Tinubu departs Abuja for Europe on a 10-day vacation

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commenced a 10-day vacation as part of his 2025 annual leave, the Presidency announced. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President will spend the 10-working-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom (UK), after which he will return to Nigeria. Onanuga […]

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Rethinking Nigerian footballers’ entitlement mentality, By Azuka Onwuka

Nigeria’s ex-international, Taribo West, stirred the hornet’s nest last week at the funeral rites of former Super Eagles’ captain and goalkeeper, Peter Rufai. In a viral interview, West blamed the Nigerian Football Federation and the Lagos State Football Association for abandoning Rufai and the family. West said inter alia: “What kind of nation is this? […]

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1,364 W’African children recruited by terrorists, 14,000 schools shut ―United Nations

The United Nations has decried the deepening humanitarian impact of terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel, revealing that 1,364 children were recruited by armed groups in 2024, while more than 14,000 schools were shut due to insecurity. UN Under Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Simão, […]

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Wike’s lives hang on a slender thread, By Dele Sobowale

“In all matters, one must consider the end” – Jean De La Fontaine, 1621-1695. “A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies”– Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900. Every active and deliberately controversial politician in a deadly political environment has two lives to protect – his real life and his political life. Occasionally, the two lives […]

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US to support food security in Nigeria with $32.5m

United States Government has committed $32.5m to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) to support food and nutrition assistance for hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in Nigeria. A statement released by the US Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday said the funding will enable WFP Nigeria to reach approximately 764,205 vulnerable […]

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Lagos is a no-man’s land ―Bwala defends Nigerian Govt’s investment

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has described Lagos State as a “no-man’s land” and the pride of Nigeria’s economy. Bwala, who spoke on the Daybreak programme on Arise Television on Wednesday, argued that the concentration of federal projects in Lagos should not be seen as favouritism but as investment […]

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Don’t keep just one man, have three other boyfriends ―BBNaija star, Tacha advises women (Video)

Former Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) star, media personality, influencer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Anita Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has stirred reactions online after sharing her relationship advice during a recent podcast interview. According to her, women should not limit themselves to just one man, but instead have “three other boyfriends” on the side. She […]

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Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in Finland

A district court in Finland has sentenced Nigerian but Finland-based Simon Ekpa to six years in prison for terrorism. Ekpa, an agitator for the actualisation of Biafra by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was sentenced on Monday, September 1. In the ruling, the Päijät-Häme court found Ekpa guilty of inciting terrorism and participating in […]

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Enugu Air officials forcibly removed a passenger from plane

Enugu Air, the Enugu State-owned commercial airline, which launched operations in July, has sparked online attention after a passenger was forcibly removed from one of its flights. A video circulating on social media shows officials dragging a male passenger off the aircraft. In the footage, a voice is heard saying, “Yes, yes, go down,” suggesting […]

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Obi’s Litigious Reflexes vs Adeyanju’s Burden of Truth, By Farooq A. Kperogi

In what irreverently humorous social media denizens are calling the battle between the “social media president” and the “Temu lawyer” (unflattering epithets to suggest that Peter Obi rules the Nigerian social media space while Deji Adeyanju is a baby lawyer who makes up for his inexperience through loud exhibitionism), Nigerian media law is about to […]

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Former IGP Solomon Arase passes away

Former Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has passed away. The immediate past Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) reportedly died at Cedarcrest Hospital in Abuja on Sunday. Arase, who was the 18th Inspector General of Police, previously served as the head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, the Force’s top […]

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Alleged fake lawyer with ’10-years experience’ nabbed in Nigeria

Zone XI Police Headquarters in Nigeria has arrested a suspected fake lawyer identified as Emmanuel Odeh, parading himself as a qualified attorney for almost 10 years mostly in Lagos and Abuja. In a statement released on Saturday, August 30, the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ade Ogunyemi, disclosed that Odeh was arrested by operatives […]

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I admit ignorance in my past criticism of Peter Obi ―Morayo Afolabi-Brown

Morayo Afolabi-Brown, former ‘Your View’ host on TVC, has said her past remarks about former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, were made without knowing much about him or his record in office. In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, the veteran media personality explained that her comments on the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate at […]

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TV host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown bows out of TVC’s ‘Your View’ programme

Morayo Afolabi-Brown, the long-standing host of the morning show on Television Continental, Your View, has bowed out of the programme after more than a decade. A video of her final appearance was shared by the broadcaster on Friday, leaving many viewers emotional as they went for tissue papers to wipe away tears. Both the live […]

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Cost of Nigerian passport is now higher than minimum wage ―Peter Obi

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has lambasted the President bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government’s decision to increase the cost of Nigerian passports, expressing surprise that the government has continued to add to the burden of Nigerians. Obi observed that at N100,000 for a 32-page booklet, the international travel […]

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When the State Kneels Before the Gun, By Olusegun Adeniyi

The copyright to the above title belongs to Khaleed Yazeed, a young journalist. He has written several reports about the way bandit kingpins are being enabled with a policy of appeasement that has only escalated their violence on innocent people, especially in Zamfara and Katsina States. This is what provoked Yazeed’s latest headline: “The chairman of Safana […]

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A good woman will give you a crown, a bad one will make you a clown ―Actress Rita Edochie advises men

Veteran Nigerian actress, Rita Edochie, has taken to social media to advise men on the type of women to choose. In posts she shared on social media, Rita Edochie stated that “a good woman will give a man a crown but a bad one will only end up making a man a clown.” “A good […]

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