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Popular Nollywood actress Doris Ogala has left many stunned with her confession and revelation about clergyman, Pastor Chris Okafor. While attending a church event, she revealed that she was the epitome of stubbornness as a child. Doris disclosed that she once slept with 2 dead bodies and jumped from the roof to the bush, yet is still alive. “I am the definition of stubborn. I have jumped from the roof to the bush, and God kept me alive. I have slept with two dead bodies inside the room, and I could be killed the next day. But God said, “It’s not…

A lawyer and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has urged Nigerians to join the African Democratic Congress, ADC, saying the party offers a platform to rescue the country from its pressing challenges. Okonkwo said he aligned with the party because of its constitutional commitment to the welfare of Nigerians. In a video on his X page, the veteran Nollywood actor said: “I joined this great party because the constitution of our great party says we are in pursuit of the welfare of the nation and our people.” The former spokesman of the Labour Party presidential campaign said the country has suffered significantly…

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Shittu Isiaka, to d3ath by hanging for armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Justice O. M. Adejumo delivered the judgment after finding the defendant guilty on two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. However, the court discharged and acquitted him on the third count bordering on endangering life or health, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove the allegation beyond reasonable doubt. Isiaka was first arraigned before the court on November 26, 2018, on a three-count charge…

Controversial Nigerian pastor Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, has made a bold declaration about the separation of Nigeria The cleric, in a now viral video was seen expressing his frustration over the persistent challenges ailing the country. He spoke about problems like unemployment, insecurity, poor infrastructure, and unreliable electricity, stating that separation should be considered. “If you people cannot handle the country as they call one Nigeria, separate the country. Let’s separate this one Nigeria. Because I did not see anything coming out on it. The only thing that come out in one Nigeria is a personal achievement from…

Special relationship in tatters after President Trump tells Starmer ‘we don’t need your aircraft carriers for war we’ve already won’ in explosive broadside Donald Trump last night told Sir Keir Starmer he does not need the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers in a new blow to the so-called Special Relationship. In an explosive broadside, the president warned the US will ‘remember’ the lack of support from ‘our once great ally’ and suggested the Prime Minister was attempting to join a war after it had already been won. He posted on his Truth Social platform: ‘The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally,…

I barely know Daniel Bwala. He came to the forefront of national media attention in 2022 because of his impassioned opposition to the choice of Kashim Shettima as Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s running mate. But beyond his public break from the APC, he came across to me as a voluble, ignorant and opportunistic careerist, not because of his stance on Tinubu’s choice of a Muslim running mate, but because of what struck me as his facileness and self-seeking obsessions. His dramatic volte-face from being a virulent Tinubu critic to a fawning, vicious Tinubu battering ram has proven that my hunch about…

Former Super Eagles coach is dead. The Publisher Nigeria reports that a former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde is dead. He died at the age of 88. The family of the former Super Eagles coach confirmed his passing on Monday through a WhatsApp broadcast message signed by Bolade Adesuyi, a member of the family. The broadcast message read, “With great gratitude to God for a life well spent, we announce the passing of this great man, a Modakeke High Chief, the first indigenous Nigerian Super Eagles football coach, father, husband, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, High Chief Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, who passed unto the great…

Dangote Refinery has increased diesel and petrol prices again. The Publisher Nigeria reports that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again increased the price of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, marking the third upward adjustment within a week. This newspaper understands that Dangote Refinery announced the price hike to marketers on Monday, March 9, 2026, raising the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit to N1,175 per litre, up from N995 per litre announced on Friday, 6 March 2026. This is said to represent an increase of N180 or about 18.1 per cent within three days. The refinery equally revised the gantry price of Automotive…

The Presidency has dismissed reports claiming a member of the kitchen staff at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa was arrested for attempting to poison President Bola Tinubu. The denial was issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, March 1. Onanuga shared a circulating video showing scenes purportedly from the presidential villa with a voiceover narrating an alleged security breach involving a presidential chef. In the footage, the narrator claimed ‘’Today we examine reports surrounding the shocking arrest of a presidential chef over an alleged plot to poison President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the it may not be able to achieve 100 per cent perfect election for now. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Joash Amupitan, said this on Sunday during the Citizens Town hall meeting on Electoral Act held in Abuja. He also said that he does not see the issue of transmission as a problem. According to him, the problem is not the network but the adequacy of the networks Nigeria has. “Let me just appeal to Nigerians because I have noticed now that what Nigerians desire is a perfect election. “INEC will strive as…