10 dead, 23 rescued after three-storey building collapsed in Ebute Metta, Lagos

Death toll in the Ebute Metta, Lagos, Nigeria building collapse has increased to 10, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials say. The three-storey (four floors) building collapsed on Sunday night, May 1, on Ibadan Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos, Nigeria. 23 people have been rescued so far from the rubbles and many are still trapped. […]

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Buhari returns to Twitter since banning the platform in Nigeria

Buhari has returned to Twitter 11 months after he stopped tweeting following the ban on the microblogging platform. The Buhari administration banned Twitter after the platform deleted tweets by the president, threatening to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the “language they understand”. The ban was announced on June 4, 2021 […]

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Buhari’s N100 Million Sewage Dinner With Museveni, By Festus Adedayo

There was tension inside the main bowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos this day, December 11, 2014. President Goodluck Jonathan, having been rendered one of the most worthless clothes a people could wear on their festive day by the demolition propaganda machine of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) it was obvious that whoever scored […]

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Nigerian man elaborately weds second wife, 4 years after church wedding to first wife (Photos)

Beautiful women! A Nigerian man, comrade Amos Ufuoma Asigri, has wedded a second wife in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state, Nigeria Amos and Hope Ogheneuzuazor Ogbokor tied the knot on Saturday, April 30, at Uyoyou community in Ada-Irri, Nigeria. Comrade Amos Ufuoma Asigri, who took a second wife in Delta state, Nigeria on […]

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Gunmen rape soldier, kill her with her soldier fiancé while going for their wedding in Imo state (Photos)

Nigerian couple who were soldiers at the Nigerian Army have been murdered by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Imo State, Nigeria. A military source told Punch that the woman was first raped before she was shot dead along with her fiancé, and the two of them were later beheaded. The couple were travelling to the state to […]

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Police Service Commission set to promote retiring Ibrahim Magu to AIG

Nigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) may have concluded plans to promote a former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, to Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). Magu, the most senior Commissioner of Police, has tendered his pre-retirement notice and will officially retire from the force on May 5. Punch reports […]

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British Police gives verdict on Khafilat Kareem over her unauthorised participation in BBNaija tv show

Nigerian girl working as Metropolitan Police officer who went to participate in the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show without permission has been given a final written warning. PC Khafilat Kareem requested unpaid leave to appear on the Nigerian version of the reality show in June 2019 but was told it was “not in […]

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An ex locked me up, raped me everyday ―Juliet Ibrahim, actress

Nigerian-Ghanaian star actress, Juliet Ibrahim, has opened up on an abusive relationship she once experienced. In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, the beautiful actress revealed that one of her ex- boyfriends locked her up and raped her daily. The actress narrated how her former boyfriend, whose name she didn’t disclose, locked her up […]

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Soludo’s media aide dies 11 days after appointment, 2 days after birthday celebration

Mr. Joe Anatune, a strong ally of Governor Charles Soludo, has died 11 days after he was appointed MD/CEO of Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency. Anatune, who was the head of Soludo’s media team during the election campaign, died on Saturday, April 30. The prolific writer celebrated his 62nd birthday on April 28th, two days before he […]

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Wanted: A President to Solve the ASUU Puzzle, By Simon Kolawole

Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has a dream: that one day, Nigerian universities will be able to compete with the best in the world; that our universities will attract the best students and best teachers; that students will start trooping to Nigeria from all over the world; that […]

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Soyinka visits Igboho in Benin Republic; Akintoye, Adeniran present (Photos)

Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has on Sunday met with Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho in the neighbouring Republic of Benin. Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye and his deputy, […]

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Polygamy isn’t a sin, it is difficult for a single woman to satisfy the libido of a normal man ―Reno Omokri says

Former Nigerian Presidential Spokesperson, businessman and motivational speaker, Reno Omokri is of the opinion that polygamy isn’t a sin as it is hard for a single woman to satisfy the libido of a normal man. Reno shared this thought while responding to a Twitter user who asked him if actor Yul Edochie could still be referred […]

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The Tragic Cycle Of Yoruba History, By Akin Osuntokun

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” –George Santayana History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce –Karl Marx “The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” –Georg Hegel The citations above have intermittently found resonance in Yoruba history. The perspective they […]

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A guy I was madly in love with gave me a relationship contract paper to sign ―Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson says

Beautiful Ghanaian star actress and producer, Yvonne Nelson, has described how a guy she fell in love with responded when she informed him. She claimed to have fallen in love with this man, but he never believed her when she told him. The guy then gave a relationship contract paper to her to sign. The […]

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Alaafin: How we bury the dead is how we respect life, By Abimbola Adelakun

The Oyo State branch of the Traditional Worshippers Association of Nigeria was right to condemn the open display of the remains of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, during the Islamic prayer rites. That aspect of his transition was unbecoming. Having witnessed a few Muslim burials, I understand they are characteristically simple […]

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