Human rights lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has lamented the possibility of Nigerians having to choose between current President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 general election, stating that it portends trouble for the populace. Mr. Falana said this while making a contribution during a panel discussion at the ongoing Lagos Book and Arts Festival holding in Freedom Park, Lagos. He urged Nigerians to make use of the internet in raising serious developmental issues as regards the future of the country. The human right lawyer also took a swipe at Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State who he described as a ‘Trump’. “We have a Trump in Ekiti. Somebody is going out there to eat boli with the people. Somebody who says [he believes] in stomach infrastructure, stealing all the money but giving people just some tokenism and he is being celebrated." He decried the rot in the Nigerian university system. “Where are the intellectuals ...
Popular Nigerian cross-dresser, also known as the Nigerian male Barbie, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, has said that his lover is a government official. Bobrisky unraveled the identity of his most talked about partner on Snapchat on Tuesday and hinted that his partner is over 50 years. The Nigerian Snapchat sensation also revealed that he prefers his partner, ”old rather than young.” “Both ex and present bae are over 50 years old; I like them old. Dating a government official is sweet but the trouble you face in it is hard. My bae has locked me up before,” he said. Since Bobrisky’s emergence on the Nigerian social scene a few years ago, the real identity of his lover, who is believed to finance his lavish lifestyle has been shrouded in secrecy. A big spender, Bobrisky is always quick to attribute his wealth to his lover, whom he fondly refers to as his bae (lover). A self-confessed homosexual, when he was arrested at his Lekki, Lagos home on November 10 and released a da...
Mr President Sir, It is with great honour that I write to you on this remarkable occasion, our Independence Day. First of all, I will like to give my heartfelt appreciation and commend the efforts of the Office of the President, his cabinets and all other law makers of the country for some of the progress we've had in recent years. In the year 2015, you brought " change " to this country as only a matter of words, yet the whole country geared to joy, we supported you because " change " was actually something we longed for, we believed in you, we saw you as our beacon of hope, a beginning of a new future. You possess the tenacious character and charisma to lead this nation. We voted you as our president knowing you are our " knight in shining armor " despite your old age, those are our decisions, but Sir, with all due respect, we also have the right to question the activities of any elected candidate including our president, if we feel he/she hasn...
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