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Former Nigerian Minister of Aviation and Buhari’s critic, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has attacked the Senior Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare over his romance with the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Fani-Kayode said, Bakare has desecrated the pulpit by praising Tinubu to the highest heaven, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has advised President Buhari and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to allow ordinary Nigerians to bear firearms in order to protect themselves. Prof. Sagay gave this advice while chatting with Daily Independent. He said the Federal Government was overwhelmed by various […]
Continue ReadingBritish-Nigerian boxer and two-time unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, has advised people to choose wisely when picking a life partner. According to him, who you marry is in the top five most important decisions in life. He shared the piece of advice on his snapchat. See the post below:
Continue ReadingYoutube star, Grace Victory, has been placed in a medically induced coma a day after giving birth to her son. According to the message posted to the British vlogger’s Instagram on Monday, Dec. 28, Grace tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago while in the third trimester of her pregnancy. Her condition worsened and doctors […]
Continue ReadingTwo anecdotes have been used to justify the controversial pulpit tirades of senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Tunde Bakare, whose video went viral last week. One is that famous Obinde proverb, popularised by former governor of Lagos and Osun States, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The second is one I stumbled onto during the […]
Continue ReadingActress Toyin Abraham and her actor hubby, Kolawole Ajeyemi are currently in Dubai on holiday with their children. Monday afternoon, Toyin took to her Instagram page to appreciate Kolawole for taking her and their kids out on holiday. She wrote: “@kolawoleajeyemi Oko mi, thank you so much for spoiling us richly this holiday. I’m not […]
Continue ReadingNigerian radio personality, television host, vlogger, lifestyle entrepreneur and author, Toke Makinwa has asked people who might know her future husband to congratulate him because he will be lucky and blessed to have her as God saved the ”best” for him. Toke who described herself as a self-made boss, said this via her Twitter handle […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Ondo state has launched an investigation into the suspected assassination of a businessman, Babatunde Adeluka Olubasa, at a hotel in the Ijapo area of Akure, the state capital on December 26. According to reports, Babatunde was trailed to the hotel by three armed men after attending a function in Akure. “The killing of […]
Continue ReadingPastor Tunde Bakare’s trending video on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for which he is receiving caustic flak from the Nigerian online commentariat, isn’t the deodorization of Tinubu’s smelly underbelly that many people say it is. It is, on the contrary, an effective denunciation of Tinubu and a deep, lasting, strategic delegitimization of his “omo Eko” bona fides. In […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, songwriter, performing artist and record producer, David Adedeji Adeleke better known as Davido has threatened to leave the music industry. This comes hours after his alleged faceoff with another Nigerian singer, Burnaboy, in Ghana. In a tweet posted on his handle on Monday afternoon, the DMW record boss wrote: “I go leave this […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by Yinka Odumakin (South-West), Chief Guy Ikoku (South East), Senator Bassey Henshaw (South-South) and Dr. Isuwa Dogo (Middle Belt), the Southern Nigeria and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF), on Monday condemned the outbursts of the Presidency, the Northern Elders Forum and Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), over the Christmas Day message of the Catholic […]
Continue ReadingAttorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Zamfara State, Nigeria, Nura Zarumi has asked the federal and state governments to enact laws that will punish any politician that engages youths as political thugs during elections. Speaking at an event in Gusau, the state capital, Zarumi said the law should be backed with full-scale enforcement on […]
Continue ReadingMy favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe’s Things Falls Apart, a novel of monumental, evergreen relevance, translated into over 50 languages, a product of pure genius, a milestone in world literature. Achebe wrote: “…The year that Okonkwo took eight […]
Continue ReadingOhirenua Giwa-Amu, the Nigerian lady who publicly accused her popular pastor-dad, Femi Giwa-Amu for allegedly repeatedly raping her when she was 7-years-old has committed suicide. Ohirenua’s death was confirmed by her friends who penned down their tribute to her on social media. Her uncle, Ozolua Giwa-Amu who confirmed her death in a Facebook post wrote: […]
Continue ReadingMoving on, the New York-born Nigerian star singer, Iceberg Slim, has found love again years after splitting from Juliet Ibrahim. The Nigerian rapper and recording artiste, whose birth name is Olusegun Olowokere, took to Instagram to show off his new woman with a rose emoji. Iceberg Slim, around March this year, admitted that he cheated […]
Continue ReadingNollywood actress, Sola Sobowale is a year older on Saturday, December 26, and she released these lovely photos to celebrate her special day. She wrote in her caption: “Today is the day the Lord hath made. 26.12 a King was born. Happy birthday to me.” See more photos below: Photos: Sola Sobowale
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian actress and star, Bimbo Akintola, has advised people not to be depressed because of what they see on social media. According to her, most of the things on social media are fake. Bimbo told Sunday Scoop, “I think that people need to work more on themselves. If you judge your life based on […]
Continue ReadingA survey by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences has found that an estimated N9.4bn bribes exchanged hands in the judicial sector between 2018 and 2020. The report said the level of corruption in the justice sector was heightened by the “stupendously high amounts of money offered as bribes to judges by lawyers […]
Continue ReadingWhat a year. WhatAyear. What. A. Year. Muddled and fragmented. Masked up and washed up. It was a tasteless year, the year we could barely smell the coffee, the year humanity was severely fatigued. It was the year that soaked our hands in an ocean of sanitizers and distanced us from each other. It was […]
Continue ReadingBBNaija 2019 winner, Mercy Eke has reacted to rumours that she tested positive for COVID-19. Report in some quarters had it that Mercy tested positive for the virus but partied in public places and infected the likes of Uti Uwachukwu and others. However, Mercy took to her Twitter page debunking the rumour. According to her, […]
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