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Friends, family members and colleagues of the pretty Nigerian actress, Iniobong Edo Ekim popularly known as Ini Edo gathered to celebrate her 40th birthday on Sunday, May 8. The party was well attended by Nigerian celebrities which include Richard Mofe-Damijo, Kanayo O Kanayo, Mo Abudu, Uche Jombo, Kate Henshaw, Iyabo Ojo, D’banj, Osas Ighodaro and […]
Continue ReadingThe national president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata Esq., is set to get married to his longtime girlfriend, Miss Osayamon Ogbebor Michelle May. The traditional wedding will hold this Saturday in Benin City, Edo State, while according to reports, the white wedding will hold on October 2, 2022 in Mauritius. From the […]
Continue ReadingFourth Republic politician who represented Imo West at the National Assembly, Senator Arthur Nzeribe is dead. He was 83 years old. The longest serving Nigerian Senator from Imo state who was born on November 2, 1938, served as a Senator from May 1999 to May 2007 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He […]
Continue ReadingWhere should the next president come from? In the unwritten code that guides matters of national politics in Nigeria, the answer is obvious. A northerner will have been president for eight years by 2023 and it is naturally expected that the next one will be a southerner. Ideally, where the next president comes from or […]
Continue ReadingFormer APC member who represented the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State and Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced this via his Twitter handle on Saturday. The former federal lawmaker said he would announce his new party soon. “I have done my best for APC. It’s […]
Continue ReadingI was among friends who hail from the southeast when the Anambra State gubernatorial election result was officially declared on November 7th last year. Not surprisingly, the outcome provoked considerable excitement in the room. One said, “I can bet that Segun’s next column will be on Soludo”, and turning to me, he added, “I know you like Soludo a lot.” […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom is set to begin issuance of a new visa that allows holders of first degrees, masters, and doctorates to travel to the country and work in fields such as science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship by May 30. The visa – high potential individual visa, allows applicants to relocate to the UK without a […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 42-year old man to death by hanging for killing a traditional ruler, Onise of Odo-Oro Ekiti in Ikole local government area of Ekiti State, Oba Gbadebo Ibitoye Ogunsakin. The convict, Omoniyi Ademola, who was arraigned on one-count charge of murder stabbed the monarch to death on August 20th, 2018, […]
Continue ReadingHis Royal Majesty, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheeed Akanbi, today shared cute photos of himself and his new bride, Queen Firdaus Abdullahi-Akanbi. Posting the photos on his Instagram page, the monarch professed his love for his new wife. “Every queen deserves a crown. My great progenitor, Oduduwa taught me to love my queen by crowning […]
Continue ReadingThe news that actor Yul Edochie took a second wife rebooted discussions about polygamy. Typical of our clime, issues bordering on long complex history too quickly descended into superficial exchanges and self-serving arguments. It gets worse when the interventions are headlined by a self-labelled “deep thinker” whose grasp of any issue hardly goes beyond his […]
Continue ReadingIkeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, presided over by Justice Abiola Soladoye, on Wednesday sentenced a 54-year-old pastor, Michael Oliseh, to life imprisonment for raping his friend’s 12-year-old twin daughters. Oliseh, an assistant pastor in a Pentecostal church at Okota, Lagos State, Nigeria, raped the minors in turns, according to Punch. It was said […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, formally declared his presidential ambition on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) listed some challenges he intends to fix if he becomes the president of the country in 2023. The Ekiti State governor explained that he wants […]
Continue ReadingSome aides to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, have reportedly been grilled by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Cable reports that the EFCC quizzed the aides for allegedly selling presidential pardon. The President, Muhammadu Buhari, had pardoned about 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady identified as Mirabel Ezinne has reportedly been found dead in a hotel in Ebonyi state with her private part allegedly missing. Mirabel was said to have been found dead found on Monday, May 2, 2022, a day after she arrived the hotel located at G-Hostel Junction, Abakaliki, the state capital, with a yet-to-be-identified client. […]
Continue ReadingBig Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 6 finalist and star, Angel Smith simply called Angel, has reacted to a question on Twitter, asking women if they would not mind proposing to a man. Responding to this, Angel stated that she would rather lick all the mud in Mile 12 before doing such a thing. See her […]
Continue ReadingAbidemi Rufai, the suspended SSA to Governor of Ogun state, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in a U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Rufai, 45, who admitted to using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, has been in custody since his […]
Continue ReadingI was wondering on this Sallah Day what happened to numerous schemes, programs and agencies that Government rolled out in the last 50 years, and what this country would have been like if many of them had delivered even 10% of their tall promises. An official told me recently that the Federal Government of Nigeria […]
Continue Reading“My brother, when are you declaring for President?” “Which President? I am already a President in my own right. I am the President of my house.” “That is not the kind of President I am talking about. I mean a President with the big P, not the small one that gives you a delusion of […]
Continue ReadingKings don’t die. They depart to ancestral underworld in vaults known to the Yoruba as aja ile. The mountainous confetti of praise heaped in the trail of the departed Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, is bigger than the entire Oyo kingdom because Iku Baba Yeye was larger than life itself. What’s Iku Baba […]
Continue ReadingStar actress Bidemi Kosoko has welcomed a bouncing baby girl. Her father, the veteran and ace actor, Prince Jide Kosoko shared the goodnews on Instagram and also called on fans and colleagues to join him in thanking God for the safe delivery of his grand child. He wrote: “A big congratulations to the Kosoko and […]
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