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Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has been laid to rest in his native country home, Isanya Ogbo, Ijebu Ode, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, on May 3, 2025. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the funeral service held for Adebanjo at St Phillip Anglican Church, Isanya […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful and popular Nigerian actress, film producer, leisure content creator, and creative director, Damilola Oni was a year older on Friday. To celebrate her special day, she expressed gratitude to God with stunning new photos and video. Captioning the photos, she wrote: “I am Thankful for this Day, I am Thankful for this Race but […]
Continue ReadingNigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, was on Friday arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account. Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, lawyer to VeryDarkMan, […]
Continue ReadingLagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annexe and presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike, has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Oluwabamise was last seen on February 26, 2022, after she boarded a BRT bus driven by Ominikoron […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star and award-winning singer, songwriter and actress, Tiwatope Omolara Savage, known professionally as Tiwa Savage, has stated that Nigerian men lack genuine romantic qualities despite their charisma and spending habits. Speaking in a recent episode of Thoughts In A Culli, the Water and Garri hitmaker acknowledged their confidence and generosity, but stressed that these […]
Continue ReadingFrom last week, continues the statement by Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, explaining why he permitted the meeting of the Western House of Assembly following the Action Group crisis and the subsequent declaration of a state of emergency in the Western Region It must be on the strict understanding that there will be no police protection […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, GCON, at its 108th Meeting, suspended three serving Judicial Officers without pay for one (1) year for various acts of judicial misconduct. It empanelled nine (9) Committees to investigate pending complaints against 27 Judicial Officers for […]
Continue ReadingSuspended Nigerian Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has again opened up, this time, reaffirming her commitment to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, insisting that the matter must be resolved by the court. In a strongly worded letter dated April 30, 2025, addressed to Akpabio’s legal counsel, […]
Continue ReadingGale of defections hitting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not about to stop, as Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, on Tuesday hinted at a possible defection, ahead of the 2027 general elections, likening his party (PDP) to a faulty aircraft, just as his comments elicited jitters and entreaties from PDP stalwarts. Eno, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the stories that struck me recently was about a young girl who gained admission the university last year but had to abandon her studies a few months later because she got pregnant. When asked who was responsible for the pregnancy, she claimed she couldn’t say for certain, as two young men were involved, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has reaffirmed the commission’s unwavering commitment to impartiality in the fight against corruption, stressing that all politicians, regardless of party affiliation, will be held accountable for financial crimes. Addressing issues as a guest on Channels Television, Olukoyede underscored that the EFCC operates strictly within its […]
Continue Reading37-year-old woman, Linda Stephen, on Tuesday, approached a Kaduna Customary Court, seeking divorce from her husband, Felix Stephen’s excessive sexual demands and alleged physical abuse. In her petition, Mrs Stephen, a resident of Ungwan Sunday in Kaduna, also accused her husband of beating her whenever she refuses his sexual advances. They have been married for six […]
Continue ReadingThe ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is in a celebratory mood as more politicians defect, depleting the ranks of the rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In what was like a tsunami in Delta State, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Ifeanyi Okowa and their political appointees, defected. However, such defections are not unexpected as the ruling […]
Continue ReadingAn Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Ifo Local Government Area, on Tuesday, sentenced controversial hip-hop artiste Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to three months’ imprisonment for assault, with an option of a N30,000 fine. Portable was earlier arraigned before the Magistrate Court in April 2023 on a three-count charge bordering on assault and […]
Continue ReadingExcept for last-minute changes, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) and the Governors Forum (GF) are scheduled to hold a strategic meeting on May 11 to address the gale of defections and other challenges facing the party. Reports say a trusted member of the NWC, who would not want to be named, […]
Continue ReadingFrom last week, the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, on May 29, 1962, summoned an emergency meeting of the Federal House of Representatives which was then the Federal Parliament in Lagos and moved a motion on the Action Group crisis The motion reads thus: “I rise to move the Resolution standing in my name […]
Continue ReadingI was abroad when the CBEX scandal broke: somehow, I tend to be out of town when Nigerians get into very serious trouble but it has been my singular misfortune, and this has happened so many times for close to four decades, to discuss other people’s misfortune. Occupational hazard, I guess. The choice I have […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo alias E-Money, for allegedly abusing currency notes. Sources within the EFCC on Tuesday said E-Money was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos, for allegedly spraying United States dollars (US$), an act […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday allegedly arrested businesswoman Aisha Achimugu at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. It was gathered that Achimugu was arrested around 5:00am shortly after her return from London. Achimugu had been declared wanted in March by the EFCC over allegations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. […]
Continue ReadingIt was almost impossible not to be infected by the joy writ large on the face of the One-party state Villa-fawning group this past week. It was akin to winning a tombola. The Mauritanian-Nigerian ex-spokesperson for the Arewa Elders Forum and until of recent, Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, would […]
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