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A Tribute to S.M.O. AKA, the Pen That Shaped My Tongue This evening, while unwinding with friends at a gentlemen’s lounge, a curious fellow approached me with a question that left me momentarily nostalgic: “How did you develop such an impressive vocabulary?” Without hesitation, my mind journeyed back to my formative years in the beautiful…
Popular Nigerian gospel artiste, Mercy Chinwo, has released a statement via her lawyers addressing the lawsuit against her former label boss, Ezekiel ThankGod, more popularly known as Eezee Concept. In a press release posted on her Instagram page, Chinwo recounted her journey with the music producer, from starting as his background singer to becoming his…
Let me confess a moral anguish. Is it right to submit to a writer’s liberty and paint a depressing pen portrait of the torment and joy, pain and comfort, sorrow and happiness, success and failure of the many brave souls in the western Diaspora? In deciding to document the existential struggle and victory of Lammy,…
She was the last person to enter the race to replace Rishi Sunak as the Conservative & Unionist Party leader in the UK, but alas she was the last person standing. As she takes on her new role as His Majesty loyal opposition leader, eyes will be on this young Yoruba girl who grew up…
Nigerians woke up on Tuesday 28 October 2024 to another petrol price hike, the fourth within 18 months under President Bola Tinubu’s administration with the outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) increasing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol from 897 Naira to 1,025 Naira (1,600 Naira=1$USD). Before the…
Those who created the T-Pain label for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must be grinning from ear-to-ear for the phenomenal success they have recorded! Not that they said anything new or that Nigerians were not familiar with the phenomenon they graphically painted but because the Tinubu government allowed it to get under its skin. When you…
One of the notable figures on the list of Presidential Bola Tinubu’s first cabinet shake-up on October 23 is Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, widow of ex-Biafran leader Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and daughter of former governor of Anambra State Christian Onoh. She replaces another Anambra candidate on the cabinet, Barr Uju Kenedy-Ohaneye, who served as Women Affairs Minister….
There is too much tension in the world: too much bloodletting and too much pain and suffering. The innocent are being killed in their hundreds of thousands while the world shrugs its shoulders unconcerned and moves on. The world has never been closer to the precipice than it is now in the present clime. The…
Gospel music star, Buchi wasted no time in leading the house in heavenly praise, with his proficient vocals, and powerful stage presence at the ongoing Abundant Life Gospel Church 40th Anniversary last night in Lagos. The popular and talented singer knows how to work an audience, and he easily proved just that as he led…
By now, you have probably seen Seyi, the president’s son, at presidential meetings and functions where he, ideally, has no business. Remember, his father had to ban him from attending the weekly meetings of the Federal Executive Council, saying his access was “undue.” Undeterred, Seyi still showed up at the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Kudirat…
