Diamond Celebrities

The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said the north has a way of “giving you the crown and holding the sceptre.” Speaking in an interview with THISDAY, the former vice presidential candidate said anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the north. “The way our country is constituted […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has regretted the detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC, the monarch said the agitator rejected advice offered him by monarchs sent to dialogue with him. Ooni narrated that he met President Buhari over Sunday Igboho. During […]

Nigerian musician. Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti, popularly known as Seun Kuti, has stated for people to connect to God who is the most high, you have to be high.  The youngest son of the famous Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, revealed this on his Instagram page, stating that he wants to be high so that he can […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday, October 25, 2021, leave for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. Presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday. He said the president would be joined at the 5th edition of the flagship investment event […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which was traced to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to always embrace dialogue in the quest to better education in the country. Buhari made the plea while delivering his address during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Ilorin on Saturday. The President, who was represented by […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to unveil the e-Naira on Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Saturday. The digital currency had been earmarked for public presentation on October 1 but the CBN shelved the plans citing key activities lined up for Independence Day. But it is now expected to be activated on Monday, […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the current rental model in which people pay yearly rent in advance to property owners has become inadequate to address contemporary realities in the housing sector, especially in cities where demand for property is high and expensive. The governor advocated a monthly rental system, which […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared a one week sit-at-home protest across the South-East states starting from November 5, the eve of the governorship election in Anambra State. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Saturday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, said the protest was aimed at prevailing on […]

American actor, Alec Baldwin, accidentally killed the cinematographer on a movie set, on Friday. According to a production spokesperson, the actor accidentally shot the cinematographer with a prop gun which led to her death. A director of the movie was also said to have sustained injury in the incident. The spokesperson said, “There was an […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission has alerted millions of Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk, and extremely damaging, Malware called Flubot. The commission warns that the virus steals banking details from devices. This was contained in a press statement by the commission titled, ‘NCC alerts telecom consumers on Flubot Malware… Lists measures to […]

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie, has been trending on social media since yesterday, after she accused her daughter’s teacher of bullying. In a lengthy Instagram post on Friday morning, the actress said her child has been receiving a certain kind of treatment from a place of hatred. She said she could withstand any form of […]

A 23-year-old mother of three, Miss Mercy Okon who sold her 3-month-old baby for 150,000 naira has revealed that she needed the money to pay her house rent and offset other bills. She told Vanguard that it was out of poverty and desperation that she did what she did in a bid to help herself. […]