Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has issued a bold prophecy about a presidential aspirant in Nigeria, raising questions about the potential outcomes of the upcoming elections. His comments have already generated significant attention across political and social media platforms, fueling discussions on the aspirant’s chances. The aspirant in question is Oyo…
Recalling the tale of a federal minister who once threatened to drive the church out of its location along the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has issued a dire warning to those who resist God’s work. Adeboye said in a recent sermon that he learnt…
Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, says an unexplainable friction between the late Chief MKO Abiola, the publisher of the defunct National Concord, and late Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, and himself led to the founding of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch. Mohammed, who together with Giwa, Ekpu, and Dan Agbese founded Newswatch in 1984, said this…
Igbo Apex Group OhanaEze Nd’Igbo weekend said that no Igbo Man will contest the Presidency in 2027 against the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that the possibility of the South-East producing the President of Nigeria can only be achieved in 2035, not 2027. In a statement in Abakaliki signed by Deputy President General of…
The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has admitted guilt in a U.S. federal court over a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud case, a development that has sparked widespread reactions in both Nigeria and the United States. At a hearing on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, before Judge Christopher Boyko of the Northern District of Ohio,…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Thursday, declared that the British signed a treaty with Alaafin recognising him as the superior head of the Yoruba Nation. This followed a fresh crisis between the Alaafin and Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, after the Ooni conferred the title of Okanlomo Oodua on a businessman,…
The United States of America has contradicted Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over the state of Nigerian economy, saying that the new minimum wage of N70,000 had been undermined by the continued depreciation of the Naira. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had, on August 14, commended President Tinubu’s administration’s reforms by restoring stability…
The Spokesperson for Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Moses Olafare, has explained the reasons why the monarch will not react to the 48-hour threat by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, to reverse the title conferred on a popular Ibadan-based business mogul, Dotun Sanusi. Olafare, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, disclosed that…
A High Chief in Ìjẹ̀bú, Rasaki Adeneye has revealed that he once performed Èṣù rituals, locally known as Èṣù Adaje for prominent churches and mosques in the country. Speaking in an interview with Punch Newspapers, Adeneye explained that the traditional practice was not limited to individuals but extended to religious institutions that sought spiritual fortification…
There were reports yesterday that former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola , and members of his African Democratic Congress (ADC), were stoned in Remo North, Ogun State. This follows allegations by ADC that their canopies were removed, chairs broken, musical instruments seized, and an armoured tank stationed at a ground chosen for their rally…
