News, Events, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Fashion, Beauty, Inspiration and yes… Gossip! The Only Place It Happens!
Veteran juju musician, Peter Akanni Akorede popularly known as Emperor Pick Peters, has passed away. Sources say Pick Peters died yesterday after a brief Illness. He was aged 74. The musician’s death was confirmed by Prince Tayo Adeolokun, chairman, TASMAN Equipment, a top musical equipment hiring company in Nigeria. Emperor Pick Peters’ name would ring […]
Continue ReadingA woman who dressed as a senior police officer was unable to correctly recite the Nigerian National Anthem during a conference that was watched by viewers across the nation. The officer was tasked with reciting the National Anthem at the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers in Imo State. Dignitaries and politicians, including Imo […]
Continue ReadingOath of office has been administered on the new Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, during the Senate plenary on Thursday. The oath was administered on her by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Chinedu Akubueze, at about 11:41 am. She thereafter proceeded to have an handshake with the Senate President who handed […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the death in December 2019 of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, then representing Imo North, a by-election had to be conducted to replace him. The fractious primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that followed produced many ‘winners’, each of whom went to court claiming to be the party’s candidate. With a multiplicity of court injunctions, it was […]
Continue ReadingRivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has obtained an order from the High Court of Rivers State, Isiokpo Division in Ikwerre Local Government Area, stopping Rivers House of Assembly and its Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, from impeaching him. The order was obtained following an ex parte application he filed on Wednesday, November 1, through his attorney, Damian […]
Continue ReadingA kind man (total stranger) came to the aid of a curvy woman who needed help crossing a flooded street and it was captured on video. The woman shared the video on X and wrote: “I was carried on the back by a total stranger.” In the video, the slender stranger was seen carefully wading […]
Continue ReadingMade Kuti, son of star singer Femi Kuti, and grandson of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has wedded Inedoye Adanne Onyenso in Lagos, Nigeria. The instrumentalist made this known on Wednesday, in a video shared on his official X (Twitter) account. He wrote: “Thankful we found each other. Excited to spend the rest of my […]
Continue ReadingA presidential candidate in the 2023 Nigerian elections and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore has accused President Bola Tinubu of moves to purchase a “Presidential Yacht” for the sum of N5billion. Sowore made this accusation on his X (Twitter) handle. He wrote: “The @officialABAT dynasty of thieves! They want to buy a “Presidential Yacht” for […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement signed by the joint Unions’ Secretaries, Emmanuel Ugboaja (NLC) and Nuhu Toro (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress has accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, of conspiring with the state’s Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Barde, to ‘abduct’ their President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the state capital, on Wednesday. The statement reads in […]
Continue ReadingKunle Afolayan’s epic movie, Anikulapo, and C.J. Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata were among the winners at the 19th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), which took place on Sunday, October 29. The awards ceremony, which commemorated the excellence of African cinema by bringing together filmmakers from various parts of the world under one roof, […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave its judgment in the appeals by Waziri Atiku Abubakar and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Mr. Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) challenging the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) which affirmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 Presidential […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The three-man panel of the appellate court affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, shortly after it dismissed Sadiku-Ohere’s appeal for lacking […]
Continue ReadingTransgender influencer, Blaire White, has angered members of the trans community after she said that trans women are not women. According to her, trans women – women who were born male and transitioned to female – are a category of men, not a category of women. She said: “I consider trans women to be a […]
Continue ReadingAbout 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have reportedly suspended the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martins Amaehwule Also, the House elected and inaugurated the leader of the House, Edison Ehie, as its new Speaker. The number of pro-Fubara lawmakers reportedly increased to 26 after some realigned from the earlier 24 […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Tolanibaj has opened up on why she won’t be getting married anytime soon. According to the ebony beauty, she thinks married people are not always happy. She stated this while responding to a fan who asked her to get married soon via Snapchat. Replying to the fan, the reality […]
Continue ReadingThe paramount ruler of Ebiraland, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, has passed away in the early hours of Sunday. He died at the age of 95. Palace sources in Lokoja told media men that the monarch died in an Abuja hospital where he had been receiving treatment for age-related ailment and will be buried in […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, Debola Williams and wife, Kehinde Daniel-Williams, the daughter of Gbenga Daniel, former Ogun State governor, have welcomed a baby girl. The new dad shared the good news on his Instagram page on Sunday October 29. He wrote: “12:14 pm| 09 | 03 AriolaOluwa Ava Oluwateniola Adebola-Williams arrived. Like her name, we have truly […]
Continue ReadingBefore Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want to believe that there is something about our North and Federal Capital Territories. Before independence and immediately after independence, Lagos had a succession of two ministers of Lagos Affairs, both were northerners. One was Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua, father of […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in Nigeria’s February 25, 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday over the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismiss his appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Below is the full text of his speech: Someone asked me what […]
Continue ReadingForemost Nigeria’s Constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze SAN, has passed away. Nwabueze, born in 1931 at Atani, Anambra State, who has been ill for sometime died in his Lagos home on Sunday, October 29. He was 94. The spokesperson for the family, Eni Nwabueze, confirmed his demise […]
Continue Reading