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The alleged murderer of a missing 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protester and a 75-year-old woman confessed to his mother about the killings, DailyMail reports. Aaron Glee Jr, 49, was arrested on Sunday after police found the bodies of the two women near his Tallahassee, Florida home. Oluwatoyin Salau, 19, had been missing since June 6, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, is alive and not dead. There were reports making the rounds Thursday evening that Ajimobi reportedly died from complications arising from COVID-19. Tweeting the demise of the two-term Oyo Governor, an investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, quoted a source he referred has never for once failed him with reliable news […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, the Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, rued the recent death of his Deputy Chief of Staff, Mikhail Jare Adebisi. In eulogising the deceased, the governor said, “We would have flown out Adebisi for treatment, but for the COVID-19 pandemic.” The startling lack of irony with which the tone-deaf governor declared what they […]
Continue ReadingCross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky showed up at his father’s birthday early this week in ‘grand style.’ Asides riding in a convoy to his father’s residence, the cross-dresser turned up in a male outfit. He removed his nails, had no wig on and also wore a long black jalabia with a baseball […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Thursday, said that the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress is a show of God’s anger on the Nigerian ruling party. Fayose said the crisis was a price for the role the APC played in impoverishing Nigerians, adding that things would get worse for the party. […]
Continue ReadingGospel singer and celebrity, Tope Alabi has released a very touching song for late Ibidun Ighodalo. The song which is already making the singer trends online, talks about how her loved ones still want her very much, but God cannot be questioned. Though it was in Yoruba, it was interpreted in English. Ibidun died this […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential candidate in a 3rd republic’s political party, the National Republican Convention (NRC), Bashir Othman Tofa, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately order the release of the chairman, Board of Trustees, Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), Nastura Ashir Sharif. Tofa asked Buhari to apologise to Sharif, before fire consumes the North and the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has finally berated his Service Chiefs over their inability to effectively contain the spate of insecurity across the country. Buhari said the Security Chiefs appear to be doing their best in curbing the insecurity in the country but that their best is not good enough. The President also warned that “excuses […]
Continue ReadingThe white Atlanta police officer, Garret Rolfe who shot and killed a black man, Rayshard Brooks, in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant will face a charge of felony murder and 10 other charges. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said Garrett Rolfe, who fired the fatal shots at Rayshard Brooks, could face a possible sentence […]
Continue ReadingOn 2nd October 2017, I used the metaphor of a cow with wooden leg to illustrate the story of Nigeria in a presentation titled, “A Nation on the Edge: Which Way Nigeria?” at ‘Platform Nigeria’. It is a programme of the Covenant Christian Centre hosted annually by Pastor Poju Oyemade in Lagos. The question I […]
Continue ReadingSequel to the Court of Appeal ruling which suspended Oshiomhole as the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, the leadership crisis in the party exacerbated when two chairmen emerged hours later. Meanwhile, Obaseki, on Wednesday in Abuja met with the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal and the PDP National Chairman, […]
Continue ReadingDepartment of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, in a coordinated action with the U.S. Department of Justice, on Tuesday, announced it had taken action against six Nigerian nationals for allegedly conducting an elaborate scheme to steal over six million dollars from vulnerable victims across the United States. The department listed the accused as […]
Continue ReadingThe Tallahassee Police Department has released the mugshot of Oluwatoyin Salau’s suspected killer after he was arrested on Sunday in connection to the killing of the Black Lives Matter activist. According to arrest records in Orange County, Florida, 49-year-old Aaron Glee Jr., was arrested in Orlando on June 14 on an out-of-county warrant from Leon […]
Continue ReadingA female student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti State, Faderera Oloyede, has been found dead in an apartment said to belong to her boyfriend, Ayo Maliki, in Osun State, Nigeria. Faderera Oloyede was found on Tuesday inside the room in the Koko area of Iree town in Osun state, Nigeria. The […]
Continue ReadingAs a result of the unavailability of former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi to act as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, the National Working Committee of the party has annouced National Vice Chairman (South South), Prince Hilliard Etta as its acting Chairman. This position by the highest decision making body of the party […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-based foremost American radio presenter, Dan Foster has been reported dead. Details of his death remain sketchy as of the time of filing this report although some reports are linking his demise to coronavirus complications. In 2014, there were reports that the radio presenter revealed that he was considering quitting his job at Inspiration FM, […]
Continue ReadingThe crisis in the All Progressive Congress (APC) deepens, as the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom, on Wednesday, nullified the disqualification of Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the party’s governorship election in Edo State. Gaidom said this at a media briefing at the party’s National Secretariat, where he also announced himself […]
Continue ReadingAgainst the moves by government to loosen up movement restrictions, Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 31 (thirty one) COVID-19 related deaths. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made the disclosure while confirming 490 new coronavirus infections nationwide. The agency said the country now has 17,148 and 455 deaths. This is the highest number of deaths […]
Continue ReadingDemocracy Day (DD) celebrates liberty to choose and elect those who volunteer to serve. Conversely, DD damms and condemns military dictatorships which suffocated Nigeria and Nigerians for half of its 60 years of independence. From 1881, when Lagos was forcefully annexed through successive century brutal British colonial/military campaigns with its trade marks of sorrow, tears […]
Continue ReadingYouths in Katsina State, Nigeria, on Tuesday hit the streets to protest the renewed insecurity in the state. The youths, who staged the protest under a group, Collation of Northern Groups, said they were annoyed over renewed attacks by bandits in the state and in Northern Nigeria. They called on the state government and the […]
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