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Music, cults, sex, and drugs

Opinion

Music, cults, sex, and drugs

Today, the values and innocence of old have volatilised. All gone. Nudity, drugs, and violence are the very enhancing contents…
Lagos speaks on controversial imposition of N8,100 tax levy in schools

Headlines, News

Sanwo-Olu appoints Akiolu’s son, Muri-Okunola’s brother into juicy positions

Prince Akiolu is the son of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, while RMO is the younger brother of the…
Fani-Kayode attacks Obasanjo

Metro, Top Stories

Angry Fani-Kayode attacks Obasanjo for ordering Yoruba Obas to stand, sit like children 

Obasanjo had during the commissioning of projects in Oyo State ordered Obas to stand up and greet the governor and…
Otti mourns U.S.-based Nigerian doctor on Abia free medical mission

Metro

Otti visits family of beheaded LP chieftain, vows to bring culprits to book

Zackery, two days ago was killed by gunmen, who beheaded him and ran away. The gruesome murder has been condemned…
Sanwo-Olu vows to descend hammer on Lagosians dumping refuse in drainages

Headlines, News

Sanwo-Olu vows to descend hammer on Lagosians dumping refuse in drainages

Sanwo-Olu said part of the takeaway from the retreat is zero tolerance for violation of laws, saying all cabinet members…
Court grants NGO’s plea for I-G to re-investigate Mohbad’s death

Metro, Top Stories

Lagos Police constitute special investigation team to probe Mohbad’s death

To this end, Hundeyin said the Commissioner of Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team within the Homicide Section of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu pours encomiums on one of his predecessors, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 88th birthday tribute

News, Top Stories

Big lie! I didn’t meet Tinubu at Alake’s birthday – Obasanjo

A video clip on a TikTok social media platform with "@asiwajuwoldwidef" as profile name of the account was posted to…
Lagos announces date for full re-opening of Third Mainland Bridge

Metro, Top Stories

Lagos postpones planned closure of Third Mainland Bridge indefinitely

The government had planned closure of the bridge for two Sundays for palliative works to be carried out on the…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka reacts to President Tinubu's national broadcast on the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests

Politics, Top Stories

Why Peter Obi, Atiku lost 2023 presidential election – Soyinka

According to Soyinka, the ballot tally accurately reflected what happened "when a politi-cal party splits itself in two, especially so…
Yahoo Boy Odeh who lodges N6m fraud proceeds in FCMB jailed

Metro

Yahoo Boy Odeh who lodges N6m fraud proceeds in FCMB jailed

Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, heard how Odeh lodged the money in his FCMB account…
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

Metro

Kano Gov. Yusuf sacks commissioner, adviser for threatening to kill judges

The two officials had in a viral video disparaged Vice President Kashim Shettima and threatened to kill judges of the…
Experts laud CBN over planned recapitalisation of banks

Opinion

Cleaning the Augean Stable of CBN: An Imperative for Socio-Economic Advancement

We unequivocally call on all anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on the operations of the Central Bank and its…
Saidu Ahmed Alkali speaking with newsmen

Metro

$2 billion Kano-Niger international rail project ready 2025 – Minister

The Kano-Niger international rail project, expected to boost economic activities between Nigeria and Niger Republic, started from Dawaunu, Kano and…
Babatunde

Metro

Crooked Aondona jailed for swindling foreigners $2,000 impersonating American model 

In February 2022, the convict used the identity of one Caitlyn Anderson, an America social media model and created a…
Sanwo-Olu mourns death of Olusi's wife

News

Cabinet: Sanwo-Olu redeploys two special advisers

Governor Sanwo-Olu also redeployed Engr. Abiola Olowu from the Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment to the Ministry of…
Cardoso

News, Top Stories

Who is Yemi Cardoso, new CBN Governor? 11 Quick facts about him

Who is Cardoso? Not many Nigerians, especially the younger generation know who Cardoso is. Here are some facts about him.
Tunji-Ojo says President Tinubu approves employment of 50 medical doctors and 100 nurses across the nation’s correctional centres’ hospitals

Opinion

Tunji-Ojo and his impact so far

With my personal experience as a Nigerian applying for a passport, I don't wish even my worst foe to have…
Nigeria's inflation jumps to 25.80%

Business, Top Stories

Nigeria’s inflation jumps to 25.80% in July

According to the report, in August 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 25.80% relative to the July 2023 headline…
Fuel subsidy removal: Experts proffer solutions to help businesses recover

News

Fuel subsidy removal: Experts proffer solutions to help businesses recover

Presenting his paper, former Commissioner of Finance in Lagos State, Dr. Abiodun Mustapha Akinkunmi, gave an overview of the current…
Police dock impeached chairman of of Ijebu East LG of Ogun State, Wale Adedayo before a Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, the state capital.

Politics

Embattled Ogun council boss Wale Adedayo impeached

He was allegedly impeached over allegations of financial misappropriation and diversion of council funds.
President Tinubu commends EFCC, unfolds more robust agenda

News, Top Stories

I am not a president that will give excuses – Tinubu

The president spoke when he received high-powered 62-man delegation, comprising of leaders from both the governing All Progressives' Congress (APC)…
15 Internet fraudsters jailed in Edo, forfeit five exotic cars

Metro

15 Internet fraudsters jailed in Edo, forfeit five exotic cars

The convicts were arraigned on separate one count charges of fraudulent representation and unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the…
Oyo governor Makinde declares for 2027 presidency

Metro

Oyo Govt. to demolish illegal properties in Akanran

Akin-Funmilayo hinted that it has been observed that a lot of people in the state had encroached on government's land,…
Lagos takes campaign against domestic violence to Tejuoso Market

Metro

Lagos takes campaign against domestic violence to Tejuoso Market

Vivour-Adeniyi said it was a collective responsibility to ensure that women are not held back in any way, be it…
Gunmen kill three, abduct yet- to- be ascertained number of persons in simultaneous attacks on two communities in MopAmuro LG of Kogi State

Metro

How LP Campaign Director Zachery was beheaded by gunmen – Police

Zachery, who was the 2023 Campaign Director of the Labour Party in Abia was beheaded by his assailants numbering about…
Fasawe says her achievement in Lagos earns her Abuja job

News

What facilitated my appointment as Mandate Secretary for Health, Environment – Fasawe

"This is a new dawn for me and would bring the learnings and stewardship I have acquired over 19 years…
How Soyinka nailed Peter Obi over 2023 presidential poll

News, Top Stories

How Soyinka nailed Peter Obi over 2023 presidential poll (Video)

"It achieved something remarkable that it broke that mode, however, they did not win the election, in addition, my own…
power station

News, Top Stories

Real reason the National Grid collapsed again

Data from Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) showed that power generation fell to zero in the early hours of today.…
Court grants NGO’s plea for I-G to re-investigate Mohbad’s death

Entertainment

Mohbad had accused girlfriend of attempting to kill him in leaked audio conversation

In the conversation with his girlfriend before he died, the singer was heard accusing his girlfriend of attempting to kill…
Adeleke directs security agencies to launch special operations over killings in Ijeshaland

Metro

Adeleke directs security agencies to launch special operations over killings in Ijeshaland

Reacting to spate of violence and attacks in parts of the Eastern senatorial district, Adeleke described the development as "shocking…