Man sets three churches on fire for his remaining poor despite their prosperity preaching

Police have on Monday arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly set three churches ablaze in Kasokoso Kira Municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda, because they preach prosperity gospel and yet have failed to get him out of poverty. According to a police statement issued shortly after his arrest, the suspect John Reagan Ngobi, told them that […]

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In bikini, Lizzo flaunts some skin as she dances with friends at a pool party (Photos)

The award winner singer, Lizzo, took to social media to show off her cleavage and skin while wearing a blue bikini at a pool party. Lizzo took to social media app TikTok on Sunday to share a video of herself dancing with friends. The video might have been shot before the emergence of coronavirus epidemic […]

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Kano’s loss, Nigeria’s gain: Three-point agenda for HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II, By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

The dethronement of His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II is a huge loss for my home state of Kano, but what appears to be Kano’s loss might become Nigeria’s gain. I have followed the ugly drama of his unfortunate dethronement from the throne he craved to ascend his entire adult life, yet, like the sudden […]

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13 Nigerians arrested, charged over $30m cyber fraud in US

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has arrested thirteen Nigerians, over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme in the United States. Disclosing this in a statement obtained by Thecable, the US department of justice said federal agents arrested 24 suspects for their involvement in the large-scale fraud which targeted citizens, corporations, and financial institutions throughout […]

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Giadom gets interim order to preside over APC’s NEC affairs

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, presided over by Justice Samira Bature,  on Monday granted an interim order permitting Chief Victor Giadom,the current Acting National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to act as the National Chairman of the party. The judge granted the order in a motion ex-parte marked FCT/HC/M/6447/2020, […]

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Toolz shares post without her husband’s surname

On Air Personality (OAP) and celebrity, Tolu Oniru (Toolz) has got social media users talking after she removed her husband’s surname from her Twitter account bio. The popular media personality who got married to changed her name on Instagram from “Toolz Oniru-Demuren” to just “TOOLZ”. Before Now In a now-deleted post, she also shared a […]

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As Emir Muhammadu Sanusi exits, By Sonala Olumhense

As it turns out, President Muhammadu Buhari knew nothing about the crisis in Kano State. No, not that crisis, in which he personally saved Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, from the ethical and political flames of being seen on video illegally stuffing millions of dollars into his babanriga. I am talking about the governor routing Muhammadu Sanusi […]

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Ooni’s mediation between Fayemi, 16 Ekiti Obas begins (Photos)

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi II, on Monday, held a meeting with the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Ekiti Obas. The meeting was to mediate in the conflict between the original 16 first class traditional rulers and the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers cum the Ekiti state government. Recall that […]

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Little girl rescued unhurt from Lagos explosion debris (Photos)

Officials of the Nigerian Red Cross have rescued a young girl unhurt from the rubble at the Abule-Ado explosion site in Lagos state. Chairman, Red Cross Lagos branch, Adebowale Kolawole, while explaining how Favour was rescued, said she was found inside the rubbles during rescue operations on Sunday night. She added that Favour’s mother sustained a […]

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Will Kyari Address the Elephant in the Room?, By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu

Of all the critical stakeholders responsible for the management of the Nigerian economy that met last Wednesday in Abuja at the open plenary of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s second consultative roundtable, it was probably only the remarks made by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari that […]

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Oba of Lagos visits former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II (Photos)

Oba of Lagos, HRH Rilwan Akiolu, paid a solidarity visit to the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, at his Lagos residence on Sunday night, March 15. Sanusi arrived Lagos on Friday March 13, after a court ruled that he be released from the confinement in Nasarawa state forthwith. See more photos from the […]

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Meet Liz Benson, the stunning Nollywood veteran

The super beautiful and veteran Nollywood actress, Elizabeth Benson popularly known as “Liz Benson” has been a sight to behold right from childhood. The 54-year-old was born on the 5th of April, 1966. She attended Sylvania State College in the United States of America, bagging a degree in Dramatic Arts. The veteran actress started acting […]

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Passport processing suspended in Nigeria’s New York consulate

Nigerian consulate in New York, United States has temporarily suspended the processing of Nigerian passports until further notice over the coronavirus outbreak. The suspension takes effect from Monday (today), according to a statement issued on behalf of the Consul General by the Head of Chancery, Mrs Balkisu Nura, on Friday. Nura said, “This is a […]

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Five members of the Kano House of Assembly suspended

Kano State House of Assembly, on Monday, suspended five of its members for six months in connection with last week’s fracas in the Assembly. The Speaker, Abdulazeez Gafasa, who announced the suspension of the five members at the resumption of Monday’s sitting of the Assembly, said the members were suspended for alleged misconduct and violation […]

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Obasanjo, 83, flatly prostrates for 59-year-old Monarch (Photo)

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, 83, was captured in a photo prostrating for a 59-year-old Agura of Gbagura, Oba Saburee Babajide Isola Bakre, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. This was the same way the ex-president greeted the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II shortly after the latter got his staff of office and […]

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Actress Princess Shyngle says she is bisexual (Photo, Tweets)

Ghana-based Gambian-born Nollywood actress, Princess Shyngle, confirmed she is bisexual in an Instagram exchange with some of her followers. Princess Shyngle went public with her sexuality in an Instagram post shared specifically to counter rumours about her. See the exchange below: This is coming after Toyin Lawani revealed that she would have dated the actress […]

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