Akpabio, Nunieh and NDDC Trillions, By Olusegun Adeniyi

If taking public money was considered such a big deal, according to Joy Nunieh’s account, her colleague confessed he would kill anyone at the instruction of Godswill Akpabio before bothering to ask why the person had to die. But Akpabio has countered that Nigerians must not believe that story until we seek clarification from “all […]

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Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, dies

Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile is dead. She died at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna State, Nigeria on Tuesday. 24-year-old Tolulope was said to have been hit by a car driven by a former classmate who wanted to greet her. The unnamed ex-classmate was reportedly reversing the car […]

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Ex-ED of NIMASA, Bala Agaba, gets 7 years jail for fraud

A former Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Executive Director (ED), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, has been handed a 7 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of N1.5bn fraud by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Agaba was alleged to have looted N1.5 billion from NIMASA while in charge of Maritime, Safety […]

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Nigerian lady celebrates her pretty friend who delivered triplets after years of waiting (Photos)

A Nigerian lady, Chidinma Janefrances Ezeh, has taken to her Facebook page to celebrate her friend, Mary Emenike Ogwo, who welcomed a set of triplets after many years of waiting. Posting beautiful maternity photos of the new mum, an excited Chidinma wrote: ”I’m the happiest woman alive Eziokwu!! ”This God is just too God…He can […]

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Magu released after spending 10 days in custody

After cooling off for 10 days in custody, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has been released. The embattled Magu was arrested on July 6, 2020 amid allegations of corruption and brought before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential investigation panel. The suspended EFCC boss was accused […]

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Nigerian man suffers penile fracture as he engages in rigorous s*x (Graphic photos, 18+)

A man has suffered penile fracture while engaging in rigorous sex with his partner in a hotel. A Nigerian medical personnel, @OlumideAdeuyi, who shared graphic photos of the fractured penis online, said the man was ”pounding vigorously” when he hit the ”Mons Pubis”, a part of the female vaginal anatomy, resulting in his penis fracturing. “It happened […]

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Weeks to her due date, pregnant British YouTube star, Nicole Thea, dies at 24 (Photos, video)

Pregnant British YouTube star, Nicole Thea died along with her unborn son Reign on Saturday morning, July 11. She was 24. A statement issued through her Instagram account said Miss Thea and ‘her unborn son she and her partner Boga named Reign sadly passed away on Saturday morning’. Details of how she and the unborn child died were […]

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Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo praises wife, Dolapo, on her birthday (Photos)

Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s wife, Dolapo, turns 53 today July 15. The Vice President joined her this morning to praise God and also pray for her in the villa. The ceremony was essentially private. From the photos posted, it looks like an occasion majorly marked by the VP and his wife but it […]

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Many Nigerians will soon be unwilling to fight against corruption ―Osinbajo

Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the ongoing fight against Corruption might get more difficult in coming days. Speaking at the 20th-anniversary regional webinar organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday July 14, the Vice President stated that aside from the difficulties, many people will also get […]

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Pastor arrested for raping 10-year-old girl in Nigeria (Photo)

59-year-old Pastor Okedokun Abiodun of the Light Christian Church, Odeda in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun state, Nigeria, has been arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld). In a statement released on Tuesday, July 14, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said […]

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Rivers state govt warns against any harm coming to Joi Nunieh over NDDC probe

Rivers State Government has warned against any harm coming upon their “daughter,” former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nunieh, following the ongoing probe of the commission. In a statement released by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications Paulinus Nsirim, the Rivers State Government stated that it will never support […]

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The land of shameless leaders, By Tunde Odesola

Again, the book fell from the sleepy hands of Kiko, a PhD student of Addictive Psychiatry. The book, “The Land of Shameless Leaders,” is psychiatry’s grundnorm of psychoanalytic dialectics on greed, deceit, impunity and heartlessness in governance. Kiko knows he can’t graduate without passing Psychiatry 999, a five-unit course. To pass Psychiatry 999, he must […]

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Akpabio: When Sexism Becomes A Desperate Act of Control, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

That the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a silo of corruption is not in doubt. What is confounding is the punishing joke the agency has become to the people of the Niger Delta who they are meant to help and Nigerians whose resources are being pillaged. Recently, the head of the NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo […]

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After a quarrel with husband, woman detective sets self on fire

The wife of a policeman based at the Machinery Police Station in Makueni County, Kenya sustained severe burns after reportedly setting herself on fire. Police Constable Joshua Makanga, in his report at the same police station, said that his wife, Dorina Luchera, set herself on fire after pouring paraffin on her body. Makanga, said that […]

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14-year-old pregnant girl kills herself in Nigeria

14-year-old Nigerian girl, Anita Haledu Ibrahim, (pictured above), has committed suicide over an unwanted pregnancy. The Nation reports that Anita who is a student of Government Science school Andaha near Akwanga, took herbicide to kill herself on Saturday, July 11. According to sources, Anita was impregnated by her boyfriend who she met in Andaha during the COVID-19 lockdown. The […]

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Puncturing some falsehood about South-East and South-West, By Azuka Onwuka

Sometimes when some Igbo people talk about the need for the people of Southern Nigeria to unite, they blame the South-West for preferring to align with the North more than aligning with the South-East. The facts from Nigeria’s political history show that it is not true that the South-West aligns politically more with the North […]

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Women are wicked, I fear us ―Actress Regina Chukwu says

Nigerian actress, Regina Chukwu, has said that women are wicked and that she fears women. Regina stated this on her Instagram page on Monday July 13, while reacting to recent reports of some women inflicting grevious bodily injuries on their housemaids. The actress said she is amazed that women who are supposed to be compassionate […]

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Yoruba is the cement that holds Nigeria together —Falae

Elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae, has said Yorubaland is the glue holding Nigeria together, invested a lot to maintain peace in the country and, therefore, cannot be talking of secession. Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Minister of Finance, Director for Economic Planning, and Managing Director of a bank, spoke to […]

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