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The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died. At a point in time, there was this street drummer in Oyo metropolis who moved from one point of the town to the other plying his trade. And, he was a master of his art, great skill, vigorous activity. […]
Continue ReadingMonies unremitted by Revenue Generating Agencies (RGA) to the coffers of the Federal Government increased to N4.1tn as of June 2024, the Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) has said. FAAC stated that this was despite the agencies’ reconciliation and payment of outstanding debts of N94.96bn in May 2024. According to Punch, the unresolved amount is […]
Continue ReadingThe 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that end today, known by the reduplicative compound “Zanga-Zanga” in Hausaphone northern Nigeria, have ruptured the coalition that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu managed to build with a portion of the northern Muslim political establishment since 2014, which put Muhammadu Buhari in power in 2015 and 2019 and him in 2023. […]
Continue ReadingThe United States won the XXXIII edition of the Olympic Games on Sunday in Paris, but it was just by the skin of their teeth. They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided on Sunday. But they only finished […]
Continue ReadingThe aunt and her niece comprising Nneamaka and Chinne popularly known as Ndi Nne duo, have been evicted from the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 9 edition. Their eviction was confirmed after custodians, Mayor Frosh and Toby Forge of Team Streeze were assigned the power to evict one of the four house pairs nominated for […]
Continue ReadingNiger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has condemned the burning of the church building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, the state capital described the attack on the church “as […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigerian Senate has vehemently denied allegations suggesting it is involved in determining its salaries or receiving special fiscal packages from the Presidency. This claim, which reportedly emerged during a visit by members of the House of Representatives to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun State, has sparked widespread public debates. In the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Tinubu’s self-serving speech–which basically sang his own praises, said he’d heard the people’s anguished cries but won’t do anything about the cries and then threatened that the people shouldn’t cry for much longer or they’d be crushed– signposts the making of an unfeeling tyrant. If the people close to him don’t stop him and […]
Continue ReadingA former two-term member of the House of Representatives representing Somolu Federal Constituency, Wole Diya, has passed away. He died at the age of 63. Diya, who served in the Green Chamber and was also a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Somolu State Constituency I, died early on Friday, August […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Christians to shun corruption. Adeboye stated this on Saturday, which was the sixth day of the church’s just-concluded annual convention, with the theme ‘Heaven’, held at the Redemption City, Kilometre 47 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria. He asserted that […]
Continue ReadingAn American immigration officer caught me unawares with a probing question. I was doing a research on five oil-producing countries on a comparative scale with Nigeria to draw out lessons for our leaders on policy environment, windfall management, upstream-downstream linkages, local content, and operations of national oil companies. I had travelled to Washington, DC to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian pharmacist, Maketere Ugwu Amoke, has said that a woman who spends her own money without her husband’s approval is not different from an apprentice who steals from his master. One births the other. Amoke, who stated this in a Facebook post on Friday, also said that women who send money to their people without […]
Continue ReadingWell-known crossdresser and TikToker known as Abuja Area Mama, has been killed. His lifeless body was found lying along the Katampe Mabuchi highway in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the early hours of Thursday August 8. The deceased who never hid his sexuality, had on Wednesday, August 8, shared a video of himself in […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday, Nigerian businessman, Tony Elumelu, has said the government and security agents in Nigeria should be able to tell Nigerians who steal the country’s crude oil, especially using vessels that move through the territorial waters. He said he discovered first-hand why international oil companies were partly […]
Continue ReadingNot a few defenders of neoliberalism have criticised the judgment of the Federal High Court which has mandated the Federal Government to fix the prices of essential commodities in the country. The criticism of the judgment is based on the fact that Nigeria is a capitalist country. It is surprising that such critics are not […]
Continue ReadingCorruption remains one of the most significant impediments to Nigeria’s development, as it erodes trust in public institutions, undermines the rule of law, and stifles economic growth. The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, declared in Zaria on Thursday that an estimated 87 million bribes amounting to […]
Continue ReadingIt has been reported that Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, a renowned Nigerian surgeon and the founder of Med Contour Services Ltd, has passed away as a result of a prolonged illness. News made the rounds last week that Dr. Anu died of a mysterious ailment. A viral video online also showed Anu shockingly lean and speaking […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu should count himself lucky. What he feared most has happened to him. What his predecessors in office could not do, he has done effortlessly. What others before him, including him, had used in the past to deceive Nigerians, while campaigning, but would never do when they got to the office, God […]
Continue ReadingNigerian female athlete, Favour Ofili was in tears after finishing in 6th position at the 200meters women final. Gabrielle Thomas from United States won gold, Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia won silver, while Brittany Brown also from United States won bronze. Ofili on Monday August 5, finished second during the qualifiers with a season’s best […]
Continue ReadingIn a display of sportsmanship, Nigerian cyclist, Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye, received crucial support from the German cycling team during the Paris Olympics. Ukpeseraye, representing Team Nigeria, found herself in a difficult situation when she had no bicycle to race with in the keirin and sprint events due to the short notice of her participation. “Due […]
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