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Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Rilwanu Muhammad has told women of reproductive age to ensure that they breastfed their new born babies exclusively without any fears of breasts sagging. He declared that, “Breastfeeding your children will not make your breasts to fall or sag. Whether you want or not, with […]
Continue ReadingA grandson of Uganda’s former military ruler, Idi Amin Dada, is Aziz Abdul, better known as “Ringo.” Like his grandfather, the young Ugandan is a super-heavyweight boxer who competed at the Commonwealth Games, which ended yesterday, August 2. He left the ring at the weekend convinced that he had been denied victory by a biased […]
Continue ReadingNigerian student in the United Kingdom, Anderson Ishiekwene, 25, has been sentenced to three years in prison and faces automatic deportation after attempting to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex following online sexual grooming. BBC reported on Monday that Ishiekwene was arrested in Washington, England, after arranging to meet the supposed […]
Continue ReadingIt is all joy as there is a new addition to the royal family of the Ooni of Ife, HRM Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, and his wife, Olori Oluwatosin, as they have welcomed a baby girl (princess). Oba Ogunwusi shared the joyful news on his official Instagram page on Sunday, August 2, announcing the arrival […]
Continue ReadingThe Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Her Excellency Anna Westerholm, was the special guest of honour at the graduation ceremony (Kindergarten 2 and Primary 5 pupils) of my wife’s Not Forgotten Initiative (NFI) School last Thursday in Abuja. “When I visited this school (last December), what stayed with me was not just the privilege of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of popular Juju and Highlife musician, Iyun Janet Ajilore, popularly known as St. Janet. Her passing was announced on Sunday by publisher and socialite, Otunba Femi Davies, in a post shared on his Facebook page. According to Davies, the veteran singer died on Saturday […]
Continue ReadingNigerian presidency on Saturday slammed representatives of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria over their conduct during a recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the clerics were not the sole custodians of truth on the state of the nation. The presidency also faulted the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Cardinal […]
Continue ReadingWho would have imagined that nearly three decades after the demise of Sani Abacha, we would still be arguing about how he died? The revival of the inglorious way he died is thanks to Dennis Amachree, a former assistant director of the Department of State Services who recently shared his account of Abacha’s final moments […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, nullified the judgment of the Federal High Court ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties. In a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Abba Mohammed, the appellate court held unanimously that the June 15 judgment […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned five suspected members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, popularly known as Ansaru, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the May 15 abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and the alleged killing of two victims. The […]
Continue ReadingSunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba nation agitator, has explained how he escaped arrest during the raid on his Ibadan home by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in July 2021, saying he never left the house throughout the operation. Igboho said the operatives searched for him but failed to […]
Continue ReadingSomewhere in present-day Osun State, about a hundred years ago, an oba ordered a manhunt for a troublesome strongman in his domain. The man, Kátákatà, was captured one night, killed and beheaded. His severed head was placed in a pot and brought to the oba. The palace erupted in celebration. At last, the nuisance was […]
Continue ReadingFamily members have launched a fundraising campaign to repatriate the remains of a Nigerian woman, Christiana Nwosu, who reportedly died of cardiac arrest while visiting the United Kingdom. This was learnt on Monday from a GoFundMe appeal signed by Chijioke Metuka on behalf of the Nwosu family. According to Metuka, Nwosu died on July 19, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Actress, producer, and red carpet host. Uche Ogbodo has opened up about embracing life as a single mother of three following the recent collapse of her marriage to Bobby Maris. Sharing a reflective post on social media, the actress described herself as “always a winner” as she looked back on the journey that brought […]
Continue ReadingA federal jury in the Southern District of Florida, United States (U.S) on Wednesday, July 22, convicted a Florida-based Nigerian pharmacist and pharmacy owner for illegally dispensing more than 300,000 oxycodone 30mg pills to pharmacy patrons who had no medical need for the drug. According to court documents and evidence presented during the trial, 60-year-old […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, has dedicated his victory over Kristian Prenga to his late friends and trainers, Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, after overcoming two knockdowns to secure a second-round knockout win. The bout, watched online, marked Joshua’s first fight since a car crash in Ogun State, Nigeria, in December claimed the lives […]
Continue ReadingSon of legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and Grammy-nominated afrobeat artist, Seun Kuti, has settled into his newly completed mansion in Ikeja, Lagos. Prior to its completion, Seun Kuti gave followers a glimpse of the project through photos shared on his Instagram Story. He later unveiled the finished home, revealing that he has named […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nollywood actress, and film producer, Ngozi Nwosu, is down with sickness again. Ngozi, in her statement said she has been admitted for the past three weeks and enduring intense pains. She revealed that she still has three surgeries ahead and pleaded with fans, colleagues and well-wishers to help her raise the funds needed for her treatment. […]
Continue ReadingFirst, let me rejoice with the Orire local government school abductees for living up to the full meaning of Orire-which means good fortune. As the Yoruba would say, E kú Oríre (I salute you on your good fortune). May good fortune continue to guide your path. Ogbomoso has tended to play a significant role in […]
Continue ReadingThree accused persons put on trial by the Department of State Services (DSS), over their involvement in the kidnapping of school children and teachers in Orire local government area of Oyo State, Nigeria, have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The three accused were sentenced for being members of proscribed terrorist organisation. Justice Salim […]
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