By Niyi Tabiti: Three guys wearing the full ‘Eyo’ ragalia accosted me that day as I walked briskly to the tent provided for important dignitaries at Idumota,Lagos Island. It was in the morning of May 19,2001. The Governor of Lagos,Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu was not on seat yet, while the then Oba of Lagos, Oba […]
My Train story by Niyi Tabiti: Our train is finally here! It was a superb experience riding from Lagos-Ibadan on Wednesday 30 December. The take off was 4pm as scheduled. I got to Alagomeji-Yaba Nigeria Railway Corporation station about 15 minutes to take off. I almost missed the trip because they couldn’t accept card payment. […]
It is bad news coming from Nollywood as popular producer,Chico Ejiro died on Christmas day,Gist master gathered. The cause of Chico Ejiro’s death is yet to be known but sources disclosed that he died in Lagos. The news will still be a shock to his wife,Joy as the family plan big for Christmas. He was […]
I rarely miss Lagos Polo action for years. Aside the news value and gossip content from Nigeria’s silverspoons, some of the players are always a delight to watch. Dapo Ojora and Bello Buba remain my all time favourites. The first time I watched Bello Buba was when he and his brother played for Mohammed Babangida’s […]
By Niyi Tabiti:Laycon Olamilekan Agbeleshe, 26 year old rapper/singer is the winner of Big Brother Naija 2020 lockdown edition. He won with two other housemates, Dorathy and Nengi taking second and third positions respectively. Laycon studied philosophy at the University of Lagos. According to Gistmaster,Laycon was despised, rejected, seen as the thinnest,the smallest and from […]
Veteran theatre practitioner, Chief Jimoh Aliu popularly known as Aworo is dead.Aliu died on Thursday during a brief illness at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, aged 81. A source and close associate of the late theatre practitioner said, “The corpse of the deceased would be moved to his residence at Adebayo […]
By Niyi Tabiti: Welcome to Bariga Jetty in Lagos,Nigeria. If you remember Ocean View Restaurant in those days in Victoria Island, this is the mainland replica. This one is BarigaView!From assorted fish pepper soup, live band and natural breeze to help you calm down from the fuel hike and tension of Edo and Ondo election. […]
Lagos based blogger,Moji Delano denied the ownership of instablog, after she mistakenly appeared on live video via the Instagram handle of the news platform. She screamed ‘Jesus’ in shock before ending the live video, Gistmaster gathered. However, in a series post, Delano said she is not the owner of instablog, wondering why people who know […]
UKenny is one of the promising Nigerian musicians making waves at the moment, no wonder the teaser video for his latest song “Omo Yen Bad” is highly commended by music lovers.Don’t be shocked if UKenny work his way to maga stardom like Davido,Wizkid,Burna Boy and Phyno soon. Udoh I.S Kenneth with stage name Ukenny is a […]
The second live eviction show saw Eric and Tochi evicted from the BBNaija Lockdown house. During the week, Ozo won the Head of House Challenge, and after much deliberation, he chose Dorathy as his Deputy. This automatically saved both of them from being up for eviction. As with last week, the audience voted and the […]