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Nigerian star singer 2face Idibia’s ex wife, Annie Macaulay, with her mother and her children – Isabella and Olivia are vacationing in Umhlanga, Durban. Umhlanga is a coastal town in South Africa located north of Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province, known for its beaches, and luxury lifestyle, surfing and safaris. Annie took her mother and children to […]
Continue ReadingIt is becoming increasingly clear that what unfolded in Guinea-Bissau last week Wednesday was a brazen drama staged by a desperate presidential incumbent who could read the writing on the wall but was not ready for the people’s verdict. With the election concluded three days earlier and the result being awaited, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), as Nigeria’s new Minister of Defence following a rigorous five-hour screening by lawmakers. At the confirmation hearing, Musa faced tough questions on recent security lapses, including the withdrawal of troops from Government Comprehensive Girls High School, Maga, […]
Continue ReadingUnited States lawmakers and foreign relations experts convened on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, for a joint congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., to discuss the escalating violence and alleged targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria. The session, led by House Appropriations Vice Chair and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), sought expert testimony following […]
Continue ReadingIn a circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy & Regulation Department, Dr. Rita I. Sike, on December 2, 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a comprehensive revision of cash-related policies, introducing new nationwide withdrawal limits and scrapping the cumulative deposit cap for bank customers. She said the policy overhaul was necessary to […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, has spoken publicly for the first time since the controversy involving him and his wife, the Edo State lawmaker, Natasha Osawaru, began trending online. In a short message shared on his Instagram Story on Wednesday, the singer wrote: “Help me.” The post is […]
Continue ReadingNo one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of 35 nominees, whose names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation has generated in Nigeria. Former Ambassadors were recalled in September 2023, and now it has taken two years and two months for the government to […]
Continue ReadingA strong nationalist and top Cameroonian opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, has died in detention in Yaounde on Monday morning, his party’s vice president told AFP. “Anicet Ekane died this morning in Yaounde, where he had been transferred following his arrest at the end of October in Douala,” Valentin Dongmo of the African Movement for the […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful celebrity, Nollywood star actress, film producer, model, and television personality, Yvonne Jegede, has celebrated her 20 years (two decades) in the Nigerian film industry. Sharing breathtaking anniversary photos, Yvonne, who was one of the famous ladies in the 2Face ‘African Queen’ song video, wrote: “Celebrating 20 years of creativity #YJReimagined #Thisis20years” See more of her […]
Continue ReadingThere’s no need to obsess over what US President Donald Trump said about Nigeria being disgraced or his threat to attack fast, viciously, and sweetly with blazing guns. He has perfected the art of blowing hot and cold, perhaps more hot than cold. Yet, his unstable nature is rarely foolish; he’s a controlled bully, driven […]
Continue ReadingNorthern States governors and traditional rulers on Monday called for a six-month suspension of mining activities across the region, blaming illegal mining for the worsening insecurity in many states. The northern leaders also announced plans to mobilise N228bn to fight bandits terrorising communities across the region. Under the arrangement, each state and its local governments […]
Continue ReadingFormer Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (rtd), has been nominated by President Bola Tinubu as the new Minister of Defence. The nomination was conveyed in a letter sent to Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, announcing Musa as the replacement for Mohammed Badaru, who resigned from the position on Monday due to health […]
Continue ReadingLieutenant A.M. Yerima, the military officer and fearless man of integrity, who resisted Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) a few weeks ago, has married his beautiful fiancee in a private family wedding in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Watch the video below: View this post on Instagram Video: CapCut, Blackswansazy, Instagram
Continue ReadingWhether Nigerians should be given the right to bear firearms or not is an argument that recurs each time there is an uptick in security issues. It is a solution that has been proffered by ex-Generals like Theophilus Danjuma; politicians such as former House of Representatives majority leader Alhassan Ado-Doguwa and Senator Kabir Marafa, during […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s minister of defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, and it takes immediate effect. In a letter dated December 1, sent to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar said he was quitting on health grounds. The development was announced in a statement issued Monday evening by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo […]
Continue ReadingOne faction of the Labour Party (LP) loyal to the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, and former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has been reported to have obtained a court injunction stopping the nationwide congresses planned by the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee. The injunction, said to have been issued by an Abia State High Court […]
Continue ReadingOsun State Governor, Ademola Jackson Adeleke, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing persistent leadership turmoil at the party’s national level. In a statement shared on his Instagram page late on Monday night, Adeleke confirmed that he submitted his resignation to party officials in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2, Ede North Local Government, […]
Continue ReadingFor ten clean years (November 2015 to 7 October, 2025), Mahmood Yakubu was the chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On 29 November, 2025, fifty-three days after he left that impartial office, he became a beneficiary of the election he refereed; he was made an ambassador by the president. Yakubu is not a […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has visited the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at a prison facility in Sokoto State, Nigeria, where he is serving his life imprisonment for terrorism. Otti visited the prison facility on Sunday, accompanied by Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu; the Abia State Attorney […]
Continue ReadingRecently, the American political landscape shifted when Zohran Mamdani, the outspoken democratic socialist representing Queens, New York, secured a high-profile victory. His win sparked conversations nationwide about the growing influence of people-centered, justice-driven politics in the United States. Then, the political ground shook again, this time on the West Coast, as Katie Wilson in Seattle, […]
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