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The 2025 annual Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, was held on Sunday night, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The event, hosted by Conan O’Brien, was well attended by the American movie stars, and those around the world. See the full list of nominees and winners […]
Continue ReadingThere is a royal family in Lagos called Oniru. In the earliest times when there was no Lagos and Eko knew its boundaries, that family owned all lands that house today’s Awolowo Road, the prime area called Falomo, Tafawa Balewa Square, the Independence Building, Island Club, Yoruba Tennis Club, et cetera, et cetera. Add Oyinkan […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 general election in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has dumped the party. Jandor announced his resignation at a press briefing held at Liberty Place, Ikeja, in Lagos on Monday. His reasons for leaving the opposition party are not unconnected […]
Continue ReadingOne of the grandchildren of the late General Sani Abacha attacked General Ibrahim Babangida last weekend in an angry post on X. Titled, ‘My grandfather saved the life of a coward’, it features a photo of Babangida and Abacha holding hands. But the first line carries the punch: “If the lifespans of these two consequential figures were reversed, this treachery […]
Continue ReadingSultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar III, has officially declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Speaking from his palace on Friday evening, the Sultan announced that the crescent moon was sighted earlier in the day, Friday, February 28, corresponding to the 29th day of Shaban. […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin and its cryptocurrency peers have slumped in value over recent days as tariff threats from US President Donald Trump and new scandals affecting the sector shake confidence in volatile assets. Bitcoin dived Friday to trade under $80,000 for the first time since November. Its low of $78,225.84 was more than 25 percent off levels […]
Continue ReadingMoonless and mournful, the serene night was pierced by the hoots of an owl perching atop HillTop coven owned by the sad and sadistic Old Soja called Aibibi. In the bowel of his coven, the retired general lay crippled by the weight of his guiltiness, lips twisted out of shape like the butt of a […]
Continue ReadingChairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, disclosed that he turned down offers of about N500m from various individuals during his mother’s funeral in 2019. Olukoyede spoke at the 38th Anti-Corruption Situation Room in Abuja on Thursday which was organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre, Kano State […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, has on Friday, nullified the Rivers State Local Government elections held on October 5, 2024. The five-member panel of the Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, ruled that the conduct of the local government polls in the state was null and void. The apex court set aside the […]
Continue ReadingThe very first face who made history to appear on television in Nigeria with the then Western Nigeria Television Station (WNTS), and by extension in the whole of Africa, Mrs. Anike Agbaje-Williams, has passed away. Mrs. Agbaje-Williams died on Wednesday 26th February 2025, at the age of 88. She passed on peacefully in Ibadan, Oyo […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, presided over a plenary session on Thursday with only four lawmakers in attendance. The session took place after security operatives allegedly forced open the chamber doors, granting Obasa and his loyalists access. As of 3 pm, the plenary was ongoing, but over […]
Continue ReadingJoy Reid is leaving MSNBC, the network’s new president announced in a memo to staff on Monday, marking an end to the prime time show hosted by the progressive political analyst and broadcast news anchor. Reid’s namesake show, “The ReidOut,” has been a fixture of MSNBC’s evening programming since 2020. In the hourlong newscast, held on […]
Continue ReadingIf a lost love is what you are currently grappling with, I will tell you this. The best way to handle a love that you have lost to someone else is to give the “lovebirds” all the time and space they need to do their thing. It’s painful, I know, but if you keep standing […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the nation was not getting accurate vote counts during elections due to the involvement of those he described as ‘ghost voters.’ He also said it is better and more honourable for the chairman and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to resign rather than yield […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has demanded a full autopsy and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious de@th of Nigerian footballer, Abubakar Lawal in Uganda. In a press release signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Director of Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Tuesday, the Chairman/CEO of NiDCOM, Hon. […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Dangote Petroleum Refinery, on Wednesday, announced a reduction in the ex-depot (gantry) price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly referred to as petrol, by N65.00. With this, the price will drop from N890 to N825 per litre, effective Thursday, February 27, 2025, a statement by the refinery stated. Dangote stated that this […]
Continue ReadingThe most important event in Nigeria in the last week has been the publication and public presentation in Abuja, of a book titled A Journey in Service: An Autobiography of Ibrahim Babangida. In many ways, this should be perfectly understandable. General Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler (1985-1993), although he styled himself President, to show as he argues […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Mrs. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has through her lawyer, Victor Giwa, filed a N100.3 billion defamation lawsuit against the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio. The suit was a consequence of the clash between Akpabio and the female Kogi lawmaker which occurred last week over the relocation of her seat in the […]
Continue ReadingIn a communique issued at the end of a meeting of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere led by late Chief Ayo Adebanjo, held at the late leader’s residence in Isanya Ogbo, Ogun State on Tuesday, the group has announced its former deputy leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, as its new leader. The replacement came a few […]
Continue ReadingThe United States, on Monday, released the list of eligible countries for its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme. The United Kingdom was excluded from the programme but remains eligible under specific conditions. The list also does not include any African countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana, or South Africa. While most of the VWP list remains unchanged, […]
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