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Several schools and communities have been submerged by floods in Ondo State as a result of the torrential rains being experienced in many parts of the country. This made the State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to direct public primary and secondary schools submerged by the floods to proceed on three weeks of holiday from Monday, October 14. […]
Continue ReadingJogor Event Centre, Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State and the administrative headquarters of Yoruba Land on Thursday 10th October 2019 hosted the maiden meeting of Yoruba World Congress (YOWCO), an umbrella of all Yoruba Socio-cultural, self-determination and advocacy groups worldwide. The meeting, presided over by new Yoruba Leader, Emeritus Professor (Senator) Banji Akintoye, […]
Continue ReadingThe Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II got quite emotional during his speech at the United Nations meeting to reach Sustainable Development Goals in Lagos. The Kano monarch lamented over the inequality witnessed across the country as he recounted how a sick child died in his mother’s arms at his palace. According to Emir Sanusi, the […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Government has finally expressed its readiness to build an airport facility as part of efforts to attract investors to the state and make it the economic hub in all facets. To actualise the dream, the state is at an advanced stage of discussions with the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) for […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, these are very interesting and humorous times indeed! Barely one week after the Big Brother Naija show was concluded, ending our light relief, some restless Nigerians have started their own nebulous reality show in earnest. To say Nigerians are well endowed with fecund imaginations and fantastic creativity would be an understatement. This is […]
Continue ReadingFloods swept an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, simply identified as Wasiu away at Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday. The duo were swept away at a canal linking Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja on Ige Road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident observed a […]
Continue ReadingBy the time President Muhammadu Buhari turned up at the jummat prayer at the Presidential Villa Mosque on Friday, a lot of Nigerians were probably eagerly waiting to see him take the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, as his second wife. What they were expecting, however never happened, […]
Continue ReadingOn October 2, the Communication Tax Bill 2019 (SB.12) sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume, chairman of the Senate Committee on Army passed its first reading at plenary. If the bill succeeds, the tax would be levied on electronic communication services such as voice calls, SMS, MMS, data usage, pay per view TV stations etc., at […]
Continue Reading2019 Big Brother Naija “Pepper Dem” runners-up and star, Mike Edwards’ wife, Perri Shakes-Drayton, shared this loved-up photo of the couple locking lips and then wrote: ‘PROUD and excited for the future ahead. Never a dull moment.’
Continue ReadingAccording to a study conducted by sex psychologist, Dr Justin Lehmiller, women who date younger men have more satisfying relationships. Dr Lehmiller surveyed 200 heterosexual women in relationships about their relationships, including the age of their partners, and how satisfied they were. The results revealed that women who were more than 10 years older than their partners were […]
Continue ReadingSeven pilgrims sleeping by a roadside in northern India, on their way to make a ritual dip in the holy Ganges river, were killed when they were run over by a bus on Friday, police said. The driver fled and a manhunt was underway after the tragedy in Uttar Pradesh state, media reports said. The […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal on Friday sacked the Senator representing Kogi West, in Kogi State, Dino Melaye. A three man panel of the appellate court in a judgment delivered upheld the decision of the Kogi State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which nullified his election as Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District on account of […]
Continue ReadingA leaked memo has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have recently ordered the Nigeria Police Force to extend by three years, the service of his nephew, Abdulkarim Dauda, in the force. A memo to that effect was shared on Twitter and self website by Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D, a critic of Buhari and […]
Continue ReadingQuestion: Will somebody like you go on exile if President Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected? Answer: You must be a mind reader, of course, there is a likelihood of that because he is going to come back more vindictive. Then there is going to be intense power play within his own circles because his incapacity can […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode and four others who served under the ex-governor as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 […]
Continue ReadingCharly Boy announces the death of his mother, the Oputa matriarch, Mrs Margaret Ntianu Oputa. He writes: “I wish to announce the death of our Mother Mrs Margaret Ntianu Oputa nee Onumonu which occurred Tuesday the 8th of October, 2019. My dearest Mother, You couldn’t just wait for me to come back before you sneaked […]
Continue ReadingSome people set records by jumping the highest or running the fastest. But for Jessica Nabongo, a UN employee turned travel blogger, it’s by becoming the first black woman to visit every country on Earth. She set out to visit all 193 countries in the world in 2016, and on October 6 arrived the last […]
Continue ReadingTwo brothers, Saheed Obadimeji and Ayodeji Obadimeji, were, on Thursday, remanded in prison by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos for allegedly beheading a teenage boy. The duo were said to have cut off the boy’s head for the purpose of selling it at a sum of N200,000. Saheed, 19, and Ayodeji, 20, who reside […]
Continue ReadingMr Agba Jalingo, a journalist and human rights activist, is presently undergoing trial for criticizing the administration of Professor Ben Ayade, the Executive Governor of Cross River State. He was arrested by the operatives of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos on August 22 and subsequently moved to Calabar where he was charged to court on […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday declined to comment on the outcome of his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agenda of the meeting between President Buhari and Jonathan, which lasted for about 15 minutes, was unknown to newsmen. The former president, […]
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