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Several people have been reportedly killed as a fully loaded gas tanker lost control and rammed into Bode Market at Molete Area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Nigeria, on Sunday, July 4. Number of casualties have not been ascertained as of time of filing this report. But an eye witness said he counted ten […]
Continue ReadingDJ FlexyNaija, a Nigerian Disc Jockey and hypeman is dead. The DJ who was said to be the only child of his mum, was allegedly poisoned to death on Saturday July 3. This however came after the student of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State shared a Facebook post in which he talked about “success attracting […]
Continue ReadingThere are many myths circulated by various ethnic nationalities about the Yoruba people of the Southwest, and a personal experience with a non-Yoruba provoked me to address some of these myths using historical facts. Please bear with me, this is a long read. Myth one: The Yoruba are betrayers A lot of this angst, which […]
Continue ReadingChief Ayo Adebanjo, 93, leader of the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, speaks with BBC News Pidgin anchored by Opeyemi, on the recent attack on the Ibadan private residence of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, by men of the State Security Service (SSS), self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS). (You can also find […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed gave out his daughter, Fatima Zara, to Malah Sheriff, in a quiet wedding on Friday, July 2. The groom is said to be either the nephew or son of former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff. This platform has not been able to independently confirm his identity at this […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, film producer, film director and writer, Nkechi Blessing Sunday has gotten a new Ranger Rover and she took to her Instagram page to show the whip. Posing with the luxury car, the actress wrote: “A babe and her Baby.” See more photos below:
Continue ReadingOfficers from the Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspect for allegedly selling the body parts of his father, Michael Olagunju, to some ritualists in Kajola, Odo-Owa in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state. Olagunju was allegedly murdered on his farm at Kajola last Thursday by his son who connived with some […]
Continue ReadingPeople often assume the Yoruba are so successful as an ethnic nationality due to their thirst for education, and how it has penetrated down even amongst their remotest rural communities. But study them. Their culture of respect opens doors for them that even education cannot open. Diplomacy gives them supremacy. And their culture is often […]
Continue ReadingThe Area Comptroller in charge of Kano/Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Customs, Suleiman Pai Umar, has handed over one Sabo Suleiman to the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The suspect was arrested in a joint operation on June 17, 2021 by the EFCC, State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingEight years old I was when the Nigeria Civil War broke out in 1967. Championing that crusade on one side was Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu from the Biafra land. Yakubu Gowon who also doubled as the Head of State was commanding for the Nigerian side. I remember the deep trenches built in every neighbourhood in my […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I don’t know about you, but the week started for me on a normal note. I had looked forward to my routine life of activities. Little did I envisage the big news ahead. Government backed, government style gangsterism, no less, descended on us without warning. No journalist could have anticipated such multiple events […]
Continue Reading14-year-old girl, identified simply as Jumoke, has been killed by bullets reportedly fired by a security operative dispersing Yoruba Nation agitators around the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos State, Nigeria. Persons who sighted the girl’s corpse, observed that bullets had ripped open her stomach. The unfortunate victim is said to be 14 years of […]
Continue ReadingAs repeatedly promised, the Yoruba nation agitators, on Saturday, kept their promise and conspicuously showed their presence at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos State, as they appeared in cultural regalia synonymous with African traditional religion. In spite of several warnings by security operatives and their heavy presence at the venue, the Yoruba Nation […]
Continue ReadingDear Compatriots, I send you greetings from the land of the rising sun. As I pen this piece, I am keenly aware that many sane voices from across our geo-political and cultural divides have been drowned in a cacophony of noise, innuendos, conspiracy theories and unprintable insults. I am sure you will agree with me […]
Continue ReadingFormer American sprinter and double Olympics gold medalist, Lee Evans has been laid to rest in a tomb at a private cemetery of the Segun Odegbami International College and Sport Academy, in Ogun state, Nigeria. The former world record holder of 400m event was buried on Thursday, in accordance with his wishes before he died. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has warned Nigerian government that the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) must not die in detention. The ex-Minister issued the warning in a tweet where he showed a video clip of the massive demonstration by Kanu’s followers in the Southeast. Watch the video in the […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Youths Leader (YYL) and activist, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has debunked the claims made by Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) that he had an armoury stored in his Ibadan residence that was raided on Thursday, July 1. The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunnaya, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on […]
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has said that Nnamdi Kanu was arrested by the Kenyan Government before he was handed over to the Department of State Services (DSS). The counsel stated this while giving an update of the case on Friday evening on Twitter. Ejiofor wrote, “My client, Mazi Nnamdi […]
Continue ReadingAre Nigerian rulers (not leaders) as dumb as some of us think? No! In the last few months, I have wrestled with a lot of questions on how Nigeria’s ruling elite thinks and acts. I have wondered if they are smart or just plain stupid. I haven’t thought of them as being clever, until I […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, paraded 12 persons it said are Sunday Igboho’s followers, saying one other was being profiled. While parading the followers, the DSS said a joint team of security operatives had raided Igboho’s residence early on Thursday based on an intelligence report. The spokesperson of the secret police, Mr. Peter […]
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