‘Ga’nu si’ and the politics of business and religion among Yoruba muslims
04 Feb
Politics

‘Ga’nu si’ and the politics of business and religion among Yoruba muslims

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The slang “Ga’nu si”, a recent popular expression, has become very controversial as used in the social media space. On January 17, 2025, it became news that the popular Fuji maestro, Olori Omo Oba Akile Ijebu (Head of all Ijebu Princes and Princesses), Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose, popularly known as K1 the Ultimate, lost his mother, Alhaja Halimat Anifowose (a native of Ilupeju Ekiti). Based in Ijebu Ode, Alhaja Anifowose passed on, and it is a common practice to bury...
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Beyoncé’s Grammys Wins Prove That Black Women in Country Are Getting Their Due
04 Feb
Lifestyle

Beyoncé’s Grammys Wins Prove That Black Women in Country Are Getting Their Due

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Lifestyle Updated on Feb 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM Tanner Adell fell in love with country music young.She grew up splitting her time between Los Angeles and Star Valley, WY, which created a stark contrast — but it was the country lifestyle, and specifically the music, that held her heart. Adell remembers falling in love with Keith Urban when he released "Somebody Like You." And every summer, when she and her mom would set out to drive back to LA from Star Valley, she'd sit in the back of the car and "just silently cry my eyes out as we'd start on this road trip back to California," she remembers.These days, Adell is a rising country music star. And at the Grammys on Feb. 2, she was part of a watershed moment for Black women in...
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Social-climbing ‘property guru’ Sasha promised his investors the world. But behind his lavish lifestyle and jet-setting marriage was a trail of lost millions. At long last, his empire is crumbling
04 Feb
Lifestyle

Social-climbing ‘property guru’ Sasha promised his investors the world. But behind his lavish lifestyle and jet-setting marriage was a trail of lost millions. At long last, his empire is crumbling

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Lifestyle A disgraced property guru is living a life of luxury with his cashed-up bride, after hundreds of mum-and-dad investors lost more than $27million to his schemes. The pair call each other Bonnie and Clyde - and it's easy to see why. Sasha Hopkins, 37, was once celebrated for his rags-to-riches story. He went from aQueensland kid booted out of school for stealing computers, to the owner of a $55million property empire at 31. But on May31, 2022, his legal troubles began. The Federal Court froze the assets of Hopkins and his company, The A Team Property Group. Hopkins was also ordered to hand over his passport and remain in Australia. For years, he had been collecting money from mum-and-dad investors - in many cases their life savings or superannuation. In June 2022, the Federal Court amended Sasha Hopkins' travel ban....
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Court remands suspects over murder of Offa Health College student
04 Feb
Health News

Court remands suspects over murder of Offa Health College student

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By Saka Laaro, Ilorin The Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Monday arraigned seven suspects in connection with the murder of Mojisola Awesu, a student of the State College of Health Technology, Offa, whose tragic death occurred last year. However, the court was unable to take their pleas as the two principal accused persons, Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin Kolawole, were not represented by legal counsel. Presiding over the case, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf ordered that Adebayo and Kolawole be remanded in a correctional facility pending their proper arraignment on February 24. Investigations revealed that Awesu was allegedly lured to Ilorin by Adebayo and Kolawole, where she was murdered and her body dumped at a dumpsite in the city. Adebayo and Kolawole have been identified as the prime suspects accused of conspiring and causing Awesus death on August 9, 2024. Also, Adebayos...
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