‘A Nigerian is headache, stay away from him’ ―Kenyan socialite, Huddah Monroe says

Kenyan model, former Big Brother Africa (BBA) housemate, socialite cum entrepreneur, Huddah Monroe took to Instagram to reveal that she has dated “almost all races in the world”. The Big Brother Africa star went on to rate the men. She warned people to stay away from Nigerian men “unless you wanna die young.” She added […]

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Final year female Nigerian Poly student slumps, dies

A final year female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Omotoke Suliyat is dead. The HND2 student of Marketing Department reportedly slumped In the bathroom and was immediately rushed to Hope Hospital at Adigbe where she was confirmed dead on Sunday, June 13. Speaker of Students’ Representative Council (SRC), Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Rt. Hon. […]

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Making Sense Of Buhari’s Nonsense Now Senseless, By Farooq A. Kperogi

As I pointed out in my Facebook and Twitter status updates in the aftermath of Muhammadu Buhari’s June 10 interview with Arise TV, Buhari’s thought-processes, whenever they’re publicly expressed, are often so devoid of basic rhyme and reason that to even try to make sense of them is a painfully senseless waste of one’s senses. […]

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Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day ―Soyinka

Playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in an interview with Arise News on Monday, has said another Democracy Day may not be celebrated in Nigeria if the system of government is not decentralised. The octogenarian lamented and likened the tempo for disintegration in recent time in Nigeria to that witnessed prior to the civil […]

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Dorsey, Twitter’s founder, liable for #EndSARS losses ―Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are vicariously liable for the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in […]

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Twitter, Cow Routes And An Outworn Presidency, By Olagunju Lasisi

Our president “seems to act speedily only when there is a political enemy to be punished.” That is the conclusion of about 40 diaspora Nigerian intellectuals in a statement they issued on the state of our nation on Friday. Our president is known for their easy life – and he enjoys ‘eating’ it. But, something […]

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To the most senior Biafran in Buhari’s government, By Rudolf Okonkwo & Chido Onumah

Dear Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama, We chose to write you instead of President Muhammadu Buhari because it is apparent from the president’s two most recent media outings that his cognitive impairment has greatly deteriorated, even though that is no justification for his murderous and genocidal rhetoric. From his utterances, the […]

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Couple die of electrocution a day after returning from honeymoon

A newly-wed couple from South Africa were electrocuted to death on Sunday June 13, just a day after they returned from their honeymoon. Gauteng police confirmed that the bodies of Zaheer Sarang and Nabeelah Khan were found on Sunday afternoon. Johannesburg police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said the couple’s bodies were found in the shower. Masondo said: “It […]

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Resigned ex-Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, spotted at an event with VP Osinbajo in Lagos (Photos)

Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, resurfaced at an event in Lagos, over the weekend, two years after she resigned from office. Adeosun was forced to tender her resignation letter as Nigeria’s Finance Minister in September 2018 following the NYSC scandal she was enmeshed in. In July of 2018, a report by a National […]

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Actress Joyce Dzidzor discloses how she contracted HIV at the age of 19

Former Ghanaian HIV/AIDS ambassador and actress, Joyce Mensah Dzidzor has narrated how and when she contracted the deadly HIV. Dzidzor who recently underwent the test again on a live TV show where she tested positive, disclosed that she had an affair with a man who had tested positive for the virus. She revealed that the 45-year-old […]

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CNN International Anchor, Christiane Amanpour diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Veteran war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, on Monday announced that she has recently undergone “major surgery” for ovarian cancer, and faced months of chemotherapy treatment. Amanapour, who has not been hosting her program for CNN’s international outlets for the past four weeks, returned to the air Monday and opened her program with remarks about her condition. […]

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The spirit of democracy and its enemies, By Obadiah Mailafia

Days have characters of their own. Some are lively, cheery and sunny; others are dull and desultory. Saturday, June 12, was Democracy Day in Nigeria. It had this rather mournful and dreary feel about it. Rumours were rife that sleeping cells of well-armed Janjaweed mercenaries would be unleashed on an unarmed and defenceless populace. Mercifully, […]

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Days after their salon fight, Seyi Shay dances to Tiwa Savage’s song, Nigerians react (Video)

Social media users have reacted to a video of Seyi Shay dancing to Tiwa Savage’s track “Koroba” a few days after their clash. Recall that Seyi Shay had clashed with the songstress in a Lagos salon a few days ago. Seyi Shay has now been spotted dancing to Tiwa Savage’s Koroba. Social media users have […]

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Fans bullied me for my explicit romantic scene with Ibrahim Chatta ―Actress Shola Subair (Video, Photos)

Fast-rising Nollywood actress, Shola Subair, aka Sholly Cutie revealed during a recent interview that she has been receiving death threats because of the pool shoot of herself kissing the veteran Nollywood actor Ibrahim Chatta which went viral, where Mr Chatta was seen fondling with her genitals. The budding actress explained that the clip was from […]

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Buhari’s cow routes gazette obsolete, for old northern region only, open grazing ban remains ―Land law expert

Nigerian Senator representing the Osun Central Senatorial District, Dr Ajibola Basiru, in an interview with Punch on Sunday, said the President, Muhammadu Buhari lacked legal and constitutional powers to revive the old grazing routes, anywhere in the country. Basiru, who holds a Ph.D degree in Property Law, spoke to Punch in his capacity as the […]

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Tope Alabi lambasted for publicly attacking the song of another gospel artist (video)

Tope Alabi is receiving heat online for attacking the song of another gospel singer. The popular gospel singer, while ministering at a vigil in the early hours of June 12, criticized a term a fellow gospel singer, Adeyinka Alaseyori, used in hailing God. Listen to the song here: Adeyinka referred to God as “Oniduro” in […]

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