Suspected herdsmen have k!lled a man identified as Jonah Acheme, in Oiji community, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the victim was attacked by the marauding herders while traveling home from Igah Ologbeche, a nearby village on Saturday, April 12, 2025. According to reports, the incident…
Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist Femi Otedola has mourned the death of Nigerian football legend Christian Chukwu, describing his passing as a “rude shock” and reflecting on the football icon’s legacy as a patriot and unifier through sport. Chukwu, a former Super Eagles captain and coach, died on Saturday at 74, prompting tributes across Nigeria’s sporting…
Late Charles Bassey. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it is ‘deeply saddened’ by the death on Saturday of another member of the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning Green Eagles squad, Charles Bassey. He was 71. A statement by the NFF Communications Department, said, Bassey died after protracted illness in his native town of Eket,…
A Sweden-based East African woman, Maureen Bahema, has advised married women to play the role of a humble maid to their husbands. Bahema who calls herself a ‘submissive provider’ reminded women that many maids have used the ‘spirit of humility’ to snatch their madam’s husbands. “Be the QUEEN you want to be but…
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has used biting satire to respond to the recent ban on musician Eedris Abdulkareem’s song. In a statement dripping with irony, Mr Soyinka ‘praised’ the government’s “progressive move” in banning the song but argued that it didn’t go far enough. He humorously suggested that the musician should be proscribed and that…
