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After spending more than two weeks in France and London, President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, Nigeria. The aircraft 001 conveying the President landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja at 9:50 pm on Monday, the State House media office disclosed. Tinubu departed Nigeria on Wednesday, April 2, spending some time in […]
Continue ReadingLast week, in response to mounting, difficult-to-controvert, empirically impregnable accusations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disproportionately favors his Yoruba ethnic group in consequential federal appointments, the presidency circulated a list of Tinubu’s appointments to countermine the firmly fixed national narrative of Tinubu’s unexampled ethnocentrism but was compelled to withdraw it because it was embarrassingly error-ridden and […]
Continue ReadingMrs. Dupe Omowumi Bello, a retired headmistress, collapsed and died during her retirement ceremony in Osun State, Nigeria. The tragic incident occurred on April 9, 2025, at the School for the physically challenged, Enu Odi, Ilesa, Osun State. It was gathered that Bello, respected by colleagues and students for her dedication and hard work, had […]
Continue ReadingRenowned human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN has urged youths to reclaim the country. Falana gave the advice on Saturday in Lagos, during sixth Annual Youth Leadership Conference, tagged ‘Resilience, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (RISE 2025),’ held at the University of Lagos. Falana said things were not how they used to be, […]
Continue ReadingOn Monday, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) criticised Nigeria’s import ban on 25 categories of goods, claiming that the restrictions limit market access for American exporters. The restrictions affect items such as beef, pork, poultry, fruit juices, medicaments, and alcoholic beverages, refined vegetable oil, sugar, cocoa products, spaghetti, beer, which the US sees as […]
Continue ReadingAs he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on 2 April, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal to confirm that the judgment he was […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lady, Jenny Jones, has spoken about her decision to return to Nigeria after spending years living and working in the United States. She revealed that the main reason for her move is the burnout she feels in America, where she says she lacks a sense of fulfilment. “I’m going to Nigeria because I feel […]
Continue ReadingThe killing last Friday of 16 Northern travellers along the Uromi-Ubiaja road in Edo state is an event that will live in infamy. Twenty-five travellers from Port Harcourt going home to the North, Kano specifically for the Eid el-fitri celebrations were intercepted by vigilantes along the way on the suspicion that they were kidnappers and […]
Continue ReadingPublisher and CEO of Ovation international magazine, politician and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it “anti-democratic.” Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Momodu said, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and […]
Continue ReadingDemocracy is often cast as the antithesis of authoritarian rule — a beacon of liberty standing firm against the shadows of oppression. Yet, history tells a more intricate tale. Authoritarian regimes rarely storm the gates; instead, they slip quietly through the corridors of power, emerging not as abrupt usurpers but as offspring of the very […]
Continue ReadingA passenger boards a bus. The city is a little rough but he has taken his customary precaution; there are two women on the bus. He turns into the gaze of a wiry man with a Bible and the man smiles and nods at him. He imagines he is a peripatetic evangelist biding his time before unleashing […]
Continue ReadingMany eminent Nigerians, former governors and past public office holders expressed fears on Monday over the falling standards of democracy in Nigeria, arguing that it left much to be desired. They voiced their fears at a colloquium held at the Abuja Intercontinental Hotel to mark the 60th birthday celebration of former Governor of Imo State, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Merit Gold Eberechi, has taken to social media to inquire what the “great men of God” in Nigeria are doing about the prevailing hardship, as Nigerians continue to grapple with the economic hardship. She posed the question in a post shared on her Instastories. See her post below:
Continue ReadingSuper Eagles of Nigeria has secured a crucial 2-0 victory over Rwanda in their CAF World Cup qualification Group C clash on Friday, thanks to a brace from Victor Osimhen. Osimhen opened the scoring in the 11th minute, giving the Super Eagles an early lead following a monumental cross from Ademola Lookman. He doubled Nigeria’s […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives has voted in support of the declaration of a state of emergency rule in Rivers State, Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months […]
Continue ReadingOne vital question which the Holy Bible records for human interrogation is; *_”….when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”_ Luke 18:8* In the attempt to answer this question, no rational thinker would subject “faith” alone to extrapolation without equally addressing the activities of some of our modern day “Pastors […]
Continue ReadingNaira appreciated against the dollar as at the close of trading, Friday night, March 14 to halt the depreciation streak at the official foreign exchange market. This comes as the Naira strengthened to N1,550.36 per dollar on Friday for the first time in the week under review from N1,554.85 exchanged on Thursday. The development showed […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the nation was not getting accurate vote counts during elections due to the involvement of those he described as ‘ghost voters.’ He also said it is better and more honourable for the chairman and other officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to resign rather than yield […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has resolved the passport printer crisis at Nigeria’s consulates in New York and Atlanta, United States. Guided by the directives given by Nigerian Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in January 2025, the Nigeria Immigration Service delivered and installed new passport printers at both consulates on Tuesday The move follows recent calls from Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingOnly two banks have so far been able to meet the new capital requirements prescribed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with most of the other banks still in need of huge capital injections, international rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has said in its latest report. According to Fitch, while many of the banks are […]
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