Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed outrage over the leak of his father’s speech online hours before it was delivered to the nation. The speech, which addressed the ongoing protests against the government’s leadership, was meant to be a live broadcast, but copies of it were released online beforehand. Seyi Tinubu…
Primate Babatunde Ayodele, the Founder/Spiritual Head of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, with headquarters at Oke-Afa, Lagos, has said that the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) and its affiliates like the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) are nor spiritual bodies. Addressing a large assemblage of journalists at his church in an event meant to mark his…
Popular Nollywood actor, Ibrahim Chatta, has said that he dropped out of secondary school to pursue a career in acting. Chatta, who ventured into acting in 1985, said this in a recent interview. The film star said he usually skipped classes as a young chap for acting gigs in theatres with his colleagues. Chatta disclosed…
Mallam Nasir Danladi Bako, better known in the broadcast environment as Danladi Bako, is an inventive character with an unbridled appetite to be different. At a teenage age, he had demonstrated palpably, in literal and conceptual terms that his life would be about the motion picture, the broadcast industry. It was at Nigerian Television Authority,…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Peju Ogunmola, has described poor parenting as the bane of immorality in the entertainment industry, especially Nollywood. This is as she berated the government for neglecting the entertainment industry, forgetting the enormous potential it holds for the youths in terms of employment opportunities. Speaking during an event organised by Ile-Agbasaga (Cultural hub)…
The Russian Embassy in Nigeria has issued a statement regarding the recent use of Russian flags by protesters in northern Nigeria. The embassy’s reaction follows a series of videos and images circulating on social media, showing protesters waving Russian flags and chanting slogans in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a statement released on…
The Nigeria Police Force has released a journalist, Ayoola Babalola, who was arrested during the nationwide End Bad Governance in Nigeria protests in Abuja. The 25-year-old journalist was arrested on Saturday and detained at Wuye Police Station under the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Babalola was released around 3 pm on Sunday after his arrest…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and former Nigerian vice president and the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have faulted the national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he did not address the fundamental issues that triggered the #EndBadGovernance protest in the country. The protests, which…
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Philippines, Dr. Yemi Farounbi, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast didn’t address any of the demands of protesters and neither did it seem that the presidency understands the level of hardship citizens go through. In a telephone interview on Sunday, Farounbi said the speech would not be able to…
Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has opened up about her struggles as a single mother. The divorced thespian shared that being a single mother hasn’t been easy. Iyabo disclosed this while celebrating her son, Festus Ojo’s graduation from a Turkish university on social media. “As a single mother, it hasn’t been easy, but I give God…
