After 7 months in Boko Haram captivity, Winners’ Chapel Pastor regains freedom, speaks

Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners’ Chapel Pastor, Moses Oyeleke has shared his ordeal after spending 7 months in Boko Haram captivity. The Pastor who was abducted alongside his assistant Abraham Amuta, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member along Chibok road in Borno state in May, confirmed that his freedom was facilitated by the Borno state government, Kalthum […]

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Falana raises alarm over Omoyele Sowore

Lagos lawyer and activist, Femi Falana SAN, has raised an alarm that Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) was preparing a fresh charge against Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of RevolutionNow Movement. Falana said that the plot was to keep Sowore incarcerated perpetually. “I was reliably informed last night by a security […]

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Conspicuous Consumption of Our Tomorrow, Today, By Alex Otti

“The phrase “consumer society” complements the description of the present social order as an “industrial society.” Needs are tailored by the mass media to create a public demand for utterly useless commodities, each carefully engineered to deteriorate after a predetermined period of time. The plundering of the human spirit by the marketplace is paralleled by […]

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Bill for hate speech commission passes first reading in Nigerian Senate

Nigerian Senate has introduced a  bill which seeks to establish a  federal government agency to check hate speech in the country. The bill, which was sponsored by a former Senate spokesperson, who is now the Deputy Senate Whip, Sabi Abdullahi,  passed first reading on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday. The bill is […]

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Twitter boss, Jack Dorsey seen dancing Soapy in Nigeria (Video)

A video making rounds online captured a moment that the Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey did the “Soapy” dance. Jack Dorsey who departed Nigeria after four days of visit to Lagos and Abuja on Monday November 11, had a tutor during the dance session. It appears somebody who resembles Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was also there on […]

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Male Youth Corper makes sculpture that looks like real human female Youth Corper (Photos)

Facebook user, Ugochukwu Tony Oputa posted photos of a sculpture of a female Corps member which looks like a real human being. The sculpture was made by Arigbede Ojo Olaropo, a talented artist, who just completed his national youth service in Edo state. “This should pass as one of the most realistic sculptures ever made […]

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12-year-old Nigerian boy wins award for discovering new Mathematics formula

A 12-year-old Nigerian boy, Chika Ofili has been awarded the TruLittle Hero award for discovering a new way to divide in mathematics. Chika’s mathematic’s teacher, Miss Mary Ellis who is also the head of the mathematics department at Westminster Under School said he (Chika) discovered the new formula while solving a holiday assignment. She revealed that she gave […]

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Ranti Omo Eni Ti Iwo Nse (remember the son of whom you are), By Yinka Odumakin

Non-speakers of Yoruba language should pardon me for this week’s headline. It simply means remember the son of whom you are but it is sweeter in my native tongue. The ‘Chief Commander’, Ebenezer Obey has one of his evergreens in that line in which he admonishes proper-borns not to ever forget their roots no matter […]

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Appeal Court upholds Makinde’s election as Oyo Governor?

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has affirmed the victory of Mr Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Oyo State governorship election. The court upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared Governor Makinde as the winner of the March 9 poll, in a unanimous judgement delivered […]

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4 Blood Relatives of Buhari’s Who Officially Work in Aso Rock, By Farooq A. Kperogi

In 2015, Buhari warned his family members to steer clear of his government. He lied. His relatives, many of whom wallowed in grubby poverty before 2015, not only now work as his official assistants, they’re now multi-millionaires. Some are billionaires. Here are 4 blood relatives of his that I know for a fact work for […]

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Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission to deregister companies

Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on Monday urged companies operating in the country to file in their annual returns as provided by the law or risk being de-listed from its register. Mr Moses Adaguusu, Head Public Affairs, CAC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the call became necessary in view of the […]

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Professor Tam David-West has passed away

Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum during General Muhammadu Buhari’s military rule, Prof. Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, popularly known as Tam David-West has died. He was aged 83. Although the circumstances surrounding his death is yet to be ascertained, President Buhari, in a statement released by his media aide, Garba Shehu, mourned the former Minister who he […]

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Nigerian newlywed couple ride home on a bike after their wedding ceremony (Photos)

A newly married couple decided to do something different on their wedding day and now they’re now the talk of the town. According to the social media user @sugarstick4life who shared the photos, “this couple got married over the weekend in Bonny Island, Rivers State and the husband used a bike to give his wife […]

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