Lagos govt. pardons 14 prisoners after 20 years, converts 20 others’ death sentences to life imprisonment

The Lagos State Government, through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, on Friday pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri who have been imprisoned for over 20 years for various offences, while 20 others on death row had their punishment converted to life imprisonment. This was contained in a press release signed […]

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Men should stop branding their wives as witch when they are going broke -Angela Okorie, actress

Veteran Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie, who took to Instagram to share some nugget, stated that she doesn’t like when people say you have to build a man from ground to the top.   The actress stated that building a man is not really the problem, one forgetting herself while building him is the problem. According […]

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Ghanaian Chief Imam attends a church service to celebrate his 100th birthday (Photos)

Spokesperson of the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, has said religious tolerance has been deepened with the recent gesture by the head of the Islamic community in Ghana. Sheikh Shaibu explained that Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu sent a strong message to the world about Islam’s foundation of peace when he joined the Christ the […]

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Re-The University of Ibadan does not need ‘character’, By Sunday Saanu

My attention was drawn to  Abimbola Adelakun’s back page column published in The Punch of Thursday, April 18, 2019, in which she criticised the University of Ibadan and vilified its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abel Olayinka, over the suspension of the President of the institution’s Students’ Union, Ojo Aderemi. I read the article with shock and bewilderment […]

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28-year old Burundi midfielder, Papy Faty, slumps on the pitch, dies

Burundi’s national football team midfielder, Papy Faty has passed away after he slumped during a game in Piggs Peak town in north-western Swatini. He slumped while playing for Melanti Chiefs against Green Mamba in the Burundian topflight league after just 15 minutes on the pitch. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared […]

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Nigerian govt’s N64m website still show 5 former ministers as cabinet members

Five ex-ministers and a former Senior Special Assistant to the President are still listed as members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet and aide on the website of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) many months after they resigned their appointments to pursue different ambitions. The five former ministers’ names […]

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Gunmen kill driver, kidnap Coaster bus passengers in Nigeria (Graphic photo)

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday, abducted passengers in a Toyota Coaster bus after killing the driver in Rivers State, Nigeria. The incident occurred along Emohua axis of the East West road. The gunmen riddled the bus with bullets and shot dead the driver identified as Jonah Sokolo, a staff of Abua Odua local […]

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Harvard school denies admitting Blac Chyna to study Business Analytics

We reported yesterday, that Blac Chyna has been accepted at the Harvard Business School Online to study Business Analytics, after TMZ published and shared her purported letter of acceptance to the school. However, the Harvard Business School Online has denied accepting Blac Chyna into its program, as widely reported yesterday with an acceptance letter to […]

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You are playing with imprisonment, Atiku tells Yakubu, INEC chairman

As a result of the alleged continuous refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his party access to electoral materials used in the conduct of the election, as ordered by the Court of Appeal, the […]

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Blac Chyna admitted into Harvard to study Business Analytics

American model, Blac Chyna, 30, has been accepted to take a course at the Harvard Business School. TMZ shared Chyna’s acceptance letter and states that the former stripper has been accepted to take an online course in Business Analytics, a class that teaches students “how to interpret data and make savvy business decisions.” The class is eight weeks long […]

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Buhari jets out to London on a private visit

President Buhari has been scheduled to proceed today, Thursday, April 25, to London on a private visit. A statement from the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president would pay official visit to Maiduguri from where he would proceed to the UK. The presidential aide further revealed that President […]

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Teenage actress, Regina Daniels, acquires Mercedes Brabus (Photos)

The Nigerian teenage actress, Regina Daniels is in the news again. She has bought a new Mercedes Brabus, and it is her latest addition to her growing list of acquired automobiles. The Nollywood actress, who gets for herself this brand new Mercedes Benz G Wagon, has set the social media roaring again. Earlier this year, […]

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NBC Director and wife of Osun monarch dies 5 months after wedding (Photo)

The South West Zonal Director of Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Olori Olajumoke Oginni, has passed away. Olori Oginni died on Tuesday, barely five months after she married a traditional ruler from Osun State, according to Daily Post. The NBC Director, had in November 2018, married His Royal Highness, Oba Olatunde Oginni, the Olodogbo of Odogbo-Ijesha […]

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Osun gov candidate, Ademola Adeleke’s life in danger – PDP alleges

Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Thursday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to put its Osun governorship candidate, senator Ademola Adeleke out of circulation. It also alleged that the APC elements were desperate to silence and endanger Adeleke’s life. The opposition party accused the Assistant Inspector […]

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Chief Rasaq Okoya and wife, Sade, celebrate 20th wedding anniversary, pose with their kids (Photos)

Billionaire businessman, Chief Rasaq Okoya, and his stunning wife, Sade, are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today, April 25, which happens to also be Sade’s 42nd birthday. Chief Rasaq Okoya, 78, and Sade got married in 1999. The couple had beautiful photo shoot with their four children. See more of their photos below: Photography: TY […]

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Catholic Rev Father accused of defiling a girl commits suicide (Photos)

A Catholic priest in Ivory Coast has committed suicide after being accused of defiling a young girl. The clergyman identified as Rev.Father Richard Bilé of Saint Francis of Assisi D ‘Affiénou (Maferé) parish in Ivory Coast hanged himself on Wednesday over the case of paedophilia on the underage girl, according to Presse Cote d’ivoire. The news […]

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Kogi gov, Bello, plans move to Accord Party, not sure of APC nomination

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s hope of securing the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the November governorship election is under threat as a result of criticism by stakeholders that he has performed below average in office. The governor, according to information and reports, is set to dump the party for […]

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