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Nigerian actress, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, Oloruntimilehin Bosede Bukola Kiitan, popularly known as Kiitan Bukola, says she has not been lucky with dating supportive guys. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said: “I am a child of grace, and I thank God for that. I don’t know why some people see me as a competitor […]
Continue ReadingSeventeen state governors will hand over to their successors on May 29, 2023 and retire into lives of luxury with generous benefits for their services to their respective states even amidst economic crises, mounting debts and unhappy and underpaid workers and pensioners. Governors Nyesom Wike, Ifeanyi Okowa, Udom Emmanuel, Abdullahi Ganduje, Badaru Abubakar, Bello Matawalle, […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actor, film producer and director, Mr. Yemi Solade, is of the opinion that to live and survive in Nigeria, one must belong to “the cult.” The veteran actor shared this thought on his Instagram page on Saturday morning, April 8. The actor also shared a post disclosing that he is depressed. He however […]
Continue ReadingApostle Tomi Arayomi, the founder of Restoring Isaachers Generation (RIG), his wife Tahmer, and their personal assistant, Emmanuel, were arrested Friday, April 7, by the DSS at the Lagos airport. Tobi Arayomi, the twin brother to Tomi Arayomi, made the announcement on Instagram and Twitter earlier on Friday. Speaking on the arrest, Tobi said, “Hello […]
Continue ReadingParables from Our Recent Polls I The journey from hate to holocaust is perilously short. . . .* In the national ballot just concluded: Many voted their tribe Many, their tongue Many saw nothing holier than Crosses and Crescents In the polling booth Utterly mesmerised by The poisonous correspondence Of region and religion Many […]
Continue ReadingFormer senator who represented Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has disclosed how just saying, he likes Chimamanda Adichie, angered his wife. He wrote: “My wife said she likes Soyinka and I was ok with it, and I said I like Chimamanda and suddenly she got angry; Women are too difficult to […]
Continue ReadingPalpable tension engulfed parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital after unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a middle aged man simply identified as Mr. Olasunkanmi Joseph. According to Punch, the masked assailants were said to have caught up with the man in his car around the Irona area of the capital city […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday morning, urged Nigerians who are aggrieved by the outcome of the February 25 and March 18 elections to “wait patiently and allow our legal system to run its course.” In a 2023 Easter message to Nigerians issued on Good Friday and personally signed by him, President Buhari while emphasising […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Fuji star and film actor, Wasiu Alabi Ajibola Odetola, also known as Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, Oganla 1, has lost his mother, Alhaja Adijat Kuburat. The Fuji musician shared the sad news on his Instagram page. Sharing a photo of him and his mum, he wrote in the caption: “My JEWEL. I will miss you […]
Continue ReadingOne of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion. Many Nigerians see the mixing of religion and politics as an impediment to progress and development. This idea can be traced to Europe. The Middle Ages were a time when religious authorities and political authorities clashed in European […]
Continue ReadingFamous Nollywood actor, movie producer, model, comedian, television personality, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Williams Uchemba has penned sweet note to his wife, Brunella Oscar, on her birthday. The father of one declared his undying love for his woman when he shared photos of her and wrote: “Happy Birthday to my most beautiful, most amazing wife. “Ever […]
Continue ReadingI deployed creative threads in imaginary Facebook conversations to drive home my point about how Nigerians tear one another to shreds on the internet in my column, ‘Hate in the Age of Charlatans’ on 31st August 2017. Unfortunately, with such recurring madness, the Nigerian social media landscape has become renowned for unbridled toxicity. In fact, the […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, best selling author, actress, reality TV show host and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa has revealed that she is getting married soon. She made this known during a Question & Answer session on Snapchat when a fan inquired about Toke’s marital status, to which she responded by saying that she will be tying the knot soon. […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful, popular and award-winning actress and film director, Sarah Martins, has stirred reactions online over her very sharp husband-snatching advice. Sarah, who is said to be a close friend of the second wife of actor Yul Edochie, Judy Austin, shared a video on her Instagram page and wrote that a person shouldn’t be afraid to […]
Continue ReadingOnce again, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission imposed a heavy-handed fine on Channels TV, following a petition by an aide of Bola Tinubu. Ironically, the petition was based on some comment by the Labour Party vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed who, during a live interview, said something to the effect that swearing Tinubu into office in May […]
Continue ReadingAcclaimed Nigerian contemporary novelist, prolific writer, activist and celebrity, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has written an open letter to the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, about the recently concluded election in Nigeria. In the letter titled ‘Nigeria’s Hollowed Democracy’ and published in The Atlantic, the renowned author questions why Americans keep congratulating […]
Continue ReadingA final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Nigeria, has been fatally stabbed by an indigene over N1,000 payment misunderstanding. The deceased, simply identified as Temitayo, was stabbed with scissors in the early hours of Thursday, April 6, around Ebenco filling, opposite Akua junction, Akungba, Ondo State. Temitayo was rushed […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has been dragged on social media after expressing displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Datti Baba-Ahmed, whose ticket with his principal, Peter Obi, emerged third in the February 25 presidential election, had spoken about the Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the family of a 22-year-old former student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Kabirat Sobola, who was allegedly stabbed to death in the Ogun State capital are currently demanding justice. The deceased, a National Diploma holder, was reportedly murdered in her room in Abeokuta on Friday, February 4, 2023. A family member who identified […]
Continue ReadingFormer Emir of Kano and ex-governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Muhammadu Sanusi has said that Nigeria has not been this divided since the end of the civil war. He spoke on Tuesday, April 4, at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who […]
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