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For your consideration ahead of the new year, I examine five prevailing myths. One: A saviour is coming For most of Nigeria’s 60 years as a so-called independent nation, we have thrived on the false notion of a liberator or saviour arriving to make everything alright. Two of such figures are prominent: Olusegun Obasanjo, who […]
Continue ReadingBanasawadi police in Bengaluru on Sunday, arrested a gang of six, including a Nigerian and two Sudanese nationals, who allegedly duped over 200 people by promising them to buy or sell kidneys online. The gang claimed to have been authorised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and had misused the name of a super-speciality hospital […]
Continue ReadingBritish singer who recently visited Nigeria, Stefflon Don replied the Nigerian guy who wanted to know if she and Burna Boy are still an item or lovers. In her reply to the question, she let him know that she and Burna Boy are not just together, the two of them actually f*cked themselves yesterday.
Continue ReadingThe Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has given more insight into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a Nigerian, Mr Okufolajimi Abegunde in US since June 25, 2018 even though till date there was no official correspondence to the effect from the family. 2. However, that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian man identified as Eniola Kayode (aka Aliyu Mohammed) has bagged one-year jail term for forging a Facebook account purportedly created by Pedini-Bosch Nigeria Limited using it for fraud. According to the EFCC, ‘Justice O.A. Williams of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos found him guilty of the fraud’. See EFCC’s tweet below:
Continue ReadingProfessor of Biological Science with the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria, Frank Onyezili, has committed suicide, according to Punch Metro. It was learnt that the don who left a note behind might have killed himself over family problems and abandonment. A source from the institution told Punch Metro that the aged professor at a […]
Continue ReadingA 31-year-old Nigerian man, Chimene Onyeri, will spend the rest of his life in federal prison and will pay restitution of $178,374.41 for his financial crimes, U.S. District Judge, Lee Yeakel, said, on Tuesday, in downtown Austin. April 26, Onyeri was found guilty on 17 counts of mail fraud, identity theft, wire fraud, racketeering, witness […]
Continue ReadingThree Nigerian universities – Covenant University, University of Ibadan, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka – have been included in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The list, launched on Wednesday at Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit at the National University of Singapore, featured 86 countries, up from 81. Covenant University is […]
Continue ReadingFew months after it was reported that an Army captain who was undergoing psychiatric evaluation committed suicide, another Nigerian soldier has also committed suicide in Borno State. The late Nigerian soldier identified as Adegor Okpako, was attached to a staff sergeant attached to 192 Battalion in Gwoza. He reportedly committed suicide at about 2:50 p.m on Wednesday, after killing another sergeant colleague […]
Continue ReadingNigerian midwife with ICRC , Saifura Hussaini Ahmed, who was abducted alongside two of her colleagues in Rann, Borno State in March this year, was killed by Book Haram terrorists.
Continue ReadingNigerian Roman goddess with massive boobs is here again. The Instagram celebrity posted this bathroom selfie with her jaw-dropping gigantic boobs on display.
Continue ReadingThe political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would have begun in full earnest. The elections will be held in February 2019. For the benefit of any outsider who may never have witnessed Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingDoes the federal government want to chase foreign investors away from Nigeria? This is one of most frequently asked questions since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) asked MTN to refund the $8.1 billion it repatriated as profits out of Nigeria from 2007 to 2015 based on “irregular certificates of capital importation”. CBN also fined […]
Continue ReadingFellow Nigerians, let me start on a personal note today by repeating a story you are probably familiar with. Anyone who has followed my trajectory a bit would have heard this story for the umpteenth time. I moved to Lagos from the ancient city of Ile-Ife in 1988 at the age of 28. I had […]
Continue Reading2 Nigerian ladies were filmed fighting in the middle of a street in India while passersby looked on. The ladies reportedly had a disagreement which they decided to settle with their fists. The ladies can be seen grabbing at each other’s clothes and flesh as they fought in Mahavia Enclave Palam, New Delhi, India. Friends tried […]
Continue ReadingWhen I arrived Washington DC last Friday from Abuja, there were two major newsbreak in the United States. The first, a statement from the family of Senator John McCain that he had halted treatment for brain cancer, 13 months after being diagnosed of the illness. “In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Falconets have been eliminated from the ongoing 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after suffering a 2-1 defeat by Spain in their quarterfinal clash which took place on Thursday at the Stade Guy Piriou in Concarneau, France. First-half goals from Spain’s Aitana Bonmati and Patri Guijarro were enough to send the Falconets crashing despite Peace Efih’s goal in the second half.
Continue ReadingSouth African based Nigerian cleric, Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse, has dropped an interesting prophecy about the 2019 general election in Nigeria. Akinbodunse, in a live service at his South African Church, the Freedom for all Nation Outreach, stated that come 2019, Nigeria will have a youth as President and the name of the person starts with […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, visited former President General Ibrahim Babangida. In a tweet, Dr Saraki posted a picture of himself and the former military Head of State with a caption. “Dropped in to pay my respects to General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Always happy to be with a father and a leader.”
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