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May Sudan not happen to Nigeria. This piece starts with prayers. It has to. “Everyone in Africa believes in God…It’s the only way we can survive. People leave home praying that there will be electricity when they return. On the road, they pray that they will avoid motor accidents. If they crash, they pray the […]
Continue ReadingSon of legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has been arrested and is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), popularly known as Panti, Yaba, in Lagos State, over an alleged assault on a police officer on Saturday. The musician was accompanied by a lawyer representing Falana and Falana […]
Continue ReadingFormer deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has confirmed that a peace meeting did hold between him and some elders together with community leaders in Lagos State The peace parley was brokered by retired Justice Isola Olorunnimbe and had in attendance Prince Tajudeen Olusi, the leader of the Governance […]
Continue ReadingNigerian chef and entrepreneur, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, is on her way to breaking the Guinness World Record for the “longest cooking marathon by an individual”. This is coming after the chef hit the 80-hour mark, with less than 8 hours remaining to set a new world record. The restaurateur kick-started […]
Continue ReadingA shocking video of the son of Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti assaulting a uniformed Police officer, has been shared online. The video shows Seun confronting the policeman after which he pushed and slapped the officer. It also shows Seun’s wife coming down from his vehicle to calm him down, while he […]
Continue ReadingLess than 24 hours after news filtered out about the death of a veteran and iconic Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, another popular actor and movie producer, Murphy Afolabi, is dead. The very sad news of Afolabi’s death has left many Nigerians especially in the Nollywood movie industry in shock. No official details yet about the […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria wraps up its election, attention shifts to the judges. With over seven hundred cases filed at the tribunals, the judiciary will be overworked. Yet we expect wisdom, courage, and intelligence to correct all errors, deliberate or otherwise, made by the political branches of government. We rest our hopes on the judges, and their […]
Continue ReadingFollowing two contradictory high court rulings over leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Nigeria, the Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa factions of the party have been at loggerheads over who is the recognised National Chairman of the Party. The power tussle snowballed into holding factional primaries to produce candidates who will participate in the […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Obinna Nwafor popularly known as Saint Obi has passed away. He died at the age of 57 after a prolonged illness. The iconic actor reportedly passed away on Monday May 7, following months of visits to the hospital for treatment of an undisclosed ailment. Saint Obi was said to be staying in […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a 12-year-old girl, Franklyn Chioma Blessing, who was declared missing in Port Harcourt. Chioma was rescued from a forest in Igbo-Kingdom, Etche Local Government Area of the state. Reports have it that the girl left her house on Thursday, May 11, 2023, for school but never […]
Continue ReadingDirector Media and Publicity of the presidential campaign council of Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bayo Onanuga, has reacted to the news that the so called acting chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Lamidi Apapa, has asked lawyers to brief him on all pending petitions of the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija (BBNaija) star, Tolani Shobajo popularly known as Tolanibaj has said she is not interested in dating a man who wants to split bills. The 29- year-old was one of the season five housemates in the 2020 BBNaija TV reality show. In a video she posted online, Tolanibaj stated that she is not […]
Continue ReadingNigerian rapper, songwriter, actor and activist, Folarin Falana, known by his stage name Falz, recently underwent knee surgery in the United Kingdom (UK). Falz disclosed this in a video he posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday evening May 10. According to him, he sustained an injury on his knee while playing football in November […]
Continue ReadingLast week, Nyesom Wike, the outgoing governor of Rivers State, gave Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s putative next president, extravagant welcome to Port Harcourt, the state capital. Tinubu was in Port Harcourt to open a Magistrate’s Court complex that Wike named after his wife. Wike declared a public holiday and closed down shops so that Rivers people […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, Yemi Solade’s daughter turned 18 on Thursday. And the proud dad took to his Instagram page to celebrate his daughter on her special day. He wrote: “JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD BEGINS 18 years ago TODAY…I held “THIS BUNDLE OF JOY.” Today, I’m so elated as you mark, and we celebrate your 18th year, […]
Continue ReadingLess than a week after public acrimony, a Nollywood actor and his wife made a show of ‘all is now well.’ But in an interview that he granted to the media afterwards, the actor made it clear that he still would not eat his wife’s food. Part of the problem of most troubled marriages is […]
Continue ReadingAbout 17 days to the scheduled swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The five plaintiffs behind the suit, who identified themselves as “registered voters of the […]
Continue ReadingOwner of Twitter, Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of the organisation, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. Sequel to a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
Continue ReadingGolden Eaglets’ hopes of qualifying for the 2023 U-17 World Cup and winning the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 16 years were dashed as a result of a 2-1 quarter-final defeat to fellow West Africans Burkina Faso on Thursday. Forward striker, Aboubacar Camara scored a brace from the penalty spot […]
Continue ReadingNigerian comedienne, actress and skit maker, Amarachi Amusi, popularly known as Ashmusy, has said she has never been involved in transactional sex. She said she cannot indulge in such act because she has a lucrative businesses that brings her money. Ashmusy disclosed this in a recent interview with Bot Studio. She said: “I cannot sleep […]
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