Fela resurrects, celebrated, wins Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has resurrected, not in the flesh, but in global reverence. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, conferred on him on 31 January by the Recording Academy of America, makes him the first African to receive the award. Coming 29 years after his death, the recognition is a powerful reminder that the world finally understands […]

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IPOB cancels sit-at-home in South East

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has said that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, ordered the total cancellation of the Monday sit-at-home across the South-East, with effect from February 9, 2026. This was disclosed by the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, in a press statement issued on Sunday. He added that the directive came directly from Kanu. […]

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Ondo Deputy Governor Celebrates Engr Bello At 50

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Olayide Adelami, has felicitated Engr. Abosede Abiola Bello on the occasion of her 50th birthday. At a thanksgiving service held in her honour at the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Bishop’s Court, Owo, he described Bello as a kind-hearted woman whose passion for the development of her immediate community of […]

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The Word Of Jesus And Our Times

By Banji Ayoola When the Light mercifully inclined to the earth, journeyed down from Its sublime Abode at inconceivable Heights, and distances away, into Creation, Its extraordinary Radiance gripped, and embraced the whole universes, and planets, including the earth. The Light cleaved through. So, the world fell down on its knees apprehensively, as those mercifully […]

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Catholic Bishop Calls For True Christian Witness

By John Dike c Osogbo The Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese Most Reverend Dr John Akinwumi Oyejola has charged Christians in Nigeria to rise above religious labels and become true agents of moral transformation, stressing that injustice and corruption—not religion remain the country’s greatest problems. Delivering a homily during a Lenten service, the bishop noted […]

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Oyinlola at 75th Birthday Says Only Death Can Take Golf from Him

Adeleke Vows To Turn Ileogbo Golf Course into Tourist Centre By John Dike, Osogbo Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has declared that only death can separate him from the game of golf, reaffirming his lifelong commitment to sports development in Nigeria. He made the declaration while speaking at a special golf tournament […]

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Publish and be damned: A reflection for the algorithmic age

By Olusola Adeyegbe In 2017, I wrote a short piece titled Publish and Be Damned, at: https://samueli.blogspot.com/2017/01/social-media-news-moguls.html reflecting on the responsibility we carry whenever we share information. At the time, my concern was simple: too many people were in a hurry to be first, to forward unverified stories, shocking images, or slanderous claims, often hiding […]

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