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Nigel Henry, the longest-serving lecturer at the University of Ibadan is dead. He died at the age of 71. Until his passage, Henry was a lecturer in the Department of Classics. News of his death was announced on Sunday in a statement by the Department of Classics in the University. The statement read in part, […]
Continue ReadingA teenage girl has ended her life tragically. According to reports, the 16-year-old grade 10 pupil of Lunga Day Secondary School in Mwinilunga district of Northwestern Province, Zambia committed suicide after being accused of stealing three new underwear belonging to her mother. Agness Katenga is said to have sneaked out of the house around 8.00pm […]
Continue ReadingA male and female Christian preachers who reportedly went separately to share the word of God at the Ikeja bus stop in Lagos state, threw caution to the wind as they fought for a preaching spot in the area. In a video that has since gone viral, the female preacher could be seen charging at the […]
Continue ReadingHow can a man fight very difficult life battles, vanquish them all, be a household name in the world as a result of his handsome laurels in business and then, all of a sudden, get picked up effortlessly on the bed by women, as they do snails in farm furrows? This is the question on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh, has passed away. He died at the age of 81. Sources close to the deceased told our newsmen that he died on Monday at his residence in Abuja. In a message posted on his Twitter handle, @atiku, the former Nigerian Vice-President wrote: “A good man, […]
Continue ReadingYoruba Youth Leader (YYL) Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has reportedly arrived in Abeokuta, Ogun State to flush out the bad eggs amidst Fulani herdsmen in the state. Igboho has been in the news recently following an ultimatum he gave to herdsmen in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State to […]
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominees have been named and the winner for the edition will be announced in October. This Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Swedish industrialist, Alfred Nobel. The last edition was won by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to resolve a border […]
Continue ReadingThe quit notice served on the Fulani community in Igangan, Oyo state, by a non-state actor, Chief Sunday Igboho, is a timely reminder that Nigeria is at the risk of becoming a failed state. In my previous article, I argued that no private individual should have such powers in a modern nation-state. But with unending […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has come out to address those who are against the formation of the Eastern Security Network. The Eastern Security Network (ESN) is a regional security force and a paramilitary wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), based in the Igbo part of Nigeria. Upon the formation […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army has disbanded its legal team and also pulled out of the investigative hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020. Making the announcement on Saturday January 30 after more evidence backed claims of Nigerian soldiers shooting peaceful protesters at the tollgate, […]
Continue ReadingA Point of Sale (POS) operator identified as Ezinne Grace Iroh, has died after she was shot by armed robbers in Aba, Abia state. The incident happened at Ukaegbu Road, in Ogbor Hill area of Aba on Friday, January 29, 2021. She was rushed to the hospital where she died on Saturday evening, January 30. […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Toyin Falola, author and professor of African Studies had a two hours thirty minutes interview with former Nigerian president, Chief (General) Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday on the issues affecting Nigeria and Africa at the moment The Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin had organised […]
Continue ReadingIntroduction The current security crisis in the South-Western part of Nigeria is one of the many symptoms of national malaise, which, although not peculiar to the region, has manifested in various forms, including murders, kidnapping, highway robberies, rape incidents, assault, violence and intimidation, criminal trespass, crop destruction, and many other major and minor violent acts. […]
Continue ReadingVeteran actress, Hilda Dokubo has demanded for justice in the case of a 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke who was recently arrested and imprisoned for leaking a video of the lawyer and Federal Commissioner of Imo State Office of Public Complaints Commission. The 3min 48-seconds video suggested that the appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari had […]
Continue ReadingA Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Gregory Ohihoin, says sexual intercourse may help to initiate labour in pregnant women who have passed their estimated day of delivery. Dr. Ohihoin said having sex at term helps to promote prostaglandins, which may help induce labour. The prostaglandins are […]
Continue ReadingTeebillz has taken to social media to gush over his woman. This woman has remained a mystery because he has never mentioned her name or shown her full and recognisable face. The music executive, posted a photo of them on his Instagram page on Sunday morning, with the caption: “Without her my life won’t be […]
Continue ReadingThe former Red Media partner and Future Awards Co-founder, Emilia Asim-Ita, has sadly passed away. She passed away on Friday, January 29. The company she headed, AML Media, announced her death a few hours ago but her cause of death was not made known yet. Emilia who was in her 30s, was a brand strategist […]
Continue ReadingA retired Commissioner of Police, Yomi Onashile, has died of COVID19 complications. He died today January 30 at the Isolation centre at Olodo, in Ibadan, Oyo State where he was being treated. Onashile was said to have been on admission at the COVID-19 Isolation Centre since January 24. Before his retirement from the Nigeria Police Force, the […]
Continue ReadingLagos-based popular Disc jockey (DJ), Babatunde Bashir Bello aka DJ Babus, has died of COVID19 complications. He died on Friday morning January 29 after a protracted battle with the disease. DJ Babus graduated from the University of Baltimore in the United States in 2010 where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Technology […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola has spoken about how former President Olusegun Obasanjo stopped former Governor of Lagos state and national chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu from being President Buhari’s running mate in 2015. Oyinlola who spoke in an interview with Punch, said the idea of a Muslim-Muslim ticket was concealed from […]
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