Why I featured Davido on new song — Tanzanian singer, Dayna Nyange
A Tanzanian singer and songwriter, Dayna Nyange, has said she decided to feature Davido on her new song, ‘Elo’, because she loved his style of music and the energy he infuses into all he does. Nyange,...
View ArticleWhy I declined offer to act porn –Maheeda
A former gospel singer-turned-nudist, Caroline Sam, aka Maheeda, is one lady who has no qualms with posting raunchy and nude pictures of herself on social media. Though many may think that she would...
View ArticlePeople asking why I’m not pregnant silly – Anita Joseph
Actress, Anita Joseph, says she has become more beautiful since she got married. In an interview with Saturday Beats, she said, “Ever since I got married, I have become more beautiful and glow...
View ArticleThough driving in Lagos traffic demanding, we reserve strength for ‘other...
Janet Ogundepo writes about the diverse marital duties of female drivers of minibuses in Lagos State working hard to support their homes A mini bus driver, Mrs Remilekun Adeyemi, had just returned from...
View ArticleAnxiety as violence lingers in South-East
The incessant violence in the South-East has continued to make residents panic. In Anambra and Ebonyi states, some of the residents who spoke with Saturday PUNCH expressed fear over the development....
View ArticleEl-Rufai: NLC petitions Buhari, threatens to resume strike over persecution
The Nigeria Labour Congress may reactivate the strike which it earlier suspended in Kaduna State over the sacking of workers by Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The NLC expressed regret that after signing a...
View ArticleNDDC: Ex-militants threaten mass protests, give 14-day ultimatum
A coalition of freedom fighters in Akwa Ibom State under the auspices of the Unyekisong Akwa Ibom has threatened to embark on mass protests across the country if a substantive board of the Niger Delta...
View ArticleSanusi visits Olubadan, begins security, peace meetings
The Khalifa of Tijaniyya Movement in Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, on Friday visited the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as part of his visit to leaders of the Islamic movement in the country....
View Article2023: Muslims, Christians must unite, vote out bad leaders, says Tofa
A former candidate of the National Republican Convention in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Bashir Tofa, on Friday, called on Nigerians to vote out bad leaders and “elect the right people.” He...
View ArticleI watched helplessly as fire ruined my 27-year labour – Okeke, dealer at...
A section of the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market in Lagos got burnt on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Two of the affected dealers, Messrs Peter Okeke and Emmanuel Ikechukwu, tell GODFREY GEORGE about...
View ArticleI still have nightmares about 2012 Dana plane crash –Pastor whose...
On Sunday, June 3, 2012, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, belonging to Dana Airline, crashed in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos, killing all 153 passengers on board and six others on the ground. The crash...
View ArticleCourt stops National Assembly members from fixing own salaries
The Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the National Assembly Service Commission has no power to fix or determine the pay of members of the National Assembly. Rather, the court, in a judgment...
View ArticleElectoral Act: Rumbles in Senate over card reader, results’ electronic...
The plan to save the nation’s electoral process from malpractices by making card reader and electronic transmission of results compulsory during polls, is currently generating controversy in the...
View ArticleThere’s no guarantee on safety, efficacy of Ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment...
A lecturer and healthcare research scientist in the Department of Microbiology, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Elijah Kolawole tells YUSUFF MOSHOOD why inadequate evidence from clinical...
View ArticleBauchi gov behind my suspension as traditional title holder –Abdullahi, House...
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Constituency in the House of Representatives, Yakubu Abdullahi, was recently stripped of the traditional title of Wakilin Birnin Bauchi by the Bauchi Emirate Council...
View ArticleBefore South-East glides into full-blown terrorism
CONCERTED efforts are urgently required from all stakeholders in the South-East to stop the disconcerting security challenges in the region from gliding inexorably into full-blown terrorism. Every...
View ArticleBill to ban open grazing suffers setback in Senate
The attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party senator representing Oyo South, Kola Balogun, to present his bill aimed at banning open grazing in the country, on the floor of the red chamber, might have...
View ArticleMy child, 1960 first Independence Day baby, got many gifts, died nine months...
83-year-old retired caterer, Mrs Emilia Arisa, tells TOBI AWORINDE about her childhood, her experiences during Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960 and the civil war When and where were you born?...
View ArticleWF Kumuyi: Feisty @80
Years ago Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, opened a chink in the curtains of the future he anticipated for himself. Preaching to a large...
View ArticleI’m angry hoodlums killed my husband in Rivers police station attack –Widow...
Mrs Joy Bassey, a 38-year-old seamstress, is the widow of Inspector Paulinus Bassey, one of three policemen killed by gunmen who attacked Elimgbu Police Station in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area...
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