Nigerian gospel artiste dies of chronic Kidney disease

Nigerian Gospel artiste, Chinedu Nwadike, has died. He died on Sunday, March 27, after a long battle with chronic Kidney disease. The “Oku Gbajie Aka” crooner had battled the ailment for a while and had even come out to publicly seek financial help from prominent Nigerians and others. Actress Rita Edochie announced his passing on […]

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None of my ex-lovers is a failure in bed ―Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe brags

Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe, has bragged about her skill in picking the best ‘cassavas’ available in the market. According to the Big Brother Africa star, she is yet to post her man on social media because her former friends will hunt him as they know she picks the best fruits. Huddah, however, noted that there […]

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NYSC member slumps, dies while watching football match at orientation camp

Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has commiserated with the family of a corps members, Musa Momoh Tunde (KB/22A /2278) who died at the Orientation Camp in Dakingari, Kebbi State. Late Tunde, a Public Administration graduate of the Federal Polytechnic Bida, slumped and died on Friday evening, March 26, while […]

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Lagos party host who shared petrol souvenir, gets 2 years imprisonment

Ms. Chidinma Ogbulu, Lagos socialite, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by a Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court for sharing petrol as gift at a social (owambe) party she hosted. The court sitting in Oshodi delivered the judgment after Ogbulu pleaded guilty to the charges against her. She had initially pleaded not guilty […]

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In revenge, boyfriend and alleged side chick flog main chick (Video)

A main chick has been spotted in a viral video being given same treatment she gave her boyfriend’s alleged side chick. The lady had earlier attacked her boyfriend’s alleged side chick with her friends and filmed it. However as the video continued rolling, she was seen being subjected to same treatment alongside her friends. Her boyfriend […]

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I cried every day for three months during NYSC certificate saga ―Adeosun, ex-Finance Minister

Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has come out to reveal how she was able to overcome and forge ahead after the National Youth Service Corps certificate saga. The British-born-Nigerian said she wept every day without working for three months. Adeosun, who spoke at the 10th anniversary of the Uncommon Woman Conference organised […]

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Nigeria and the Spirit of ‘Asise’, By Simon Kolawole

Translated in its simplest form, “aṣiṣe” (ashee-shay) in Yoruba means blunder, mistake or error. But the English language perennially fails to capture the nuances of certain Yoruba words. Aṣiṣe is deeper than a mere, everyday mistake. There is an element of unusualness to it, a bit of stupidity or an insinuation of operating under a […]

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Abdullahi Adamu is the new APC national chairman

Ex-governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has been declared National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jigawa State governor, Mr. Abubakar Badaru, made this known at Eagles Square, Abuja, venue of the APC national convention, after an aye-and-nay vote. The party had earlier on released its unity list which named the lawmaker as […]

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Peter Obi joins 2023 presidential race, addresses royal fathers

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Mr. Obi made the declaration in Awka while addressing the royal fathers and Presidents General of the 181 communities in the state at Government House, Awka. “I have come to inform you of my intention to contest […]

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Woman applies to court to forgive man who was charged with touching her buttocks

A Kenyan woman, Makena Sara Ngari has appeared in court to forgive a man who had been charged with touching her buttocks. The 21-year-old Ramadhan Johnson, was arraigned before Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi, Kenya, for intentionally touching Sara’s buttocks without her consent. Sara was in court on Thursday, March 24, ready to withdraw the […]

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Man sentenced to death in Ekiti for raping, killing his landlady

A man identified as Tunmise Abraham was on Wednesday March 23, sentenced to death by hanging by an Ado-Ekiti High Court, for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. An eyewitness account shared in the court revealed that Olanrewaju, a mother of three, was alone at home after her husband had gone to work when the incident […]

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Israel of DMW spotted spraying a stripper money in her panties (Video)

Music star, Davido’s logistics manager, Israel of the Davido Music World (DMW) has been spotted having a good time in one of the strip clubs in the country. Israel who had one of the strippers all to himself, was spotted spraying her money while she danced for him. He also placed some in her panties. […]

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Nigeria and the Billion Dollar Dirty Slaps, By Olusegun Adeniyi

My sister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili could not have been more apt when she said Nigerians like to major in minors. Ever since the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the Governor of Anambra State ended on a slapping note, there has been no bigger storyline in Nigeria than the humiliation of an errant (now former) […]

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First female US secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, dies

The first female US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has died aged 84. A long-time foreign policy veteran, Albright became America’s Secretary of State in 1997 during the Clinton administration Albright was instrumental in efforts to end ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and was hailed as “a champion of democracy’ On Wednesday, March 23,  State Department spokesman, […]

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Naira plunges further against major world currencies, as forex scarcity continues

The lingering foreign exchange scarcity in the country has continued to worsen even as the exchange rate on the parallel market is inching towards N590 against $1 This is coming, over eight months after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stopped the sale of forex to Bureau de Change operators and promised to boost liquidity […]

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Woman allegedly killed, burnt for demanding her father’s inheritance in Nigeria

A Nigerian woman was reported to have been brutally murdered in Ebonyi state, Nigeria, after demanding her father’s inheritance following the death of her only brother under a mysterious circumstance. The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), is demanding justice for Nnenaya Onu, 35, who was allegedly stripped naked, beaten, dismembered, and burnt behind her father’s […]

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