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Senator Ben Murray-Bruce shared photos of himself in the business class section of Arik Air and Nigerians reacted. They reacted because the last time he shared photos of himself in a plane, he was in premium economy and he said he doesn’t fly First Class. See Nigerians react and Ben Bruce’s reply to their reaction […]

I take this opportunity to wish all our fathers a Happy Father’s Day. I read an appeal to Prof. Toyin Falola from a contributor asking him to step in and sue for peace in the Dr. Ariyo xenophobic crisis.  I don’t know on what basis the appeal was made since he is not a member […]

Emmanuel Kalejaiye, the 21 year old Nigerian man who stabbed his own mother, 41 year old Tolu Kalejaiye, to death at their home in the UK has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Emmanuel who has been diagnosed with a mental ailment, stabbed his mother 40 times in the head, face, neck, upper limbs & hands […]

At first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old. She loves dressing up as Elsa from “Frozen,” playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping. But what makes the British-Nigerian youngster stand out is the fact that she’s also a university undergraduate. Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK’s […]

Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, EbonyLife TV, hosted young leaders and professionals to an exclusive meeting with Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, June 20, at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. See many more photos below: The venue brimmed over with invited guests drawn from a pool […]

Reports say that the popular Hausa musician, Dan Maraya Jos died on Saturday in Jos, Plateau State. Born in 1946, the Jos based international musician has died at the age of 69. Members of his family reported that the veteran traditional musician passed on at a private hospital in Jos. He was said to have […]

It is another day, another shooting in America! 10 people have again been shot, 1 dead, at children’s tea party in Detroit, United States. Attackers fired semiautomatic weapons at a child’s birthday party in Detroit, killing one person and wounding nine others, authorities said. A 20-year-man died in the Saturday night shooting, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. […]

Four Nigerians, Isaiah Owolabi, Kelvin Ogholi, Nkechikwu Azinge and Oladipupo Ajiroba will be presented the inaugural Queen’s Young Leaders Awards, on Monday, at the United Kingdom’s Buckingham Palace. The awards will be presented by the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II. The award winners aged between 18 and 29 are being recognised by the UK monarch for […]

According to Punch, the crisis of confidence which has pitted party leaders of the All Progressives Congress against the new principal officers of the National Assembly may take a turn for the worse this week. Contrary to the belief in several quarters, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is widely believed to have accepted the election of […]

Prof. Wole Soyinka has lost the race to be Oxford’s Professor of poetry to British poet and ace broadcaster, Simon Armitage. Armitage, the popular poet and broadcaster, secured 1,221 votes to his closest rival, Prof. Soyinka’s 920, topping Soyinka by 301 votes. Armitage was backed by more names, including John Carey and Melvyn Bragg. Bragg had previously […]

A civil society group, Stop Impunity Nigeria, an affiliate of the Centre for Social Justice, had on June 1, 2015 applied to the CCB to request copies of the completed assets declaration forms by the President and his deputy. According to Vanguard, the application, signed by the Lead Director of the Centre, Eze Onyekpere, was […]

According to Punch, there are strong indications that a fresh power tussle is brewing in the All Progressives Congress over the chairmanship of its Board of Trustees. Saturday PUNCH reliably learnt on Friday that the tussle was between former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and a former Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande. Investigations showed that […]

According to Punch, the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has relocated to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, barely three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was inaugurated. Since they were inaugurated, Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo have been operating from outside the Presidential Villa. This is despite the fact that both men have their […]

There was a beautiful girl who suddenly found herself between life and death situation. Four men were at hand to each play different and very important role to save her life after which she was admired by the four men for the purpose of marrying her. The four men were: a singer, a hunter, a doctor and a fisherman. […]

A few days ago, the Nollywood star actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh, shared the above picture with caption: “today with a joyful heart,With a smile that only The Angels would understand..Am Happy even thru my pains and sorrows… I see LIFE differently and I wonder why he saves me each time,A little girl died this morning.She […]

As they say, hypocrisy is one of those things that are peculiar with Nigerian entertainers, the female folks in particular. But one actress who is usually blunt about her emotions is Tamilore Ojo, an Ibadan-based Yoruba movie actress cum producer. Unlike many of her colleagues, Tamilore, who produced the movie titled Alapa, confessed that her […]

According to The Cable, the Ahmed Joda-led Transition Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to keep the number of federal ministries at 19, nine less than the proposed 28. The Cable also reported that the advisory committee recommended that Buhari should have only 19 senior ministers and 17 ministers of […]

The world’s first electric passenger aircraft to gain an airworthiness certificate has been invented by China, a news report said. Reports say that the BX1E has a 14.5 meter wingspan and a maximum payload of 230 kilogram. “It can fly at an altitude of 3,000 metres. The charging is completed within two hours, allowing a flight time of […]

Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren’t all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens. “The queens have a great role to play in the fondom,” notes Prince Nickson, […]

There are reports that President Buhari has directed that nine of the VIP transport aircraft under the presidential fleet should be sold as part of the federal government’s cost measures. Industry sources said that the presidential fleet, which are registered as Nigerian Air Force aircraft, is one of the largest in Africa and the third largest in Nigeria […]