The vital lesson I learnt from my last relationship ―Singer Temmie Ovwasa

Nigerian singing diva and former YBNL signee, Temmie Ovwasa shared a vital lesson she learned from her previous relationship. Taking to her handle this morning, she wrote: “My last relationship really taught me to listen to the things a person says about their exes and the way they talk to themself, “If all their exes deserve to die […]

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El-Rufai’s extremism dangerous for democracy ―NLC President

In a statement signed by its outgoing National President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday described the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai as a “right-winged extremist” who doesn’t believe in rules. The labour union also condemned what it described as “irresponsible and dangerous” the comments of the governor regarding the […]

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2023 Election: Prophets, Pollsters and Endorsers, By John Ayoade

The year 2023 will be an interesting year of hopes, hopes raised, and hopes dashed. It will also feature punters, guessers, guesstimators, prophets, pundits, pollsters and endorsers. It is a good game to predict the result of an election before the votes are cast. Diverse procedures and methods with varying accuracy can be used to […]

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Runoff likely in the 2023 presidential election —Latest research (Tables)

As the Nigerian electorate prepares to cast their votes in the February 25 presidential election, research experts from Nextier SPD have submitted that a recent face-to-face nationwide poll on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections shows Labour Party, LP, is leading the voters’ preference at 37 per cent of the survey respondents. The experts also said that […]

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VJ Adams, actress Bimbo Ademoye unveil their romantic relationship to the public (Video)

Nigerian video jockey (DJ), television presenter, MC, entrepreneur, musician cum executive producer, Adams Ibrahim Adebola, popularly known as VJ Adams and actress Bimbo Ademoye have gone public with their romantic relationship after months of speculation. This came after VJ Adams shared a video from the surprise birthday party he organized for Bimbo. The actress expressed shock […]

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Common Errors about Nigeria (III), By Simon Kolawole

As a student of development, I have patiently studied the trajectories of several nations — Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the US, the UK, Norway and some developing countries — and I have a confession to make this morning: it is only in Nigeria that people blame their underdevelopment on the constitution. I admit that we are […]

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Scarcity of new Naira notes will be gone before the February 10 deadline ―Buhari

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has assured all Nigerians that the scarcity of cash will soon be a thing of the past. In a post shared on his Twitter handle on Friday February 3 afternoon, President Buhari assured Nigerians of significant improvements between now and February 10. See his tweet below. His post:

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We women are our own problem ―BBNaija’s Venita Akpofure writes

Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Reality show star and actress, Venita Akpofure, has said that women are truly the problems of their fellow women. In a tweet shared online this morning, the mum of two stated that she was bashed a while back for berating a woman who come online to drag their exes. She pointed […]

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The candidate of the Sultan and the Yoruba pastor, By SKC Ogbonnia

His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, the sultan of Sokoto and president general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) is known to wield admirable influence in the country. This explains the different shades of fake news making the rounds about his preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. But anyone familiar with the Sokoto Caliphate would know […]

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Women shouldn’t find it offensive when a man asks for DNA at a child’s birth ―Actress Yewande Bakare tells fellow women

Nigerian star actress, Yewande Bakare says women shouldn’t find it offensive when a man asks for a DNA test to be carried out on a child after birth. She pointed this out following the numerous cases of paternity fraud. Read what she wrote below? Her post:

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Nigerian pastor’s wife shot to death in US

Eunice Dwumfour, republican councilwoman, and according to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, the wife of a Nigeria-based pastor, Eze Kings, has been shot dead in front of her home in New Jersey, United States of America. New York Post gathered that Dwumfour, 30, was hit with about 12 gunshots by a yet-to-be-identified assailant while driving […]

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Don’t buy Tinubu’s parasitism, By Abimbola Adelakun

Since the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Bola Tinubu made his infamous speech about saboteurs trying to scuttle his election in Ogun State, recently the airwaves have been agog with conspiracy theories. Of course, he did not name anyone but he gave speculators enough homework when he lamented that the protracted fuel crisis and the […]

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I can cope with infidelity by my husband ―Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako says

A seasoned Nigerian actress and filmmaker, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has said that though she can cope with infidelity on the part of her spouse, she cannot condone abuse. That I am having different political opinions from my husband, Kayode Salako, is not a big deal, she told Saturday Beats. She said: “The fact that my husband […]

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Who told El-Rufai North is supporting Tinubu ―Bafarawa, ex-gov asks

Former Governor of Sokoto State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Attahiru Bafarawa, has reacted to the comment by the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that there are no elders left in northern Nigeria. He said the comment made by El-Rufai was an affront to the North and unpleasant for El-Rufai to categorise […]

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Third year pretty female University student stabbed to death by her boyfriend

A third-year female student of Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria West in South Africa has died after she was allegedly stabbed by her boyfriend. Ntokozo Mayenzi Xaba, 20, was allegedly stabbed to death by Ngcebo Thusi on February 2, 2023, in her student residence in Ekhaya Junction, Pretoria, South Africa. Ntokozo’s friends notified security at […]

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Nigeria’s EFCC nabs, grills actress over spraying and stepping on new Naira notes

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have commenced an investigation of Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007. A statement released by the agency […]

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Gunmen kill judge while sitting in court in Nigeria

Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The gunmen who operated on motorcycles killed Ugboma while presiding over a court session, according to reports. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants […]

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Your husband is not your friend, he is your Lord ―Nigerian businessman addresses women

A Nigerian businessman, Darlington Onyelike, has advised women not to let social media “deceive” them into believing that there is equality in marriage. Onyelike, who stated this in a post on Tuesday, January 31, also told married women that their husbands are not their friends but their lord. “There is no equality in marriage, stop […]

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