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Britain’s financial regulator on Thursday tightened rules over the promotion and selling of cryptocurrency as it seeks to protect consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority unveiled a package of measures for the industry, which has long faced criticism over the lack of oversight — and promises of high returns in a volatile marketplace. Under the new […]
Continue ReadingThe beautiful Nigerian actress, Caroline Danjuma, also known as Carolyna Hutchings, has said she would love to remarry even if it means going back to her ex-husband, Musa Danjuma Recall that Caroline and her ex-husband dissolved their nine-year-old marriage in 2016. However, in a recent interview with media personality, Innih Emah, Caroline said she would […]
Continue ReadingA young Lagosian friend was in Abuja last week and decided to pay me a visit. I had not seen her for a long time so when welcoming her, I joked, “Eyinlokan” (meaning it’s your turn, in reference to the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which she had earlier told me brought her to town). But she interjected, […]
Continue ReadingHeidi Korth, the estranged wife of Adesina Adeleke, popularly called Sina Rambo, the son of Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has promised to give out her diamond wedding ring. She revealed this in a video posted on her Instagram page while confirming her divorce from Sina Rambo on Wednesday night. In the video, she flaunted […]
Continue Reading500-Level Mechanical Engineering male student of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Ayomide Oduntan, last Thursday, slumped and died on campus, throwing his family into mourning. There is a short video clip of the student celebrating after writing his final examination shortly before he reportedly slumped and died. Ayomide, a final-year student, who […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 7 winner, Nigerian actress, model, hype woman and entertainer, Ijeoma Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has been showered with gifts and millions of naira by her fans. The BBNaija Level Up housemate on Friday celebrated her 26th birthday in style. To celebrate the occasion, Phyna’s fans in a viral video on social media, collectively […]
Continue ReadingWives of the last three successive Nigerian presidents – Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Mrs. Aisha Buhari and Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu have tried to show the grandeur of the office of the First Lady of Nigeria by posing at their desks. Below are their photos as they posed in succession: First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan in her […]
Continue ReadingHere is a very cheap question that even an averagely educated person should be able to answer. What is the big deal in handling ‘showed’ and ‘shown’, after all (two words: after all; not afterall)? The issue may, however, not be as straightforward as I am suggesting because the two words do clash at times. […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actress and winner of 2008 Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress, Kate Henshaw shared lovely photos of herself and her daughter, Gabrielle Nuttal, on social media on Monday June 5. The mother and daughter rocked white shirts and Afro hairdos. She posted the photos on her Instagram page with the caption: “o proud of you, dearie.. […]
Continue ReadingPretty and Nigerian star actress, singer, songwriter and humanitarian, Tonto Charity Dikeh simply known as Tonto Dikeh, has taken to her verified Instagram page, to state the lessons she has learnt in 38 years. The mother of one stated that people should never tell their family or friends ‘everything,’ as it will back fire. She wrote: […]
Continue ReadingConvener of a non-profit group, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has taken to Twitter to tackle the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its Wednesday, June 7, planned strike over the removal of the fuel subsidy. Adeyanju opined that compromise is the next thing when people who are supposed to be protesting are […]
Continue ReadingSinger Davido’s personal logistics manager, Isreal DMW, has revealed that his wife, Sheila Courage, was a virgin when they got married. He stated this in an Instagram post while responding to critics who were trolling him over his wife’s age. Isreal sparked reactions after stating Sheila was 22 while celebrating her birthday on Sunday. Critics […]
Continue ReadingYet-to-be-identified gunmen have shot and killed a Professor, Opeyemi Ajewole, a lecturer at the University of Ibadan (UI). The Oyo State Police Command have also confirmed it. SP Adewale Osifeso, Oyo state police command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Ibadan. Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the institute, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage and wisdom and hitting the ground running as the 16th President of Nigeria, has been his announcement that “fuel subsidy is gone”. In his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023, he did not state how but within […]
Continue ReadingAn Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in the Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over cases involving fraud and attempted murder. Olugbemi, 48, and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count of conspiracy, fraud, attempted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the deal between the […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chief Whip during the immediate past Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, representing Ikole Constituency II under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged as the unopposed Speaker of the 26-member Ekiti State House of Assembly. Bolaji Olagbaju, APC, from Ado Ekiti Constituency II, also emerged unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the seventh Assembly. Other principal […]
Continue ReadingA student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of Lagos state. Punch gathered that Adekunle and his female school mate identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and […]
Continue ReadingThe Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) has awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award to Toyin Falola, a professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas, Austin. CAAS is the preeminent association of Canadian scholars studying Africa. The Lifetime Achievement Award […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), from embarking on strike action from Wednesday as planned, until the determination of the motion on notice. Justice O. Y. Anuwe handed down the order against the NLC and TUC […]
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