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In Africa, traditional beliefs cannot be wished away, even though it is generally believed that change is constant. Some tribes in Nigeria view women with excessive hair as a taboo. But this belief does not strike a chord in Queen Okafor, a native of Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Seeing her […]

US President Barack Obama will welcome his Nigerian counterpart to Washington next month, the White House announced Thursday, a symbolic show of solidarity after the country’s first ever democratic transition. “President Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House,” on July 20, the White House said. The visit will mark “our support […]

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by some All Progressives Congress (APC) senators to read the letter by the ruling party recommending some senators to occupy other principal officers of the senate. Senator Gbenga Ashafa (APC-Lagos East), who relied on Order 15 of the Senate Standing Order, urged that the president of the Senate […]

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday inaugurated an ad hoc committee to carry out thorough fiscal examination on the senate finances with the aim of coming up with the best cost-effective regime in the current Senate. According to Senate President, the 10-member committee, headed Senator James Manager, would look at the best strategy to […]

Couple having sex on moving motorbike were caught by the police after their photo of the act went viral on the net. They couldn’t even wait to get home? Can you imagine that? A couple who were photographed having sex on a moving motorbike (is that even possible?) traveling along a public road in India have been caught after […]

The Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki has announced the appointment of Senator Isa Galadu as his Chief of Staff. Senator Galadu represents Kebbi North in the Senate and he is a PDP member. While APC senators are busy fighting themselves dirty in the Senate, for Principal and Committee positions, Saraki, as Senate President is busy consolidating his […]

Often called “The African Bob Marley” legendary singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and master African musician King Sunny Adé and his African Beats—a cadre of 17 musicians and singers and a rotation of 5 dancers—return to New York for their first tour of the United States in 7 years. Over the course of a four decade career […]

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, one Augustine Obodeke; for having carnal knowledge of his 17-year old daughter (Favour) and impregnating her three times. The bubble finally burst for Obodeke when his daughter became pregnant the third time and was unwilling to go for abortion. According to police report, the girl […]

On April 5, barely seven days after Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedented win in the Nigerian presidential elections, former Lagos State governor and the acknowledged leader of the party that brought Buhari his win, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was already boasting to anyone who would listen how he single-handedly put Buhari in office.  This is a theme […]

What appears to be a sister group to Boko Haram has reportedly emerged in Kebbi state, Nigeria. The group is said not to be violent as yet. But like Boko Haram, this group called Yanlabaiku also forbids western education and share wives. According to Daily Trusts: A group known as “Yanlabaiku” with membership of about 100 followers […]

A ‘loved and respected’ Google executive has died in an accident at the Cannes Lions festival. The employee is understood to be a member of Google’s UK marketing team. Business Insider has reported that the male executive was hit by a car on Monday. The company is not releasing his identity, or further details about […]

Speaking in Abuja at the annual Ramadan Lecture of the Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society of Nigeria last Sunday, the embattled Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, said: “The challenge I face today was not my making, it is a national problem. I borrowed N24 billion to pay salaries, but when the banks say I cannot borrow […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja that over 64 judges had been disciplined by the National Judicial Council (NJC) between 2009 and 2014. According to News Express, Mohammed made the disclosure at a seminar, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Theme of the seminar is ‘The Fight […]

According to Punch, the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salam, said on Wednesday that the assembly had received a petition from a serving judge in the state, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, calling for the impeachment of Governor Rauf Aregbesola because of alleged financial recklessness. Salam, who confirmed to Punch correspondent in an […]

(Flickr / Pedro Ribeiro Simões) “Don’t forget your mistress!” is apparently an advertising slogan used by French flower shops. According to Yahoo news, infidelity is common in France, but no one in the country seems to mind. In Aziz Ansari’s new book on romance in the digital age, “Modern Romance,” the comedian/actor points to a […]

Rita Ora stepped out displaying cleavage once again. The British singer showed extreme sideboob in a daring LBD as she went about in the urban city yesterday. Nice way to stay in the news. Nice boobs anyway. More photos below. Photo credits: Buzz foto/Rex, PC-NWP, Shutterstock, Splash news

Dropping his second single titled ‘Hello’ is OJayy Wright; ready to top the charts & break boundaries after being somewhat absent from the game for about a year now. OJayy who recently signed to a new management, Wright Media Int’l and currently managed by celebrity manager, Sammy Cole, is ready to take his career to […]

The popular Lagos prophet, T.B. Joshua, shared some photos of his teenage years and when he was in his early twenties on his Facebook page and the story about his growing up in poverty and overcoming it. See what he wrote there below: “I found myself in a family background that irritated me. My natural circumstance […]

Lawmakers at the Benue State House of Assembly resorted to physical fighting yesterday following a letter written and addressed to the Speaker by members of the APC to appoint majority leader from them for the Assembly. Watch. (Video credit: Channels TV).

An Osun State judge, Justice Oloyede Folahanmi has called on the state House of Assembly to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the state’s financial resources by the governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his deputy in accordance with Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 constitution, saying there is no moral justification for their continued stay […]