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Nigerian actress, and entrepreneur, Chisom Steve Ogbonnaya, has shared exciting news with her fans that she’s getting married. The beautiful actress took to her Instagram page to announce her engagement, posting photos with her fiancé. More of the photos below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chisom Steve Ogbonnaya (@chisom_steve) Photos: Chisom, […]
Continue ReadingThe controversy surrounding the proposed adjustment to the formula for sharing the states’ portion of the Value Added Tax (VAT), especially the derivation component, in the tax reform bills submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu is yet to abate. What I find interesting is that many readers are asking for my take […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti State Chief Magistrates Court, Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, in the state’s correctional centre. Farotimi, who was arrested in his law chamber in Lagos on Tuesday by officers from Ekiti State Police Command, was arraigned for allegedly publishing a book: “Nigeria and […]
Continue ReadingCourt documents filed on Tuesday by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have finally revealed that the 753-duplex estate in Abuja is tied to Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and his cronies, including one Ifeanyi Omeke. The estate, located in the Lokogoma District, covers over 150,000 square meters […]
Continue ReadingFemale Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Local Government, Abdulkadir Hannypet, has said that if a woman ignores her husband’s infidelity, it will make her look “fresher” in his eyes. See her post below:
Continue ReadingKemi Badenoch, Nigerian by birth, was recently elected Leader of the UK Conservative Party and Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition. She occupies the second highest position in the UK political world. She could become the UK Prime Minister after the next election. That is how politically important she is. She follows in the footsteps of […]
Continue ReadingMother of the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, who tragically died in controversial circumstances of alleged bullying in Lagos state on November 30, 2021, Mrs. Rosemary Oromoni has died. Family sources disclosed that Mrs. Rosemary Oromoni died in late November after battling with an intermittent blood pressure-related illness. Her death came seven months after a […]
Continue ReadingObi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has urged Nigerian political leaders to prioritize public interest over personal gains to ensure the country’s growth and sustainability. While speaking at the public presentation of an autobiography by Senator Chris Anyanwu, in Abuja, the Obi warned against the pervasive corruption in Nigeria, and likened it […]
Continue ReadingVice-President of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as the first female president in the southern African nation. Nandi-Ndaitwah’s ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) Party was on Tuesday declared winner of last week’s disputed elections which the opposition has vowed not to recognise. Electoral umpire, Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said Nandi-Ndaitwah clinched […]
Continue ReadingBritish Government is set to deport popular Nigerian pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, to Nigeria after losing his case against deportation at the immigration tribunal. Reports say that the UK government had shut down his church, Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nations) in the United Kingdom, after investigations revealed a misuse of funds by the church leadership. […]
Continue ReadingIn 1992, Leon Mugesera, a senior politician in the then Rwanda ruling party, gathered a crowd of supporters at a rally held in the town of Kabaya. At the rally, Mugesera labeled the minority Tutsi as “cockroaches,” who must be eliminated. He then asked this East African ethnic group to go back to its place […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has on Tuesday, advocated for the Nigeria—South Africa strategic partnership to become a model of leadership, economic integration, and shared prosperity for the African continent. He made the call while speaking at the opening of the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Cape Town, South Africa. Tinubu urged […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed the recovery of an estate in the Lokogoma District of Abuja, Nigeria, measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments. EFCC described this as its “single largest asset recovery” since its inception in 2003. In a ruling on Monday, December 2, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian vice president and the presidential candidate of People Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, hosted the Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to breakfast at his home in Adamawa state, Nigeria on Saturday morning November 30. Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 general election. Obi later defected […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been very difficult for me to comment on the VAT component of the tax reform bills because of lack of data. President Bola Tinubu has proposed to increase VAT derivation from 20 percent to 60 percent. This has led to political pushbacks and media war. Proponents argue that the bill is so good it […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man, Ejike Okoli, has gone to social media to say that only broke men kneel down to propose to a woman, and that real men do not kneel to propose. He wrote: “I have said it before and let me repeat it again. Once he kneels down to propose to you, baby girl just […]
Continue ReadingDaughter of billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedola, and Nigerian disc jockey (DJ), Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy, trended after she took to different social media platforms – LinkedIn, SnapChat, and X, with a picture of her making a crying face in two of the platforms, to announce that she wants a man. The DJ/singer […]
Continue ReadingChad announced on Thursday, November 28, that it was terminating its military cooperation agreement with France, hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot concluded a visit to the country. “The government of the Republic of Chad informs national and international opinion of its decision to end the accord in the field of defence signed with […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian regional system was once a beautiful political structure that governed every facet of Nigerian life. This structure successfully held sway in the West, North, and East until 1966. It began to disintegrate after the coup that led to the assassination of its prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and other prominent Premiers and […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its director-general for a second term. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, WTO said the reappointment will take effect on September 1, 2025. The former Nigerian Minister of Finance assumed office as the seventh Director-General of the […]
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