A former National Chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, is dead. Family sources said Ogbulafor died on Thursday in Canada at the age of 73. He was said to have died from an undisclosed…
Dissecting Buhari’s Owerri Sermon —- Isidore Emeka Uzoatu
President Muhammadu Buhari never fails to blow his trumpet occasionally. The more so when those he assigned the job forget. More like the storied lizard off the dizzying height of a tall tree. He had cause to do so again…
*Commercial activities grounded as cultists engage in supremacy battle (Vanguard)*Sanwo-Olu opens Badagry Int’l Slave Market Museum (Nation)
Commercial activities grounded as cultists engage in supremacy battle (Vanguard) Commercial and social activities on Thursday, August 25 were grounded in Ijanikin/Otto communities as cultists within both communities engage in a fierce supremacy battle. The crisis started last week when…
*Commuters groan, businesses shut as Sango-Ota road collapses (Punch)*How I graduated with first class despite writing SSCE twice, JAMB thrice (DailyTrust)
Commuters groan, businesses shut as Sango-Ota road collapses (Punch) The deplorable condition of the Sango-Ota end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State, has continued to compound the woes of residents and business owners in the area. Our correspondent, who visited…
*Great-grandma collapses, dies while climbing Lagos bridge (Punch)*Blackout in Lagos as electricity workers begin strike (Guardian)
Great-grandma collapses, dies while climbing Lagos bridge (Punch) There was confusion on Monday at the Berger area of Lagos State after a yet-to-be-identified great-grandmother slumped while climbing a pedestrian bridge. PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman, believed to be in…
Tinubu to meet Obasanjo over presidential bid today
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, is billed to meet former President Olusegun Obasanjo today in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Daily Trust reports. The meeting is part of his ongoing consultation and fence-mending process to actualise his…
How rising diesel price’ll affect fish farmers – Obasanjo
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said the skyrocketing price of diesel will make fish farmers stumble into bankruptcy. Obasanjo decried that the state of the Nigerian economy was affecting the aquaculture sector, adding that fish farmers may ‘sink’. Obasanjo said…
New Olowu meets Obasanjo, begins traditional rites
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, received the newly selected Olowu of Owu kingdom, Prof. Saka Matemilola, at his old residence in Ita-Iyalode, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Obasanjo, the Balogun of Owu kingdom, assured the monarch of his support and…
Nigerian politicians and 2023 primary elections hangovers — Magnus Onyibe
If the hangovers were the type that one feels after a revelry, or binge with friends after which one is reluctant to go back to work the next day, it would not have mattered much. That is because, excessive alcoholic…
*Do you know you can spend 2 years in prison for being unfaithful to your partner? (DailyTrust)*LASBCA seals site of collapsed three-storey building in Lagos (Channels)
Do you know you can spend 2 years in prison for being unfaithful to your partner? (DailyTrust) A former Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Aliyu Giwa, has warned Nigerians to stay faithful to their partners or risk two…