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Seventy-six years after his death on April 11, 1945 and cremation at the Woking Crematorium, Woking Borough in Surrey, England, poor Frederick John Dealtry Lugard has been killed many times thereafter by Nigerians. Though he died peacefully at the age of 87, having been born on January 22, 1858, this soldier, administrator and author, born […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations and information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that an Alpha Jet aircraft returning from a successful mission between Zamfara and Kaduna crashes, the jet came under intense enemy fire. The statement said: “on 18 July 2021, […]
Continue ReadingFounder and Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Church Worldwide popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has recalled how he seriously warned Nigerians about the current administration in 2015. In a sermon at the church’s headquarters, Canaanland, Ota in Ogun State on Sunday July 18, Oyedepo said what he saw in 2015 was “wickedness of […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian military aircraft has reportedly gone down, according to Daily Post. The location of the crash was given as “somewhere in Kaduna State”. Information is still sketchy as to the number of crew and if there is any casualty. A source told DAILY POST that the crashed plane is an Alpha jet. “The fighter […]
Continue ReadingGrand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon’s ‘Wole Wole Arufin’ (The Lawless Sanitary Inspector) was very popular in the 1970s. The story was about a sanitary inspector who was consistent in searching soup and water pots for infractions. His method and diligence regularly paid off – he made arrests which also fetched him fat bribes. But […]
Continue ReadingFacebook feminist, Nkechi Bianze has shared highlights from her traditional wedding ceremony which took place last weekend. Bianze who disclosed that her husband is from Mbaise in Imo state, said no bride price was paid. She also revealed that she didn’t kneel down to give him a drink during the traditional marriage. The Facebook feminist […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement on Monday, one of the counsels for the detained IPOB leader, Aloy Ejimakor, said Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has stopped the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from signing the two consent forms, one by a UK legal team and the other for consular […]
Continue ReadingThe suit seeking fundamental rights filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria, by the 12 detained associates of the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director-General, Yusuf Bichi, has been fixed for hearing on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, which is Sallah day. One […]
Continue ReadingOpposition governors are being lured, or intimidated – according to Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku – to decamp, APC chieftains are making a hash of trying to ‘turn’ a once despised former President; the legislature is looking, more and more, like the Executive’s Siamese twins, eagerly working towards achieving a national Press for which the […]
Continue ReadingA man identified as Obum has allegedly stabbed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Thompson Thomas Ugochukwu Onyekuru, to death in Imo State, Nigeria. The tragic incident happened at Umuokoto town in Umudibia Autonomous community in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Obum, who hailed from […]
Continue ReadingJoy @joydagurl is roaring on Twitter platform with the photos from her ravaging and captivating curves which she captioned, “Love and Light.” See more of the photos below: Photos: Joy @joydagurl, Twitter
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Sonia Ogiri has asked people to stop connecting the wealth of women to men. In a post she shared on her Instagram page, she opined that most men are “hungry.” She stated that women now have the hearts of lions with a desire to have their own money. See her post below:
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has responded to recent claims against the Buhari administration by Bishop Matthew Kukah before the US Parliament. Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Kukah had expressed to the US congress the fear that the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari is not handling […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the general clamour for a lasting solution to the myriad of electoral problems facing the country, 50 members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and two of their counterparts in the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of election results in the forthcoming […]
Continue ReadingA pastor at the Bishop Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has, in a trending video, cried out after he was allegedly sacked for not generating enough money in his branch. According to the pastor, Mr. Peter Godwin, he was invited by the state pastor and getting there he met other […]
Continue ReadingOn 19th May, 2021, Mr. Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammad al-Sheikawi (Abubakar Shekau), life ‘president’ of Boko Haram, finally died on his own terms under the supervision of his fellow ISWAP terrorists. The Nigerian presidency was silent. I am not aware that there has so far been any official presidential statement on the death of […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode prostrated flatly before the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, when he visited his Palace at Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Ile Ife is the hometown of Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode. He once described himself as a proud Ife, an Anago, an Aku, an Omo Karo […]
Continue ReadingHave you packed your bags? Even if you have, don’t be in too much of a hurry to hop on the next flight without the required visas: Nigeria’s passport is ranked 101st out of 199 countries in the world. The ranking is based on the Henley Passport Index, described as the original, authoritative ranking of […]
Continue ReadingThe Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Nigeria, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has written to the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Religious Freedom and alleged the persecution of Christians in Nigeria based on their faith and not crimes. He said the faith-based harassment of Christians posed one of the greatest threats to […]
Continue ReadingOne of my favourite Igbo proverbs says: “What a dog saw and started barking ferociously is the same thing a goat saw and merely grunted.” As young as I am, I have seen so much in this country that when people are barking over a thing, I just sigh. Yet we are reacting to the […]
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