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In a statement posted on its website Wednesday, the International human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), has released the timeline of the October 20, 2020 shootings at the Lekki toll plaza, and warned the federal government against covering up the incident. The group, which stated last week that at least 10 persons were killed at […]
Continue ReadingA Pastor and a Presbyter have drowned after going to a reservoir in Brazil to carry out a baptism rite. Pastor Davi Santos, 40, and Presbyter Samuel Sergio, 38, lost their lives at the Atibainha reservoir, in the south-eastern Brazilian municipality of Nazare Paulista, at around midday on 25th October. According to local media, the […]
Continue ReadingA video of Nollywood star actor but now a full time politician, Desmond Elliot speaking on the negative impact of social media at the Lagos State House of Assembly has been made public. Days ago, social media influencer, Dr Olufunmilayo had stated that the Lagos State House of Assembly “is developing a bill to regulate […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan who tied the nuptial knots with her husband Turad in early September has shared loved-up photos with him. The photos Hanan shared came with the caption: “The Hamads”. See more of the photos below:
Continue ReadingIn concluding my column last Thursday, I urged President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation in view of the EndSARS protests that had been hijacked by opportunistic criminals and the shooting of protesters two days earlier at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos. I was therefore elated when I received the Villa statement that the president […]
Continue ReadingJust six days before the U.S. election in which trade is a hot topic, Washington struck another blow at the WTO, which U.S. President Donald Trump has described as “horrible” and biased towards China. Washington has already paralysed the WTO’s role as global arbiter on trade by blocking appointments to its appeals panel. Now it […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Afro-beat and pop singer, songwriter, rapper and dancer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu known professionally as Burna Boy and Chris Martin of Coldplay performed their hit song Monster You Made at the 15th BET Hip-Hop Awards which held on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. The song which is from Burna Boy’s Twice As Tall album was performed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, songwriter, television presenter, publisher, producer and activist, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy the Areafada1 decided to step out in a female blouse, gele, elaborate bangles and shared photos of himself rocking the outfit on Instagram. You can see the ferocious bodyguards and a purported male suitor or suitor to-be. See […]
Continue ReadingWith as many as 67 officially pronounced dead, looted properties, burnt assets, forced lockdowns, as a veteran activist of sundry campuses’ protests against apartheid, military dictatorship, 1989 SAP riots, June 12 validation, fuel price resistance, for new minimum wages in the past 30 years, I bear witness that the current crisis is the most ‘wasteful’. […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, has said hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protests, have carted away 110 new tractors and implements from the association’s warehouse in Yola. Umar-Daware, who made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the hoodlums also broke […]
Continue ReadingEx-deputy national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has called for the immediate dismantling of tollgates at Lekki and Ikoyi where #EndSARS protesters were shot at Tuesday last week, while also calling for scrapping of the privately-owned AlphaBeta and Lekki Concession Company (LCC). Chief George made the call at a press conference […]
Continue ReadingThe youth have spoken. Vox populi, vox Dei. Tired of seeing their future being mortgaged by philistines, our youth have decided to take their future into their own hands. We may neither understand nor even empathise with them; but we can never wish them away. I am a humble economist with abiding interests in political […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Air Force (NAF) authority says it has arrested its personnel seen in a viral video flogging curfew defaulters in Ilesha, Osun state, Nigeria. The video which made rounds on social media on Tuesday, October 27, showed the curfew defaulters inside muddy water while being flogged by the security agents. In a statement released on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been elected as the new Director General of the World Trade Organization. She is the first female and first African Director General of the WTO. In a keenly contested election, Okonjo-Iweala beat her rival, South Korean Yoo Myung hee, with a wide margin. She polled 104 votes […]
Continue ReadingTuesday, October 27 night, Black Entertainment Television (BET) aired the 2020 edition of their annual hip-hop awards on BET Her, VH1 and MTV2 to celebrate some of the biggest artistes, songs, and music videos The 15th annual award show was hosted by 85 South’s Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly, and Chico Bean. There were also performances […]
Continue ReadingNot many people are fortunate to survive cancer but a man has beaten this dreaded disease three times before even becoming 24 years of age. Uche, who lives in Canada, is now cancer free and he took to Twitter to celebrate this. The name ‘Uche’ suggests he is likely to be a Nigerian man living […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has renewed the appointment of the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Tuesday. President Buhari, in a letter to […]
Continue ReadingThe 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) has denied the allegation that soldiers opened fire on #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday, October 20. In a statement released by the Acting Director Army Public Relations (ADPR), Major Osoba Olaniyi, the Division confirmed the involvement of soldiers in restoring order in Lagos […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have dismissed one of its officers, Corps Assistant Illiya Ibrahim of the Gwagwalada Division Abuja, for partaking in the looting of Covid-19 palliatives discovered in a warehouse in Gwagwalada, Abuja. On Monday, a mob stormed the warehouse and carted away the palliatives. A video that made the rounds […]
Continue ReadingA self-acclaimed Nigerian Pastor identified as Sunday Edino has been arrested by officers of the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly looting medical equipments reportedly worth millions in naira. The Pastor was arrested on Monday October 26, following a manhunt reportedly led by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ede. Upon being interrogated following […]
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