Nigeria’s Senate Sparks Uproar After Appearing to Ban Electronic Election Results in Midnight Vote
Its not a watershed moment, far from it, only layers and multilayers of ambiguity. Nigeria’s Senate stands accused of stealthily sabotaging the cornerstone of electoral reform in a late-night legislative session, triggering nationwide outrage and…
Can Funke Akindele Dance for us? – Duke of Shomolu
Funke Akindele, the figures are astounding. Over 4b in ticket sales for three movies, making her the biggest money-making machine in the 3rd largest film industry in the world. She has beaten even the biggest movie makers in the world who are shy of…
Planting Trees can Improve This Climate Slump or Rewrite Survival Rules
The fight against global warming is entering a volatile new chapter. The old “rules-based order” failed to deliver effective action, experts argue, forcing nations and communities to forge resilience from the ground up and from the coast inward. Amid…
AI Slop And the Robotic Nonsense Hijacking Social Media
Scrolling through your feed, you pause at a breathtaking wildlife clip: a leopard, muscles taut, executes a perfect hunt under a golden savannah sun. The comments fill with awe, “What documentary is this from?”, until someone interjects: “Pure AI.” You…
Reflections: Antenatal Class for Men
It has been quite a while here! I was having a conversation with a first-time pregnant lady the other day. She was expressing subtle frustration with certain behaviours of her husband. I listened intensively to her and empathized with her. Then it dawned…
Showdown in Ikole: Prof. Akin Oyebode Cup Enters Decisive Third Round
The 2025 Prof. Akin Oyebode Cup, Ekiti State’s premier grassroots youth football tournament, enters its decisive third round this week, with all matches set to be played at the Ikole Township Stadium on Wednesday, February 4, and Thursday, February…
Nigerian Industry Leader Warns of “Nutritional Emergency” as Fish Import System Cripples Nation’s Protein Supply
In an urgent open letter to President Bola Tinubu titled “A Cry from the Waters,” Femi Olawoore, Managing Director of Mariplus Services Ltd, has sounded a national alarm: Nigeria’s opaque and corrupt fish import quota system is pushing the country toward…
India and Nigeria Top Grim List as Global Snakebite Crisis Exposes Deadly Gaps in Rural Healthcare
In the sun-scorched farmlands of rural India and the remote villages of Nigeria, a silent, slithering epidemic claims tens of thousands of lives each year, a toll of suffering the World Health Organization calls one of the planet’s most neglected…
Bad Bunny Makes Grammy History as Spanish-Language Album Takes Top Prize
In a night where music spoke louder than speeches, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny made Grammy history by becoming the first artist to win Album of the Year with a record performed entirely in Spanish. His sixth studio album, Debí Tirar Mas Fotos, a…
Men, Ejaculate and Live – By Duke of Shomolu
FOI: This is a very uncomfortable conversation about Prostate Cancer as written by Duke of Shomolu …… It is now official. We have to have ejaculate 21 times a month to survive and avoid prostate cancer. Once a Nigerian male crosses 50, his…
