Simi Confirms Separation From Husband, Dr. Sid
The wife of Nigerian singer, Sidney Esiri also known as Dr. Sid, Simi Esiri, has confirmed the end of their five-year-old marriage. Simi took to her Instagram page on Sunday morning and confirmed they are heading for a divorce and moving forward as co-parents. In her statement, Simi also reacted to reports that she was […]
NCAA Issues Guidelines on how to Handle Corona Virus Cases
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for a high level of vigilance by airlines, especially those operating international and regional flights, all designated point of entries (POEs) and travelling public to be very sensitive in handling the recent outbreak of Coronavirus. The NCAA in a letter dated 23rd January, 2020 and signed by the […]
Lagos Taskforce Invades Banana Island, Arrest Dredges, Grab Land
By Gboyega Adeoye Lagos State government has stirred massive controversy yesterday, claiming most waterfront property at prestigious Banana Island, arresting Federal Government licenced dredgers and forcefully took over reclaimed lands. Most of the arrested dredgers slept in the taskforce office in Alausa and efforts to bail them by the leadership of dredgers association and other […]
How Fatai Yusuf, Oko Oloyun was Gruesomely Murdered, Nigerians React
Fatai Yusuf, a popular traditional medicine practitioner in Nigeria, called ‘Oko Oloyun’ has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. He was shot dead in his car while travelling on Eruwa-Igbo-Ora road. Gbenga Fadeyi, the spokesperson for the Oyo state police command says the body of the traditional medicine practitioner has been deposited in the Igbo-Ora […]
Groups Ask FG To Inaugurate Tobacco Control Fund In 2020 Budget
…Decry zero funding for tobacco control The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to immediately inaugurate the Tobacco Control fund as recommended in the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015, saying the near zero allocation to tobacco control in the recently passed 2020 national budget has reinforced the […]
Beheaded Adamawa Pastor: Can Got It Mixed Up- Femi Adesina
It was very sad and doleful to hear of the eventual beheading of Rev Lawan Andimi, Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Michika Local Government, Adamawa State. He had been abducted by terrorists earlier this month . I felt the killing of Andimi very keenly, not for the fact that he was a clergyman, […]
Popular Trado Medical -Practitioner, ‘Oko Oloyun’ Shot Dead
Popular trado medical expert, Fatai Yusuf better known as “Oko Oloyun” is dead. The trado medical practitioner was reported to have been shot by unknown gunmen in the Eruw-Igboora road in the Ibarapa Central area of Oyo state on Thursday. The Oyo state police command PPPRO, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the murder of the trado expert. […]
EFCC Boss, Magu Vows to Bring Diezani to Face Justice
Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has reiterated the commitment of the anti-graft agency to ensuring that the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is repatriated to Nigeria to face criminal charges against her. This will be the second time the anti graft czar would be saying this in 24 hours. Magu gave […]
‘We are not Intimidated,’ Says Father of UniMaid Student Slain by Insurgents
Father of Plateau state born teenage undergraduate, who was shot by Boko Haram in a video currently making the rounds on social media, Pa David Daciyal, has said the gruesome mother of his beloved son would not terminate his faith in Christ. He also noted that the killing of his son cannot intimidate him and […]
AGF Makes U-turn on Amotekun, Says Yoruba Misunderstood Me
By Gboyega Adeoye Embattled Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has on Thursday revoked his earlier comment about the establishment of the Western Nigeria Security Outfit, Amotekun in the South West, which he declared illegal. Malami whose condemnation on the outfit has since caused uproar on social media claimed he was only misinterpreted by […]