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The age of the New Media is characterised by, among other appurtenances, the ubiquity of digital devices that enable us to grasp fleeting moments and freeze them into evidence. This easy accessibility to proof generated its own aphorism in the electronic world of the social media: pics or it didn’t happen! The meme is a […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Malta for the Heads of Governments of Commonwealth nations’ Meeting.

The first lady of Edo state, Iara Oshiomole and her husband, Adams, were among the super dignitaries that attended the final funeral rites of Mrs H.I.D Awolowo in Ikenne, Ogun state on Wednesday, November 25. Continue to see more photos of the other super dignitaries. Photo credit: Tolani Alli, Illusions Imagery

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi East Senatorial District have nominated Mr Mohammed Audu, 43, first son of Late Prince Abubakar Audu, to replace him as the party’s governorship candidate. The leaders, stakeholders and delegates who made this known in Lokoja on Thursday after a marathon meeting, said they arrived at the […]

According to LIB, Hon. James Faleke, the running mate to late Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the APC in the governorship election in Kogi State, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, asking the commission to declare him the governor-elect of the state. The lawmaker said that under Nigerian Constitution, he was […]

More than 600 babies in Japan wriggled to the finish line on their hands and knees in the world’s largest crawling competition on Monday. Japanese publisher Benesse organised the one-day event at a shopping mall in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, inviting infants aged between six months and one year and four months to participate in […]

President Barack Obama, joined by the entire first family, on Wednesday began the Thanksgiving holiday by serving dinner to the local homeless population and veterans at Friendship Place Homeless Center in Washington. Earlier in the day, while taking part in the traditional turkey pardon, Obama said that he and the first family would “take some […]

According to iCampusng, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has denied a report attributed to him extolling the virtues of a former governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu. A recent online report had quoted Mr. Soyinka as admiring the former governor’s maturity and political sacrifice for “saving Nigeria from […]

Reports have it that a final year student of the department of Engineering, Federal university of technology Akure, FUTA, simply identified as Festus, hung himself after checking his results and discovering he will be spending an extra year in the school. See his lifeless photo below.  

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Professor John Idoko today disclosed that it recently discovered about 3,500 male sex workers within the Abuja city centre, most of whom were married men. Idoko made the disclosure while speaking at the agency’s maiden lecture in Abuja. He said a study […]

A man who paid a surrogate to have his baby became overwhelmed when he learned she was having triplets and demanded the woman abort one of the fetuses while threatening her with financial ruin, she claims. “They are human beings. I bonded with these kids. This is just not right,” mom-to-be Melissa Cook told The […]

“You look sleepy” “My brother, let’s just say I slept at a fuel station, looking for fuel.” “For which of the women in your life, because I hear these days, to please a woman in Nigeria, you must be ready to supply the three major things lacking in the land: money, fuel, and happiness.” “Leave […]

A 40-year-old woman and mother of three, Mrs. Abike Fajuyi has pleaded with an Ado-Ekiti Customary court to compel her husband, Mr. Opeyemi Fajuyi to sell their house and share the money. Abike who said she had been helpful and had obtained bank loans to support the building of their house also prayed the court […]

The Senate today confirmed Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as Executive Vice Chairman (EVC and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). He was appointed in acting capacity by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 4, 2015 following the expiration of the tenure of Dr. Eugene Juwah. Having gone through what has been described as thorough […]

According to Vanguard newspaper, Mrs Roli Bode George has been appointed as the first woman acting Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the retirement of Alhaji Ahmadu Giade who has bowed out after serving 10 years in the agency. Roli’s appointment is considered by observers as a significant gender balancing at […]

That is the Nigerian Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, 1st from left – front row, as a pupil in Corona Primary School. Photo credit: Corona Schools

Chief Mrs HID Awolowo who died in September was buried at her husband’s home in Ikenne Ogun state today November 25. Continue to see more photos:    Images: Dele Momodu, Adeolu Ashaye, LIB

Senate President Bukola Saraki led other senators from PDP and APC to an interactive dinner session with President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the state house Abuja this evening. In attendance at the meeting was APC National Leader Bola Tinubu who was seated close to Bukola Saraki. See more photos of the event […]

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc over the weekend treated 20 customers to an unforgettable holiday experience in Dubai. The beneficiaries, selected from the pool of the people who received their Western Union and MoneyGram transfer at UBA during the UBA Remittance Awoof Promo, departed for Dubai Friday evening from the international wing of the […]

According to Informationng, this news would disappoint many people who have been hoping that the Nollywood couple of Toyin Aimakhu and Adeniyi Johnson would come back together soon. CEO of Ebony Films, Seun Egbegbe has confirmed that he is in a relationship with Yoruba actress, Toyin Aimakhu. E Rave reports that Seun Egbegbe is even thinking of […]