Yar’Adua and the $9.6 Billion Question
Even before I began receiving inquiries regarding the controversial $9.6 billion judgement that has become a Sword of Damocles over Nigeria, I was digging to find out what happened. Late President Umaru Musa…
FC Barcelona celebrate Samuel Eto’o
FC Barcelona on Saturday celebrated the retirement of their legend and former striker, Samuel Eto’o Fils. Samuel Eto’o announced his retirement with a message on social networks.…
Fans, excited as Adele prepares to drop album following divorce
English award-winning singer-songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins popular as Adele, gets set to release an album in December 2019, after her divorce from partner Simon Konecki. Metro…
Why Nigerian govt is after me for attending WEF – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili on Saturday said the Nigerian government did not go after her just because she attended the World Economic Forum, WEF, in South Africa which…
$9.6bn judgment debt: How Jonathan aborted plans to pay $850m to P&ID
FRESH facts emerged on Friday that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan aborted plans to pay $850million to Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Limited five days to his exit in 2015.…
Trouble as Sanwo-Olu set to make critical pronouncement on Okada
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said new policies that will regulate the operations of motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, in the state are being formulated.Sanwo-Olu, who made this known on Friday…
Xenophobia: Don’t buy looted Shoprite, other shops’ items – Police warn Nigerians
The police have cast a dragnet to apprehend those who would buy items looted from stores and shops during Tuesday’s protests against xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other…
Côte d’Ivoire wants Akinwumi Adesina re-elected AfDB president
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’ Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné, Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs to support the re-election of Akinwumi Adesina as President of the…
Why Obama, Clinton are left-handed, scientists decode human DNA
A new research by scientists from the University of Oxford has for the first time pinpointed regions of human DNA that closely relate to whether people are right- or left-handed. They…
Methods used by Ambode to swindle Lagos – ‘Eko Heritage’
Against the backdrop of inauguration of a committee on Tuesday 27 August 2019 by the Lagos State House of Assembly to probe the immediate past administration of former Governor…
Most decorated African footballer retires from football
The most decorated footballer from African soil and four-time African Player of the Year has called time on his trophy-laden career after 22 years. Samuel Eto’o has…
Xenophobia: What Nigerians must do to South Africans – Pastor Adeboye
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has appealed to Nigerians not to engage in reprisal attacks against South-Africans following…
Nadal too strong for Berrettini, faces Medvedev in US Open final
World number two Rafael Nadal will play for his 19th Grand Slam title on Sunday, after battling past Italy’s Matteo Berrettini on Friday and into his fifth US Open final. The…
Admissions scandal: Prosecutors want Felicity Huffman go to jail
U.S. District Judge in Los Angeles, California, Indira Talwani will decide next Friday whether to send actress Felicity Huffman to one month imprisonment or give more lenient sentence,…
How PDP agents travelled to Cambridge to check out Buhari’s certificate
As the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal kicked off few months ago, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sent a team of lawyers and other party agents to the University of Cambridge…
Barcelona president, Bartomeu confirms Messi can leave Camp Nou for free
Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu on Friday admitted that captain, Lionel Messi can walk away from the club for free next summer. Messi has a contract at Camp Nou until 2021, but it has been…
BBNaija: Drama as Ike and Mercy argue over bathroom privacy
There was wild drama in the Big Brother Naija house earlier this morning as lovebirds, Mercy and Ike exchanged words over issues bordering on privacy. It should be recalled that the duo who jointly hold the Head Of House position now…
Bobrisky is embarrassing Nigeria – Runsewe
The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Olusegun Runsewe, on Friday described controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, as “an embarrassment to this…
Messi vs Salah: Arsene Wenger compares both player
Legendary Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has disclosed that Liverpool ace, Mohamed Salah has similarities to Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi. He also said that the former Chelsea and AS Roma…
Our police did nothing to stop xenophobic attacks – Coordinator, South African women married to…
The Coordinator of South African Women Married to Nigerians, Mrs Thelma Okoro, tells FEMI MAKINDE that South African women are not in support of plan to relocate NigeriansHow long have you been married to a Nigerian?We…
Lagos orders public, private schools to resume, warns defaulters
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has said that all public and private schools in the state must resume for the first term of the 2019/2020 academic session on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019.…
South African police arrest 497 as looting of shops continues
South African police said on Friday that they have arrested 497 suspects who have been looting shops in Gauteng Province. The police said they are on high alert monitoring the…
Zoning and 2023
WHY should there be so much preoccupation with Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections when the newly elected administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives…
Zimbabwe begins national mourning for Mugabe
Zimbabwe was on Saturday due to begin a period of national mourning following the death of Robert Mugabe, the former guerrilla hero turned despot who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years.As Zimbabweans expressed sharply divided…