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BBNaija’s reality star, Florence Wathoni Anyansi simply known as Wathoni has wowed while celebrating her 30th birthday. The star took to her Instagram handle to share gorgeous photos to celebrate her birthday on Sunday April 18. One of the photos she shared was captioned: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY WATHONI “I wish you all the beautiful things in […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have reportedly attacked and razed down a police station in Uzoakoli, Bende local government area of Abia State, Nigeria, on Monday April 19. According to The Nation, the gunmen who stormed the police station in their numbers, overpowered the policemen on duty and released suspects in custody. It is however not clear if they […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday April 19 received the newly sworn-in President of Niger Republic, Mohammed Bozoum at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to The Sun, the Nigerien President who recently won his country’s presidential election and assumed office on April 3, is on a thank you visit to Nigeria. Bozoum arrived at the […]
Continue ReadingSubhanallah, alhamdulillah, astaghfirullah, la ilaha illa Allah! This is my most favourite Islamic chant. I love its rhythm, rhyme and reason. It means, “God is perfect, praise be to Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah, there’s no other god, except Allah!” Of the 12 Islamic months in the Hijri calendar, Ramadan, the ninth month, is […]
Continue ReadingA man who appears to be troubled has been spotted sitting on top of a telecommunication’s mast in Ikeja, the Lagos state capital, Nigeria. The man stormed the mast in the early hours of Monday April 19, and climbed his way to the top of the mast. No one knows his motive for climbing but […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has explained why Lagos state does not have Amotekun like other South-West states. In an interview on Channels Television, Sanwo-Olu noted that Lagos state has over 7,000 neighbourhood watch personnel who are doing exactly the same thing Amotekun operatives are doing. He added that apart from community policing, the LNSC also […]
Continue ReadingNot less than five persons including a newly wedded man, were confirmed dead after an 18-seater bus plunged into a river in Aponmu village, Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state, Nigeria. The 18-seater bus with registration number Lagos AAA 859 XC which took off from Lagos, plunged into the Owena river on Sunday […]
Continue ReadingKatsina State Governor, Mr. Aminu Bello Masari, has said that contrary to the views in some quarters, the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has not failed Nigerians. The governor, who spoke in a Television Continental (TVC) interview monitored in Abuja on Sunday, said Nigerians should commend Buhari for tolerating rubbish from some people. Masari said: “The rating […]
Continue Reading41-year-old Nigerian student has been arrested in Selangor, Malaysia for allegedly duping a school headmistress out of almost N13 million. Nwaokorie Chikezi Patrick, a private college student is facing 24 charges of cheating the 59-year-old woman of more than RM140,000, using a non-existent inheritance said to be worth RM2.4mil. Nwaokorie pleaded not guilty after the charges […]
Continue ReadingThe first time I saw Blaise Compaoré was at the African Union (AU) Heads of State Summit that held in Addis Ababa in 2013. At that time, at 62, he had been Burkina Faso President for 26 years, but was little respected. He slunk around like a defeated man. He had not only betrayed his […]
Continue ReadingDetectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Kenya, have arrested a 38-year-old married man over the brutal murder of his girlfriend. The suspect, Evans Karani is accused of murdering 25-year-old Catherine Nyokabi in Witeithie area, Juja in Kiambu County. Juja Sub-County Directorate of Criminal Investigations Officer (DCIO), Richard Mwaura, who confirmed the incident on […]
Continue ReadingDean of Students’ Affairs, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State, Nigeria, Dr. Shola Eshiobo, has passed away. A family source who craved anonymity said the lifeless body of Eshiobo was discovered in his office on Sunday morning. The source said: “He went to the office after leaving the house on Saturday afternoon. He said he […]
Continue ReadingMedical experts say there is no scientific basis for the collection of placenta, revealing that many doctors have been harassed by family members of women who delivered in their hospitals for not being able to account for the placenta. According to them, the collection of placenta by family members of a woman who gives birth […]
Continue ReadingEven though one was not privy to the discussion held at the Owerri summit of the Southe-East governors, it was not lost on me why Agu (insert your choice of tiger, Lion or Leopard) would become the favoured totem for the regional security outfit. Every serious student of Igbo culture knows too well that there […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Benue State Police Command in Nigeria have arrested a man who allegedly robbed and strangled a businesswoman to death after alleged rape attempt. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Benjamin Terungwa Agura, had on April 7, 2021, allegedly murdered Ruth Mbachilin, a yam trader, and dumped her body in a well […]
Continue ReadingThe wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, was a year older on Thursday April 15 and a dinner was held in her honor at the palace that evening. While she was giving her vote of thanks, she jokingly prayed for her husband to have more queens. The Ooni broke into laughter when […]
Continue ReadingNigerian superstar singer, Simi has shared a piece on her Instastory centered on “self-love”. Simi said that she is very “concerned that young girls will have to work harder for a healthy self-esteem because they will be trying to live up to a standard that doesn’t exist.” See her post below:
Continue Reading“Twitter is now present on the continent. Thank you Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo”. Those were the words of the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, in a tweet yesterday. Within two minutes, yes two minutes, the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo tweeted: “The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is EXCELLENT […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-born British star singer and songwriter, Helen Folasade Adu’s transgender son, Izaak Theo, has walked down the aisle with his girlfriend, Margie. The songwriter’s transgender son took to his social media to display wedding pictures of himself and Margie which occurred on Friday, April 16, 2021 in Hawaii. The development has since generated much conversation […]
Continue ReadingBetween economists and their enabling politicians, the fate of nations often hangs precariously on a balance. On their own, economists can be a miserable enough bunch in ordinary circumstances. Their professional relevance hangs on the precarious uncertainty that all things may never become equal in real life. Like Delphic oracles, economists keep their relevance and […]
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