Boko Haram kills over 150, injures 164 in Abuja
AFTER a long while, suicide bombers made yesterday a bloody return to Abuja, striking in a packed motor park on the outskirts of the city. The insurgent group, Boko Haram, is suspected to have carried...
View ArticleDOUBLE TRAGEDY 40-yr-old woman dies after husband was allegedly shot dead by...
TRAGEDY shattered a jolly evening when blood mixed with a feast on Lagos Island on Saturday, March 29, 2014. The feast was to celebrate the arrival of a baby by a couple living at No 168, Adeniji Adele...
View ArticleThe redefinition of Gbemi Saraki
Senator Gbemi Saraki, the beautiful daughter of the late godfather of Kwara politics, Senator Olushola Saraki, is presently enjoying a new status in Kwara politics. At the recent state PDP congress,...
View ArticleGabriel Igbinedion serenades wife at 62
The Esama of Benin Kingdom, Sir Gabriel Igbinedion, is said to have shelled out multi-million naira for a new Bently Continental GT convertible 2013 series for his wife, Lady Cherry Igbinedion, as her...
View ArticleThe other side of Waheed Sonibare
Making men look trendy is his profession. But Waheed Sonibare, the brains behind the much-talked about Twice As Nice in Nigeria has proved that he is truly an embodiment of what he does for a living....
View ArticleOmosede Igbinedion steps out with son, Prince Akenzua
Omosede Igbinedion is enjoying a new lease of life at the moment. Though she is still single, but eligible suitors continue to swarm around her like butterflies over pollen nectar. Lest you think that...
View ArticleA British ‘airways’ to The Langham
RECENTLY, I happened to experience the romance between the British Airways (BA) and The Langham, London, a royalty that is one of the world’s best hotels. And as they say, birds of a feather flock...
View ArticleRasaq Okoya stages high- octane Nikkai for daughter
Alhaji Rasaq Akanni Okoya, the billionaire mogul, brought together the creme de la creme of Lagos and Oyo high society at his Oluwanisola esttate, Ajah, Lagos, last week Sunday when he staged a...
View ArticleSenator Ifeanyi Ararume over the moon
Senator Ifeanyi Ararume is presently over the moon. Yes, he is now a grandfather, as her daughter, Amaka Benson, who is married to Yomi Benson, the son of late Chief T. O. S Benson, recently gave birth...
View ArticlePresident’s primary school in a state of disrepair
Many pupils sit on bare floor Walk 280-metre distance to answer call of nature Flood disaster affected the school —SUBEB scribe THE sun shone with a certain kind of venom that morning. Not minding the...
View ArticleAngst over death of 26-yr-old expectant mother
TWO months after her wedding, Folasade Ogunbiyi’s hope of savouring enduring marital bliss and safe motherhood assumed a fatal twist on March 16, 2014 when she died shortly after a controversial...
View ArticleKojo Williams hits golden age and five
Clocking 55 may not be something to fret about after all; it probably feels like an ecstacy, which can only be experienced when you turn 55. Kojo Williams, the scion of the Williams dynasty and former...
View ArticleDebbie Ogunjobi in fresh marital bliss
Leading female clothier and owner of Everywoman boutique, Debbie Ogunjobi, has not quite changed from the low-cut wearing, enterprising woman that thrust her into national prominence. But after going...
View Article‘I live a double life — angel by day, hustler by night!’ (6)
AFTER a slight delay, our flight to Dubai eventually took off. Some time later during the flight, I brought out a magazine from my handbag and was going through it when a guy came up to my seat. “Can I...
View ArticleJani Ibrahim treads unfamiliar path
Former Managing Director of the defunct Nigeria Airways, Jani Ibrahim, is said to be warming up for the governorship race in Kwara State. He is said to have mentioned the idea to quite a number of his...
View ArticlePolice, do something about this strange man
I AM from Obehie in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. There is a man in this area who appears like a mad man. But something in me is telling me that the man is not mad. He always...
View ArticleWe need physical, intellectual development
THIS is to appeal to Hon. Dr. Shehu Idris Barde, who is representing Lokoja II Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, to give us dividends of democracy in Kupa North, Kupa South, Kakanda,...
View ArticleAdenuga’s son emerges from father’s shadow
Train a child the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This biblical injunction must be holding true for Jide Adenuga, the first son of the Chairman of Globacom, Mike...
View ArticleHon. Adejare buries dad
It is no longer news that House of Representatives member, Hon. Samuel Adejare, was bereaved recently with the death of his father, Pa Amos Olugbade Adejare, the Aremo Oba Apondele of Ode Remo, Ogun...
View ArticleOtedola’s daughter rides high as DJ
Probably in recognition of her reputation as a hardworking lady, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, was recently honoured by the Federal Ministry of Tourism with an appointment as the...
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