Why I knelt before Obasanjo–Ooni of Ife
Just before he was crowned King, the Ooni of Ife and baby boy general of the Obas, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, knelt before Obasanjo for prayers in the latter’s hill-top residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State...
View Article‘My husband rubs his manhood with black soap before making love to me’
Lagos, Per Second News — In spite of her husband’s fetish practices, a businesswoman, Ajoke Abiodun, has passionately pleaded with a Lagos court to save her 14-year-old marriage. The mother of 3 made...
View ArticleDino Melaye: ‘I’ll lead the mother of all protests against Buhari’
APC senator Dino Melaye will mobilize Nigerians in street protests against his own governing party, if the new price for petrol at the pumps is not immediately reversed. “My sincere advice is for the...
View ArticleEFCC ransacks Fani-Kayode’s house
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday stormed the Abuja home of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and arrested a domestic servant. It was...
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: Are we all Biafrans?
In a few weeks, precisely on the 31st day of May, 2016, the writer and political activist, Chido Onumah will present his latest book, “We are all Biafrans- A Participant-Observer’s Intervention in a...
View ArticleI gave Obasanjo one helluva kiss–Okupe
A former Senior Special Assistant to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Doyin Okupe, has revealed he knows how to placate with kisses. Okupe who once served as Olusegun...
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That moment when Okupe rolled on the floor for Obasanjo [PICTURED]
Earlier, we had brought you this story of former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, narrating how he prostrated before and kissed erstwhile Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo. Pictures are worth a...
View ArticleThe fuel subsidy debate: Our story | By Yemi Osinbajo
Fellow Citizens: I have read the various observations about the fuel pricing regime and the attendant issues generated. All certainly have strong points. The most important issue of course is how...
View ArticleOdinkalu: Buhari should never have agreed with Cameron on ‘fantastically...
A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu’s response to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s description of...
View ArticleNLC to shut down Nigeria next week over petrol price increase
After its emergency meeting on Friday, the executive committee of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) unanimously agreed to embark on a nationwide strike, beginning Wednesday, if the federal government...
View ArticleAnother Chevron oil facility has been blown up
Just days after militants who go by the name Niger Delta Avengers blew up Chevron’s oil installation in the delta, yet another explosion rocked Chevron’s Makaraba installation on Friday. It will be...
View ArticleDonald Trump might suck, but this story proves he’s actually human
Have you ever needed to give a reference’s phone number for a job and wished you could just give out your own instead? After all, who would give a better reference for you than, well, you? Now imagine...
View ArticleWhat to do when you want more from a guy who isn’t ready for a relationship
By Danielle Deming Everyone’s been in this position. It’s the beginning of something new, and you either can’t stop looking at each other in public settings, or you find excuses to text one another....
View ArticleThe Economist: Nigeria’s reputation as fantastically corrupt has been around...
The world renowned magazine writes that Nigeria’s reputation as fantastically corrupt, is no fantasy… From the print edition of The Economist FANTASTICALLY corrupt” said David Cameron, Britain’s prime...
View ArticleThis is why Lagos will soon flush out the danfo buses
The reign of the ubiquitous mini buses (popularly called danfo) in Lagos, will soon be over, says Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola. Speaking to Punch newspaper in an...
View ArticleI’ll reveal all we’ve recovered from looted funds on May 29–Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari will furnish the nation with a comprehensive report of his anti-corruption gains thus far on Nigeria’s Democracy Day–May 29. Speaking to select media houses in London where...
View ArticlePremium Times shamelessly lied against me–Gov Yahaya Bello
The governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reacted to a Premium Times story of May 13 accusing him of squandering state funds under the pretext of providing security. The story was titled...
View ArticleWenger: I’m not so sure I’ll extend my contract with Arsenal
Arsene Wenger was non-committal on plans to extend his contract, with the Arsenal manager insisting talks will not take place until the end of the next season. Wenger – out of contract at the...
View ArticleFayose is causing confusion with his utterances and has no respect for the...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is having difficulties taming one of its own–Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose. Fayose comes across as something of a loose canon; often...
View ArticleThis is why the EFCC is investigating Aregbesola
Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has come under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly diverting funds meant for running the local governments in his...
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