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A young pregnant woman, Fatima Muhammad was among the students abducted when bandits attacked the main campus of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, late Thursday night, June 10. One Radeeyah Beentu Musah, said Fatima was abducted along with another course mate identified as Hauwa The State Commissioner for Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affair, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Balarabe Ilelah as the new director-general (DG) of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, June 11. He said Mr. Ilelah’s appointment is for a tenure of five years in the […]
Continue ReadingI listened to the paramount ruler of Somolu and Bariga, Oba Gbolahan Timson, the other day, as he eloquently expressed support for Sunday Igboho, and as he foreclosed the idea of Yorubas continuing with the Nigerian entity. The Oba called it a war of independence (ija’gbara in Yoruba language). But he then launched into deep […]
Continue ReadingThe president tweeted a promise of war. Twitter deleted the promise. The government banned Twitter. It has also promised to jail anyone found in bed with Twitter. The Buhari government’s role models on this road to infamy are North Korea, Iran and China. The list is that short. I laugh at Nigerians who say they […]
Continue ReadingInternational music diva and celebrity, Nicki Minaj took to Instagram to put her massive backside on display in these eye-popping photos she shared on her page. See more photos below: Photos: Nicki Minaj, Instagram
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian man recently separated from his wife attacked her parents’ home in Douglasville, Georgia, killing her and his mother-in-law before taking his own life. Udoamaka Nwamu, of East Point, Fulton County, took a handgun to his in-laws’ home in Douglasville on Sunday, June 6, where his estranged wife, Kaliyah Nwamu, was staying, and […]
Continue ReadingAn autocrat is an autocrat. There is nothing like a reformed autocrat or a recovering autocrat, after all, a leopard never changes its spots. We should have known it would come to this, Buhari’s #Twitterban. In 1984, Buhari passed the infamous Protection Against False Accusations Decree, dubbed Decree 4. Till date, it is still the […]
Continue ReadingGunmen numbering about 15, on Thursday, were said to have attacked Ojoto Police Station in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. One Inspector of Police was reportedly killed in the attack. A source told The Punch that the police operatives on duty fought back and repelled the hoodlums, thereby preventing them from […]
Continue ReadingOutgoing Nigerian Army spokesperson, Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said in a statement on Thursday, that the Nigerian Army has redeployed some of its senior officers in a major shakeup. Notable amongst the new appointments was that of C.G. Musa, a major general, who was named the new Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the counter insurgency […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail project and flagged off full commercial operation. Shortly after he inaugurated the project, President Buhari took a ride from Ebute Metta Station to Energy Nature Light (ENL), Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos. He was joined by the Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor Babajide […]
Continue ReadingI was in Benin last Saturday to participate in the public lecture organised by the Nigerian Youth Democratic Party. I returned to Lagos later in the evening to a programme to honour the memory of Comrade Thomas Sankara rather belatedly. It is commendable that some comrades who partook of the memorable event. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and […]
Continue ReadingPac, friend of suspected Nigerian fraudster Hushpuppi who was arrested with him in 2020 has regained freedom. The Dubai-based Nigerian man in an Instagram post he shared, remebered how he was arrested alongside Hushpuppi on June 9, 2020. According to him, the arrest came a week to his birthday and he thought the end had come. […]
Continue ReadingFormer beauty queen, Ifejoku Uzor Pamela who alleged that the continuous detention of her father is being influenced by Ned Nwoko, a former federal lawmaker, has announced that he’s been released. Her disclosure of her father, Okey Ifejoku who is the President of the Idumuje-Ugboko Development Union (IUDU) being in police detention after being re-arrested alongside his deputy […]
Continue ReadingUntil recently, I had believed that the biggest threat to Nigeria’s corporate existence was hunger. Following the shenanigans of the past week when the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) banned Twitter because he got his feathers ruffled, I concluded that the trouble with Nigeria is that our leaders are a collective of anti-social […]
Continue ReadingBirthday mates, Nigerian actress, singer, songwriter and humanitarian, Tonto Charity Dikeh simply known as Tonto Dikeh and Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, entrepreneur and television personality, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, better known by his stage name D’banj have gone spiritual after turning a year older on Wednesday June 9. The duo were spotted in an Instalive […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has given approval to the return of the open grazing practised during the 1st Republic where herdsmen used designated grazing routes to move their cattle to several parts of the country. On that note, Buhari said he had asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to begin the process of […]
Continue ReadingNothing speaks to a time like this in Nigeria better than a Yoruba adage that could be considered obscene, so I crave the indulgence of readers: “Ohun tí a ni kí òkóbó bọ, kò ni bọ ibe; ó ní ohun lè bọ igba abẹrẹ lójú orun.” (An impotent man would leave what he was asked […]
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to urgently put in place a policy to check further devaluation of the naira to the United States dollar and other international legal tenders. The House decried that while the Nigerian currency was losing value, others in African were appreciating. At the plenary on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Presidential Spokesperson, Reno Omokri has called out Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, claiming he may be engaging in Cryptocurrency trading which is banned in the country. Omokri made the claim by sharing a screenshot of Malami’s post in which he announced that he has deactivated his Twitter account. […]
Continue ReadingDavido’s rumoured new girlfriend, Mya Yafai took to Instagram to share these new hot photos of herself. The American Instagram model and Davido sparked relationship rumours earlier this year after photos of them kissing went viral. See more photos below:
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