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Muhammadu Buhari is a magnet for both extravagantly flattering myths and stubborn falsehoods. Here are the top five: 1. Muhammadu Buhari’s very name is wrapped in a curious omission. In most parts of the world, people’s last names are usually either their family name or their father’s first name. Not for Buhari. Muhammadu (which his teachers […]
Continue ReadingCaptivating and charming Aisha Mohammed Balarabe, born 21 October 1985, is a Nigerian basketball player for Bursas BSB and the Nigeria women’s national basketball team, also known as D’Tigeress captain. She was also part of the record breaking D’Tigress at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. Balarabe has been part of the National team since 2002 winning […]
Continue ReadingA JSS 1 student who claims to have been picked out during her school’s assembly on May 22 and given 20 lashes over an “indecent hairstyle” on the order of the principal who also suspended her, has filed a lawsuit against Ekiti state government. Gift Agenoisa said to be a student of Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, claimed her suspension […]
Continue ReadingMoney makes the world go round. The strength of a country — its prosperity and flourishing — is best measured by the standing of its currency. The American business magnate and politician, Ross Perot, observed that, “a weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation”. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Federal Permanent Secretary (Super Perm Sec) and elder statesman, Ahmed Joda is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 91. The former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described his death as “heartbreaking”. In a statement on Friday signed by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo said the late Joda was his […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja, Nigeria, after a two-week stay in London, United Kingdom. Nigeria Air Force 1 jet carrying him touched down at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 18.00 hours which is 6.00pm Nigerian time. He was received on arrival by his Chief […]
Continue ReadingIt is doubtful if there is any country that had more of its nationals competing for other countries than Nigeria at the just concluded Olympic Games tagged Tokyo 2020, which held in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From European countries to North American countries and to Asian countries and Oceania, Nigerians were busy helping […]
Continue ReadingAfter collecting N11m ransom, gunmen still shot dead an engineer on Thursday in Nigeria. The source, who did not want to be mentioned because of the sensitive nature of the matter, was responding to enquiries by Punch about fresh updates on the Baptist College students held captive by bandits. He said, “There is a company […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the South African Police Service have arrested a 26-year-old woman over her alleged involvement in the murder of her husband, which took place in October last year at a farm outside Groblersdal. As extensive investigations by the South African Police Service went on, a 23-year-old female suspect, Patricia Lee Smith who was reportedly […]
Continue Reading39-year-old cleaner identified as Sunday Julius has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, for allegedly defiling his four daughters. Julius was arraigned for defiling his four daughters aged 16 years, 11 years, 10 years and seven years from August 2020 to July 2021 at his residence in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos state. Police prosecutor, DSP Kehinde […]
Continue ReadingIt was a fatal experience as a school dropout who aspired to build a helicopter has died after one of the blades of his helicopter prototype slashed his throat while he was testing it. 24-year-old Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, a school dropout from Maharashtra’s Fulsawangi village in Mahagaon tehsil, India, had built the prototype of a single-seater […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari paid a visit to former Lagos governor and now the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, in London on Thursday August 12. There were reports that Tinubu was first to visit Buhari, so, this looks like a return visit. See more of their photos below:
Continue ReadingAn American-based Nigerian pastor has claimed that some pastors entertain guest ministers by giving them beautiful women after they’re done preaching. Dr Shola Adeoye, the founder of Lighthouse Church, wrote on Instagram: “Do you know Pastors entertain their guest ministers with beautiful ladies after preaching? “Don’t be shocked; I have experienced it many times. The […]
Continue ReadingHajiya Hazida, the wife of late Nigerian President, Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (Turakin Sokoto) is dead. Shagari’s grandson, Bello Bala Shagari, who announced her death on his Facebook page on behalf of the family, said she died of COVID-19 complications around 3:00 am on Thursday, August 12, in Gwagwalada Isolation Centre. She was aged 80. He […]
Continue ReadingSometime last week, I was in a conversation with a group of older friends, people who grew up during some of Nigeria’s most glorious days. The gist mainly was around the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s legacy when he hands over in about 21 months. For many people, 21 months looks like a very […]
Continue Reading24-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death with a broken beer bottle in Majeje village, Lulekani, outside Phalaborwa, South Africa on Saturday. The suspect, Juscah Mheleni appeared before Lulekani Magistrate court on Tuesday morning, August 10, on a charge of murder. She was remanded in custody until August 13, 2021 for profiling pending further […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress, Queen Nwokoye was a year old on Wednesday, August 11, and has shared some lovely new photos of herself on her Instagram page to mark the special day. More photos:
Continue ReadingAlmost two decades after abolition, Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the reintroduction of toll collections on some selected dual carriageways across the country. However, the exercise exempted diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles from the scheme. Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed these on Wednesday while briefing the State House […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Naira pared some of its recent gains against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday amid the lingering scarcity of the greenback in the country. Nigerian currency, the Naira fell to 515 against the dollar at the parallel market from 510 on Tuesday. The naira had strengthened to 506/$ on August 4 after […]
Continue ReadingIt is not for nothing that I call Dr Okey Ikechukwu ‘Ijele’. The former University of Lagos philosophy lecturer has a way with words. Asked on ARISE Channels early in June for his impression of the acrimony resulting from the gubernatorial primaries of leading political parties in Anambra, Ikechukwu dismissed the situation as the usual […]
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