Author: Rashaad Harris

Elder statesman, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has continued to disown APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a recent interview, Adebanjo who is the founder of the pan Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere, said the former Lagos State Governor bribed some people to divide Afenifere. “Tinubu bribed some people with little money to put up a show that there’s a division in Afenifere,” Adebanjo said. “I won’t engage him and those he gave money to because we have already made our position clear that Peter Obi is our candidate.”

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Bus stops in Lagos were filled with so many people Monday, which is as a result of yellow buses protest that was scheduled to hold on 31st October. The danfo drivers are protesting against the high extortion fees they are charged by agberos. The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) headed by the National Leader, Akintade Abiodun said a meeting with Permanent Secretary of the Lagos Ministry of Transportation, Abdulhafiz Toriola, and the motor park management liaison officer, AIG Hakeem Odumosu (retd.), failed to yield any results. He further confirmed that nothing can be done about the extortionists or…

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Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has taken to Twitter to mock his former party, the PDP and their presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s trip to the USA. Fani-Kayode claimed the United States Department of State refused meeting with Atiku and his ‘boyfriends.’ With Atiku was Dino Melaye, Emeka Ihedioha, Aminu Tambuwal, Reno Omokri and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. Fani-Kayode has been claiming Atiku is gay, hence the term “boyfriends.” He said, “I heard an interesting little story on the grapevine but you must promise not to tell anyone. “There was confusion when Atiku Ibn Dubai and his boyfriends arrived at…

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Grammy award-winning singer, Burna Boy, has declared he would not be having money conversations with anyone, who hasn’t made $100m this year. He shared his thoughts on his InstaStory on Sunday. He said, “I can’t talk money with you if you haven’t made $100m this year.” Burna Boy’s post is coming hours after his colleague, Wizkid boasted about the amount of wealth he has amassed. Wizkid even promised to open a class for interested persons “to come learn how to get all you deserve with less work and smart business choices.”

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A young man of just 25 years lost his life during a night out with his girlfriend in Kingston, London. What was supposed to be a fun-filled evening turned tragic when James East tumbled into the River Thames and to his death while on Facetime with his girlfriend, Arabella Ashfield. According to Daily Mail, the two lovers were in Kingston, attending a Arabella’s sister’s birthday. Tragedy struck when Arabella got on Facetime in order to direct her boyfriend to the taxi. While on the phone with his boyfriend, he attempted to sit on a walled area of the bridge but…

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Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje. Mr. Agbaje was nabbed around dusk on Friday while on his way to ibadan from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, where he has been on sabbatical. His abductors have since contacted his family and have requested N50m ransom be paid for his release. His work colleagues are also said to have been making plans to raise money.

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A non-governmental organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on all presidential candidates to make public the source of their campaign funds. This was contained in a statement released by SERAP on Sunday. “We’ve asked Atiku, Tinubu, Obi and other candidates to immediately publish the sources of their campaign funding to remove the risks of state capture, and ensure fairness and equality. We’ll pursue accountability if they fail to do this,” the statement said.

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By Charles Peralo 5 billion dollars was Twitter’s 2021 revenue, 221 million dollars was its loss in 2021. A 4.3% loss. Twitter has been profitable only two years in the 14 years it has existed, having lost over a billion dollars in 2020, while Facebook made 29 billion in profit. There’s a lot of excitement for Elon Musk buying Twitter, because of this hope he will reduce censorship online. Here’s why I don’t think that happens. 89% of Twitter’s revenue is off of ads. 11% is data licensing. Advertising The best example I could use of how lack of censorship…

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