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Princess Shyngle has said she’s now married and her name has officially changed to Mrs Bala-Gaye. She shared footage of her man proposing to her and other clips showing them displaying massive PDA. She explained in the caption that they are already married and she’s officially a wife. She wrote: “My crush since 8th grade even though […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I know how easy it is for men and women in politics, particularly those in the hallowed corridors of power, to readily dismiss important warnings by well-meaning citizens as rantings of enemies of government, but I’m the last person anyone could ever label as such. Without being immodest, my credentials as a patriotic […]
Continue ReadingFlamboyant Lagos Interior decorator and hotelier, Ehi Ogbebor has shared a video her rumoured boyfriend, the Chairman of Lagos state chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), MC Oluomo, dancing in their car. The CEO of Sayaveth Interiors and Hotels shared the video on her Instastories. Video: Streetadvocate
Continue ReadingYoruba strongman, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has narrated his encounter with a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. In an Instagram Live Chat with Ovation publisher, Dele Momodu early in the week, Igboho said he met Tinubu during the build-up to a governorship election in Ondo State involving a former […]
Continue ReadingIn my discussions with couples and study of marriage, I have found out that there are some fundamental things that have changed in today’s marriage. Many seem unaware of these changes and have not adjusted to them, thereby leading to more unhappiness and divorces. Some decades ago (in the days of our grandfathers and even […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman identified as Khadijat Kabir Ali Mai Katifa has died five days after her wedding. Khadijat got married to Ibrahim Muhammad Dan Azumi, a staunch follower of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Sunday, January 24, 2021, in Dutse area of Kano state. According to her family, she died on Friday morning, January 29. The […]
Continue ReadingNigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, lifestyle entrepreneur and author, Toke Makinwa took to her Twitter handle on Friday afternoon to vent about the patriarchal attitude of most Africans. In her Twitter thread, the OAP and author said the spirit of patriarchy in Africa makes her so sick, She frowned at people who always say […]
Continue Reading21-year-old student of the University of Calabar has died in her sleep and friends are mourning her on Facebook. Ruth Ogar, a 300 Level student of Accounting, was set to get married. Her fiancé, Amber James Asuk took to Facebook to mourn her after her death. He wrote: “Ruth Ogar I am short of words. […]
Continue ReadingThe naming ceremony of the daughter of Nollywood star actress and comedian, Etinosa Idemudia, took place on Monday, January 25. Sharing photos from the event on Instagram, Etinosa revealed the child was named Ofure Izoduwa Christabel. The beautiful actress who welcomed her daughter on December 25, 2020, is yet to reveal the identity of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has travelled to his home town in Daura, Katsina State on a four-day private visit. Buhari left Aso Villa in Abuja on Friday afternoon for Katsina. He was received at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina by the state governor, Aminu Masari. It is learnt that while in Daura, Buhari will, […]
Continue ReadingBabajide Omoworare, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), said in a statement on Friday, that Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has written a letter to the National Assembly seeking the confirmation of the newly appointed service chiefs. He said after nominating the service chiefs, Buhari in a letter dated January 27, 2021, […]
Continue ReadingPrince Obieze Nestor, the C.E.O of Obieze oil & gas and Obieze motors Nig Limited, was reportedly arrested by Dubai police after he posted a video to Instagram flaunting wads of Dollars. The businessman who was arrested in Dubai on Jan 12, is said to have died in the Dubai police custody during interrogation Of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, director and businesswoman, Mercy Aigbe, posting a stunning picture, gave a piece of advice online where she wrote: “Do not give your past the power to define your future” View this post on Instagram A post shared by MERCY AIGBE ADEOTI (@realmercyaigbe) Photo: Mercy Aigbe, Instagram
Continue ReadingKebbi state government has approved death sentence for convicted kidnappers and life imprisonment for rapists. Governor Atiku Bagudu assented to the law which made kidnapping a capital offence and also prescribed life imprisonment for rapists. Giving an explanation for this Hajiya Rahmatu Gulma, the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in the state said; “Therefore, with the assent into law of […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian woman has been hailed after she paid back the excess money a Chinese company mistakenly paid into her account. The woman had paid forty-one thousand Naira for a product. However, they didn’t have the product and they agreed to pay her back but were reluctant to pay the entire money. Rather than pay […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Toyin Falola noted in a recent essay entitled, “Is the diaspora now about rubbishing those at home?” that universities in the cultural West would not grant faculty positions to people holding Nigerian university doctorates, unless they demonstrate exceptional talents. To support his point, I know a few people from Nigeria who had to do […]
Continue ReadingI initially resisted responding to Professor Toyin Falola’s trending essay titled “IS THE DIASPORA NOW ABOUT RUBBISHING THOSE AT HOME?”— which he wrote partly in response to the guest column I invited Professor Moses Ochonu to write— for three reasons. One, the article was so atypically self-aggrandizing that I thought the Professor Falola I’ve known since 2004 couldn’t […]
Continue ReadingI am so sad as I write this. I never knew that things will become so bad. Immigrant scholars in the US have now become like the Europeans in 19th century Africa, the colonizers who saw nothing good about the continent. This is now the intellectual stuff on the Internet. I have read five in […]
Continue ReadingMajority leader of the Delta House of Assembly in Nigeria, Sir Tim Kome Owhefere Esq. is dead. Owhefere who represented Isoko North Constituency until his death, is from Akiowhe community in the council area. The Nation reported that the four-time member of the House died around 11pm on Wednesday January 27, at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, […]
Continue Reading65-year-old hunter, Uchechukwu Nweke, has allegedly killed his wife, their son and himself in the Amunike community of Anambra state on Thursday January 28. A statement by the spokesperson of the state police command, Mohammed Haruna, says the police received a report from the chairman of the vigilante group in Amunike community in Awka North […]
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