Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni, is dead. Aluko-Olaseni died after an eight-year battle with cancer. The Nigerian Football Federation announced this in a post via its X account, @thenff late Saturday night. It read, “We are sad to hear of the passing of former @NGSuper_Falcons goalkeeper, Bidemi Aluko-Olaseni after an eight-year battle with cancer….
Veteran actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, who was loved for his comic roles in movies and skits, was confirmed dead on Saturday, March 2, 2024, at a hospital in Lagos. He was said to have suffered a cardiac arrest. His death came barely 24 hours after another actor, Quadri Oyebamiji, aka Sisi…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday, described the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, as an exceptional leader whose teachings have impacted positively the lives of many. Abiodun and Saraki disclosed this in their separate messages issued to celebrate Adeboye who clocked 82 on Saturday….
The Chief Executive Officer, Fathia Entertainment, Olawale B, has revealed that popular Nollywood actor, Tolani Oyebamiji, popularly known as Sisi Quadri, had been granted his United States visa before his death. The CEO, who is also a show promoter and tour manager, stated this in an Instagram post via his handle, @fathiaentertainments_showbiz, on Friday. He…
Traditional rulers in the South-West, yesterday, converged on Ile-Ife, in Osun State, to address the insecurity challenges bedevilling the region. While noting that attacks on Yoruba traditional rulers and eminent sons of the race were systematically organised, it also stressed that the attacks by herdsmen portend expansionist tendencies to overrun Yorubaland. Traditional rulers from Osun,…
An Illinois judge has ruled that former US President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s Republican primary ballots. The Cook County judge, however, ordered local election officials to strike his name from the running but put her order on hold until Friday in anticipation of a likely appeal. Trump’s legal team was given just…
The Leap Day 2024 is today Thursday, February 29, which happens once every four years. As Leap Day is a four-year event, this shows that the previous leap days were in 2016 and 2020, and the next leap year will happen in 2028. And it is significant to say that the year that Leap Day…
Saudi Arabia’s football governing body on Thursday suspended Cristiano Ronaldo for one game over a gesture he made on the pitch last weekend that was judged a “provocation”. The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said the Al-Nassr captain and former Porto star was also fined a total of 30,000 riyals ($8,000) for the move, which broke…
•82 princes jostle for seat Almost two years after the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi joined his ancestors, there appears to be no light at the end of the tunnel on the emergence of a new Alaafin as people of Oyo town still have to wait endlessly for the new king to assume the exalted throne….
The Nigerian arts and cultural scene mourns the loss of one of its brightest stars, Jimi Solanke, who passed away at the age of 81. A revered figure in the realms of acting, folk singing, poetry, and playwriting, Solanke left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of Nigeria. His journey came to an end…
