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Perhaps accepting that, at 80, the 2027 general election may be his last bid for Aso Rock, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is throwing everything—including the kitchen sink—at the incumbent President Bola Tinubu. The expression is familiar in football: a team, desperate for an equaliser or winning goal, commits every available player to the attack. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has suspended the prosecution of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, over alleged cyber-bullying until after the 2027 general elections. The DSS has reportedly directed its private counsel, Akinolu Kehinde, to take steps to suspend the case instituted against Sowore. The situation comes nearly […]
Continue ReadingCelestial Church of Christ (CCC) evangelist, Abidemi Odukoya, and his wife, Adenike, have reportedly died in separate circumstances following an alleged domestic altercation at their residence in the Akinode/Ibogun community, Ogun State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, August 25, after the couple allegedly engaged in a domestic dispute that escalated into […]
Continue ReadingThe global technology platform that connects riders with independent drivers and couriers, Uber, has announced the shutdown of its operations in Nigeria following a review of its business, saying it will cease operations in the country effective September 2, 2026. In a message to its drivers on Wednesday, the company informed them that they would […]
Continue ReadingIt is sad to see the excitement of Nigerians over football leagues in Europe (The English Premier League, La Liga in Spain, Italy’s Serie A, Germany’s Bundesliga, the Turkish Super League) at a time the House of Football in this country appears to be collapsing, immersed in chaos, more like a shadow of itself. Football […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk has strengthened his position as the world’s richest person, with his fortune rebounding sharply in August to an estimated $892 billion, according to Forbes. Musk’s wealth increased by $202 billion in one month, following a $363 billion decline in July. The surge was driven largely by gains in the value of his stakes […]
Continue ReadingTheatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN), Ogun State Chapter, has announced the death of Nollywood actress Atinuke Kareem, who passed away after a battle with breast cancer. The news of her passing was officially announced on Tuesday by her colleague and the Executive Governor of TAMPAN Ogun State, Owolabi Ajasa, via […]
Continue Reading“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall” – Lord Mansfield, 1705-1793 “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side” – James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 Until now, there was no reason to raise the question about substantial justice untainted with […]
Continue ReadingA video recently went viral showing a group of young men in green APC campaign shirts, some still holding the money they were paid. Their faces mixed frustration, disbelief, and exhaustion. After spending an entire day dancing, chanting, and campaigning under the sun, each of them received just ₦1,500. One of them held up the […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar; and that of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, were absent on Monday as opposition parties and presidential candidates opened fresh negotiations in Abuja on the possibility of presenting a single candidate against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election. Convened […]
Continue ReadingThere is an old Nigerian joke about Noah and the Ark; author unknown. God warned Noah that a flood was coming and gave him six months to build an ark. But this Noah was a Nigerian. Before he could cut the first plank, Nigeria happened to him. How did it start? “And the Lord spoke […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President Bola Tinubu departed Abuja on Sunday, August 30, 2026, to begin a three-week working vacation in Europe as part of his annual leave. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Sunday. The statement said: “Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday (today) […]
Continue ReadingSeveral organisations and government-backed programmes have opened recruitment and career opportunities for qualified Nigerians and other eligible professionals. The opportunities span healthcare, finance, aviation, academia, agriculture, energy, insurance and other sectors, with some positions available locally and others providing pathways for qualified professionals to explore opportunities abroad. Here are seven ongoing opportunities applicants can consider: […]
Continue ReadingA disturbing pattern of unending, self-destructive administrative chaos in appointments to consequential public office positions is defining the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government, which signposts Tinubu’s lack of control of his government and the reality of a shadowy, disorganized, feuding and mercenary cabal of conscienceless influence peddlers in the Presidential Villa. Muhammadu Buhari pioneered this sort […]
Continue ReadingConsidering many of Nigerian students, choosing a university course is one of the biggest decisions they will ever make. Even though passion remains important, earning potential has become an increasingly more important factor as families grapple with rising living costs and graduates a competitive job market. What cannot be denied is that no course guarantees […]
Continue ReadingActress Iyabo Ojo’s son-in-law and Tanzanian singer, and songwriter, Juma Mussa Mkambala, known professionally by his stage name Juma Jux, has denied fathering a child with a Tanzanian woman, insisting that he has never been physically intimate with her. Jux spoke out days after he and his wife, Nigerian actress, Priscilla Ojo Mkambala, celebrated the […]
Continue ReadingIf wishes were horses, 1975 would have been the end of King Sunny Ade’s music career. It was the year a Lagos High Court slammed KSA with a nine-month ban, forbidding him from recording music. The ban followed a dispute between KSA and the owner of two leading record labels, Take Your Choice and African […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has on August 28, 2026 filed a legal application in a U.S. federal court pleading to block the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Department of Justice (DoJ) from releasing unredacted law enforcement records on him from the 1990s. Aaron Greenspan, transparency activist, had filed […]
Continue ReadingNigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has lambasted Femi Falana SAN and the other Nigerian lawyers who faulted his invitation to speak at the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual conference. Femi Falana SAN, had criticised the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for inviting VeryDarkMan (VDM), to its […]
Continue ReadingLike other aspects of our lives that have been altered by digital technology, the commercial sector has also been revolutionised. Unlike traditional physical stores that usually have opening and closing times – with most not open for shopping on Sundays in Nigeria – electronic shops are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. […]
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