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Ghanaians are now incensed with the launch of Big Brethren Ghana, said to be the country’s version of Big Brother. Some photos from the reality show which were shared online caused an uproar as some of the housemates were spotted sleeping in an overcrowded and dirty room. Some Ghanaians expressed their anger against organizers of […]
Continue ReadingRobert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe until he was finally […]
Continue ReadingInternational magazine, The Economist reviewed the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari and concluded that Nigerians became poorer during his first four years in office. The magazine, in the publication, which was posted on its website on Thursday, said while the Nigerian economy was “stuck like a stranded truck,” average incomes fell during the four-year […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has been ranked as number 6 among many top miserable countries of the world . This is according to the spectator index.
Continue ReadingThe military men that ruled Nigeria immediately after the January 1966 military coup that dethroned the first republic’s parliamentary democracy: Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi (center and Head of State), From left to right – Major Usman Hassan Katsina (Northern Region), Lt. Col. Adekunle Fajuyi (Western Region), Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu (Eastern Region), and Lt. Col. […]
Continue ReadingOba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku’ Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, was pictured with his four beautiful queens during the first public performance of Ugie Ododua festival which commenced on Tuesday in the Oba’s Palace in Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. Every step of the way, the ancient Benin Kingdom, up till the modern time, has […]
Continue ReadingAmnesty International has urged the federal government to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery and violence on journalists and the electorate during the supplementary election conducted in Kano State. Isa Sanusi, the Amnesty International Spokesperson, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa service, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian flag was raised higher yesterday March 13th in far away England where humanitarian worker, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, was declared the winner of the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2019 award. Oluwaseun, 28, is the founder of @StandtoEndRape, STER, a youth-led NGO advancing human rights, and campaigning for an end to Gender Based Violence through advocacy […]
Continue ReadingA group known as the Committee of Elders of Kano has just been formed to meet and find a resolution to the impasse which ensued after last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kano state. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the Kano governorship election inconclusive with the results so […]
Continue ReadingThe former very famous Lagos Commissioner of Police and now retired, Mr. Fatai Owoseni has said that the real reason he was redeployed from Benue State was that he refused to obey orders from his superiors that could have led to chaos and further killings in the troubled state. Mr. Owoseni was posted from Lagos […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Sexual Health Expert, Lolo CY Cynthia had 3 single mothers share their stories: “I got pregnant from a one night stand at age 16….. My dad wouldn’t give me any money when he found out. The family monitored me because they were scared that I would run away ” “My son has not seen […]
Continue ReadingAddressing the media after a face-off with security men in Ikeja on Thursday, one of the conveners of the ‘O to Ge’ Orange Movement in Lagos, Mr. Mark Adebayo, said that the presidential and NASS elections day violence in Lagos prevented many voters from exercising their civic rights. He alleged that many were intimidated by […]
Continue ReadingDanish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven shared photos of two children rescued from the bushes in 2014, after being branded witches and banished by their families in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. Mary, pictured above when she was 9 years old, was sexually abused and diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhea. Read loven’s post on Facebook as produced below: […]
Continue ReadingThe professor who went naked days ago to protest Brexit has gone naked again during a Brexit radio interview. Dr Victoria Bateman, an Economics Fellow from the University of Cambridge, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday’s programme to talk about the advantages of the EU. During her discussion with presenter John Humphrys, she took off her coat […]
Continue ReadingFormer United States President, Bill Clinton and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, have been named dignitaries for the goodwill messages at the signing of the National Peace Accord. According to Punch, the event has been scheduled for the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, February 13. Promoters of the NPA said the […]
Continue ReadingThe Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria, Rev. Matthew Kukah, has said perpetrating violence during elections is an economic investment for the impoverished. Speaking at an ongoing one-day peace conference by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, tagged ‘Peaceful Elections and National Development,’ held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Kukah noted that there was […]
Continue ReadingOoni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has described the Yoruba deity, Oluorogbo, as Jesus Christ of Nazareth that the Christians worship. Speaking to newsmen at the resuscitation of the Edi Annual Festival in Ile-Ife which is meant for the worship of the Oluorogbo deity on Saturday February 2, the Ooni said, the Olurogbo deity is like […]
Continue ReadingWatch the moment after vice president Yemi Osinbajo’s conveying helicopter crash-landed and he and his entourage were being brought out of the crashed helicopter. Watch video below: Video: Youtube
Continue ReadingIt’s been so cold in parts of the US this week that even Lake Michigan turned to ice. So cold that people have been advised not to breathe too deeply. And now, Hell has officially frozen over. But don’t start thinking you will no longer suffer eternal fiery damnation for all of your sins – the Hell in question is […]
Continue ReadingEx-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was in Lagos on Wednesday and attended the Lagos Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture. At the event, presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Atiku Abubakar, spoke on the theme: “My Vision for a New Nigeria.” Also at the event were, Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Senate President, […]
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