By Ayo Onikoyi, Actor Yomi Fabiyi’s controversial new movie ‘Oko Iyabo’, has sparked an outrage from members of the public. The movie according to social media users, is based on Baba Ijesha’s rape saga with real names of those involved in the case. Also it was reportedly made to look like the minor was in […]

Africa’s leading streaming platform, Boomplay and telecommunications giant leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have signed announced a strategic partnership that will offer subscribers access to affordable streaming on Boomplay. The Airtel-Boomplay partnership rides on the Airtel Streaming Data Plan and will give music lovers the opportunity to save more on streaming data cost, as […]

No fewer than 10 civil society groups have dismissed allegations of corruption scandal against the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) and its Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Goni Alkali. The CSOs, in a joint press statement co-signed by Comrade Lawrence Audu and Comrade Bassey Ukpong for the Good Governance and Advocacy Network (GGAN) on behalf of other […]

A Tale of Shared Experiences is a group exhibition exploring the isolated experiences of six artists, surrounding stereotypical gender norms and societal expectations in Nigeria. Through the works of the artists, – James Adebayo, Osaru Obaseki, Olamide Ogunade, Joe Obamina, Sophia Azoige, and Victor Olaoye – notions of self, gender, and identity are examined. The […]

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Dr. Godwin Maduka, has declared that the people of Anambra State, remain his priority. “I belong to the people, not to a faction of PDP. I belong to the people first” he told a mammoth gathering of PDP supporters who came on a solidarity visit […]

Enugu State Government has recorded N7.1 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the first quarter of 2021, a report by the State Ministry of Budget and Planning has stated. According to the Budget Performance Report obtained on Monday by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, the figure represents 24.4 per cent of the N29.2 […]

By Eric Teniola This is the concluding part of this piece. The second part focused on the economic disparity between Northern and Southern Nigeria BRITISH rule had also changed the north by introducing a Christian convert population into the region on the outskirts of the Muslim emirates. The British did not consider stabilising the country […]

A middle-aged woman, Uzoamaka Okoli, on Monday told Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu how one Obinna Ogianya allegedly raped her under Trans-Ekulu Bridge and collected her N250. Narrating the incident before Justice E.M Egumgbe, Okoli said she was on her way to work around 5.30 am on May 28, 2019, when the defendant […]

By Chinonso Alozie The Imo state government has rebuked the road contractors handling the Rural Access and Mobility Projects, RAMP, over delay in execution of the project as well as poor construction. The Deputy Governor of the state, Placid Njoku, was piqued with what he saw from the ongoing tour of the RAMP, road construction […]

In its bid to support less privileged and vulnerable persons, a Non-Governmental Organization, Dr. James King Foundation have on Saturday extended its medical outreach to inmates in the Kano Central Custodial Centre, Kurmawa.

Juliet Ehimuan, founder, Beyond Limits Africa Initiative, author and director at Google West Africa is hosting the 2021 Beyond Limit Excellence Series for the whole of July to empower professionals, entrepreneurs, and growth enthusiasts to achieve personal growth and business success. The series which is anchored on her new book titled 30 Days of excellence […]

The Katsina State House of Assembly on Monday reversed its decision to increase retirement age from 60 to 65 years for assembly staff. The assembly, which took the decision at its plenary, presided over by the Speaker of the house, Alhaji Tasi’u Maigari, in Katsina, also reversed its decision to review the years of service […]

By Ayo Onikoyi, Leading affordable pay-TV provider, StarTimes in conjunction with Wakaati TV and Nollywood Thespian, Femi Adebayo, is set to launch Ile Alayo comedy series which is an adaptation of the blockbuster movie. The cast includes Nollywood thespians and notable social media comedians like Mr Macaroni, Broda Shaggi, Woli Agba, Odunlade Adekola, Mercy Aigbe, […]

Dr Mika’ilu Barau “For let the gods so speed as I love the name honour more than I fear death”Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (I.ii). The leading political event in the last week of June and the first week of July 2021 is arguably the decamping story of Zamfara State Governor from PDP to APC […]

By Ayo Onikoyi, The Chief Executive Officer of one of Nigeria’s leading skincare brands, Skin Therapy Beauty and Spa, Mimi Whyte-Femi has raised her voice in support of celebrities who choose to bleach their skin and also engage in selling of “whitening cream’. According to her, “A lot of people in general, choose to lighten […]