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Breaking news: a number of prominent Nigerian politicians have finally teamed up and adopted a new political platform to challenge the ruling party and “rescue Nigeria from bad governance, poverty, disease, corruption, spiralling inflation and worsening insecurity”. According to them, Nigerians cannot afford another four years of misrule by the ruling party as the ship […]
Continue Reading“On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President’s table.” ―Bola Ahmed Tinubu, April 2014 On 26 January 2009, Mamman Bello Ali died. He was the governor of Yobe State in north-east Nigeria. At around the same time, an anti-terrorism campaign by the government of Nigeria in Yobe State and its neighbour, Borno State, was […]
Continue ReadingHigh Court of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, sitting in Lafia, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Simon Aboki found Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide, having killed and dismembered the victim. Justice Aboki said that the prosecuting […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that seven states now control their electricity markets in accordance with the Electricity Act 2023. The states are Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Ondo, Imo, Oyo, and Kogi. Other states, including Lagos, Ogun, Niger, and Plateau, are expected to complete their transitions between June and September. Anambra, having recently passed […]
Continue ReadingTimes Higher Education (THE) Ranking has announced the iconic Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) as the best in Nigeria for the fourth consecutive times and number 84th in the world. ABUAD is also ranked 1st in Africa in (SDG 7 – Affordable & Clean Energy), 1st in Africa (SDG 13 -Climate Change), 2nd in Africa […]
Continue ReadingIt is like the pidgin saying: “monkey dey work, baboon dey chop” when one considers the amount of Value Added Tax (VAT) each State in Nigeria generated in Q1, 2025 and how much each State got back when the total VAT was shared among the States. See the VAT contribution and distribution per State below: More […]
Continue ReadingA young Nigerian woman who is yet to be identified has reportedly lost her life under circumstances that are disturbing and confusing. It was gathered that the ugly incident happened in the early morning of Tuesday, June 17. It was learned, according to Trendibase and Minna Chat Out, that the incident happened at House 91, […]
Continue ReadingAn Inspector of Police has been killed while his young son was injured after his 10-year-old son shot them both in Anambra State, Nigeria. Identified as Inspector Okolie Amechi, the officer was fatally shot by his 10-year-old son in an accidental discharge incident while on duty at a bank in Awka, Anambra State. The incident […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, arraigned the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, Halima Buba, and the Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, Innocent Mbagwu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. They are both standing trial on a six-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of […]
Continue ReadingOne reason many Nigerians voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a Nordic-Scandinavian and German-style social market economy. This is a model that promises a blend of economic efficiency and social welfare that appeals to the aspirations of a more equitable society. A social market economy […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Adewale Ajao, has ordered the arrest of a woman accused of subjecting a 14-year-old girl to physical abuse and starvation in Abuja. This comes after a troubling video went viral, showing the girl, identified as Bashariya, narrating her ordeal in Hausa. Bashariya, originally from Zamfara State, said she […]
Continue ReadingSimon Guobadia, the estranged husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Porsha Williams, has been deported to Nigeria following an extended stay in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. The 61-year-old businessman was reportedly flown out of the United States recently after being held at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia since his […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the kidnap and murder of a female Bank Manager after the collection of a ransom of (N14m) Fourteen Million Naira in Onitsha. A statement from the command on Sunday, June 1, says the operatives, while on diligent investigations, trailed two of […]
Continue ReadingCourt proceedings at the Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some courts across the country were grounded on Monday, as the nationwide strike declared by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) took effect. The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal and […]
Continue ReadingMike Ozekhome SAN, has said that the rising cost of living, hunger and widespread public discontent under President Bola Tinubu’s administration could fuel a formidable opposition movement capable of unseating him in the 2027 general election. Speaking in response to reports of an emerging political alliance between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and 2023 Labour […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is presently celebrating its 26th year of this Fourth Republic and 65 years as an independent, sovereign nation. However, if there were a survey asking Nigerians if they are faring better or worse as citizens, the majority are likely to confirm the latter. Why is it that successive administration tends to sink Nigerians into […]
Continue ReadingBewildered by the riddle life was unravelling, King Sunny Ade, in 1974, lifted his voice in a plaintive cry, “È sú biri-biri kè bó mi o.” At the time, the fast-rising Juju maestro was merely 11 years into his musical odyssey when he birthed this evergreen song. Had the song been born in 2025, it […]
Continue ReadingOfficers from the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a 43-year-old woman identified as Gift for allegedly biting off the tip of her lover’s penis during a domestic dispute in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, sent shockwaves through the densely populated Bishop Okoye Street when news […]
Continue ReadingAnambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the Senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the election occurred on 28 April […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has launched the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) platform, a significant initiative aimed at enhancing financial access for Nigerians in the diaspora. The platform, which enables Nigerians abroad to obtain their BVN remotely, removes the need for physical presence in Nigeria. […]
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