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The reality today is that Nigeria’s total debt, comprising both local and external stocks, is, according to Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO), a whopping N107 trillion, which is humongous. The culprits for the ballooning of the debt are hugely the policy of subsidizing petrol pump prices and propping up the naira, origins of which date […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the controversial cybersecurity levy policy and ordered a review of the law and policy necessitating it. This is coming after the decision of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, which, last Thursday, asked the CBN to withdraw its circular directing all […]
Continue ReadingIf you have ever used a Nigerian road, you are familiar with the experience of the motor vehicle breakdown requiring the intervention of a mechanic. If you are lucky, there is one nearby. If your luck happens to be somewhere else, it may take hours—and a succession of mechanics, or days—to get that engine fixed, […]
Continue ReadingThe Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) 2024 holds on Saturday, May 11 at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos State, Nigeria. The ceremony, which marks the 10th anniversary of the award, is an annual event organised by Multichoice to recognise outstanding achievements in television, film, entertainment and digital content creation throughout Nollywood and the […]
Continue ReadingA claim by a male individual who said he is a biological son of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has been strongly refuted by the monarch himself. In a widely circulated video, the unidentified man had claimed that he and his mother have been kept hidden by the Ooni, and were instructed to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill passes through the third reading. According to Channels TV, the proposal was adopted on Thursday when the Senate dissolved into a committee of the whole for a clause-by-clause consideration of a report […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has pleaded not guilty to the N2.7 billion corruption charges levelled against him by the Federal Government. Sirika was on Thursday, May 9, arraigned before Justice Sylvanus Oriji at the Federal High Court in Abuja along with his daughter, Fatima, his son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, and a firm – […]
Continue ReadingKing Charles of England’s second son, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle touched down in Nigeria on Friday, May 10, for their first official international tour since stepping back from their royal roles in 2020. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were pictured arriving at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria on […]
Continue Reading“It was death that ended my first marriage. Although we were married for close to three years, we didn’t have any child because I miscarried twice. The last miscarriage happened exactly one month before my husband died in a ghastly motor accident. To tell you the truth, my in-laws were still doting on me even […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian footballers are mourning the death of 1993 FIFA U-17 World winner, Ibrahim Babangida, who will be buried in Kaduna on Friday (today), after he died in a car crash, which also left his brother and ex-Super Eagles winger, Tijani Babangida, his wife, son and maid hospitalised, The PUNCH reports. Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medallist and […]
Continue ReadingPopular singer Yemi Alade recently drew the ire of some online commentators when she decried the frequency of house demolitions in Lagos. Some of these commenters’ vociferous defence of the government’s decision to demolish houses left me wondering if this is not schadenfreude. Do these people truly believe in the irreproachability of the government, or […]
Continue ReadingKenya’s Anti-Narcotic Unit (ANU) detectives have arrested a Nigerian national allegedly found with 200g of cocaine in Mombasa, Kenya. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in a statement on Thursday, May 9, 2024, said the suspect, Victor Chinenye Ikonne, was arrested at an apartment as the crackdown on drug traffickers continues in the country. “The […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Supreme Court has removed a Prince George’s County circuit judge from the bench, finding “egregious” misconduct. In a per curiam order filed Monday afternoon, the Maryland Supreme Court “concluded that, based on the egregious nature of the misconduct in this case, removal … is the appropriate disposition” for the judge, April Teniade Ademiluyi. The high […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian couple based in the United States, will spend the next 25-years of their lives in prison for second-degree murder in the death of their five-year-old son. Valerie Owusu, and her boyfriend, Emmanuel Addae, both 28 years old and residing in Corona, Queens, New York, had been convicted in March of depraved indifference murder for […]
Continue ReadingThe scholar and researcher had taken a trip to an open market. There, he met a female fishmonger. Attracted by the casual attention this researcher paid to a croaker fish on display in her stall, the lady attempted to win this potential buyer to her stall. So, she began to dish out a combination of […]
Continue ReadingThe reigning Miss United States of America, Noelia Voigt, has resigned from her title, citing her mental health. In a statement via her Instagram account, she acknowledged that her action may come as a shock to many but she hopes that her fans stick around with her as she writes the next chapter. Her statement […]
Continue ReadingA man with the he-goat spirit is a man who does not listen to your advice. It’s not that he does not respect you. It’s just that he respects that thing in-between his legs more. He is not deaf either, he just likes the sonorous voice of his third leg. It is sweet in his […]
Continue ReadingWorld Press Freedom Day: Freedom of Expression and the Press is Not Absolute Last Friday was World Press Freedom Day, and consequently, it seems apposite for me to, once again, examine the topic of Freedom of the Press and Expression vis-à-vis the issue of regular allegations of abuse of these fundamental rights of others by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, model and movie producer, Judy Austin Moghalu has taken to social media to hail her husband, Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie. In a post shared on her Instagram page on Tuesday afternoon, Judy described Yul as her biggest blessing and her life. She went on to state that the best part of her life […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu and his aides have, on Wednesday, returned to Nigeria from Europe and Saudi Arabia, a statement by the Presidency has said. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who announced the development in a post on his X handle today, welcomed the president into the country. “Welcome Home […]
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