The Twitter war between Nigerians and Kenyans triggered by Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo got worsen on Sunday after Tiwa Savage tweeted to calm the storm. Olunloyo had declared Nairobi as the most unsafe city in Africa as she turned down invitation to…
Read MoreMonth: July 2019
WIZKID REVEALS HOW MUCH HE MADE FROM HIS FIRST MAJOR DEAL
Nigerian top hip-hop artiste Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has revealed how much he made from his first major music deal. Wizkid, whose collaboration with Beyonce in the Brown Skin Girl song, is making waves in the national and…
Read MoreREAD AWOLOWO’S 53-YEAR OLD LETTER FROM PRISON TO IRONSI
on the 29 July 2019 marks 53 years since Major General Aguiyi Ironsi, Head of State and Lt. Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, were murdered in a revenge coup in Ibadan. When the January 15, 1966 coup brought Ironsi into power, Chief…
Read MoreKNOW THE PEDIGREES OF BUHARI’S NEW MINISTERS (PART 2)
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari recently sent the list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval. Some of the nominees have already been screened. But how much do you know of some of the new entrants into the cabinet?…
Read MoreBOBRISKY IDENTIFIES AS TRANSGENDER
Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has come out as transgender. The 27-year-old made this revelation via Instagram. Sharing a video of himself cooking, he wrote: “What a woman can do, a TRANSGENDER can do…
Read MoreCHIMAMANDA NAMED AMONG 15 GLOBAL WOMEN IN ‘FORCES OF CHANGE’
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is among the 15 women Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, considers as ‘Forces for Change’. The women will feature in a special September issue of Vogue, which Meghan guest-edited. According to Buckingham Palace, the Duchess…
Read MoreTEAM NIGERIA TOP TABLE WITH 21 GOLD MEDALS AT AFRICA CUP TRACK CYCLING
Team Nigeria topped the medals table with 21 gold at the maiden edition of the Africa Cup Track Cycling on Sunday in Abuja. Nigeria also won 17 silver and 12 bronze medals in the overall result of the medals table….
Read MoreBAUCHI GOVERNOR, MOHAMMED WEDS SECOND WIFE IN LAGOS
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, wedded his second wife, Natasha Mariana, a Lebanese-Nigerian woman at the Syrian mosque in Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Friday. The wedding attracted a plethora of political figures and bigwigs within and across the confines…
Read MoreKNOW THE PEDIGREES OF BUHARI’S NEW MINISTERS (PART 1)
Buhari and his ministers. Photo: Aprecon Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari recently sent the list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval. Some of the nominees have already been screened. But how much do you know of some of…
Read MoreAREWA FORUM DELIVERS DAMNING VERDICT ON OBASANJO
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Wednesday berated Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for always proclaiming doomsday, predicting upheaval and bloodbath in the country. Rising from a news conference in Kaduna, the northern umbrella body said such prediction by Obasanjo…
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