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A quotation in which Bola Ahmed Tinubu called Muhammadu Buhari a “bigot” and an “agent of destabilization” has resurfaced on social media and is being shared by people who are opposed to Tinubu’s presidential aspirations. But Tinubu supporters are countering the quotation with a February 7, 2020 rebuttal by Tinubu’s media aide by the name […]
Continue ReadingIt was an evening of glory for the Tribune family on Sunday as Dr Lasisi Olagunju, the editor of the Saturday Tribune title, emerged winner at this year’s edition of the Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) held in Lagos. Dr Olagunju won the Informed Commentary category while Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju emerged first runner-up at […]
Continue ReadingGospel artiste, Nikki Laoye, and Nigerian gospel singer and actor, Kunle Adeyoola, popularly known as Soul Snatcha of the popular Nigerian gospel music group, Rooftop MCs, are engaged. Soul Snatcha shared the news as he celebrated Nikki who turned 41 on Sunday, December 19. “@NikkiLaoye How is it that you turn 41 today and get The […]
Continue ReadingFormer Central Bank’s Deputy Governor and ex-presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has lamented over the rising cost of food items in ‘Buhari’s Nigeria’ after buying a bottle of groundnut for N1000. According to the political economist, he used to buy the same bottle for N600. “At “Four Corner” in Enugu State, I bought a bottle of […]
Continue ReadingOlaitan Adeyemi, an estranged wife of the Alaafin of Oyo, Ikubabayeye, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has said that she knows people that pray five times daily but are the most wicked beings. The entrepreneur revealed this while interacting with her followers during a question and answer session at the weekend. “I know the ones that […]
Continue ReadingOsita Okechukwu, the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), has maintained that there was no agreement to make the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the running mate of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, in 2015. Chief Bisi Akande, former interim National Chairman of APC, had claimed in his book, ‘My Participations’, that […]
Continue ReadingDo you know how many bakeries I have shut down today? That was the sadistic boast of an official of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on an “inspection” visit to a bakery in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) some years ago. To her, it is a lifetime achievement to […]
Continue ReadingA bride-to-be identified as Wezzie Msiska has died in a motor accident on her wedding day in Malawi. According to local media, she was being driven to church to get married to her fiancee, Victor Kayera on Saturday, December 18, when a Nissan Xtrail rammed into the car. Wezzie was rushed to Kasungu DHO for medical attention. […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, best selling author, actress and reality TV show host, Toke Makinwa has revealed on Instagram that her car was smashed by someone playing golf. She shared a photo of the shattered windscreen with a sad face emoji. She added in the caption that the golf player threw a ball that hit her windscreen.
Continue ReadingThat former Lagos State governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, is the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a close confidante of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is widely-known. As 2021 draws to a close, leading to the year in which prospective successors will emerge, it is now also quite clear that Tinubu would like […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari was on Saturday December 18 turbaned Talban Daura, making him the District Head of Kwasarawa. Yusuf Buhari’s turbaning ceremony which took place in Daura, Katsina State, was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President Ahmad Lawan; Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State; Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, his […]
Continue Reading18-year-old Shatu Garko from Kano state, has won the 2021 Miss Nigeria beauty pageant that was held in Lagos state last night. Shatu Garko is a hijab model, loves horse riding, and is from Kano state in the North West region of Nigeria. See more photos of Shatu and the moment she was crowned Miss […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, you would agree with me that the race for Nigeria’s Presidential election has started in earnest. Many aspirants have already removed their gloves and are crisscrossing the country and engaging in consultations with the influential stakeholders of their respective political parties and persons of political, business and social clout generally. Exciting times are […]
Continue Reading16 Students of Gatitu Mixed Secondary School, Kenya, were on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, arrested after they got involved in a drinking spree and sexual orgy. The students were arrested in several bars and bush hideouts in Makuyu area after engaging in a drinking spree and group sex, after their school closed for the December […]
Continue ReadingA newly wedded bride, who went into coma after a procedure for birth control at Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Clinic Bukoto in Kampala, Uganda, has died. Joan Namutebi died on Thursday night, December 16, Kampala Metropolitan Police and Criminal Investigations Directorate officers confirmed on Friday. Namutebi wedded Mr Derrick Wabwire last Friday, December 10 […]
Continue ReadingLast week Thursday in Lagos, former Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, publicly presented his autobiography, My Participations. Excerpts of the book have circulated in the media, and aspects of Akande’s recollections severely contested. While the criticisms have been interesting, this column is unconcerned about the book’s contents. Nigerian politicians’ books tend to be […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday travelled with his wife, Aisha, and seven ministers to Istanbul to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. In a statement on Thursday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that the President had travelled to Turkey for a summit, themed, ‘Enhanced Partnership […]
Continue ReadingPan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now resides. Chief Adebanjo, 93, at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Osun State Governor and founding national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, released his memoir, ‘My Participations’ last week in Lagos and I have read it. The 534-page memoir, including an 11-page foreword by Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, was apparently written for two reasons. One, to render his own […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actor, Karibi Fubara, has passed away. His family member, Kalanne Fubara, shared the sad news on social media this evening. “He was a warrior, now he’s an angel in heaven,” Kalanne wrote. The “God calling” actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and had been in Dubai receiving treatment. Karibi, who married popular Nollywood fashion entrepreneur, […]
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