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Nigerian disc jockey (DJ) and billionaire Femi Otedola’s daughter, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has shared a word of encouragement with her fans and followers while opening up about her personal worries. In a video she posted on Instagram, the billionaire’s daughter admitted that sometimes she finds herself worrying, but one Bible […]
Continue ReadingNigerian bodybuilder who was jailed for harassing 15 men has been found dead at his home in Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK). Akinwale Arobieke, also known as ‘Purple Aki’, 64, was well known in his local community. He was found at his home on Devonshire Road in Toxteth in what police believe were non-suspicious circumstances. Merseyside Police said officers were […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, someone asked me to give my current impression of that coalition party called the ADC. I asked if the person knew the meaning of the idiom: a loud fart in a windstorm, or simply, a fart in the wind. That is my impression of the party that came loud and furious like Hurricane Katrina […]
Continue ReadingOba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Nigeria, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The monarch, 62, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. […]
Continue ReadingFrom a distance, Biodun Oyebanji exudes the aura of a quintessential *Omoluabi*, a man of virtue, humility, and grace. To the casual observer, he could almost pass for a saint. But proximity reveals a different reality: one that evokes the image of a Pharaoh ruling with an iron fist, cloaked in charm but driven by […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Naira fell further at the close of work on Tuesday, August 26, trading at N1,550 per dollar at the parallel market, down from N1,540 per dollar recorded on Monday. In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the local currency also weakened slightly to N1,537 per dollar, compared to N1,536.99 per dollar the previous day, […]
Continue ReadingA self -anointed select pack of northern political hounds has found a favourite seasonal mascot for each election cycle. Former president Goodluck Jonathan has managed to find repetitive mention in each election cycle. Hardly any presidential election cycle passes without a loud speculation of Jonathan as a possible candidate. In each election season since after […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender, Taribo West, on Friday, berated the Nigeria Football Federation and Lagos State Government for allegedly abandoning the family of late goalkeeper, Peter Rufai. Speaking at Rufai’s burial in a video posted by News Central on Friday, the ex-Inter Milan star expressed disappointment over what he described as the neglect of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday, August 21, deported 51 additional foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud by the Federal High Court in Lagos. The convicted foreigners were part of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in December 2024. The repatriated foreign […]
Continue ReadingThe by-elections held across the country last Saturday in 16 constituencies across 12 states, in terms of the organization, the process and outcomes would seem to confirm one painful truth, namely that Nigeria’s democracy is still inchoate, tentative, fledgling, and that we are not yet anywhere near the target of democratic consolidation in Africa’s largest […]
Continue ReadingA United Kingdom-based Nigerian woman, Obiageli Juliana Okoro, has claimed that a female doctor friend with British citizenship needs an obedient and submissive Nigerian man for relationship. Obiageli wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday: “I have a friend who has British citizenship. She is a doctor! She only want a Nigerian man who will […]
Continue ReadingNigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has revealed that his journey to building a multi-billion-dollar empire began without a university degree or even a completed high school education. The 62 year-old oil mogul, in his newly released memoir titled: “Making It Big,” shares how his academic struggles led him to abandon formal education and dive into the […]
Continue ReadingAnambra State Government has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit over the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security, disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters in Awka on Wednesday. He said the government acted swiftly after […]
Continue ReadingLetty was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like Lot’s wife, looked back and right before the eyes of her Pastor and in the presence of her bewildered husband, is turning into a pillar of salt. The kind of salt no one wants to […]
Continue ReadingA man in Tanzania who came to the hospital complaining of pain and pus discharge from his right nipple was shocked to learn that he had been living with a large knife lodged in his chest for eight years, the country’s media reported. Doctors at the Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania recently published a most […]
Continue ReadingA video going round the net has shown the moment armed men believed to be operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi — also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group — stormed a corps members’ lodge in Anambra State and assaulted a female corps member identified as Jennifer Edema Elohor and some of her colleagues. Haven 360 […]
Continue ReadingThe Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘carcass’ as “the body of a dead animal, especially a large one.” The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was recently described as “a carcass” by one of its former governors, Mr Ayodele Fayose. Yet, that carcass defeated the reigning lion, the APC, in a decisive election in Oyo State at the […]
Continue ReadingThree political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC), the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday differed over the outcome of the by-elections held on Saturday across 16 constituencies in 12 states. While the APC captured 12 constituencies, the PDP recorded wins in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Adamawa State; […]
Continue ReadingMy friend and I were passing by a car parked next to my street. We usually discuss Nigeria during our daily exercise and it is our wont to analyse trending events and developments, trying to highlight the problems and propose possible solutions. I always tell David: “It is very easy to point out Nigeria’s problems. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian media personality, actress, author, reality TV show host, and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa has revealed she’s having a baby girl through a creative video on her Instagram page. In the video, Toke used the color of a designer bag to announce the baby’s gender, unboxing it to reveal a pink-themed gift, signifying she’s expecting a girl. She […]
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