Writers can kill. The creative writer plays God by creating people on paper and destroying lives at will with an ordinary pencil or pen or a computer. The power of the written word hit me most through my late uncle,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated Richard Mofe-Damijo, a veteran actor, who recently turned 60 on Tuesday. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement. President Buhari, he said, joins…
Traffic Snarl: Lagos on lockdown, motorists, commuters cry, as ‘area boys’ take over (Vanguard) After what will appear as a temporary respite, traffic gridlock has once again reappeared on most Lagos roads, leaving residents, especially commuters, in untold agony as…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, bail on alleged fraud preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. Justice Obiora Egwuatu…
The family of Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, has threatened to sue the Lagos State Government and the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu,…
Synagogue Church of All Nations has said that the funeral of its later founder, Prophet Temitope Joshua, popularly called T.B. Joshua, would continue despite the fire incident in the church on Monday. The PUNCH had reported that fire gutted a…
Two months after their May 11 meeting in Delta State tagged the ‘Asaba Accord’, the Southern Governors Forum, yesterday, met in Lagos State where it declared that Nigeria’s next president should be from the southern part of the country. Other…
Hapoel Jerusalem goalkeeper Adebayo Adeleye will in the coming days embark on a pre-season tour of Poland and Lithuania with his Israeli club. The tour, which is expected to serve as part of the club’s preparation for the coming season,…
Yesterday I announced that I would unveal my thoughts regarding the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. Several people reached out, advising me to be neutral and steer clear of political discourse. They meant well for a young female writer with a…
Family meets over slain sales girl at Lagos rally (Guardian) As controversy rages over the actual age of Jumoke Oyeleke, the lady allegedly killed by police’s stray bullet in Ojota during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, July…
