Portable recalls prison experience after arrest for assaulting Ogun govt officials

Nigerian street hop singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has recounted his prison experience after his arrest for assaulting Ogun State government officials. Recall that the Ogun State Police Command officially declared Portable wanted for an alleged attack on officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development while carrying out…

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99% of stories about women abroad who divorced their ‘innocent’ husbands are false – Canada-based Nigerian woman says

A Canada-based Nigerian woman, Nkechi Bianze, has said that 99% of stories about women divorcing their husbands after being brought abroad, are false.     Over the years, there have been stories about Nigerian women reporting their husbands to the police, using legal loopholes to have them ejected from their homes and taking over properties. …

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Small-Small, Begi-Begi, Chop-Chop & Other Words Nigerians Repeat for Emphasis

Someone recently said Nigerians like to overemphasise a point through words, and we agree. For instance, where other people say “please”, “excuse me” or “sorry”, Nigerians will say “sorry, please excuse me”. Heard this before? We know! Beyond merging words together, another way to drive home points, as Nigerians, is to repeat words. It is…

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