Abuja-based trending sex therapist and Chief Executive Officer of E and E Skincare, Elohor Ovite has been into many other businesses before veering into selling aphrodisiac. Her reason was that she discovered another goldmine far better and more fun than other businesses she has done in the past. In a recent interview with Potpourri the beautiful businesswoman […]

As part of the brand’s efforts to get young people to stay home, practice social distancing and stop the spread of the Covid – 19 virus, MTV Base has announced that it will be hosting a live party on its Instagram page (@mtvbasewest) every Friday and Saturday nights. The virtual party is modelled after the […]

•Narrates last moment with deceased •How she narrowly escaped By Evelyn Usman & Victor Arjiromanus While Lagosians in general and residents of Abule-Ado in particular, are gradually settling down from the devastating effect of the explosion that rocked Abule-Ado area of Satellite in Lagos two weeks ago, same can not be said of Mrs Elizabeth […]

By Onozure Dania Policemen attached to Olosan division in Mushin area of Lagos have arrested three robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents of the area. The suspects : Olalekan Sonni 32, Olarewanju Olakunmi 40 and Akorede Adeoke 24, were discovered during preliminary investigation, to have been arrested and sent to prison several times, over […]

By Evelyn Usman There was bloodbath at Whitesand, a community between Festac in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos and Isheri-Oshun area , as hoodlums numbering over 50 , attacked some persons, last Thursday. As you read this piece, two persons who had their skulls ripped open by the armed hoodlums, some of who were reportedly […]

By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo About eight months ago, the atmosphere in Taraba state was that of fear. It was one filled with uncertainties owing to the onslaught by men of the underworld. These men were vicious and became bold operating from distant villages into Jalingo, the state capital. What baffled residents at the time was […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Ministerial Team on COVID-19 Restriction Enforcement on Saturday shutdown activities at a popular Pentecostal church located at Jabi District. The team, which began operations at the Wuse Market, moved to the church following complaints that the members were violating the no-gathering rule of the FCTA, and were holding weddings […]

Following the pipeline leakage at Satellite Town in Lagos, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it has shut down the supply and is currently evacuating petroleum product from the line.

13 persons including worshippers were yesterday injured while over 70 houses were damaged in an early hour explosion which rocked Akure, Ondo State capital, to its foundation.

Coronavirus crisis in Nigeria escalated yesterday as the number of cases hit 89. The figure of infections was 81 as of Friday night

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmad Abdurrahman, has directed all police officers to enforce the order shutting down of markets, borders and inter-state transportation in the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has assured its commitment to the alignment of COVID-19  Data Collection Strategies with NDPR Guidelines. The agency in a statement signed by Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, Mrs. Hadiza Umar, said the data collection strategy employed by authorities at Nigeria’s borders and its implication […]

NOTE 1: Ordinarily, this page would not carry tables or charts. Those belong on the Business/Economic pages. But part 2 can best be understood by summarising the message in a table. If “a picture is worth a thousand words”, then a table is worth ten thousand words. It tells the story more effectively.

The Niger chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lauded the state government’s order suspending Sunday service as part of efforts to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Rev. Mathias Echioda, the state CAN chairman made this known on Saturday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

It takes tremendous courage for a Nigerian woman to engage in an open love affair with another woman. The act of damning all consequences to write about lesbian love, even in fiction, is almost always coded. Unoma Azuah shatters the glass ceiling as it were by telling her story of growing up a lesbian in conservative Nigeria, a memoir like no other. It is a grand human story that casts aside all shadows.