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There is a novelty in today’s political landscape in Nigeria. Real hard power is in the hands of President Bola Tinubu, an elected leader. On the other hand, soft populist power is in the hands of an unelected aspirant to the throne, Mr. Peter Obi. For good or for ill, President Bola Tinubu is ruling […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Naira closed the week on a positive note, gaining 4.52 kobo against the U.S. dollar at the official market on Friday. According to the latest figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Naira traded at N1,534.72 per dollar. The figure represents a modest gain of 0.05 per cent on Thursday, when it […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has completed a stunning comeback to defeat host nation Morocco 3-2 in the final of the 2025 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), clinching their record-extending 10th title. Morocco looked destined for their first-ever WAFCON crown after an impressive first half that saw them take a 2-0 lead, with goals from captain Ghizlane Chebbak […]
Continue ReadingA few days to the end of their administration in May 2007, then Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr. Olufemi Pedro, resigned his appointment. But Governor Bola Tinubu refused to accept the letter. Tinubu’s goal was to ensure that the impeachment proceedings commenced against Pedro by the State House of Assembly ran its full course. Pedro’s […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) star, media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Anita Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has described her generation of Nigerians as the “dumbest and most cowardly.” In a strongly worded post on her X page, the former BBNaija housemate criticized young Nigerians for blaming older generations while lacking the courage to […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has been elected as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The emergence of the Minister was formally announced on Thursday during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the APC at the State House, Abuja, Nigeria. Yilwatda was adopted as a “consensus […]
Continue ReadingIt is rare to find all four in one husband. Sometimes you find two in one man and unless God helps the couple, that marriage is doomed. These sins hurt and scar women. The men who commit them also suffer from deep-seated issues. The children bear the scars for life, oftentimes carrying them into their […]
Continue ReadingAfter an X user posed the question, “Married men: What do you do when your wife isn’t attractive to you anymore?”, several men took to the comments with heartfelt replies that turned the conversation into an unexpected tribute to their wives. One user said: “Sorry I can’t relate, because this already attractive woman somehow still continues […]
Continue ReadingI felt like the last baby of the family that everyone dotes on because of all the messages I received about my experience with moin moin. I appreciate your concern. Have you ever seen people who strictly adhere to healthy eating and still develop cancer? Yes, it happens. Unknowingly, we are exposed to chemicals in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Falcons, on Tuesday, secured a spot in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in a tense semi-final clash. The match, played with high intensity, saw the Super Falcons take the lead in the first half through Rasheedat Ajibade, who calmly […]
Continue ReadingFor you as a woman, the dream of holding your baby in your arms begins long before your first pregnancy test or fertility appointment. But when uterine fibroids, a condition affecting up to 70 per cent of women by their late 30s and 40s, step into the picture, the path you are treading to parenthood […]
Continue ReadingThe most eminent international school in Lagos Nigeria, Charterhouse Lagos, Tuesday, announced the appointment of Natalie Parker as the Head of Sixth Form, effective January I, 2026. The British Independent Schooling takes this strategic hire as a pivotal step in the school’s expansion, as it prepares to launch its purpose-built secondary school and boarding house […]
Continue ReadingA kind of drama arose at the entrance of Nigeria’s National Assembly complex in Abuja on Tuesday as security operatives prevented suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from gaining access to the premises. Natasha arrived at the gate accompanied by activist Aisha Yesufu, rights advocate Mama P, activist Randy, and a crowd of supporters, […]
Continue ReadingOn December 31, 1983, I was but a tiny secondary school kid when Brig Sani Abacha announced the overthrow of President Shehu Shagari. The economy was in a complete mess, measured by the skyrocketing cost of living. Oil prices had dropped below $10 per barrel and foreign reserves had fallen to $1 billion — compared to a fairly healthy $10 billion in 1980. Prices of basic commodities doubled in […]
Continue ReadingThe camp of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has distanced itself from Monday’s reconciliation meeting between his former running mate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the Julius Abure-led leadership. Labour Party has been engulfed in a leadership crisis, which intensified in April after three members insisted they were the rightful […]
Continue ReadingThe dictum, of the dead, speak no evil (de mortuis nil nisi bonum), speaks to the courtesy expected in interpersonal social relationships and hardly applies to public leaders. If we do not speak ill of brutal dead leaders, history will be written against us. Sometimes it takes the death of an influential figure for us […]
Continue ReadingIn the midst of the ongoing leadership crisis within the Labour Party (LP), the Julius Abure-led faction on Monday, July 21, held a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, with several key leaders and stakeholders in attendance. Present were the factional National Chairman, Julius Abure; National Secretary, Alhaji Umar […]
Continue ReadingOkuku town in present Osun State has a well-recorded history of cultural promotion and preservation. Ulli Beier’s ‘Yoruba Beaded Crowns’ (1982) and Karin Barber’s ‘I Could Speak until Tomorrow: Oriki, Women and the Past in a Yoruba Town’ (1991) are two of the contributions of Okuku to Yoruba cultural history. The late Yoruba playwright and […]
Continue ReadingOndo State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the death of a murder suspect, Femi Oladele, also known as Tallex, during a brief illness. Oladele was arrested for his alleged role in the abduction and death of Andrel Okah and John Abba, two students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. The two students, who were […]
Continue ReadingPrince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Ayingba, has said that it is still investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a lecturer in the Department of Social Science Education of the institution, Mr Olabode Ibikunle. The lecturer reportedly died last Thursday while in company of one Miss Glory Ojochegbe of the same department. PAAU […]
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