Media personality, Toke Makinwa has strongly condemned the age-old custom of using tribal marks for identification, labelling it as a form of cruelty towards children without their consent. Makinwa made this known in a series of posts via her X account. The media personality recalled her recent meeting with an influencer who had tribal marks,…
The end to the quest for justice for late Nigerian musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad, may not be over, following his family’s rejection of the declaration of the toxicology test results as inconclusive by the pathologist. Therefore, the family has demanded that a re-examination be conducted with the utmost transparency and adherence to the…
Ace Nigerian rapper and songwriter Eedris Abdulkareem has released a song titled “Emilokan” to speak truth to power, addressing President Tinubu, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and other notable figures on the current economic hardship in the country. The “Nigeria Jagajaga” coroner accused Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG),…
Babatunde Fashola, a former minister of works and housing, has said that the national assembly may have unconstitutionally legislated on salaries instead of minimum wage. In an article entitled ‘Minimum Wage Review – My Takeaway’, Fashola said what the constitution provides for to be legislated on in the exclusive-legislative list is the country’s minimum wage….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a visit to Oluremi Tinubu, the first lady, on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Obasanjo visited the first lady in Lagos on Monday. Busola Kukoyi, media aide to the first lady, shared the picture of Oluremi and Obasanjo in a post published on X. “Former President of the…
Former Nigerian goalkeeper Idah Peterside has said that Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen should be banned from the national team if he fails to apologise to embattled coach Finidi Goege for his outburst on social media on Friday. In a viral video on X (formerly Twitter), Peterside criticized Osimhen’s behavior, deeming it disrespectful and unacceptable. “I…
I really do not think that Osimhen should be shut up. Perhaps he should have toned down his protest, given that Finidi is his elder and senior in the profession, but he has a right to defend himself against the attempt by Finidi to put the blame of the Super Eagles looming failure to make…
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has spoken about his preference for the democratic system of government over military rule. The monarch stated that if it were to be under military rule, he would have been killed or imprisoned without being tried in court. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Kano, Sanusi said…
Former US President, Donald Trump, has pledged to undertake the “largest deportation effort in the history of our country” if he secures reelection in November, declaring, “We have no choice.” Trump sharply criticized President Biden’s administration for allowing what he described as thousands of radical terrorists to infiltrate the US. During his address at the…
The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore has sent a message to a former director general of the Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. It will be recalled that Okupe had earlier stated that President Bola Tinubu was the best presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. His…
