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In January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo Mumuni, both senior lawyers; and I wrote to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), inviting it to “to investigate the allegations of fraud detailed by the two committees set up by President Goodluck Jonathan in the […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the various obstacles she faced along the way, the 28-year-old female travel content creator, Pelumi Nubi, who embarked on a solo road trip from London on January 31, 2024, has arrived Lagos, Nigeria, 68 days after she began the journey. Pelumi was received at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border on behalf of Lagos […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actor, Victor ‘Nkubi’ Nwaogu and his wife, Vivian, have welcomed their first child. The couple, who got married in 2021, announced the good news on Instagram where they shared a video showing Vivian’s baby bump on display, with Nkubi planting a kiss on her belly.
Continue ReadingNigerian woman, Hadiza Garba, has said that a loving husband should marry a second wife to support the first wife at home because women are not slaves. The beautiful and reportedly married woman stated this in a Facebook post on Sunday, adding that women are not slaves. See her post below:
Continue ReadingPhilip Shaibu, the Edo state politician who was Deputy Governor in that state until yesterday afternoon, would seem to have failed woefully to learn certain basic lessons of power. He has said that he is a victim of an act of injustice and that he would fight to the very end. He may have been […]
Continue ReadingLagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, April 6, gave his daughter, Modupe Oreoluwa, out in marriage to Oladele Johnson. Their exchange of vows took place at the Cathedral Church of Christ in Lagos. The wedding ceremony was attended by the First Lady, Remi Tinubu; governor Hope Uzodinma and wife, governor Obaseki, governor Charles […]
Continue ReadingA car graveyard that contains cars that are nearly a century old and others from the golden age of motoring has been uncovered at a remote mountain in Montana, the United States of America. It was gathered that many relics, including Rolls Royces, Cadillacs, Fords, Dodges, Plymouths, Volkswagens, among others, were found abandoned on the […]
Continue ReadingIn May, 1891, James Richard Jewett of Brown University, Providence, United States, presented a paper on ‘Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases’ to the American Oriental Society. The paper was eventually published as an article in that society’s journal in 1893. One striking line I picked in that paper last week is the author’s entry of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing 50 bank accounts, as it recovered N30 billion in the case of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, and the ongoing probe of the ministry over alleged money laundering. This latest development was revealed in a bulletin titled, “EFCC Alert,” detailing some major arrests, […]
Continue ReadingChieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Kogi State governorship candidate, Mr. Dino Melaye has gone on Instagram to show off a blue G63 limousine. This is coming one week after he showed off his automated car port worth millions of naira which houses his luxury cars. In a photo shared online, Dino […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso has sacked a fresh batch of 40 staff mostly from the Development Finance Department (DFD), in furtherance of its ongoing restructuring. The Daily Trust reports that deputy directors and assistant directors were mostly affected with 22 from the DFD and the remaining 18 from the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu is so inordinately inebriated by his IMF-motivated decision to remove subsidies on petrol that at every opportunity he has he brags about it in giddily superlative terms. For example, during a meeting with the Nigerian community in France on June 24, 2023, he couched his decision to impose the Tinubu fuel […]
Continue ReadingEdo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has appointed a 38-year-old engineer, Omobayo Marvelous Godwin, as his new deputy and is set for inauguration. This was coming on the heels of the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, by the state’s House of Assembly on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Adejumoke Oreoluwa Aderounmu, popularly known for her role as “Esther” in Funke Akindele’s popular TV series, Jenifa’s Diary, is dead. Adejumoke’s death was confirmed by her brother, Adeola Aderounmu, in a cryptic post on Instagram captioned: “You are in a better place now, my sister,” with Aderounmu’s obituary photo. Also, a friend […]
Continue ReadingThe debate over which system of government is most appropriate for a multi-ethnic and geographically diverse Nigeria has suddenly resurfaced. This time, it is pushing the fundamental issues of good governance, bread and butter, security, and inclusiveness that Nigeria is grappling with to the back burner. At the centre of the debate is the agitation […]
Continue ReadingEdo State House of Assembly has on Monday, April 8, 2024, impeached the embattled state deputy governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu. The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the state’s Chief Judge to probe allegations of misconduct against Shaibu. For sometime now, there has been crisis between […]
Continue ReadingIn a circular signed by Dr. W.J. Kanya for Director, Trade & Exchange Department which was uploaded to its website on Monday, April 8, 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again announced the sales of dollars to eligible Bureau De Change (BDC) operators. The apex bank said it is set to sell $10,000 […]
Continue ReadingFormer bank employee, Mike Ilishebo, 44, allegedly killed his 35-year-old wife, Valerie Franco, before taking his own life in Zambia. The incident happened at Meanwood Ndeke Phase One area in Lusaka on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Police Public Relations officer (PPRO), Rae Hamoonga, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, April 4, said […]
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time, the Nigerian Naira was a king over the United States Dollars. This was the case in 1975, when a brand new Peugeot 504 car would be purchased from the showroom with only N1,500, an amount that cannot buy a loaf of bread this year 2024. A loaf of bread is sold […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Monday, April 8, 2024, arraign the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for alleged abuse of office over allocation of billions of United States dollars. Emefiele alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be […]
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