09-08-22
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They say that my erstwhile National Concord senior colleague, Sam Omatseye's harmless titular use of the phonic pun-word 'Obi-tuary' was an ominous death-wish on their Labor Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

Plus they had warned that if anything happened to Obi, Omatseye would be held responsible! And I was like: what, in Jove's name, should we call this scaremongering political intolerance? Do we call it 'superstitious idiocy' or 'idiotic superstition'? Read More

09-08-22
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said those behind the Owo attacks have been arrested.

Some gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers.

During a meeting with editors and media executives in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chief of Defence Staff confirmed that the Owo attackers had been nabbed.

Irabor said the suspects would be paraded after an investigation had been concluded into t...

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09-08-22
Biyi Bandele, a Nigerian novelist, playwright, director of Half of a yellow sun and co-director of Blood Sisters, a Nigerian series, is dead.

This was made known in a statement released via his Facebook page by his daughter, Temi Bandele late Monday.

The statement read, “As Biyi’s Daughter, I am heartbroken to share the sudden and unexpected death on Sunday 7th of August in Lagos of my father Biyi Bandele.”

Praising her dad, Temi sa...

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09-08-22
“Emi lo kan” submission or deposition would have been defensible if the Jagaban of Borgu was an “Idaiken” or the first son or the Hier to the throne of Benin as Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo and the powerful Oba of Benin.

When Nogidigan the Oba Overamen of Benin was exiled to Calabar following the attack he had ordered on the Captain Phillip Expedition to Benin of 1897, the “Emi lo kan” idaiken of Benin Prince Eweka could n...

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09-08-22
Popular Nigerian musician, 2Baba has apologied to his wife, Annie, family and management team for all the embarrassment he has caused them.

2face apologised on a post via his verified Instagram account on Monday saying, "This is no stunt. I'm sorry for all the embarrassment I've caused my wife, my kids, my mother and all our families and my management team. I'm not looking for no sympathy. I'm not trying to make myself look good.

‘’This is no reverse p...

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08-08-22
A female passenger, Jatau Lydia Lami, has been arrested by the eagle-eyed operatives of the NDLEA at the Lagos Airport for attempting to export 1,700 tablets of Tramadol 225mg concealed in her luggage to Istanbul, Turkey via a Turkish Airline flight on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, a mother of three, hails from Zango Kataf LGA of Kaduna State and lives in Istanbul, Turkey with her family.

According to a statement signe...

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08-08-22
If indications from two separate but related events that were held few months ago are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and split by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, pass...

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07-08-22
This is election season and everyone seems to be looking forward to the 2023 Presidential election after the primaries.
The fundamental challenges facing our country, like crippling domestic and foreign debts, high-interest payments for the over 40 trillion dollars loan; terrorism, criminality, infrastructure deficit, unemployment, religious bigotry, agitations by separatist movements, and many others have now taken a back seat.
Those seeking election into the highest office in the...

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2-08-22
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has surprised popular gospel musician, Evangelist Bunmi Akinnanu Adeoye with a car gift to celebrate her birthday on Monday, 1St Of August, 2022 at the grand finale of the church’s ‘God will not put me to shame’ 7th anniversary.

While presenting the car gift, Primate Ayodele described Evang. Bunmi Akinnanu as his ‘fourth daughter’ whom he has been watching since she was young, ...

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01-08-22
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has raised the alarm on the worrisome spate of insecurity in the country.

In a statement, he signed personally and made available to the media
by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Kehinde Aderemi, Adams claimed that the forests in the South-West have been infiltrated by terrorists.

He said "Now that Abuja has seemingly lost the battle to terrorists, the South-West region has been the next target of these ...

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