Writing Invisible Lives: Memory As History In Cherno Njie’s “Sweat Is Invisible In The Rain”, By Toyin Falola

The book, Sweat is Invisible in the Rain, written by Cherno M. Njie, is better classified as a documentation of three interconnected stages of the author’s life, career, vision, and ambition. The book successfully privileges the historical and the factual over the literary. It deals with causation using a wide range of facts, explaining why […]

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See stunning celebs dresses to ‘Your Excellency’ movie premiere (Beautiful Photos)

Enthusiasm for ‘Your Excellency’ has pretty much been at a fever pitch since EbonyLife Films made the movie’s announcement earlier this year. The much-anticipated premiere of ‘Your Excellency’ movie premiere was an event that had A-list celebrities in attendance. The movie premiere of ‘Your excellency’ took place on the 8th of December, the movie is an Ebonylife […]

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Lawyers clash with doctors in hospital, three die

At least three heart patients died on Wednesday after a group of lawyers attacked doctors at a cardiac hospital in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, officials and ministers said. “Three patients including an elderly woman died after doctors failed to provide them timely treatment and remained engaged in averting the assault,” Punjab provincial health minister […]

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Amifeoluwa Yakubu wins ‘The Next Titan Nigeria, Season 6’, grabs N7 Million & brand new Ford Figo (Photos)

Amifeoluwa Yakubu, a 25-year old Garments Manufacturer has just emerged the winner of the Season Six of THE NEXT TITAN NIGERIA. AmifeOluwa goes away with Seven Million Naira cash and a brand-new car to support her business idea, Garms and Raiments, a brand that produces uniforms of all styles for schools, organizations and governments. Amife Yakubu, a graduate […]

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Electricity workers begin indefinite nationwide strike in Nigeria

Nigeria’s electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), began an indefinite strike today, Wednesday, December 11. In a statement released by the Assistant Secretary General of NUEE, Anthony Sule, the union said the decision to down tools remained its only option since there was no dialogue with the Federal […]

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Aisha Buhari accuses Buhari’s medial aide, Garba Shehu, of disloyalty to her family

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has slammed her husband’s senior media aide, Garba Shehu, accusing him of disloyalty and going beyond his boundaries. President Buhari’s wife in a statement released earlier today, stated that it is not a good sign when officials abandon their responsibility and start “clutching at straws as Nigeria’s development is […]

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Punch to prefix Buhari’s name with ‘Major General’ due to his lawlessness, will refer to his admin as ‘regime’

A Nigerian National Daily, The Punch, has published an editorial which gave off the newspaper’s stand on alleged lawlessness that has characterized President Buhari’s administration. In an editorial titled: “Buhari’s lawlessness: Our Stand”, Punch stated that it will “henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s ‘Major General’ and […]

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Final year University female law student allegedly stabbed to death in Nigeria (Photos)

A female final year Law student of Rivers State University, Nigeria, Matilda Itonyo Mark, was allegedly stabbed to death in the early hours of Tuesday December 10. The 24-year-old student was reportedly found lying in the pool of her blood after allegedly being stabbed inside her room at main gate in Port Harcourt. It is […]

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See the ranking of world 15 richest people in fashion industry (Photos)

Delphine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Rihanna, and Alexandre Arnault at the Fenty launch in May 2019 in Paris. Julien Hekimian/Getty Images for Fenty   Fashion is a $2.5 trillion global industry that has made its leading players, from designers and CEOs to founders and heiresses, very rich. Business Insider has compiled a list of the richest people in […]

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Buhari replaces Muiz Banire with Adamu from Gombe as AMCON chair

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has named Edward Adamu as the new chairman of the governing board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Adamu from Kaltungo in Gombe State is to take over from Muiz Banire SAN, from Lagos State, who was appointed by the President in July 2018 and was later confirmed by […]

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Court restrains Ganduje from taking any action on Kano emirates

A High Court in Kano on Tuesday granted an interim injunction to stop the Kano State Government from taking any action on the Kano emirates controversy without consulting some allies of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje last week signed a new law approving the creation of four new emirates and the […]

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Police parade suspected killers of Kogi PDP women leader

Suspected killers of Mrs. Salome Abuh, the women leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State have been paraded by the state’s police command. The suspects arrested after an outcry were identified as Ocholi Edicha, Adamu Haruna, Onu Egbunu, Musa Alidu, Attai Haruna and Attah Ejeh. However while the state’s police commissioner Hakeem Busari told newsmen […]

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Halt Kano emirate council’s inauguration, kingmakers ask court

The Emirate of Kano kingmakers, on Tuesday, filed a motion on notice before the Kano State High Court, seeking an injunction to restrain Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from inaugurating the state council of chiefs. In the suit, the kingmakers also urged the court to restrain the traditional rulers, who constitute the membership of the state council […]

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Quest for success makes me do more in sport –Asisat Oshoala

Super Falcons and Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala, has said her hunger for success pushes her to want more in the sport. The 25-year-old, who is in contention for the African Women’s Player of The Year award, admitted that her drive for success for both club and country made her put in the best performance during […]

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My husband starves me of sex –Wife tells court

A 72-year-old retiree, Mr. Funsho Amos, has lost his marriage for starving his wife of sex for three years. An Igando Customary Court, in Lagos, on Tuesday granted the request of Mrs. Ayo Amos, seeking dissolution of her union to Funsho on the grounds of sex starvation and irreconcilable differences. The 40-year-old businesswoman, Ayo, had […]

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iROKOtv CEO, Jason Njoku, remembers his 2010 humble beginning, as he approaches 39

The CEO of iROKOtv, Jason Njoku, shared some hard but very bitter truths about starting a business as he reminisced on the journey of his business life. The start-up investor, who will turn 39 this week, revealed that he started this decade working so hard, and alone, that he hardly ever left his small office. In […]

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14 years after, Sosoliso survivor, Kechi Okwuchi remembers plane crash that took 108 lives (Photos)

Kechi Okwuchi took to Twitter on the 14th anniversary of the plane crash that nearly killed her, to remember the victims of the Sosoliso plane crash. The now 30-year-old America’s Got Talent alumna, was one of the 110 people on board the ill-fated Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 on December 10, 2005. She was one of the sixty-one […]

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Man banished from Nigerian village for impregnating daughter twice (Photos)

Residents of Okofia, Otolo Nnewi in Anambra state Nigeria have banished a man in his 60s for reportedly impregnating his daughter twice. In photos shared on Facebook, the elderly man who is allegedly from Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area had palm fronds tied on his neck. His daughter who was carrying a baby also had palm fronds tied […]

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“Is it only Christians that steal? All ex-governors convicted so far are Christians” Fani-Kayode asks Buhari

Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, wants to know whether it is only former governors of Christian faith that should be convicted of corruption in the Buhari-led administration. In this post he shared on his Facebook page, he wondered if it is only Christians that are stealing. His post comes days after a Federal […]

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Fake doctor gets 54 years imprisonment in Nigeria

A Yola High Court has sentenced a fake medical doctor, Ibrahim Mustapha, to 54 years in prison. Mustapha operated illegally as a PMO in Fufore Cottage hospital, Fufore local government area of Adamawa state. Justice Nathan Musa gave the ruling Monday December 9, following an earlier plea of guilt by Mustapha. Justice Nathan said the […]

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