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International Tennis star, Serena Williams couldn’t hold back tears as she was questioned by journalists following her loss to Naomi Osaka at the 2021 Australian Open early Thursday morning, February 18. Osaka dominated her role model and will now play Jennifer Brady or Karolina Muchova in the final on Saturday night. An emotional farewell from […]
Continue ReadingA town with well-established features of ethnic plurality, Okene, my place of birth, in the North-Central State of Kogi was like a mini Nigeria. Populated by Nigerians of various ethno-geographic backgrounds, Okene town emerged over early decades as a foremost centre of commerce, trade and local industry among contemporary communities. Whereas, the Igbo community in […]
Continue ReadingSenator representing Niger south at the national assembly, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bima Enagi has raised an alarm over the increased insecurity witnessed under the present administration. Contributing to a debate on a motion sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east on the abduction of some staff and […]
Continue ReadingTexas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is grieving the loss of an employee. Correctional Officer IV Tawiwo Obele, 68, tested positive for COVID-19 in unit mass testing on January 31, 2021. Obele, who was assigned to the Beto Unit in Palestine, was hospitalized in Palestine on February 9, 2021 with COVID symptoms but was released […]
Continue ReadingThe most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created a most unwanted distraction from the ongoing life and death Nigerian narrative. One has to take time off to deal with distortions and fake versions, while students are being reportedly waylaid and killed and/or kidnapped in Ondo and […]
Continue ReadingAmerican model and stripper, Symbaserothick, took to her Instastory to show her love and support for the convicted Nigerian, Invictus Obi, who just bagged a 10-year jail term for fraud in the U.S. Recall that Symba had visited Nigeria before, wherein the curvy model was pictured with Nigerian vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo in 2018, […]
Continue ReadingWole Soyinka, last week, wrote about mad cows and madder narratives. Where else do cows, what they eat, how they eat, and where they eat dominate discourses in the 21st century if not in a kingdom of fools? And, again, last week in Ibadan, Nigeria, rotten tomatoes and how they were disposed of claimed lives […]
Continue ReadingFormer Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) housemate, Alexandra Asogwa, popularly known as Alex Unusual, is pictured with her mum rocking and dangling in very beautiful African print dresses. See more photos below: Photos: Knight Visuals
Continue ReadingTonto Dikeh took to her Instagram page this morning to celebrate Bimbo Coker, the first ex-wife of her estranged, Olakunle Churchill, as she turns a year older. Olakunle was married to Bimbo before they fell apart and then he met and got married to Tonto before she also divorced him. He is now married to actress Rosy […]
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of Amazon, has reclaimed his title of the world’s richest person, ending the six-week reign of Elon Musk. Musk lost about $4.5 billion on Tuesday after Tesla (TSLA) shares fell 2.4%, taking him to second place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking. Bezos’ net worth also fell by about $372 […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger State Government has confirmed the abduction of 42 persons by bandits in Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. The incident, according to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, who addressed a news conference after an emergency State Executive Council meeting in Minna, said 27 of those abducted were […]
Continue ReadingYou won’t believe this. As the Lagos state governor-elect in 1979, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande was so much in a hurry to hit the ground running that he appealed to all headmasters and principals not to demand or accept fees for the new academic session starting in September – in line with the free education […]
Continue ReadingKidnappers operating in Niger state have released a video showing 21 commuters that were abducted along the Tegina-Zungeru highway in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state on Sunday, February 14. The victims were abducted while traveling in a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA). A statement released by the state government on Tuesday, February 16, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Second Lady, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has celebrated the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who turned 50 on Wednesday, February 17. Mrs Osinbajo, in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, said a prayer for the wife of the President, wishing her a long life and good health. She wrote: “Happy 50th birthday HE aishambuhari. I wish […]
Continue ReadingObinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi, who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Virginia Court in the United States for internet fraud. Nigerians are reacting to his sentence on Tuesday evening, February 16, after he was found guilty of causing approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims between 2015 […]
Continue ReadingThe pastor who canceled a wedding because the couple were few minutes late to church has died on the same date his wife died. Pastor Essa Ogorry of Fulfilling Word Foundation Church, Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. His wife, Tonyemieba Essa-Ogorry, also died on the same date a […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actor, Victor Decker, 72, has died. He was found dead in his apartment on Monday February 15. According to reports, Decker’s decomposing body was found on a couch in his apartment by his neighbours. After not seeing him for days, his neighbours decided to knock on his door to check on him. When […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned that the country may disintegrate if Nigerians do not remain calm and united in the face of recent challenges. Expressing his dismay over the recent attacks in parts of the country, Abdulsalami called on governors to take full responsibility for managing the divergent voices […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has named a Deputy Chief Detective Superintendent, Abdulrasheed Bawa, as the new Chairman of the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and has therefore requested the Senate to confirm Bawa’s nomination. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday which he […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday, February 14, the Nigerian Presidency in a statement signed by spokesman Garba Shehu reportedly affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to ensure the protection of all religious and ethnic groups in the country, whether majority or minority, “in line with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria […]
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