A battle on the electoral turf has just been won and lost in Edo state, Nigeria. Governor Godwin Obaseki was elected as Governor in 2016 on the platform of the All-Progressive Congress (APC) in that state. By 2019, he had … Read the rest
Stormy Daniels, the pornography movie star at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal trial, testified on Tuesday about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel penthouse suite.
Trump, 77, is accused of falsifying business records … Read the rest
Nigerians are experiencing the sixth power grid collapse this year, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am.
Nigeria generates an average of 4,000MW of electricity for an estimated 200 … Read the rest
Yusuf Mohammed, an experienced Nigerian journalist, writer and editor, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and International Relations from Al-Hikmah University.
He cut his journalism teeth at Business Hallmark newspaper in 2013. From Business Hallmark, he moved to … Read the rest
It would appear that a record discharge of toxic sludge from our notorious smut factory is currently clogging the streets and sewers of the Republic of Liars. It goes to prove the point that provoked the avalanche EXACTLY! The seeds … Read the rest
My roommate in my final year at the University of Lagos was a man of humour. Much older than I was, he was someone you would call a “mature” student. He even bought a TV for our two-man room at … Read the rest
Obi Cubana
The sociology of death and funerals is an important aspect of the African cosmogony. Parents pray that their children should outlive them in order to give them a befitting burial. They liken this to the same manner when fire dies … Read the rest
Aisha Buhari
Last Thursday saw the gathering of certain personalities for the presentation of Aisha Buhari: Being Different, a book about First Lady Aisha Buhari. The biography or more appropriately, hagiography was written by Senior Special Adviser to the President on Women … Read the rest
Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem
It is most unfortunate that the proposed appointment of new judges for Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has been controversial since the announcement of a shortlist in December 2020. The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has now … Read the rest
The only purpose his unwavering belief in the gospel of discipline has served is the legitimation of abuse of Nigerians.
But ruses have a way of outing themselves. The recent public exchange by his family members shows that Buhari, the … Read the rest
