Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun state and former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere are both leading lights of Yoruba ethnic race. Alongside other Yoruba activists, they’ve been in the forefront in the struggle to have a better deal for their people, though they may not belong to the same group. A verbal war has however ensued between the two elder statesmen.

The just-concluded fourth edition of Mentor Matchup Challenge, which took place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, saw three entrepreneurs walk away with a total sum of 20,000 dollars as funding to help boost their businesses.

By Yetunde Areb Continued from last edition Hi, Okay, let’s wrap up this discussion today! Yet, for all the troubles we subject ourselves to in the search for aphrodisiacs and sexual pleasures, scientists insist that aphrodisiacs are more of myths created by the mind and body.  They say aphrodisiacs have very little or no scientific […]

By Bunmi Sofola Women have been the butt of most jokes when it comes to love-making.  ‘Yet, a lot of the success of meaningful sex is put on the men’s shoulder.  Instead of talking about their short-comings, most men laugh nervously about them while the self-centred, “well-endowed”, brag about their prowess.  A reader, Emeka, 36, […]

By Aziken Emmanuel Penultimate Friday, Senators Andy Uba and Chris Ngige held parallel meetings in Abuja in their continued fight for supremacy over the All Progressives Congress, APC structure in Anambra State. The two meetings inevitably brought to fore the polarization of the APC in the state that has won a notoriety for sullying respected persons in […]

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Obasanjo has come again. This time he is speaking rather than writing letters. Same time four years ago, he had written an epistle to ask Buhari to resign. In that angry note to a sitting president, he had said Buhari could not win any fairly contested general election. The letter came […]

…I will give my all for Ayade to finish well — Arc Ndem …We have dealt a fatal blow to oligarchy — APC Chair By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River governor ,Prof Ben Ayade has disclosed that the state does not belong to any single person or group but to the people adding that no one […]

Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie during the week brought to light the absolute disregard of Africans by an international magazine when the said publication reportedly termed the images she sent to them for a proposed cover as “looking too glamorous”.

Osun State Police Command has disclosed that it arrested its personnel, Sergeant Onatunde Joba, whose video of being drunk went viral.

THE 2023 presidential election is exactly 426 days away but the polity is astir as if the election will be held in a few weeks time.

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organizations working in support of credible and transparent elections in the country, yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021.

Crisis appears to be looming in the Northern part of the country following fresh moves by a serving Northeast governor and former Northwest governor to launch mass protests across the northern states against the federal government to demonstrate their what they their dissatisfaction with the security situation in the country.

While Owerri, Imo State capital enjoys relative peace, the story is not pleasant in some communities of the state.

By Mary Obaebor In a significant stride towards enhancing maternal and infant health, Ekiti State, Nigeria, has launched a pioneering community-based maternal health program under the leadership of Governor Kayode Fayemi. This initiative, which began in 2021 following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, aims to tackle the persistent challenges of maternal and infant mortality, […]

By Abdulkarim Olatunde When Chika Odumodu took the stage at this year’s Art of Technology Lagos to receive the 2021 Tech Innovation of the Year Award, she didn’t shy away from naming her inspirations. At the top of her list: Sample Aniekeme. That moment underscored a deeper truth in the African fintech ecosystem—2021 may have […]