Breaking: Dagunro, Popular Yoruba Nollywood Actor, is Dead
One of the prominent Yoruba Nollywood actor, Fasasi Olabanke, with stage name: ‘Dagunro’ is dead. It was reported that the renowned actor died at the early hours of today in a Lagos hospital. The cause of his death was not known as at the time of filing this report. More Details shortly…
Breaking: Dagunro, Popular Yoruba Nollywood Actor, is Dead
One of the prominent Yoruba Nollywood actor, Fasasi Olabanke, aka ‘Dagunro’ is dead. It was reported that the renowned actor died at the early hours of Thursday in a Lagos hospital. The cause of his death was notbeen known as at the time of filing this report. More Details shortly…
DPO, 4 Policemen Arrested for Murdering 2 Detainees
The police command in Rivers State has confirmed the arrest of the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Mile 3 Nkpolu Police Station in Port Harcourt, Baridon Monsi, and four other policemen over alleged extrajudicial killing of a 16-year-old boy and an unidentified man at the police station. Police Public Relations Officer in the […]
Otoge Rally: Police Arrest Three in Ibadan
Three activists were on Wednesday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) during the anti-kidnapping and insurgency protest organized in Ibadan by the Oodua Coalition Against Insurgency and Kidnapping in Yorubaland. They were taken into custody by the DSS men, who had earlier dispersed a June 12 rally in the Oyo State […]
A Democracy Day Primer – I
By Wole Soyinka This year’s recall of an uplifting day in the year 1993 comes up against a background of its most shameful disavowal: the 2019 elections – still under judicial contestation – an event that would be more accurately described as an exercise in body count rather than ballot count. The elections however merely […]
Herdsman Beheads Girlfriend in Ilasa Ekiti
It was indeed a gory sight at a stream side in Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local government as a young herdsman name withheld chopped off the head of a young lady with Cutlass. The incident which occurred on Tuesday has thrown the whole community into confusion. The victim who is also of the same tribe […]
FG Names Abuja National Stadium after Abiola
The late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, posthumously, got a big icing on his hefty cake Wednesday, when President Muhamadu Buhari, in his first June 12 Democracy Day address, named the sprawling Abuja National Stadium after him. The President said henceforth, the Abuja National Stadium will be called Moshood Abiola Stadium. MKO Abiola It was […]
MKO Abiola: Never A Deserter to Death!
“I am not a deserter”. My dear Gani, Praise be to God for your life and the courage, fortitude and determination with which He endowed you. May we live long to be of service to each other in the contribution we make to the development, peace and justice/fairplay in Nigeria and beyond. The ” Express […]
Dbanj to Reward Whoever Returns His Missing Neck Chain
Last Sunday was a mixed bag of up and down for Oladapo Oyebanji, a.k.a Dbanj. It was his birthday so he was supposed to be in good mood But the day turned awry after his neck chain got missing in a flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos while he was on board. The missing chain […]
Methodist Pastor Kidnaps Self, Nabbed Trying to Collect N3M Ransom
Police have arrested a clergyman in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital for allegedly organising his own kidnap. It was gathered that the clergyman, identified as Rev. Adewuyi Adegoke, also arranged with a 25-year-old accomplice, identified as Oluwadare Sunday, to demand N3million ransom from his congregation. The suspect, who is the Minister in charge of a […]
