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A 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, […]
Continue ReadingIn what looks like a win-win situation for both real estate investors and tenants if the rules of the game are strictly adhered to by all stakeholders, the Lagos State Government has mapped out strategies to kick-start monthly rental policy in the state. To show the seriousness it attached to the new scheme aimed at […]
Continue ReadingMy good friend, Akin Osuntokun is 60. He was actually 60 on November 24, but it is this week that friends and family are rolling out the drums to celebrate one of the finest persons that I know. On November 24, we had gathered at his residence, at the invitation of Ronke, his wife, and […]
Continue ReadingKano, Nigeria-based young Nigerian lady has married her much older white lover, days after he arrived the northwest state to meet her. The excited Nigerian lady described her man as her “best friend” as she took to TikTok to share videos from their meeting, introduction and wedding. Watch the video below: https://youtu.be/akJ3zHBhKQI?t=27
Continue ReadingAzeez Ilias, 37, identified as the son of a traditional ruler in the Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, and a lady, identified only as Deborah, have been found dead in a car parked in front of a building in Ago Egun, Idiroko. Although they were found naked, their clothes were not in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages. Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries are empowered to do such by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He […]
Continue ReadingGhana-based but Gambian-born actress, Princess Shyngle, has shared one of the things she wants at this time in her life. The actress in her Instastory post said she now wants to have only gay friends. Shyngle stated that she tired of her “judgemental, boring and hating ass” straight friends. See her post below:
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has identified Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM), and ISGS as groups funding the activities of terror groups in Nigeria and other Sahel countries. The NSA disclosed this when he spoke at the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers, […]
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