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How come the Yoruba voice no longer has the same effect that it used to have in our national affairs? In 1998, the AD – Alliance for Democracy party was registered despite its not meeting the conditions specified for the registration of a political party? The reason? After Abacha, the Abdulsalami regime panicked about the […]

In January 1943, the late Segun Awolowo and I were registered to start Primary Education at Agbeni Methodist School, Ibadan. I was one and a half years older than Segun and because he could not touch his left ear with his right hand held across his head, he was considered too junior and was therefore […]

19 registered political parties in Nigeria, yesterday, called on the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, to step down from the trial of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. The political parties alleged that the tribunal chairman had failed to demonstrate a dispassion that is required of anyone sitting in judgment over […]

The ever controversial singer, Davido may have gotten involved in another s*x scandal as shown by this Twitter user. A Twitter user with the handle @King_Amarah shared some photos of what she described as Davido in bed with a lady called Faith Nketsi yesterday and added the words, “See Davido…. Look at his life. Money can’t buy you man-hood enlargement […]

When a family lacks shame, things like this must happen. A terribly enraged woman has carried out a most brutal attack on her own daughter for the most unbelievable reason ever – male lover. According to Olufamous, the woman identified as Chiekube Igbinosa in Akumazi community of Delta State, was said to have bit off […]

As she looked at the remains of her husband and shook her head several times, then, with hot tears, cascading her cheeks, she started wailing uncontrollably, paying little heed to the family members around who were busy consoling her. It was a scene of sorrow and tears in Ado-Ekiti at the funeral service in honour […]

That whole ordeal almost ruined my life and my career but God was with me throughout and He delivered me from their evil because I had done nothing wrong. On 1st July, 2015, I was acquitted by a duly constituted court of law of all those charges and I give God the glory for that. […]

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, joined other Nigerians accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of inaction over the continued carnage and mass murder being committed by Fulani herdsmen across the country, saying Buhari seems to lack the ability to contain the herdmen’s violent activities. Soyinka stated this in his address to the National Conference on Culture […]

The World Bank Access to Information Committee has asked for more time to decide on a request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Lagos, on how the recovered Abacha loot was spent. Mr Olukayode Majekodunmi, the Deputy Director of SERAP, said in a statement on Thursday that the World Bank had requested for […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is perfecting plans to arrest some top oil barons suspected to have pooled over $115m (N23, 299,705,000 billion) to bribe some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to alter the results of 2015 Presidential Election. One of the suspected oil barons, name withheld, was said to have reported at […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki was re-arraigned Thursday before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a fresh amended 16 counts charge. Saraki, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, also barely one hour after his re-arraignment, served the Tribunal with the copy of an appeal he lodged with the Abuja division of the Court […]

The Federal government will on June 2 launch the kick-off of the Ogoni Clean-up programme as contained in the United Nations Environment Programme Report (UNEP). The minister, Mrs Amina Muhammed, disclosed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt during a courtesy visit to Gov. Nyeson Wike of Rivers. Represented by Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim […]

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to end fuel queues cross the country. It warned that at the end of the ultimatum, it will mobilise the organised labour, civil society groups and the masses to occupy the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) until […]

As seen on twitter today. The look on her face shows: Hey, monkey please leave me alone o o o o o o o. Image: LIB.

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari arrived Ibadan Wednesday, 27 April 2016 and was welcomed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his First Lady, Mrs Florence Ajimobi. Photo Credit: Instagram – tolanialli

On 30th July, 2013, the parents of the ten Directorate of State Security (DSS) operatives killed two months earlier by the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State staged a peaceful protest in Lafia where the then Vice President Namadi Sambo was due to commission some projects. The protesters were responding to the statement by the then […]

Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Aisha Buhari was warmly received by HRH Oba Saliu Olasupo Adetunji Aje Ogungunnuso 1, the Olubadan of Ibadan, at his palace yesterday, April 27. (Photo credit: LIB)

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, who was hospitalised after he fell from a chair at the PDP national secretariat during a function, appeared in court on Wednesday for the continuation of his trail at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over allegations of money laundering and receiving N400 million from […]

7. Mrs. Esther Nenadi Usman: She exhibits simplicity in dressing and appearance being a pastor of a church when in fact her husband is a muslim leader. She was a former minister of state for finance as well as former Nigerian senator. She is beautiful in simplicity. 6. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke: You would agree that […]

EFCC has sealed two buildings in Abuja said to belong to a former Minister of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman over the N2.5 campaign fund allegedly transferred to her company account from the Central Bank of Nigeria in January 2015. Usman, who was the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, was arrested last […]