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By now, you must have come across dozens of opinions on the blowback actor Joke Silva received for fraternising with the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign. Much of the commentary, steeped in tawdry “woke” ideologies, did not take their analysis on the issues beyond trite arguments of Silva’s “right to choose” and “freedom of speech/expression.” […]
Continue ReadingThe love between the music star, David Adedeji Adeleke popularly known as Davido and Chioma is waxing stronger by the day. Lovely photos of the couple walking on the streets of London have been shared online. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted the embattled leader of the proscribed group declaring as illegal and unlawful, the abduction Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria on July 9, 2021 […]
Continue ReadingAward-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who was recently decorated with Harvard University’s iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, has broken her silence over her non-appearance at the conferment of national honours ceremony by President Buhari on Tuesday, October 11. Putting the records straight, a member of Chimamanda’s communications team, Omawumi Ogbe, told The Guardian that she declined the […]
Continue ReadingGiven how a serious national economic planning instrument has been cynically subverted over the years, there cannot be a more apt summation of the futility of budgets in Nigeria than a 2019 Twitter thread by ‘Laolu Samuel-Biyi. I have twice referenced his conclusion on this page: “If you want to keep hope alive in Nigeria, don’t look at […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Ariwoola took the judicial oath of office in a brief ceremony at the Council Chambers in Abuja before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President on Wednesday October […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Labour Party (LP) unveiled 1,234 members of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), with retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Mohammed Zarewa, as chairman. In the same vein, the former spokesperson of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, was named Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian government official, Shamsideen Abayomi Alamu, has been murdered by kidnappers and his body is still missing days after he was killed. Alamu, the Assistant Chief Surveyor in the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation (OSGoF), was abducted on October 3 near Yakwo Farms in Abaji while returning to Abuja from Iwo […]
Continue ReadingWhen the year 2013 was winding down, I wrote an article in The PUNCH entitled, The traumatised Nigerian youths. I thought it would touch the hearts of our leaders and make life easier for Nigerian youths but it did not. The youths of that time have added almost nine years with some exiting that age bracket and […]
Continue ReadingIt was chaotic at a hotel recently when a wife caught her husband with another woman at the hotel said to be in Accra, Ghana. In the trending clip, the wife spotted her husband with another woman, alleged to be his side chic, at the hotel, and she confronted them. However, as the man and […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who is vying against experienced politicians like All Progressives Congress’ Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and New Nigeria Peoples Party’s Rabiu Kwankwaso, last week released his manifesto by offering a new brand of transformative and purposeful leadership. He said the overall goal of his […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday has shared lovely videos of her new man on Instagram. The actress and her former boyfriend, Opeyemi Falegan, fell out of love some months back and slammed each other a few times on the internet. Moving past the breakup, Nkechi has found love again and is not hiding it. The actress […]
Continue ReadingVeteran and Nigerian star actor, Chidi Mokeme appeared emotional as he expressed how hurt he was when presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar deleted a post he shared condemning the killing of Deborah Samuel. Deborah was lynched and set ablaze by her colleagues at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria, over alleged blasphemy After her death, […]
Continue ReadingIt is well-known history in the continent of Africa that there was an evil practice called the slave trade. This involved the moving of African slaves to other countries. It has been estimated that about 500 million Africans were taken away as slaves. And our forefathers did it. Sometimes purely out of envy and as […]
Continue ReadingNorthern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Northern Muslim political leaders said on Sunday that, to vote along religious lines in the 2023 general election may trigger negative consequences among Nigerians and threaten national development. By resolutions, they also agreed to adopt one of the presidential candidates in a bid to defeat […]
Continue ReadingGunmen on Sunday killed some policemen on a stop-and-search duty at Umuna on Owerri- Okigwe road in Imo State, Nigeria. A source who doesn’t want to be mentioned told newsmen on Monday that an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and a Police Inspector were killed by the fleeing gunmen who allegedly operated in military uniforms […]
Continue ReadingWhile standing before a judge, any judge, you are a ‘petty man’ even if you are a professor of law. I am not being rude. You shouldn’t have any problem getting my drift if you go back and read William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act I, Scene II). You meet Cassius telling nobleman Brutus how imperial […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Government has said that the World Bank’s $25 million School Improvement Grant (SIG) released to the state would spur enrolment, increase beautification and quality of education in the 203 benefiting schools in the State. The government urged stakeholders in the benefiting schools to take ownership of the World Bank projects being executed, for […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria marks her 62nd independence anniversary, the group that fought Abacha military junta to a standstill in the 90s, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has thrown its weight behind ethnic nationalities that have either declared their intentions to secede from Nigeria or vowed not to “participate in any purported elections under the disputed and […]
Continue Reading76 persons are reportedly missing after a boat carrying 85 passengers capsized in Umunnankwo community of Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State, Nigeria on Friday, Octoner 7. Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that the boat took off from Onukwu Bridge and was heading for Nkwo market and Ogbakuba; both in Ogbaru LGA, when it capsized. […]
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