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‘Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S.K Adetona, Ogbagba II’, Mosuro Publishers, 2010, pp. 187-195 “The EFCC in Lagos had come calling brusquely on Mike Adenuga (Jnr), Chairman Globacom on 9 July 2006. They broke his gate, swarmed into his house and kept him under ‘arrest’. When I heard about the arrest, I called the […]

Former Nigerian rulers have banded together to sing a hymn for peace in their troubled nation, with some acknowledging they had a role in creating the “mess.” Their video wish for 2017 is getting scornful comments from many on social media. The former leaders, many white-haired and in their 80s, sing “Oh God Our Help […]

No fewer than 114 youths are to get about 600 Hectares for crop farming in Ekiti State under the Agriculture Service Provider Programme.The initiative is a collaboration between the State Government and the Agro Nigerian Ventures Limited in Ado Ekiti.Under the ASPP, at least five graduates from each of the16 Local Governments in the state […]

With considerable trepidation, I took the lift to the sixth floor of the ministry of justice in central Harare to interview the minister. It wasn’t just that I lacked the accreditation foreign journalists must obtain to work in Zimbabwe – the interview had been arranged through unofficial back channels. The minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, also happens […]

One Muhammad Jamu secured the release of 25 prisoners from the Goron Dutse Prison, Kano State after paying their fines on January 3. See another photo below LIB

The line up for the 2017 edition of the famous Coachella Festival has been announced and Nigerian music legend King Sunny Ade will be one of the performers this year. Since it began in 1999, the festival has grown to be a global event of repute and this year’s edition will hold between April 14-16 […]

MMM Nigeria had their first meeting in 2017, today in Lagos. The deliberations according to one of their super guiders are as follows: “1. We are here to re-orient ourselves. Not to get jittery this year. 2. Yes the media has flooded us with wrong names( Mazi Mekus Munachi etc) No it’s real name is […]

Officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force on Wednesday evening, stormed the Maitama home of former first lady, Patience Jonathan’s brother in Abuja. According to eyewitnesses, the security agents laid siege at the house for many hours and later gained access into the premises where they reportedly ransacked the home. The former first lady is currently […]

A-list Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph turned a year older Wednesday and shared dazzling new photos to mark the day. Many happy returns Anita. See more of her sexy and hot photos below: Photo credit: Anita Joseph, Jamiu Salaam Photography

Contrary to reports that a US-based Liberian couple, Lawrence and Shelly Gross, whose bodies were found on December 25, 2016, at their residence in Monrovia, were poisoned to death by a relative, a Nigerian doctor who conducted autopsy on their remains said death points to asphyxiation and Carbon Monoxide. Dr. Christopher Chinedu Obiorah, an Anatomical […]

A female employee in Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock, on Wednesday sustained injury when a weapon of one of the security operatives therein suddenly went off, shattering the peace in parts of the Nigeria’s State House. Channels Television reports on Wednesday night that the incident happened at the administrative reception of the State House. The […]

Star singer, Janet Jackson has welcomed her first child at age 50. She reportedly gave birth Tuesday, January 3 to a bouncing baby boy named Eissa. Her reps confirmed to People exclusive. “Janet Jackson and husband, Wissam Al Mana are so glad to welcome their new son, Eissa Al Mana into the world,” her rep says in a […]

What is the name of this one? A car or super tricycle or super-racer? But Dino Melaye, in his early political career at the House of Representatives made Nigerians believe that he was a simple man who was ready to fight for and identify with the common man. In his interregnum between House of Reps and […]

Since 1999, we have seen a disturbing rise in politicians with criminal backgrounds contesting and winning elections at local, state and federal levels in Nigeria. Apart from being closeted murderers engaged in different forms of ritual killings and routine assassination of opponents, they are also drug barons, terror sponsors, armed robbers, advanced fee fraud afficionados […]

In December 2016, there were reports that some Nigerian soldiers deployed to Sambisa forest revolted against their superiors. Those in charge swiftly denied any revolt by any soldier. But according to the report, the soldiers were protesting and shooting indiscriminately as they turned against their superiors. Now the reason for the protest has been revealed. […]

Reports were rife online Wednesday evening that Gambian president-elect, Adama Barrow, was assassinated by suspected loyalists of his rival and incumbent President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh. Barrow’s media aides tweeted in the evening denouncing the rumor. They also shared this photo of Barrow with the UK and US Ambassadors to Gambia earlier Wednesday after a meeting. (Adama Barrow, […]

A female lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Christie O. Agbulu (pictured above), who was kidnapped in Lokoja on November 26, 2016 has been found dead. Family sources say her corpse was found inside a bush in Lokoja, Kogi state. Christie went missing after she left Makurdi […]

2016 is a year that’ll go down in history of Nigeria for many reasons. One of those reasons is recession but despite the recession and the unprecedented depreciation of the Naira, it wasn’t the worst performing currency in the world. According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin, the increasingly popular cryptocurrency or digital currency, was the best performing […]

Everything here shows they are all living beautifully well. These adorable quadruplets named Jason, Jeff, Ryan and Reynold, were born on December 14, 2015 to Mr. and Mrs. Mathew from Delta state. Their parents met as course mates at the University of Port Harcourt, fell in love and eventually got married. Beautiful family. See more […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has alerted the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, of fresh plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise a section of the Judiciary and muzzle democracy in their desperation to oust him from office, saying; “The essence of all of these is to silence […]