The anxiety preceding the hunger protests was palpable. The dress rehearsals on the part of officialdom were warlike. Government unleashed all manner of attack dogs to frighten off the planners of an over popularized nationwide protest wrongly captioned #EndBadGovernance. A nationwide protest without specific demands is doomed to fizzle out in futility once government disperses…
Veteran Nollywood actor, Patrick Doyle, has described his ex-wife, Ireti Doyle as a first class mother. Patrick, in a recent interview explained that he has no ill feelings toward Ireti after their divorce. The 63-year-old also addressed one of his Facebook posts that appeared to be an apology to Ireti in 2018. He said, “Ireti…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those benefiting from the lucrative business of fuel importation are going to make efforts to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Obasanjo stated this in the wake of allegations by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that some ‘mafias’ were making efforts to frustrate the $20bn…
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, has revealed that the Diaspora sponsors of End Bad Governance protesters have been placed on its watchlist. Nandap, who didn’t reveal any name, added that the watch-listed individuals would be arrested upon their arrival in the country. She disclosed this at a meeting of heads of security…
Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse, a public affairs analyst, and the Convener, Reset Lagos, has expressed his belief that the federal government’s motives behind empowering local governments are questionable and intended to benefit the president’s political agenda. He claimed that the federal government seeks to create the impression that state governments are misusing funds, while simultaneously presenting…
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)…
