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The wedding Fatiha of Yusuf Buhari, the son of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi took place in Kano State on Friday. The ceremony was of course attended by the father of the groom, President Buhari and graced by Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. […]
Continue ReadingEducation Rights Campaign (ERC) has lamented the death of a student activist and 2020 graduate, Nurudeen Alowonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, some hours after he was invited to face a disciplinary panel set up by the Lagos State University. Alowonle was shot dead around LASU U-turn, Iba road, Lagos on Wednesday, according to a release […]
Continue ReadingThe rich also cry. In spite of 17 years of togetherness and 7 years of marriage, Entrepreneur & Children’s Retailer, Anita Okoye has filed for petition to divorce her husband, Paul Okoye of former music duo group ‘P Square’. The former couple share 3 children together. Anita and her kids are reported to have relocated […]
Continue ReadingAare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Thursday claimed that not less than N3bn was paid as ransom to rescue about 400 people kidnapped in the Southwest in a period of two years. Adams also lamented that over 200 persons were killed in the Southwest region by the kidnappers within the years under review. […]
Continue ReadingNot quite long ago, Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, quietly withdrew his son, Abubakar Al-Siddique, from Capital School, Malali. This was after scoring a cheap political point by enrolling him in a public school in 2019. Al-Siddique’s enrolment was characterised by both political and media stunts, with photo ops of him and his father dominating the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. Mr. Orji, who had for long been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am, and driven to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja. He is currently […]
Continue ReadingReality TV star, Victoria Adeyele popularly known as Vee, turns 25 today August 19, and her boyfriend, Emuobonuvie Neo Akpofure simply called Neo, has taken to his Instagram page to celebrate her, promising to ride with her forever. Neo shared loved up photos of them with the caption: “Words can’t explain, feelings may not fully […]
Continue ReadingProfessor of Political Economy and Management expert, Pat Utomi, has said that alternative roads must be created if tollgate fees are going to be reintroduced. Utomi also stated that the idea to scrap the toll gates in the first place was a very unwise one as government spent tens of millions of dollars knocking them down. […]
Continue ReadingThe family of late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has said that his first son, Mohammed, who passed away on Wednesday, August 11, actually died from COVID-19 related complications. The family gave the clarification at a briefing in Lagos on Thursday, August 19. Saheed Fawehinmi, the second son of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, who spoke on behalf of the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. It now fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market. The Naira weakened at the Investors and Exporters’ window by 0.06 per cent to close at 411.75/$ on Wednesday, according to […]
Continue ReadingThere was this conversation between President Muhammadu Buhari and Al Jazeera television held in Quatar in March, 2016. That interview explains the imperialness, the Kabiyesi-ness in Buhari and his feudal reasoning which often clashes with the constitutional requirements of his office as president of Nigeria. It also rubbishes Nigerians’ hoopla against the president’s oft recourse to medical exile in […]
Continue ReadingNigerian media personality, talk show host and presenter, Tolu Oniru-Demuren popularly known as Toolz, has shown off her bikini body in new photos posted on Instagram. The mother of two is currently vacationing with her husband, Tunde and their children in Dominican Republic. More photos below: Photos: Toolz, Instagram
Continue ReadingFormer Lagos State governor and APC National leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with former AMCON Chairman & Ex-Legal Adviser of APC, Muiz Banire SAN, in London today August 18. See more photos below: LIB
Continue ReadingIntroduction Broadly defined, Nigeria’s civil society landscape is one of the most expansive in the world, encompassing religious bodies, ethnic and subethnic associations, village cooperatives, occupation-based groups, student and alumni entities, charities and foundations, as well as a broad range of advocacy and development-focused NGOs, both international and domestic.1 Even during long periods of military rule, […]
Continue ReadingPopular and pretty Nollywood actress, producer, and Tv personality, Chita Agwu Johnson turned a year older today August 18. She shared lovely new photos from her birthday photoshoot. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Information of the Nigerian Supreme Court, Mr. Festus Akande, the Supreme Court and the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), have denied a list being circulated online as names of lawyers penned for the award of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) rank for 2021, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), marked his 80th birthday in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday and played host to the who is who in the country. Leading the pack of prominent Nigerians, who paid homage to Babangida on his birthday is a former military and civilian President of the country, Chief […]
Continue Reading62-yr-old man identified as Moshood Lasisi has committed suicide in his room in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. TVC reports that Lasisi who was walking on crushes, hung himself when his wife and children had gone to farm. His wife, Lady Evangelist Victoria Lasisi, discovered his body in […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances has ballooned to N15.51tn, rising by 2,286 per cent in six years, data collated from the CBN have shown. The N15.51tn owed by the Federal Government to the central bank is not part of the country’s total public debt stock, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked of Afghanistanism, it was clearly a subtle kind of condemnation. It meant dabbling into a […]
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