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Lyndsay Colosimo, 38, has opened up about the horrifying moment she was left on the brink of death after having a botched tummy tuck and boob job abroad. In a bid to “feel confident” for her 40th birthday, the Florida resident forked out $10,000 for a cheap boob job in May scheduled for Colombia that would […]
Continue ReadingThe name, Segun Awe may not ring a bell now, but in the early ‘70s, he was a famous guitarist in Chief Ebenezer Obey’s juju band. In this interview, Awe opens up on his days with Obey and how he left his band in a dramatic fashion, before going solo and finally moving to New York […]
Continue ReadingYoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has stated that the National Assembly could not prescribe the death penalty for treasury looters because it would be self-indicting, noting that it was not surprising that the lawmakers chose to save their own necks. The group’s spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said most lawmakers would not be alive if the death […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, I don’t know about you, but I find the cynicism of many Nigerians very strange and sometimes distressing and depressing. If you’re a social media addict like me, you must have experienced the horror of reading some banal arguments on some platforms. Believe me, it is no longer funny! No surprise that some […]
Continue ReadingComrade Shehu Sani, former Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt in the 8th Senate, yesterday gave the reasons why the 8th Senate turned down the federal government loan request for $30 billion, stating it was to save Nigeria from sinking into the dark gully of a perpetual debt trap. President Muhammadu Buhari had […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), has voided the dismissal of Prof. Adeyemi Oluwagbemiga of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), by the management of the university. In the judgment in suit number NICN/AK/64/2018 between the claimant and Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), copy of which was made available to […]
Continue ReadingI borrowed the title above from ‘The Interpreters’, a novel written by Professor Wole Soyinka and published in 1965. The novel comprises five main characters grappling with individual role interpretation in the post independent evolution of Nigeria’s professional class. They are the foreign ministry clerk Egbo, the university professor Bandele, the journalist Sagoe, the engineer […]
Continue ReadingWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going” goes the common saying but sometimes the going gets too tough even for the toughest: Life, occasionally, throws additional surprises at us from time to time overwhelming even the toughest, forcing even them to think about quitting. Only the toughest of the toughest will survive whatever Life […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his country home of Daura, Katsina State, where he is on a four-day official visit. The President had attended the Fifth Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Friday; and had flown straight from there to Katsina State, en route Daura. Buhari was received, […]
Continue ReadingPolice constable, Austin Luciano Reynolds, has been found guilty of murder by a South African court for the killing of a Nigerian man, Ebuka Emmanuel Okoli. The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) President, Adetola Olubajo, in a statement on Saturday, said the accused was found guilty on one charge of murder and three charges of […]
Continue ReadingMonths after being named the oldest living person in the United States, New York resident Alelia Murphy has died at the age of 114. Murphy’s death was announced Wednesday by United Healthcare Workers East — a union organization which attended the supercentenarian’s birthday celebration July 6. “It is with great sadness that we share news of […]
Continue ReadingThat every society, whether in the developing or advanced economies of the world, face all manners of challenge in their dynamics and evolution cannot be over emphasised. However, the truth is many of these challenges have been overcome, even in the so–called third world thus precipitating the changes in people’s form and standards of living. […]
Continue ReadingA young woman in Seshego, South Africa is being accused of attempted murder after allegedly poisoning her best friend and posting “RIP ” on social media. The suspect, Boitumelo Leshabane, whose Facebook account Boity Mellow has since been deactivated, posted a picture of her best friend Lalattie Penelope, pictured, after allegedly poisoning her and thinking […]
Continue ReadingDr Roland Aigbovo, President Association of Resident Doctors, FCT, Abuja, has disclosed that between January and June this year, no fewer than four medical doctors, working in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, committed suicide. He stated this during a campaign against drug abuse, at Wuse Market, Abuja, but he did not give the names of […]
Continue ReadingThe main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has, in a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, called on the Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to resign. PDP accused INEC and its leadership of canceling results where elections are peaceful and allegedly allocating fabricated results to its favored political […]
Continue ReadingIn a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, re-sent the $29.96bn 2016-2018 external borrowing plan to the Senate for its consideration and approval. The letter reads: “Request for the National Assembly to reconsider and approve the Federal Government’s 2016 and 2018 External Borrowing Plan. “Pursuant to section 21 […]
Continue ReadingNigerian couples who met on social media or school have come out to share their beautiful love stories. Their stories have caught the attention of many Nigerians on social media. Read some of them below:
Continue ReadingRenowned economist and public intellectual, Dr. Henry Olajide Boyo, has passed away. He died in London on Monday, November 18. He was aged 72. Dr. Boyo was the Managing Director of Cocosheen Nigeria Limited, Lagos. He wrote extensively on the Nigerian economy in his syndicated columns which appear in several national newspapers, like Daily Independent, Punch, Vanguard, etc. […]
Continue ReadingI have consistently tried to create levels of differentiation between democracy and dictatorship, especially dictatorships of the military variant as we have had in Nigeria. I have argued that Nigeria is still very far away from the goal posts of what could be called a democratic society. In my view, the environment does not as […]
Continue ReadingNew Jersey’s Senator Robert Menedez and Josh Gotheimer, a member of congress have written the Nigerian government over reports of the country’s security services assaulting and detaining journalists, using excessive force on non-violent protesters and taking other actions that inhibit freedom of expression. In the letter dated November 25 and addressed to Sylvanus Nsofor who is Nigeria’s […]
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