Buhari lands in Saudi Arabia to attend investment summit

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will be attending the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated that the President arrived at about 11.50pm. Shehu said the President was received at King Khalid International Airport by the […]

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10 things you should know about the charges, limits on eNaira platform

After the launch of the application for the digital currency, the eNaira, on Monday, by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria has released the guidelines on charges and limits on eNaira platform. Below are ten things you should know about the platform: 1 – The charges for transactions that originate from the eNaira […]

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Gunmen At Oyo Prison, By Lasisi Olagunju

I read Camara Laye’s ‘A Dream of Africa’ in secondary school. I still see the sky-high gate of his walled Africa; the murderous giants and guards; the cowering captives, terrorized and traumatized in their condemned prisoners cells. I remember the homicidal, militant ‘nationalists’ and the ‘revolutionary’ tyrants. I see homelands in the throes of fear […]

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Many married women crying now also dated married men when they were single ―Blessing Okoro

Popular relationship counselor and blogger, Blessing Okoro, is of the opinion that side chics are the karma of most women who are currently married. According to her, most of the married women crying now once dated married men. She shared this thought on her Instagram page. See her posts below:    

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“Stop calling me ‘ma’, I am just 21” ―BBNaija’s Angel Smith says

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 6 television reality show finalist, Angel Smith has appealed to the people to stop addressing her as ‘ma’, saying, she is only 21 years of age. “I don’t know what all this ‘ma’ thing is about. Please I’m 21. Ma kor,” she wrote on her Instagram story. Her post:  

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A Contest of Bandits and Terrorists, By Chidi Amuta

Politicians tend to get into trouble when they tinker with language to conceal mischief. Former US president Donald Trump, the most advertised quintessential linguistic idiot, was in the habit of getting lost in a forest of simple distinctions. He could not distinguish between truth, facts, fiction and faction. He tinkered with ‘alternative truth’ instead and […]

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Liverpool thrash Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford

In what has been seen by many as an embarrassing defeat, the Liverpool FC has demolished Manchester United FC by 5 goals to zero, at Old Trafford. Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has said, he and his team-mates ‘played like kids’ after they were thrashed 5-0 by Liverpool at Old Trafford. The Red Devils were […]

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18 Nigerian companies and individuals blacklisted by the World Bank, for corruption

The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian companies and individuals for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud, and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year. A list of debarred individuals and firms was presented in a new annual report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21. The debarments were made by the World Bank Sanctions Board, World […]

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Pretty model, Draya Michelle bares body as she attends event in skimpy chain skirt (Photo)

American media personality, model, actress and fashion designer, Andraya Michele Howard popularly known as Draya Michelle, stepped out over the weekend in an outfit bound to turn heads. The beautiful model and reality star attended rapper Drake’s Narcos-themed birthday party in Los Angeles, United States. She wore a chain print Versace top and a barely-there […]

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Charly Boy’s daughter, Dewy Oputa, shares mails she got from homophobic Nigerians

Areafada1 also called Charly Boy’s daughter, Dewy Oputa has shared the messages and death threats she has received from homophobic Nigerians after she revealed her sexuality and how she and her partner plan to have kids. Dewy, who opened up on her sexuality in 2020, announced that she was a lesbian, said would adopt a […]

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Ex-Senate president, Anyim Pius Anyim in EFCC custody, accused of N780m fraud

Ex-Senate president and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim was on Sunday October 24, grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While there is no official statement yet on why Anyim was grilled by the anti-graft agency, media reports showed that it is connected to the ongoing […]

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Central Bank of Nigeria launches Digital Currency, the eNaira

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has eventually launched its Central Bank Digital Currency called eNaira on Monday October 25. The Digital Currency had been scheduled to be launched on October 1, 2021, but was moved to a later date due to a clog of activities billed for Nigeria’s 61st-anniversary celebrations. The Naira digital system has […]

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Davido smiles as he reunite with Chioma at their son’s second birthday party

Chef Chioma took to her Instastory to share a video of singers, Davido smiling at her at their son, Ifeanyi’s second birthday party. The birthday party was attended by DMW crew, family and friends. This is coming after months of speculation on the state of their relationship. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]

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Atiku: The Flaws In Dele Momodu’s Arguments, By Abdullahi Umar

In his recent THISDAY column “The Pendulum” veteran journalist and politician Dele Momodu had advised Atiku Abubakar not to contest the 2023 presidential election because age is not on his side. Momodu also advised Atiku and members of his “giatric (sic) generation” to step aside for non-career politicians and youths in 2023. Again, he stressed […]

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The Atiku challenge we must accept, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically that anyone who has followed me closely would have noticed my admiration for the Wazirin Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Of all the political leaders in their mid-seventies, he is my favourite, for very cogent reasons, as I shall explain briefly. From being a former high-ranking officer of the much […]

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A Citizens Guide On How to Become President of Nigeria, By Magnus Onyibe

To become the president of Nigeria, you have to be a citizen of the country by birth . You don’t have to have Royal blood. Being a blue blood could have been a pre-condition if our country was a monarchy. But Nigeria operates a democratic system of government . And the nation is governed by […]

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Two arrested for alleged rape, killing of 24-year-old female Nigerian University graduate (Photos)

Operatives from Benue State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old Joy Onoh in Makurdi, the state capital. Onoh, a graduate of the Benue State University, Makurdi, was awaiting a call-up letter from the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) before her tragic death. The deceased who markets […]

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