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  Xenophobic Attacks : South Africans attacking an African immigrant during (Courtesy, Google) You just don't send your foreign minister to meet with a president!  That is what Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, did when he hurriedly dispatched his foreign envoy to Nigeria to plead secretly in Aso Rock while boastfully gallivanting about putting Nigeria in its place openly in South Africa. Like his predecessors, minus sublimely cerebral President Nelson Mandela , had done.  President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria kept them cooling their heels over the weekend of immediate past Friday, July 25, when they unceremoniously arrived. On Monday, July 28th, without meeting them, sent his aides to communicate to them to meet with the minister of state for foreign affairs,, Ambassador Enikanolaiye, who gave them the hint of the marked shift in Nigeria-SA affairs with a blunt reprimand. As he should.  Firstly, Level-to-Level reciprocity is the rule in foreign affairs'. Most especially...

 One of the kidnapped teaching staff amongst the kidnapped Oyo pupils and teachers has spoken out.  Apparently, on a directive from the k1dnappers , she appeared on a video , standing by a background of a large piece of cloth or bedsheet tied across the backdrop. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, jurisdiction where  the attack ovcurred (credit, Google) She expressed the kidnappers' dismay at funding out that their demands are being misrepresented. She said the kidnappers discovered that reports have been swirling in the media and public spaces that they demanded N1 billion ransom and, demanded for shariah law in a geographical location lawfully allocated from within Oyo  for them.  She said this is far from the truth. According to her, the kidnappers want just one thing only. And that is the only demand they have made so far. This is unconditional  release of their jailed members .  They seek negotiations with government on how this can be effecte...

Armed Nigerian bandits (Credit, Google)  It is not overstating the obvious that Nigeria is reeling under a security onslaught. This has been ongoing consistently exponentially since 2011.  Things took a dramatic turn recently. Prior, the insurgency and militancy had been limited to the northern region of the country. The south was largely unaffected.  This is changing. On May, 15, @rmed insurgents @ttacked an Oyo school and kidnapped 49  students and their teachers. In the wake of carrying out this dastardly act, the terrorists filmed the decapitation of a make teacher and distributed it widely. Mega Mode Media investigations reveal that the kidnapped are being held in a dense rain forest known as Oyo Forest Reserve . The school where the incident occurred, is by this forest. Apparently, the k1dnappers either did extensive reconnaissance over a years-long period, or are in possession of a detailed map and compass which they are conversant with. The area is doubly str...

  Akile Ijebu annual Ojude Oba cultural fiesta held amidst pomp and glamour as usual but on a markedly subdued note, May 29. Farouq Oreagba, "Mr. Steeze", widely regarded recently as the face of Ojude Oba cultural festival, making his grand entrance into the arena on horseback (Video courtesy, Tik Tok) Ijebu ethnic group is noted for the uber  glamorous cultural fiesta every year on every third day after the Islamic Eid el Kabir festivities . Ojude Oba which translates to "The King's Forecourt ' is an annual cultural observance where the sons and daughters of the ancestral city put on their best finery to pay jomahe to the Awujale of Ijebuland , Oba Dr. Kayode Sikiru Adetona .  A regbe regbe age grade group at 2026 Ojude Oba (Image court, Google) It was days after last year's edition that news filtered in that the king had joined his ancestors, throwing Ijebuland, Yoruba kingdom and Nigeria into shock and deep.mourning. though his health was hearing poor ...

  Iyaloja General of Lagos , Chief Folashade Tinubu-Ojo (Image courtesy, Google)  She is very displeased. The mood of the Iyaloja General of Lagos, Chief Folashade Tinubu-Ojomood stems from the fact that some aspirants for the House of Representatives in the state's ruling All Progressives' Congress (APC) political party lost out in the recent concluded primaries. She is chagrined that their losses sre not because they reportedly did not win in the polls, but because of another reason. To her, it was due to the overwhelming influence of two political groups with tentacles over Lagos' political space - Justice Forum and Mandate Movement groups - that caused their losses.  She said these groups used their influence to transpose these aspirants names with their preferred members, effectively cancelling these other political actors who as she said, won the primaries.  These are Seye Oladejo , Lagos APC's spokesperson who contested in Mushin constituency II ,  Mu...

L-R: Dele Alake , honourable minister, Nigeria's ministry of solid minerals' development and Alparslan Bayraktar,Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, at the signing. (Image courtesy, federal ministry of solid minerals development)  For decades, the oil industry has been the only sector of Nigeria that attracts investors to the country like bees to honey. This is the oil industry. It is not just the only attractive incentive for investors, it is also the only rainmaker generating revenue for the country for over 60 years.  However, just within three years of the leadership of Honourable Minister Dele Alake of the ministry of solid minerals' development, the establishment has undergone a massive revival and dynamism. It is not only generating funds into the federation account, it is now attracting foreign investors and nations to Nigeria. Recently, Alake made an official visit to Turkiye where his convincing arguments on Nigeria's improved economic strides...

  Tonto Dikeh and Churchill back in the day as married couple (Courtesy Google) Women setting down in holy matrimony with divorced men who have children from different previous wives must have a pretty strong mental strength. This would obtains because this situation will frequently cause tension and drama unfit for the faint hearted. Now, if the husband fled a supposedly fled a very toxic arrangement causing extreme messiness with an ex wife yet, a child or children is or are involved, the current wife must not only possess innate mental fortitude, she must have solid life wisdom to guide her.  In the latter case, her best course of action was to remove herself from the drama, the toxicity and controversies between the two former exes.  Why? The two former exes turn sworn enemies loved each other once and, it's empirically correct that there is a thin line between love and hate.  Even if they never get back together, they have a solid connection between them, lif...

 It is gradually becoming noticeable. From his actions at his home base of Lagos to the national level, a marked trait is emerging to the discernible . It reared its head with Akinwunmi Ambode , former Lagos' governor. After one term, he was refused a second term ticket by the Governor's Advisory Council +GAC(. Observers say it is an euphemism for Bola Tinubu , now, the president.   Despite many pleas,Ambode could not make any headway.  When he granted an explosive press conference making damaging allegations against the party's candidate, his fate was sealed. Despite his recent and uncountable placating overtures moves to Tinubu since 2019, Ambode remains in the political wilderness in party affairs in the state.  Now, the man whom Ambode defamed and who replaced Ambode, incumbent Governor. Babajide Sanwo-Olu , had a very robust and tightly knit relations with President Tinubu dating from his years of beginnings working with the first lady, Senator Oluremi So...

 New empires are built on the ruins of others.  Wale Edun, newly removed minister of finance    (Courtesy, Google) That is the bittersweet rise and fall of kingdoms, corporations even, power blocs.  Alliances, no matter how long and tested, may shift at any time especially if a party stops meeting the expectations of the one with the upper power advantage in a situation. These are some of the messages inherent in President Tinubu 's sack of Wale Edun, the erstwhile minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy . In a struggling economy Nigeria's in recent years, this is by far the most crucial and thorny portfolio in Nigeria. It means not only was Edun overseeing the fulcrum, the finance ministry, he was also supervising economic policy direction for every aspect of the economy..After the President, this is arguably he next critical office.  This powerful office undoubtedly brought good and bad results for Edun. He had a direct access to the...