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Given the fact that we are still commemorating the fifty-year anniversary of the January 15th 1966 coup, I have decided to write a follow-up essay to last week’s column. It is interesting to note the fact that virtually every single one of those who actually carried out the killings and pulled the triggers during the […]
Continue ReadingBuhari’s Special Assistant on media, Femi Adesina has said, the fact that Nigerians elected a president doesn’t mean they have the right to order the President around. He said this when he appeared on Nigeria Info FM on Tuesday, May 5. In his reaction to a question, Mr Adesina criticised the caller. Femi Adesina said: […]
Continue ReadingMy response to her was ‘men are not always in the mood’ for lack of a better answer. Sometimes, the ‘right words’ fail even a wordsmith. Otherwise, her concern is one that numerous ladies have continually expressed. “How does a man switch off (and then, on) on a spouse effortlessly?,” she asked me. We all […]
Continue ReadingAn aircraft conveying Nigerian citizens from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman gave birth to a baby mid-air. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa. It was gathered that the airline left Dubai for Lagos at 10.00am but an hour into the about […]
Continue ReadingA large number of Almajiris who came into Ondo state on Monday May 4, allegedly from Sokoto State, have been sent back to Sokoto. The Almajiris who were more than 25 in number reportedly walked through bush paths after entering the state to beat the blockades by security. officials enforcing the lockdown directives, before reentering […]
Continue ReadingA heartbreaking video showing the moment the body of a Nigerian woman, a Nurse, who died after battling with the novel COVID19 disease, was being evacuated from her home in Brooklyn, New York, United States, has been shared online. Health workers in the county were invited to remove her remains as her family were not […]
Continue ReadingOrganizers of the World Naked Bike Ride Festival, a yearly festival that sees thousands of nude cyclists baring it all as they ride through cities around the world, have announce that the festival will be held this year, despite the Coronavirus pandemic. They say since this year’s been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, 2020’s event […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government has said it won’t rule out local herbs in the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said the Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development must first certify the efficacy of local herbs before they are used in treating COVID-19 patients. Ehanire made the clarification during the […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari government of playing politics with the relocation of Almajiris to their various States of origin in the North. Many State governments are taking the measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Wike spoke at the Government House in Port Harcourt, […]
Continue ReadingA poor bricklayer lawfully working in Lagos state, Idris Saula, will never be the same again after six years of his life were stolen by the country’s criminal justice system. Saula was held in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre (Prison) in Lagos State for six years despite legal advice from the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions […]
Continue ReadingCall her baby cop and you won;t be wrong. She already goes by that nickname on Twitter. So the police officer went viral after she shared photos of herself on the platform and guys couldn’t stop asking for more. Though she started posting less than 24 hours ago, Nigerian men have flooded her replies, professing […]
Continue ReadingMedia personality, author and entrepreneur, Toke Makinwa has disclosed that she pays her tithes and first fruits and she is very boastful about doing it. According to the media personality, she thinks that ‘act’ is a personal journey, but very happy she does and can boast in God, that He has always been there for […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has written a touching tribute in memory of his friend and former boss, Mallam Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who died on May 5, 2010, exactly 10 years today. He wrote: “It has been a decade since His Excellency President Umar Musa Yar’Adua was snatched by the cold hands of death. On […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Senator who represented Kogi Central at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has condemned all past and present political office holders in Nigeria, including himself, adding that “the God of the poor” will judge them all for how they’ve handled Nigeria’s resources. He said this in reaction to the level of hunger Nigerians have […]
Continue ReadingThis is a piece around and about what I have seen about Corona Virus in Nigeria, from a sociological perspective, and not a report of any pathogenic experience. It has been more than a month since the Federal Government placed Lagos and Ogun states, and the Federal Capital Territory on a lockdown on account of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian singer, BmBabby is mourning her brother who died after doctors allegedly refused to treat him due to fear of COVID-19. In a video she posted online, the devastated singer who couldn’t hold back tears, said she tried to get her sick brother treated but doctors and other medical personnel they met, refused to attend to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria may have recorded a major breakthrough at combating the Covid 19 pandemic as Scientists in the Faculty of Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, on Friday disclosed to newsmen that they have developed a herbal mixture: “that has the potential to be active against COVID-19.” This was made known by a Press Statement made available to […]
Continue ReadingAn Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Atiku Nagodi has died in Kano State, Nigeria. It was gathered that Nagodi, 54, who was the squadron commander, 9 police mobile force, Kano, died on Monday, May 4, after a protracted illness at his residence. Kano Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed Nagodi’s death and […]
Continue ReadingOn the matter of re-opening the economy now, Nigeria is left at that dangerous road junction where native doctors place sacrificial offerings. It is a place of deathly choice: if we stay locked down, we will die in installments. If we reopen and face the hazards of Covid-19 with courage and creativity, we might live. […]
Continue ReadingThe agile and star Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie and her hubby, Prince Odi Okojie, have welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl. The Nollywood actress gave birth to their baby at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Maryland, USA on Monday, May 4. Recall that a few weeks ago, there were reports […]
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