I was at a social gathering some time ago and I happened to find myself in the company of some middle aged women (ages 50-55) all of them had gone to school together and had been friends from their youth…
150 feared dead in Nigeria boat mishapp
No fewer than 150 people are feared dead following a boat mishap in Niger State. The tragedy occurred at the Gbajibo community of the Mokwa Local Government Area around 8:30 p.m. on Monday. The boat, reportedly carrying about 300 passengers,…
At least 9 killed, 50 injured as wind gust brings down stage at Mexican campaign rally
Powerful winds brought down a stage at a presidential election campaign rally in northwestern Mexico killing nine people, including a child, and injuring dozens. At least 50 people were hurt and emergency workers were still on the scene in the…
Tinubu mourns victims of Ogun gas explosion
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday sympathised with victims of the recent gas explosion at Ita-Oshin, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. “The President also sympathises with the Ogun State Government and residents of the state over this tragedy,”…
Gospel or gossip; depends on who’s preaching it
Two videos got me wondering; one was a drama that took place in a Redeemed Christian church where a pastor, while on the altar preaching, was called out as a fraud by the woman he got pregnant and ran off…
Father dies trying to rescue son from well in Kwara
A 49-year-old man, Fasasi Azeez, in Offa local government area of Kwara State, has died in a desperate attempt to rescue his son, Kaleed, who mistakenly fell into a deep well. Vanguard Correspondent reliably gathered that the son, Kaleed, was…
Wigwe: US releases photos of crash site
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the photos of the location where the helicopter carrying Access Holdings Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe crashed. Wigwe, his wife, Doreen; their son, Chizi Wigwe; and former Nigerian Exchange Group…
Valentine love song — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Some diabolical male chauvinists out there are making bad noises that because this year’s Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday women should not be romanced. These evil men go further in their crazy desecration of womanhood by pointing out that…
2 storey building collapses in Lagos, kills octogenarian
Tragedy struck on Thursday morning when a woman said to be in her 80s, died during a partial collapse of a two-storey building located at number 34 Oloto Street, Borno Way, off Freeman Street, Oyingbo, Lagos Mainland Local Government Area…
7 Things you did not know about master artist and poet, Uche Okeke
The tragedy of ancient black civilisation was the fact that so few of what the ancients knew was written down and whatever is not written down is difficult to transmit from generation to generation and so knowledge ends up being…