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When the river bears in mind its source, definitely it will never perish. Juneteenth ensures that, Blacks living in America never perish!  What is Juneteenth?  Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth), happens to a special day for blacks in the United States to commemorate the end of slavery.  Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Celebrated on every 19th of June, Juneteenth grew with more participation from descendants as they treated the day as their Independence Day, according to the Texas State Library.  It spread to other states and has been celebrated every year since. This celebration is yet to be a National official holiday but that of 47 states official holiday.  Hawaii, North Dakota and South Dakota are the only states without an official recognition. It was gathered that, in previous years, African American families across the nation celebrated with cookout

As the saying thus, "the river that forgets it's source, plans to extinct",  ADACI celebrates its source.  For almost three decades, the African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute  (ADACI) ,  has been recognizing it's source by celebrating the millions of men, women and children who perished during the trans-Atlantic slave trade (“the Maafa”), and those who survived.  The non-profit institute chapter in Nigeria commemorated the ancestors by the sharing palliative to the residents of Meran community area in Lagos State Nigeria to relief them during this unprecedented time. The sitting King, HRM Oba Samuel Awoyemi Oroja Akarakiri II, Onimeran of Meran kingdom in his appreciation speech thanked Adaci team for the kind gesture shown to the people of his community. He also said that his appreciation will go beyond verbal because it is a great task for any group that makes it a duty to remember the poor in this critical time. According to him, the pandemic has cause

Photo credit: Facebook The 2020/21 Annual World Pilgrimage at Òkè Olota was observed virtually due to Cod-vid 19 crisis and some other reasons proffered by the International Council of IFÁ Religion (ICIR).  The supposed to be eight days Pilgrimage, came out with sacred messages from the Holy odu Eji-ogbe which is accompanied by ire Ayika (all-rounder goodness)  to the pilgrims and other practitioners, temples across globe.   The total number of 16 countries served as mouthpieces for the dissemination of the scared messages.  See full message here-under MESSAGES OF IFA OF THE YEAR YEAR 2020/2021 REVEALED AT OKE OLOTA IN ADO EKITI ON THE 31st OF MAY 2020. The Odu revealed is Eji Ogbe Ifa comes with Ire Gbogbo Ayika Iwa Ifa says that Obatala will manifest the ire. In this wise, all Ifa/Orisa Temples are enjoined to feed Obatala with 16 land snails and four Obi each. They are also advised to add a little honey and 16 efun to their Obatala pots. All Temples shall have cause to celebrate a

The relationship between Irunmole and Omo eniyan was symbiotic in nature and rewarding especially for Omo eniyan.   There are five major ways by which Irunmole relate effectively with Omo eniyan right from the emergence of man on earth. The ways include the following

In his words: "My own mother has left earth for heaven a long while now. But my new mom @PastorFAAdeboye is very much here. To her, all mothers & mothers to be, I say Happy Mother's day".

The NDLEA on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old single mother for concealing 430 grammes of heroin in her private part in a bid to avoid arrest. The Head of Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, made the disclosure in a statement in Ikeja. He said the arrest took place at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos during the inward screening of passengers on an Emirates Airlines flight. The Commander of the NDLEA at the airport, Mr Hamza Umar, was quoted as saying that the arrest was facilitated with the aid of scanning machines. “During the inward screening of Emirate passengers, one Aladi Onyinye Juliet tested positive for narcotic ingestion. “The drug was, subsequently, expelled, field-tested and weighed.” Hamza said that preliminary investigation carried out by the NDLEA indicated that the suspect was returning from Pakistan where she was given the drug. “The suspect who hails from Abia State also has established link with some Pakistani drug traffi

The Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained Daar Communications Plc (AIT) from broadcasting any video documentaries against All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). According to Thisday,the order by Justice James Tsoho was made on Wednesday has been extended to all other broadcast stations under the control of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria including NTA The application was brought before the court by Osinbajo through his lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN).. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria had complained to the court that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, having adjudged him a threat, sponsored the documentaries to cause him disaffection in the eye of the public. AIT and NTA had, for weeks running, aired a documentary detailing the “atrocious” past of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). AIT also had a similar documentary on a national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola

The President and Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that in these last days, many nations who are currently facing economic woes will soon begin to merge with other nations for survival. Speaking during the fourth service at Faith Tabernacle, the 50,000-seater capacity which serves as the headquarters of the church, also known as Winners’ Chapel, the faith preacher stunned members his followers Sunday March 8, 2015 when he declared that in the light of the current economic crunch happening all over the world, some nations will, out of frustration, practically beg other nations to absolve them, a situation he termed ‘divine judgment”. He also assured Nigerians that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful, urging that those who are currently relocating their family members abroad for fear of a breakdown of law and order, before, during and after the elections to desist from it: “What is happening on the earth today is divine judgme

National co-ordinator of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) Otunba Gani Adams, has called for the immediate sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega. According to Premium Times, Adams a supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this while speaking at his organisation’s Eledumare Festival in Lagos on Sunday, March 8. Among the reasons for his call, Adams said Jega has failed to explain how INEC was able to successfully distribute 90 per cent of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in North East despite the insurgency in the region. “I Otunba Gani Adams is using this forum to call for immediate sack, removal or retirement of Professor Attahiru Jega, the chairman of INEC on the basis of PVC distribution, introduction of card reader and creation of 30000 bogus and fraudulent polling units in the northern part of Nigeria against the southern part,” he said. Adams also voiced his opposition to the use of card readers for the general e

