The President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, who is facing terrorism charges, has urged the court to release him on bail, saying he has no criminal records. Bodejo, who is being prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Abuja, also denied any involvement in the establishment of an ethnic militia group, Kungiya Zaman…
‘The Man Died’, a memoir written by Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, is set to be released as a feature film in July. In a post via his Instagram page, Awam Amkpa, the film’s director, said ‘The Man Died’ was inspired by Soyinka’s prison memoir. During Nigeria’s Civil War in the late 1960s, Soyinka’s outspoken criticisms of the…
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has appointed his daughter, Natasha Museveni, as Governor, Central Bank of Uganda. President Museveni now has four of his immediate family members in government. Currently, Yoweri is the President; his wife is the Minister of Education. Also, Museveni’s son is the Chief of Defense and Military while his daughter has been…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made a bold move by appointing Jose Mourinho as the new manager of the Super Eagles, replacing interim head coach Finidi George who was deemed unworthy by the NFF executive. Mourinho, a well-known Portuguese manager, just landed at Lagos International Airport for the official signing of his contract and…
Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola has taken to social media to celebrate his mother Lady Doja as she clocks 92, April 3rd 2024. Taking to his verified Instagram page today, Femi Otedola pens a sweet note to his mother on her birthday. This is coming some hours after Femi Otedola made headlines as he rejoins the…
If not for being a movie reviewer, I wouldn’t have bothered going to the cinema to see ‘Ajakaju: Beast of Two Worlds’. This is due to the publicity stunt pulled by the producers to draw attention to the movie. To bring you up to speed, the producers awarded crossdresser Bobrisky as the best-dressed woman at…
The Akeredolu family has decided to re-possess Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, widow of former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu. The Emeabiam Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State has decided to hand over their daughter, who is late Aketi’s widow to his younger brother, Wole Akeredolu. It will be recalled that Aketi,…
Former Nigerian footballer Dr. Segun Patrick Odegbami has recently lost his son. Odegbami shared the sad news via his social media pages on Tuesday saying his son left exactly five minutes after the birth of Good Friday. In a tribute written by Odegbami, the former soccer star said he was out of the country when…
A few days before the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, the elders of the party, also known as Ondo APC Aborigines, have agreed to support the state governor, Mr Lucky Aiywdatiwa, to be the candidate of the party. The elders, who decided at their meeting held in Akure the state…
President Bola Tinubu and other African leaders witnessed the swearing-in of Bassirou Faye as Senegal’s fifth president. Faye was sworn in on Tuesday at an exhibition centre in Diamniadio near Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The inauguration ceremony was attended by many African leaders, including Nana Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana and Sierra Leone’s President, Julius…
