Olugbo blows hot, writes Ooni, other Yoruba Obas about history

The Olugbo of Ugbo, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, blows hot and writes The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and others berating their actions and speeches concerning the Igbo ownership of Ife. In his letter written by his Personal secretary, Otunba Adeyemi, he states as shown below: Your Imperial and Royal Majesties Illustrious Sons and […]

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Sanusi persecuted me, thinking I intended taking his job at CBN – Ibru

Former CEO of the defunct Oceanic Bank, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, says she was persecuted by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), because he thought she intended taking his job. In an interview with Saturday Punch, Mrs. Ibru said, Sanusi, the present Emir of Kano, also ordered for the withdrawal […]

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EFCC calls enemy witness in Fayose’s case, stops trial abruptly

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Friday, abruptly stopped the evidence being given by its 13th witness in the fraud trial of former Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, saying that it appeared the witness was trying to be hostile. The EFCC witness, Mr Adewale Aladegbola, who introduced himself as a former driver of […]

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Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh’s wife, Bettie Jennifer shot dead in US (Photos)

The wife of Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh, has been shot dead. According to multiple reports, Bettie Jennifer was killed by an unknwon gunman while leaving her office in Maryland in the United States of America on Friday evening May 10, at about 5pm. The Ghanaian actor’s wife was found dead in front of her office […]

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Soyinka’s Titanic Untruths, By Shaka Momodu

“A lie’s greatest defence is to tell the lie and hope that no one will counter it with the truth.” Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has struck again! Far from using his prodigious intellectual prowess to document for posterity the reigning anomalies in governance, or dramatise in vivid details this calamitous moment of our national […]

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Ganduje restrained by Court from implementing the 4 new Kano Emirates

A High Court of Kano State has granted an order restraining Governor Abdullahi Ganduje from implementing the breakup of Kano Emirate, according to Premium Times.. Mr Ganduje signed a law on Wednesday which created an additional four emirates, a move that was widely seen as depletion of Emir Lamido Sanusi’s influence. The matter immediately took […]

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Toyin Lawani, again, in sultry and eye-popping poses (Photos)

This mother of two entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani, who sells skin-lightening creams and models for a company that produces s*x enhancers flaunted her boobs and her glossy skin in her new pictures. She has been building her image around controversies and this seems to be working for her. Her regular photoshoots have raised eyebrows in recent […]

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The police is nobody’s friend, By Abimbola Adelakun

One of the cheering news that came from the Nigeria Police Force last week was the redeployment of its head of the Complaint Response Unit, Assistant Commissioner of Police Abayomi Shogunle, to a rural region of the country. With any luck, Shogunle finding himself without a Twitter soapbox will restrain him from doing further harm […]

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Robert Mugabe in alleged financial crisis, to auction 40 vehicles, farm equipment

Zimbabwe’s former President, Robert Mugabe is auctioning off five combine harvesters and other farm equipment. An advert by a local auction firm announced plans to sell off at least 40 of his vehicles, including a luxury car and five Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks and according to media reports in Zimbabwe, the sale could be sign […]

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Police find 4 bodies inside septic tank in Nigeria

Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Command, have recovered bodies of four people in a sceptic tank at Ikorodu. The detectives were investigating the death of two bureau de change operators when they stumbled on the bodies. It was learnt that when the police recovered the bodies of the bureau de […]

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Nigeria-born lady, Dr. Kate Anolue, sworn in as Mayor in UK (Photos)

Dr. Kate Anolue from Anambra State has been elected the Mayor of Enfield, UK. The Nigerian born British Labour politician said she is “thrilled” to be a role model for women in the world after being named the mayor again after serving in 2012. Councillor Kate Anolue was officially unveiled as the borough’s new mayor […]

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As foreplay went awry, man allegedly beats wife to death

Things allegedly went ugly between a young couple in the course of lovemaking. As reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), 31-year-old Godspower Johnson allegedly beat his wife to death during a fight over sex. The prosecutor, Insp. Oladele Adebayo, told an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday that the defendant committed the […]

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Pastor killed NNPC engineer after impregnating his wife, sentenced to death (Photos)

Details of how a pastor killed an engineer working with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Benin, Edo State have been revealed by the court. The details emerged after the Edo State High Court sentenced Pastor Udoka Ukachukwu and his mistress Eniobong Isonguyo, a mother of three, to death for the murder of her […]

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