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In the early 80’s when no one knew there would be what is now known as Nollywood, the likes of sultry actress, Barbara Soky held sway as queens of the tube. Not only did she make her name as one of the most sought after actresses in the country, she was one of the few […]

On his resurrection, Jesus met two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus, although they did not know it was him. They were despairing that the one they thought would bring salvation to Israel ended up dead and buried. Jesus berated them. He told them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe […]

A graduation ceremony at the weekend turned sour as a female graduate of the Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, Uloko Laurenta Apaume, was allegedly shot dead by a member of the Auchi community vigilance group. It was gathered that the deceases, a Banking and Finance graduate, was allegedly killed on Friday night by a stray bullet from the vigilante, who was […]

Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday. The revelations follow an internal investigation of how the organization handled more than $124 million during the 2014-2016 epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia […]

Budding actress Omalicha Elom unlike most of her her colleagues is not here for marriage. According to the actress, she is single and flirting. In her words: “I have never experienced heartbreak. In fact, I don’t even know what it is like, because I have only dated two guys in my life. I was the […]

Many years ago the irrepressible Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam Aminu Kano, said, “Until the Fulani Emirs are toppled, northern Nigeria will not know peace”. History has proved him right. The feudal structure of the north and its deeply conservative […]

Nollywood’s queen of b**bs, Cossy Ojiakor, may have made good her plans to get a new bum to compliment her humongous b**bs, which have earned her fame far above what her talents could have pulled off. The Nutty queen revealed to Potpourri in a private chat that having a new big bum to replace her relatively small […]

Lunch with Jasmine as usual was fun and exciting; she regaled me as always with her past ‘sexcapades’, I laughed so much and temporarily forgot my troubles. Jasmine is that type of friend that never allows you sink into depression no matter what is going on in your life. “So what’s going on with Christopher?” I […]

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has snubbed the ongoing 2017 edition of Kabba Day over fear of been attacked by angry youths in the area. Reports have it that the governor was already in Kabba to attend the annual occasion before news filtered around that some youths at the same occasion which the governor was […]

Two Kenya Airways (KQ) staff were Thursday, November 2, arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with 40kg of narcotics believed to be heroin. Alfric Otieno and Lennox Chestit, both KQ cabin attendants, were arrested during a sting operation by detectives as they prepared to ferry the narcotics to Lagos, Nigeria, aboard Kenya Airways […]

Africa’s rich cultural heritage can no longer be overlooked or viewed remotely from discriminatory and narrow foreign perspectives. We as a continent have been able to not only preserve our art but, express our originality through various means and channels such as entertainment, fashion and interior design, extending our creative expressiveness to other cultures. The […]

46-year-old policeman in Delta State, identified as, Corporal Barau Garba, who allegedly abducted a 14-year-old girl and turned her to a s*x slave over a six-day period, has now been dismissed from the force. It was learnt that Garba was handed a summary dismissal after an orderly room trial on Monday, October 30 in Anambra […]

Former Nigerian model, Dr. Emeka Okorocha, who’s a  junior doctor with the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is attracting millions of females fans all over the world after a video of him sharing hangover cures went viral on social media. The 24-year-old from River State who studied medicine at the University of East […]

Some men and women from northern Nigeria staged a protest on Friday. The protesters who spoke only in Hausa language, demanded the removal of President Buhari’s chief of staff, Mr. Abba Kyari. They also asked President Buhari to ban his cousin, Mamman Daura from coming to see him in the presidential villa. Watch video of the […]

Nigerian star singer, Tiwa Savage has revealed how she overcame the crisis with her husband Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz The ‘Mavin Queen’ says she relied on God for help despite accusations of her sleeping around with men. According to her, the crisis made her stronger “My mother has always told me that, in this life, […]

Femi Adesina, media adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that his principal personally rejected the motion to endorse him for 2019 during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in an article he release on Friday titled, ‘PMB: Just like the mills of the gods’. Adesina […]

Expectedly, beauty queens are not permitted to be in a relationship during their reign. Most of them claim they abide by that rule, including the current Miss Nigeria, Chioma Obiadi. When Saturday Beats asked the young beauty queen how she has been able to cope with that, she said it was just a protective measure put in […]

Since her stellar performance in the movie, ‘Arugba,’ which was directed by the film maker icon, Tunde Kilani some ten years ago, actress Bukky Awoyemi, popularly known as Bukky Arugba, has remained Nigerians’ sweetheart on the silver screen until 2014 when she encountered her first scandal as an actress. The story then was that Bukky snatched her […]

The ongoing Local Government election in Enugu State has been condemned by the All Progressives Congress (APC). National Vice Chairman of the party in the South East, Emmanuel Eneukwu, told journalists in his country home at Obinagu in Udi Local Government Area of the state that the election was a `sham’. Mr. Eneukwu said that election […]

‘One child too many. A history of death, tragedy and sorrow and the terrible curse of power in Nigeria’ In the early 1960′s Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the Western Region, lost his first son and years later his second son and second daughter were cut short in the prime of their lives. Chief […]