If the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s personal photographer, Femi Osunla, were to be alive now, he would have been one of the leading goodwill ambassadors celebrating the milestone that Senator Babafemi Ojudu just achieved yesterday. Osunla and his great works on Fela first came to global reckoning because someone like Ojudu took his works and…
Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first…
There are years when a country goes to the polls to choose a direction. There are years when it goes to the polls to choose a destiny. And then there are years like 2027, when Nigeria will go to the polls to confirm a foregone conclusion. The nation is preparing for a general election without…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, joined global counterparts at a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., aimed at shaping the future of education and child safety in the digital age. The gathering, titled the “Fostering the Future Together Summit,” was hosted at the White House by Melania Trump. The event convened 45 first ladies from around…
If the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s personal photographer, Femi Osunla, were to be alive now, he would have been one of the leading goodwill ambassadors celebrating the milestone that Senator Babafemi Ojudu just achieved yesterday. Osunla and his great works on Fela first came to global reckoning because someone like Ojudu took his works and…
Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first…
There are years when a country goes to the polls to choose a direction. There are years when it goes to the polls to choose a destiny. And then there are years like 2027, when Nigeria will go to the polls to confirm a foregone conclusion. The nation is preparing for a general election without…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, joined global counterparts at a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., aimed at shaping the future of education and child safety in the digital age. The gathering, titled the “Fostering the Future Together Summit,” was hosted at the White House by Melania Trump. The event convened 45 first ladies from around…
Prominent businessman and revered Islamic leader, Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao, passed away on the very day he had planned to return to Nigeria, marking a poignant end to a life of influence, philanthropy, and enterprise. Known for his frequent trips to Europe for medical check-ups and leisure, Arisekola was in Switzerland on Monday, June 16, 2014,…
Nigerian self-acclaimed celebrity wife, Desola Afod, has lashed out at trolls amid her husband’s all-white party. A troll had stormed the mother of four’s comment section, mocking her for being in Ibadan, where her estranged husband, Kunle, is holding a party. “Cos Afod dey do white party today, you come purposely come Ibadan to pepper…
It was obvious that Trump was preparing a full-fledged assault on Iran when he announced that Iran was talking and making concessions when there was ZERO contact. The same way he and Netanyahu fooled the world with talks only to switch and attack a country making sweeping concessions. Nothing shocks our world anymore. Justice is…
Popular actress Ronke Odusanya has broken her silence on her failed marriage to Saheed Olarewaju, widely known as Jago. In an interview on Wasila Coded TV hosted by fellow actress Bimpe Akintunde, Ronke revealed that a friend had allegedly misled her ex-husband by spreading damãging rumors, which later caused their separation. According to Ronke, the…
The Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Charles Ebuebu, has assured Nigeria’s content owners that the ongoing Digital Switchover (DSO) will open unprecedented opportunities for visibility, financial growth, and industry collaboration. Delivering his presentation as Special Guest of Honour at the induction ceremony of the Electronic Media Content Owners Association of Nigeria…
(Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, March 27, 2026 ) Back in the Italy of 44 BC, there lived a babalawo called Spurinna. Spurinna was a haruspice. In ancient Rome, a haruspice was a priest or soothsayer who practised divination by inspecting the entrails–specifically the liver and gallbladder–of sacrificed animals, to interpret the messages of…