Patience Jonathan attended the PDP’s women presidential rally in Umuahia, Abia state, as part of her campaign in support of her husband Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection bid. Alternating between English and vernacular, Mrs Jonathan thanked Abia people for their support of President Jonathan and the PDP in general. She enumerated Jonathan’s major achievements, including – improvement of maternal health, – establishment of 127 almajiri schools, – advanced malaria program. She reaffirmed that President Goodluck is committed to improvement of the social and economic welfare of Nigerians. “If we have not done well, come out and challenge me! If you vote for Goodluck come March 28, 2015, he will do more. My husband, the president of Nigeria, is ‘talk na do’. He does whatever he says,” Patience Jonathan claimed. Dame Patience also pointed out that she would never encourage her husband to be a “sit-tight” ruler: ‘’If my husband decides to come back after eight years aga

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the planned One-Million-Man March by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos as a grand design to cause confusion and pandemonium in the commercial nerve capital of the country. He noted that the match could be another device to take the minds of the public away from the lies they told about the health status of the party’s presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd). The governor, in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said, walking the streets of Lagos by the APC would not remove the fact that the party is a congregation of liars and deceitful people, who can never be trusted with the resources of Nigeria and its people.” “A man who campaigned for four weeks, speaking for less than one hour in all the rallies put together and needed to rest for 15 days should just stay at home and be playing with his grandchildren rath

Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati  shared these photos of thepresident and first lady working out... More pictures after the cut..

Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose and his aides pictured eating at a Buka in Ajilosun in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital recently.

The spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, has come out to defend the recent remarks by first lady Patience Jonathan, that APC Presidential candidate, Gen Buhari is old and brain dead. At a press conference in Abuja today, Fani-Kayode said Mrs Jonathan only spoken the bitter truth“The First Lady has spoken in a courageous and forthright manner and, most important of all, she has spoken the bitter truth. Instead of crying like spoilt little brats and complaining, the APC and the Buhari Campaign Organisation should live with that bitter truth and leave her alone. She has every right to express herself in any way that she deems fit and she is entitled to her opinion. This is especially so given the fact that her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, is in the presidential race.This is a man that said that he would scrap the office of the First Lady if he is elected President.If he is not ready to face public scrutiny and criticism for his

Olusegun Obasanjo is turning 78 today. As part of his birthday celebrations, yesterday, he led the OBJ team in a football match against the Ogun State Executive Team. The match took place at Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta with Governor Ibikunle Amosun, leading the state team, Premium Times reports. Obasanjo scored two goals for his team. Amosun’s team scored just one goal, consequently, the OBJ team won the match. “I am satisfied and fulfilled, even at my age I cherish sport, because it is relevant to health and we should all endeavour to engage in sporting activities,” Obasanjo said.

Daar Communications Plc has rejected in their entirety the demands of Tunji Abayomi and co on behalf of Bola Tinubu over a documentary titled “Unmasking The Real Tinubu” transmitted on African Independent Television, AIT, according to a publication on its website. The demands, which Mike Ozekhome’s chambers describe as laughable, include the stoppage of further transmission of the alleged defamatory documentary, failure which daar communications will bemade to pay twenty billion Naira representing damages. In its reaction, Mike Ozekhome’s chambers on behalf on behalf of DAAR communications declares that AIT, in transmitting the documentary was only carrying out its constitutional responsibility to uphold the fundamental objectives of the constitution. It states further that the documentary merely stated that Bola Tinubu generally breached various portions of the Nigerian constitution. DAAR communications plc istherefore demanding a complete withdrawal of the letter under ref

Femi Fani Kayode's lawyers have written to APC spokesman Lai Mohammed, asking him to withdraw the statement he made yesterday questioning Fani Kayode's mental state, issue an apology and enter negotiations for N5billion as damages against him. This is coming a day after APC threatened to sue Fani-Kayode over his claims of an oath-taking pact between Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Tinubu.

Boko Haram has released a  new video  which shows the executions of two alleged spies. According to AP,In the video posted on Monday titled “Harvest of Spies,”  a man identified as Dawoud Muhammad of Baga city on his knees in the bush before several armed and masked fighters. In response to questions, Muhammad says a police officer paid him 5,000 naira ($25) to spy and promised to make him so rich he would never have to farm again. The other man is identified as Muhammad Awlu. The video does not show the actual beheadings but the two bodies after the executions, with heads on the chests.Worthy of note is the fact that,the  video is similar  to that of the ISIS  militants .

There was confusion on Saturday in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State after a truck loader, Udeme Inim, 30, allegedly bit off his stepson’s ear.The incident happened around 11am on Asaka Street, off Abule-Nla Road, Ebute Meta West. It was gathered that there had been a disagreement between Inim and his wife, which had led to the suspect assaulting her. PUNCH Metro learnt that when the victim, Christopher Bassey, intervened, Inim left his wife and attacked him.In the ensuing scuffle, Inim, an indigeneof Akwa Ibom State, was said to have gone for the teenager’s right ear and bit it off. Our correspondent was told that the victim was rushed to a hospital shortly after he reported the matter to the IponriPolice Station, but his ear could not be saved.Our correspondent saw the ear in a transparent nylon after sighting the victim in the Ebute Meta area on Monday. The affected part was bandaged. He said, “On that day, he was fighting with my mum and at a point he began to destroy