93-year-old Nigerian sickle cell survivor speaks of her years of illness and how she survived it all

93-year-old Nigerian woman who has Sickle Cell anaemia has granted an interview in which she spoke about her life, living with sickle cell, marriage, childbirth and surviving against the odds. Alhaja Ashiata Abike Onikoyi (nee Laguda) will be 94 years old this October and she lives a full life though she has the dreaded SS genotype. Alhaja […]

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“Fire go burn all your enemies down” –Majek Fashek tells Dino Melaye (Photos)

The rainmaker and Nigeria’s reggae legend, Majek Fashek, has lent his support to the embattled Nigerian Senator, Mr. Dino Melaye, who is currently battling with possibility of getting recalled from the Senate and also a case with the Nigerian Police. According to the reggae icon, who shared a photo with Dino Melaye, he and some […]

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Fani-Kayode blasts Yoruba Oba, the Oluwo of Iwoland converting to an ‘Emir’

Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, who is angered by the current Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdurasheed Akanbi’s affiliation with the emir title, has asked that the monarch be stripped naked and banished from his community and Yoruba land for 10 years. Fani-Kayode made the suggestion in his new essay. Read below: THE […]

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As her daughter clocks one, actress Mimi Orjiekwe shares their beautiful postures (Photos)

Star actress, Mimi Orjiekwe, has been posting photos from the birthday shoot of her daughter since 12 midnight as she turns one today. Mimi says she is so excited and it feels it’s her own birthday. No doubt, every young mother usually has that type of feeling. Happy birthday princess. See more photos from their shoot […]

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God reveals Saraki will save Nigeria; Buhari will use, dump Tinubu again –Primate Ayodele

INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church leader, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to support President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential election. Ayodele, speaking at the dedication of the Emi Ni Aseyori Kan Pro Cathedral a.k.a Sope Parish in Lagos last weekend, claimed that […]

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How Buhari ‘benefited’ from ex-NSA Dasuki’s security fund -Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, former aide to president Goodluck Jonathan, has disclosed how President Muhammadu Buhari benefited from the security fund earmarked to former Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). Omokri said the embattled ex-NSA bought armoured vehicles for Buhari in the build up to the 2015 presidential election. In an interview with Thisday, […]

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Ogun governor, Ibikunle Amosun meets boxing champion, Anthony Joshua after defeating Joseph Parker (Photo)

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun led delegation to Cardiff, Wales to watch & cheer the heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua over the weekend. The Ogun State born British boxer defeated Joseph Parker over the weekend to earn his 4th World Heavyweight title. Anthony’s father and mother are from Ogun state, Nigeria. (LIB)

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Actor Segun Ogungbe celebrates birthday with his two wives (Photos)

Popular yoruba actor and film director, Segun Ogungbe, celebrated his birthday at the weekend with his two wives, Omowunmi and Atinuke, children and friends. The second wife, Omomwunmi Ajiboye organised a surprise birthday for him which had in attendance several Nollywood stars. Segun who is the son of late actor and filmmaker, Akin Ogungbe, who, according […]

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Buhari, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Ambode and the Presidential visit, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, there is so much to write about today, but first, I must quickly apologise for my absence on this page last week. My itinerary has been very packed lately, and last week was particularly jammed. I had criss-crossed Africa, from West to East and East back to West. I travelled from Nigeria, to […]

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15 Things you may not know about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (Photos)

1.  Full name Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela 2.  Winnie Madikizela–Mandela was born on the 26th of September 1936 in the village of       Mbongweni, Eastern Cape Province 3.  Despite restrictions on education of blacks during apartheid, she earned a degree in social work from the Jan Hofmeyer School in Johannesburg, and several years later earned […]

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Obasanjo hits Buhari again, suggests how to kick him out in 2019

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has again hit Buhari’s government for always giving unnecessary excuses and not doing enough in rescuing the country out of its present challenges. Obasanjo knocks Buhari while hosting a group of young professionals under the aegis of Nigerian Young Professionals Forum and New Nigeria 2019 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. […]

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Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies

South Africa’s iron woman and beauty, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has passed away. The ex-wife of former South African President, Nelson Mandela and ace anti-apartheid campaigner, died after battling with ill-health at the age of 81. Winnie stood by Nelson Mandela throughout the 27 years he was incarcerated for championing South Africa’s struggle for an apartheid-free nation. She […]

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Buhari’s change is making criminals automatic saints once they crossed over to APC -Bishop Daniel Yisa

The Anglican Bishop of Minna Diocese, Rt. Revd. Daniel Yisa, has said three years on, Nigerians are yet to experience the much-promised Change from the Buhari administration. In a sermon on the occasion of Easter celebration in Minna yesterday, Bishop Yisa stated that “the only change the administration has succeeded in bringing is, criminals automatically […]

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Fani-Kayode issues statement over inclusion of his name on looters list

PRESS STATEMENT It has been brought to my attention that my name was placed in what the Federal Government of Nigeria describes as its “looters list”. I wish to make it abundantly clear that this is nonsensical and utterly shameful and I hereby reiterate the fact that I am totally innocent of any wrongdoing. The […]

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“The real looters list that Buhari and Lai Mohammed do not want you to know about” -Reno Omokri

Mr. Reno Omokri, former New Media aide to ex-Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, has slammed Nigerian government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the two lists of alleged looters released by them. Lai Mohammed had on Sunday circulated a statement containing a fresh list of 23 individuals undergoing trials for alleged corruption. The […]

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Lai Mohammed releases another batch of alleged looters’ names

Nigerian government has released more names of people who it alleged have looted the nation’s treasury. Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed had released the first list of treasury looters at a press conference in Lagos on Friday. The second list was released by Mohammed, who stated that those complaining that the first list was too short […]

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