•Aliko Dangote Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he did not rely on inherited wealth to build his business empire, insisting that everything he owns today was built from scratch. In an interview originally uploaded by Bloomberg on January 8, 2020, which resurfaced online today, the billionaire industrialist reflected on his family ...
•Tinubu and Nigeria’s Super Falcons The cash price splashed on Nigeria’s women national football team, the Super Falcons, is enough to take care of the monthly wage bill of about 16,000 doctors, 66,000 teachers and over 78,000 lowest ranked officers of the Police Force, checks have shown. Following their triumph at the just-concluded 2024 WAFC...
•Oba Ghandi Olaoye The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, has detailed in a trending video on social media the new requirements for acquiring chieftaincy titles in the ancient town. Dispelling notions of monetary bribes, the monarch emphasised that aspiring chiefs would instead be tasked with significant community development projects, repor...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been driving democracy backward as the system has been in recession since he took over two years ago. He said this yesterday in a statement titled ‘Democracy in Decline: Reflecting on Two […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has raised an alarm that some individuals are impersonating it, demanding money from investors. A statement yesterday by the NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, stated that the individuals solicited fees for meetings with the NNPC board of directors, executives, and management staff, saying the actio...
•Late Timilehin and her father, Femi Opesusi Femi Opesusi, the father of the late Timilehin Opesusi, the 19-year-old who died after ingesting rodent poison following a low score of 146 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), tells our correspondent how his daughter’s death has left the family heartbroken. He recounts the...
•Asake A viral video featuring a man, Fatai Odunsi, who claims to be the father of popular artiste, Asake, has stirred controversy on social media since the early hours of yesterday, Friday, March 14. In the video, Odunsi claimed he had not seen Asake since 2022, when his health began to deteriorate, and he now […]
•Portable Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has pledged to turn a new leaf following his release on bail. The Zazu crooner was granted a N2 million bail by an Ogun State Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday after pleading not guilty to a five-count charge, including conspiracy, assault, poss...
•Tinunu jets out Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria is rich enough to fund the frequent foreign trips embarked upon by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since assumption of office. Tinubu’s trips abroad had come under public scrutiny on the back of the economic hardship in the country with residents raising concerns over [&h...
•Prince Ladigbolu and Oba Owoade One of the contenders for the Alaafin of Oyo throne, Prince Ayobami Ladigbolu, has recounted his experiences during the contest for the crown. In a statement published on Facebook yesterday, the prince congratulated the new Alaafin, Oba Abimbola Owoade, describing his emergence as divinely ordained. Reflecting ...

