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Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) TV reality show housemate, Kate Jones, popularly called Ka3na, on Tuesday said that she is legally single but the father of her child who she simply calls Mr. Jones remains her better half. The reality star said this on Tuesday while clearing the air on her previous statement about being […]
Continue ReadingMy name is Sola Adeyeye. I am here to report for duty not as a professor of Biological Sciences, nor as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am here, just like every one here gathered, as a member of a New Tribe, one that is totally committed to the advancement of Nigeria. […]
Continue ReadingFormer housemate of Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Reality Show, Tokunbo Idowu popularly called TBoss has shared some lovely photos of her and her daughter on her Instagram page and wrote: “And even if nobody else does, Celebrate Your Little wins. Do it by yourself and do it for yourself. “Wishing y’all a Blessed & super […]
Continue ReadingReports say that there were multiple attacks by armed persons suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing the controversial sit-at-home order across Nigeria’s Southeast region. Also, there were indications that the residents of the region might be forced to observe a four-day lockdown from Monday following Kanu’s resumed treason […]
Continue ReadingIsn’t it too early in the year to start discussing death? But I am not really discussing death and I don’t intend to freak readers out. Instead, I am discussing life, and living, and trying to wrestle with the inevitabilities of life. This discussion is about what is really important in life, and how we […]
Continue ReadingIkeja Special Offences Court of Lagos State, presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada has granted Instagram celebrity and Dubai-based businessman, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, bail of N200 million. Mompha was rearrested last week Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and was first re-arraigned in court last Wednesday, January 14. Granting […]
Continue ReadingSo I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to a newsmagazine’s damming expose on the governor. After hours of waiting, a commissioner (names withheld) sauntered in and met […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to Nigerian President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, says he will not support the presidential ambition of an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu. Ojudu further stated that contrary to reports, Tinubu did not make him successful as he was already an accomplished publisher before meeting the former Lagos State governor. The […]
Continue ReadingClergywoman, Funmilayo Adebayo has shared a video of herself in Dubai. Evangelist Funmilayo Adebayo who has been nicknamed Mummy GO due to controversial statements she makes about heaven and hell, filmed herself in a hotel room enjoying her time in Dubai. Watch the video below Video: Sarahs Idea
Continue ReadingThe aged died, we replaced him with the chronically ill; who does not know that there will be wailing once more soon in the palace?. (Arugbo ku a fi olokunrun j’oye; taa ni ko mo wipe ariwo k’eekan l’aafin?). This Yoruba proverb covers the field of fears of those worried about the age and health […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti State High Court sitting at Ado Ekiti, on Monday January 17, sentenced Damilola Olasoji, a 36-year-old dismissed soldier and Koiki Benson, 32, to death by hanging for the offence of armed robbery. The court also sentenced Ogbesetuyi Tunde (30) and the two defendants to life imprisonment for offence of conspiracy and attempted robbery. Olasoji, Benson […]
Continue ReadingThe 44th US president, Barack Obama is reminding his wife, Michelle Obama, of her place in his life as she marks her birthday. The former US First Lady turns 58 on Monday and her husband took to Instagram to celebrate the love of his life. Obama shared a beautiful photo of them together, with him […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief E.K Clark are unrepentant but useful fossils. Both suffer a common affliction: they like to hear their own voices. In their constant refrains on major national issues, they never tire of tormenting us with ancient interpretations of the country we all know. Both men share a common expired conception […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Toyin Abraham, pulled a surprise on her husband on Monday morning as he turns a year older today, January 17. The actress shared a heartwarming video of singer Timi Dakolo, giving a private performance to her husband in the early hours of today. According to the actress, Timi Dakolo is one of her […]
Continue ReadingFormer Military leader, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, (rtd) has said that the massive corruption going on in Nigeria now would make him and others who served in the military look like saints. Babangida said this in an interview with Trust TV. He said: “I sacked a governor for misappropriating N300,000. Now there are people, we […]
Continue ReadingPardon me: I used the title of this article as a bait. Sensationalism is not in my character, pardon me again, but discussing who should be the next president always excites us in Nigeria. We were created for elections and permutations. I decided to trick you by making it look like I wanted to appraise […]
Continue ReadingWhen you look at Nigeria today you see a replay of the ‘Wild, Wild West’ of America in the 1800s when anarchy, lawlessness and the near non-existence of a central government existed: cowboys and Indians were killing each other; slaves were worked to death on plantations and the few rich were getting fatter – and […]
Continue ReadingA party leader or an incumbent vice-president need not be elected a president. And an incumbent president need not be re-elected as president. In Nigeria, apart from Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, a vice president who became a president, by default, and made a mess of it, Alex Ekwueme, Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo didn’t transit to […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a sit-at-home on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, in the Southeast, ahead of a court judgement expected to be delivered on their leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s human rights case instituted against the Nigerian government. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the order became necessary as Kanu is billed to appear […]
Continue Reading“If everything is for sale, including the courts and the police, trust evaporates, credit vanishes and business withers” – Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, p 257 (2016) It is no longer news that Nigeria’s courts have normalised corruption and abuse of power. They have also put the corruption of courts […]
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