The myth of ‘suffer now, enjoy later’, By Abimbola Adelakun

This time eight years ago, Nigerians still basking in the euphoria of having a martinet president began to ascribe all kinds of wonderful happenstances to his body language. So excited were the supporters of former President Muhammadu Buhari about the country’s potential under him that they attributed some magicality to otherwise routine happenings. Civil servants […]

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See the Guinness World Record I can break ―FM Anchor, Toolz (Photos)

Media personality, talk show host and presenter, Mrs. Tolu Oniru-Demuren popularly known as Toolz, has said she might attempt to break the Guinness World Record. The curvy mother of two shared photos of two women with men standing on their butt. “May have actually found a record I can break!! @guinessworldrecords what say you?,” she captioned the […]

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BBNaija star, Nengi gets big tattoo on her butt cheek (Photos 18+)

BBNaija’s Lockdown session reality TV personality, business woman, model and beauty pageant queen, Rebecca Nengi Hampson popularly known as Nengi, took to social media today June 21, to show off her tattooed butt cheek. The ex-BBNaija housemate got the tattoo done in England and showed it off on her Instastories. In a tweet shared on her handle, […]

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Tinubu and the Buhari ‘Error’, By Olusegun Adeniyi

Whether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to bear vicarious responsibility for any failings of government for as long […]

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Pastor remanded for repeatedly raping 13-year-old girl in Nigeria

A Senior Magistrate’s Court sitting in Aba South, Abia State, Nigeria, on Tuesday remanded 60-year-old Chukwuemeka Orji at the Correctional Centre over the alleged rape of a minor. Mr. Orji, a pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Aba is facing a one-count charge of serially raping a 13-year-old girl that lived with him. […]

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FG increases Tinubu’s monthly salary to N8.1 million; VP, lawmakers, judicial officers get 114% salary bumps

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has adjusted the remuneration of President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and other political and judicial officeholders by 114 per cent (114%). Mr Tinubu will earn N8,013,527 monthly, a 114 per cent (114%) increase from former President Muhammadu Buhari’s monthly salary of N3,514,705, according to a […]

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When a senator boasts his wife influences court judgments, By Azuka Onwuka

On the day the Ninth Senate was holding its valedictory session on June 10, 2023, some interesting things occurred. One of them was the shedding of tears by Senator Orji Kalu, who lamented that Nigeria was not fair to him, because he was arrested and sent to jail for stealing despite his contributions to Nigeria […]

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Egbetokun decorated as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (Photo)

Mr Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, was decorated as the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “I feel like a lion in me, ready to devour all the internal enemies of Nigeria. That’s my feeling right now,” Egbetokun told State House Correspondents after a short ceremony […]

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The Judiciary: Beyond A Senator’s Faux Pas, By Onikepo Braithwaite

Senator Bulkachuwa’s Faux Pas  In my piece of 28/5/2019 titled “Election Tribunals: Hopes and Fears”, I had written about the application made by the legal team of the 2019 Petitioner at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that Hon. Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, then President of the Court of Appeal, recuse herself […]

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My husband’s sperm is too watery, I want divorce ―Nigerian woman tells court

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to her husband’s health issue, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The complainant told a court in Ilorin, Kwara State, that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded for the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that she […]

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Marathon chef, Hilda Baci receives Guinness World Record plaque (Video)

Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, has confirmed receipt of her Guinness World Record plaque for the longest cooking marathon, weeks after completing the contest. The 27-year-old, who was overjoyed, yelled with delight when the delivery man handed her the plaque. Hilda received the plaque on Monday, and has since shared a video confirming receipt with the […]

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My mother reveals my biological father to me ―Star actress says

Star actress, model, film producer and entrepreneur, Yvonne Nelson in her memoir: “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson” revealed that her mother told her that her biological father was the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Peter Ala Adjetey. Peter Ala Adjetey was the second Speaker of Ghana’s 4th Parliament of the Republic. He took the […]

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Ex-actress, Sandra Achums praises husband on father’s day, shares family Photo

Former veteran and Nigerian star actress, television personality and philanthropist, Sandra Achums, has shared a rare photo of her family on her Instagram page to celebrate her husband on Father’s day. Remember her? The beautiful Sandra Achums belongs to the first generation of Nollywood actors and actresses like Charles Okafor, Kate Henshaw, Regina Askia and so […]

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Indigent students should be given grant, not loan ―ASUU tells Tinubu

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the new Students Loans Act to an education grant for indigent students. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to the ASUU President, more than 90% of students won’t meet the “stringent requirements” to […]

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Asari Dokubo, Tinubu and Oil Theft, By Reuben Abati

Asari Dokubo, the self-styled Niger Delta activist and revolutionary who came into prominence during the struggle for self-determination in the Niger Delta finally got the attention that he may have been looking for. He came into prominence in the 2000s as an activist until the Umaru Yar’Adua administration launched an amnesty programme and the embattled […]

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Bearded men are rarely rich ―Singer Speed Darlington says (Video)

Controversial Nigerian singer, Darlington Okoye popularly known as Speed Darlington, has said that bearded men rarely have money. In a video that has since gone viral, the singer opined that bearded men are never on the millionaires and billionaires list because they do not usually have money. “Look around. All the billion dollar men…tell me, […]

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See photo identity of new Service Chiefs, IGP, NSA, and CG of Customs Service

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Buhari-appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, National Security Adviser (NSA), and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. See their photo identity below:

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DSS recovers 18 bags of currency, documents from Emefiele’s Lagos home

At least 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents have been carted away by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) from the residence of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Nigerian Tribune has been reliably informed. Emefiele was arrested on June 10 by the DSS and has […]

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