A troubling trend is unfolding in Lagos State. In the aftermath of the recent local government elections, some newly elected officials have embarked on a reckless spree of renaming streets—particularly those bearing Igbo names or named after prominent non-indigenes. This is not coincidental; it is a calculated political maneuver rooted in resentment, identity politics, and…
Rasheedat Busayo Ajibade, born on December 8, 1999, in Lagos, Nigeria, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Madrid in Spain and the Nigerian women’s national team, the Super Falcons. She’s popularly known as “Rash” or “The Girl with the Blue Hair” because of her signature bright blue hairstyle, which she…
Zack Orji, a globally respected veteran Nollywood actor, film maker and media consultant has poured heartfelt encomiums on President Bola Tinubu for his Inclusive legacy Infrastructural development projects across Nigeria with special attention to the eastern region. The naturally blunt-talking actor of first-choice rating expresses his deep impression about the Tinubu administration in what could…
Born on September 14, 1958, in Otu, Oyo State, Margaret Bandele Olayinka grew up in southwestern Nigeria. Her parents came from different parts of Oyo, with her mother hailing from Iseyin and her father working as a trader in Ibadan. She was the only child of her mother in a polygamous home, a factor that…
Veteran entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has entered the ongoing debate about the true ownership of Lagos State. According to the Area Fada, Lagos does not belong to any single tribe in Nigeria. Instead, he describes the city as a melting pot of cultures, much like New York City in…
New evidence shows how JAS’ Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.The Shiroro cell of a Boko Haram faction in Niger State, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja, is the group’s furthest and most successful expansion outside the Lake Chad Basin. Until now, information about the cell of the Jama’atu Ahlis…
“It is herculean to fight corruption in a society where almost everyone is corrupt or where corrupt people are openly honoured and received with fanfare at home or where no one bothers about any corrupt practice by a kinsman”. Seventy-three (73) years ago, the Northern House of Chiefs made history when it passed a motion…
Those suspended include 25 commissioners, 14 senior special assistants, 24 special assistants, and 22 permanent secretaries. Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has suspended 87 government officials for failing to attend an official function. Those suspended include commissioners, senior special assistants, special assistants, and permanent secretaries. The governor, in a statement on Monday night signed…
Florence Okosun, wife of the late Nigerian music icon Sonny Okosun, has spoken about what happened in her husband’s last few hours before he passed away in 2008. Sonny was known across Nigeria and Africa for using music to speak against injustice, promote peace, and inspire hope. He died in a hospital in the United…
The interim National Secretary of the Action Democratic Congress, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has met with former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola to woo him to the party. Aregbesola succeeded Oyinlola as Osun governor on November 27, 2010, after almost three and a half years of litigation bordering on the 2007 gubernatorial poll. The ADC scribe…
