger state passengers regain freedom

A week after they were abducted, passengers of the Niger State Transport Mass Transit have regained their freedom. Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello, announced their release on his Twitter handle on Sunday afternoon. 21 passengers were abducted by bandits on their way from Kontagora to Minna last Sunday. See his tweet below: We are […]

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United Airlines plane engine caught fire midflight, landed safely (Video)

One United Airlines plane was forced to return to Denver International Airport to make an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon, February 20, after the engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris on people’s houses in Colorado. The Boeing 777 which had 241 people on board returned to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after […]

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