Lomé, the capital city of Togo, will be hosting the 9th Pan-African Congress in the coming months. This highly significant event for the African world and Afro-descendants, which is part of the implementation of the 2021-2031 Agenda of the African Union’s Decade of African Roots and the African Diaspora, is the fourth of its kind on the continent after the Dar-es-Salam (1974), Kampala (1994) and Johannesburg (2014) Congresses. This continental appropriation of the Pan-African Congress as an institution that periodically brings together the African community, after the first five editions…
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PUNCH Pulls Report On National Grid Collapse From Website
‘The newspaper, which earlier reported the collapse to be the 13th grid failure in 13 months gives no reason for deleting the story’ Nigeria’s top newspaper, The PUNCH, has pulled the report it earlier published on its website about a purported national power grid collapse. Platforms Africa reports that the most widely read newspaper earlier reported that the grid recorded its first major collapse for the first time in 2025 barely ten days into the new year. The collapse, according to the newspaper, has resulted in a nationwide blackout…
Read MoreEFCC Summons Okoya’s Sons Over ‘Abuse Of Naira’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has once again demonstrated its unwavering commitment to upholding the law and ensuring that no individual, regardless of their social status or affluence, is deemed untouchable. In a bold move, the EFCC has invited Subomi and Wahab, the sons of billionaire industrialist Razaq Okoya, for interrogation in connection with alleged abuse of the naira. The invitation follows a viral video that surfaced, showcasing the Okoya brothers spraying naira notes while a police officer held stacks of the currency, in clear contravention of Section…
Read More‘Not Ifa’s Choice,’ Oyo Kingmakers Dare Makinde, Reject Owoade As Alaafin
‘Null And Void, we never recommended Owoade to the state government at any time,’ full statement by the kingmakers Kingmakers in Oyo Town on Friday rejected Governor Seyi Makinde’s appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The kingmakers, in a letter signed by their legal representative, Adekunle Sobalolu, and addressed to the state governor, declared the appointment of Owoade as null and void; illegal and unlawful. Oyo State government had earlier on Friday announced Owoade as the Alaafin-elect. ‘Ha, Nnkan Nbe,’ The Story Of…
Read More‘Baawosan,’ Veteran Medical Doctor, Tuyi Mebawondu, Bags Ancient Ejirin Kingdom’s Chieftaincy Title
‘Prophet Honoured At Home,’ how Mebawondu’s healthcare to more than 100 communities in the riverine part of Epe earned him recognition in the historical town that houses the first post office in Nigeria, sang about in Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s masterpiece; ‘Boko kan o re Ejirin, egbegberun e a lo’ (If a boat refuses to go to Ejirin, thousands will go). . How the death of my pregnant niece and uncle on the lagoon while crossing to access healthcare in Epe General Hospital led to my health intervention for the…
Read MoreHow Funke Akindele, Oluboyo Emerged 2024 Highest Grossing Nollywood Writers
Nollywood Star, Funke Akindele, has emerged the second highest grossing Nollywood writer for the year 2024, along with Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola. This is for the film “Everybody Loves Jennifer” which has generated N1,125 billion at the box office. The announcement was made by filmone on its instagram page @filmoneng on Friday. Stephen Oluboyo became the first highest grossing Nollywood writer with the films: “Everybody Loves Jennifer”, “Alakada Bad and Boujee” and “Aburo” which all raked in N1.38 billion. For the third highest grossing Nollywood writers, Anthony Joseph clinched…
Read MoreDeadly Wish, By Funke Egbemode
Tinu, Tola and Rita have been friends for about 20 years. They all started small but God has been kind to them. Their marriages are still intact too. So, we can safely say that they are lucky or blessed. That is not to say they have not had seasons that looked like God was not on their side. Tinu lost two precious pregnancies. Rita lost one of two sons and Tola had to wait 10 years for a second child. As for their marriages, the storms came. Rita’s husband went…
Read More‘Ha, Nnkan Nbe,’ The Story Of The Sleuth They Called Kolawole Olawuyi
Iriri Aye, Irinkerindo to Nkan nbe! – life and times of the ‘strange but true’ mystery tales’ merchant and investigative journalist who kept listeners glued to radio in the 90s + his widely-known exposè on Reverend King—real name Chukwuemeka Ezeugo—a preacher from Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria, among others. Kóláwole Oláwuyi was an investigative journalist, broadcaster, and storyteller. Olawuyi, raised in Ibadan, Oyo State, was born to Williams Inaolaji Olawuyi and Alhaja Olawuyi. He graduated from the Department of Mass Communication at the Polytechnic of Ibadan. He was survived…
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