A bus driver refused to drive off after police officers arrested people protesting George Floyd’s death in Brooklyn, NYC, and loaded them onto his bus. The bus driver’s action was in solidarity with those protesting the murder of George Floyd who died after Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis officer, knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes. Protesters can be seen applauding the City bus driver for his action. Watch the video below.
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Davido took to Twitter to post about the new house he got in Banana Island with money made from singing about “banana falling on someone”. The house, located in the exclusive highbrow area of Lagos, features a private lift, something the singer says he’s always wanted. After sharing videos showing the interior of the house on Instagram, he took to Twitter to write: “Moved to banana with money I made from singing about bananas falling someone …. Cruise.”
A family reportedly held a funeral for their son who has been missing for years, only to later discover that he was in prison after he was picked up during a random police raid. Tobijulo narrated the sad tale on Twitter during a conversation about how people are picked off the streets randomly and sent to prison without trial. She wrote: “A former colleague told me how her cousin went out one night to buy Suya down the …
Lami Phillips Gbadamosi has written a short note to women to encourage them to “be kind” to themselves. The singer said that women have been taught to “be quiet” when mistreated and this has made them struggle with “self validation”. She called on women to stop equating patience to foolishness and suffering and she advised that they be kind to themselves. She wrote: “Women have been taught to be quiet when mistreated. We have been raised to …
Taylor Swift has slammed US president for threatening those violently protesting George Floyd’s death. Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin. During the protest, people looted malls and burned buildings. Trump reacted on Twitter, stating that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” ( read here). The threat in his words was condemned by a number of people who said he didn’t condemn George’s killer …
Six Nigerian Air Force personnel who were aides to Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, have been sent to jail by a Special Court-Martial sitting in Abuja, following the gruesome murder of the former Chief of Defence Staff in December 2018. Badeh was shot dead by gunmen along Abuja-Keffi Road while on his way back from his farm. The Nigerian Police Force, operatives of the Department of State Services and the military had thereafter arrested about 14 suspects in connection with the murder, who confessed that …