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On October 12, I received a message on WhatsApp, which the platform flagged as being “forwarded many times,” about how former Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (or whatever he calls himself these days) caused Governor Nasir el-Rufai to fire his Chief of Staff for the “offence” of referring to Sanusi as the “former emir […]
Continue ReadingBetween 2018 and 2019, I travelled around Africa and Asia. There is no part of Africa I have not been to. One of the things that shocked me on my travels was the astonishing levels of poverty I saw in Africa, and even more surprisingly, in Asia. I was moved by what I saw, and […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was today re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria over charges of treasonable felony and terrorism which the Federal Government amended last week to amount to a seven-count charge. He was brought to court by the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday unlike […]
Continue ReadingShortly before the 2011 general election which he lost to President Goodluck Jonathan, then candidate Muhammadu Buhari (now president) was dismissive of subsidy in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. “If anybody says he is subsidising anything, he is a fraud. So all these people talking about subsidy, who is subsidising who?” he famously […]
Continue ReadingPresident of Turkey, Recep Erdogan has said that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. Erdogan had in 2016 […]
Continue ReadingKenyan socialite, television and social media personality, celebrity, video vixen and entrepreneur, Vera Sidika has welcomed a daughter with her musician husband, Brown Mauzo. The couple welcomed their child on Wednesday, October 20, and have named her Asia Brown. This is the first child for Vera but the third child for Brown, who already has a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man who flew in from Canada and was at the Lekki tollgate to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting during the #EndSARS protest of 2020 has been arrested by the police. A video of him being grabbed and hit by the police while he was speaking to the Press has been shared online. […]
Continue ReadingHistory was made on Monday in Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada when a person of colour was elected for the very first time into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo government. Nigerian-Ekiti girl, Mrs Funke Banjoko (nee Ogunsuyi), a princess from Ipoti/Igogo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, garnered the highest votes among the 6 elected in a crowd […]
Continue ReadingA video which showed moment police officers harassed Arise TV crew covering the #EndSARS protest memorial at Lekki Toll Gate and also tried to seize their drone, has been shared online. The drone which the police officers tried seizing, was reportedly recording the protest in real time at the venue. British-born Arise TV journalist, Adefemi Akinsanya has been identified as […]
Continue ReadingSurgeons in United States, for the first time, have successfully attached a kidney grown in a genetically altered pig to a human patient and found that the organ worked normally. The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in New York City involved use of a pig whose genes had been altered so that its tissues […]
Continue ReadingA newborn baby girl miraculously survived after she was packed in a suitcase by her mother and buried in a shallow grave in a yard in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The 34-year-old mother, Lindiswa Ntalo, who was arrested last week appeared in court on Monday, October 18 and granted bail. According to police spokesperson […]
Continue ReadingIndications are very strong that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may adopt consensus arrangement to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. According to Punch, top chieftains of the APC, who confided in newspaper on Tuesday, said stalwarts of the party had started reaching out to members nursing presidential ambition on the need […]
Continue ReadingThat there is a huge discrepancy between the potential wealth and the reality of poverty in African states is uncontested. The continent is endowed with abundant human and natural resources from the North: petroleum and gas; to the East: gold, gas, uranium, copper, etc. To the West: iron-ore, phosphate, titanium, gold, timber, diamonds, and petroleum. […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor and lawyer, Kanayo. O. Kanayo, is celebrating his son who has just graduated from College. The proud dad shared photos from his son’s graduation ceremony and wrote: “My son, Kosisochukwu Montel Onyekwere, graduated from college yesterday. Please, biko Salute him and felicitate with us. Chileke nde Mbaise imeelaaa oooo.” His post:
Continue ReadingConvener of #RevolutionNow protests and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, and Pelumi Olajengbesi, one of the Nigeria-based lawyers to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho are leading the EndSARS anniversary protest at the Unity Fountain, in Abuja. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingSocial media giants, Facebook may rebrand itself with a new name next week in a bid to distance itself from a series of embarrassing scandals. The firm’s original social media site, Facebook, will likely keep its moniker, but Facebook Inc., the parent company which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, will rebrand. Chief Executive Officer Mark […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Nigerian Police Force, Lagos command, on Wednesday fired teargas to disperse protesters at the Lekki tollgate. Nigerian youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS protests in the country. Firing of teargas by the police led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. Two protesters were earlier […]
Continue ReadingNicole Chikwe, the tall and stunning wife of Nigerian rapper, Afrobeat artist and record producer, Naetochukwu Chikwe who has his stage name as Naeto C, took to Instagram to share these lovely photos of the couple from their outing on Monday night. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingNo less than three traditional rulers were killed during an attack by unknown gunmen at Nnenasa community, Headquarters of Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The traditional rulers from the area numbering over 20 were having a stakeholders’ meeting at the local government headquarters in the community when gunmen invaded the venue and opened fire […]
Continue ReadingA Swiss woman popularly known as Nwanyiocha has said that in Igboland, it’s the king who chooses whom he crowns his queen. The mother of three who is married to Chief Ezenwa, from Isuofia in Anambra State, said this when she took to her social media account on Tuesday to address black women allegedly accusing her of stealing […]
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