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Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has made clarifications surrounding her father’s actual age, saying the elder statesman could be older than his official records indicate. Speaking during an interview on The Morayo Reality TV Show, Iyabo said her father is expected to celebrate his 90th birthday next year but noted that he believes he […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has alleged that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is deliberately frustrating him, claiming he faces constant intimidation and obstacles in his daily activities. Speaking during an interview with Chude Jideonwo about his political future, Obi said he was more concerned about his safety than whether he […]
Continue ReadingNigerian actress, Cynthia Anijekwu, has received N13.1 million in donations after making a public appeal for financial assistance to continue her cancer treatment. The fundraising effort began after fellow actress Destiny Etiko shared an emotional video of Cynthia pleading for help to cover the high cost of her medical care. Providing an update, Destiny announced […]
Continue ReadingUnited States federal prosecutors and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have launched a preliminary probe into the financial operations of the Argentine Football Association in the US. They are investigating whether transactions linked to the body could constitute money laundering or fraud under American law. According to a report published on Wednesday by […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu’s Villa scriptwriters are supremely gifted. Go back and read Mr. Bayo Onanuga’s So Long a Letter on the Gbajabiamila-Adeyemi ‘feud’ over an agency that is simultaneously legal and illegal. The lengthy statement is a work of prose, daintily littered with repetition and refrain; rhyme and rhythm. Check out this excerpt: “On 27 […]
Continue ReadingHead coach of Egypt national team, Hossam Hassan, has said his side suffered “injustice” in their World Cup Round of 16 defeat to Argentina, and declared he would not follow the remainder of the tournament as a result. Hassan’s comments followed a heated exchange with French referee, Francois Letexier, at the final whistle, during which […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Police have arrested the father and family friend of embattled Director-General of the purported Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, Adeyemi Adeniyi, in Oyo State. Adeniyi had gone into hiding, following revelations that he had allegedly scammed the Federal Government through the creation of a fake presidential council. The arrest came […]
Continue ReadingI first received a WhatsApp forward about the scandal from notable University of Texas history professor Toyin Falola. I didn’t read it. I thought it was just another corruption scandal, the sort I have become tragically inured to. A few days later, my friend Professor Moses Ochonu forwarded another version of it to me. I […]
Continue ReadingOfficial documents said to have exclusively been obtained by Saturday Punch have cast fresh doubt on the Presidency’s insistence that the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) never existed. According to Punch, the documents reveal that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation received, acknowledged and acted on correspondence submitted […]
Continue ReadingThe 2026 world cup tournament currently taking place in three countries of Canada, Mexico, and United States is getting hotter as the Round of 32 is over with the Colombia versus Ghana match, and the 16 teams that will battle for a place in the quarter finals have now been confirmed. Below are the teams […]
Continue ReadingUnited States has withdrawn most of the troops it deployed for a joint counterterrorism mission in Nigeria’s Lake Chad Basin, while maintaining intelligence-sharing and other security cooperation with the Nigerian government. The Commander of US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, disclosed this during a digital press briefing on the outcome […]
Continue ReadingThe Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has blessed the Nigerian fashion designer, celebrity stylist, and entrepreneur, Abiodun Folashade Tokunbo, aka CEO Luminee and her actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, known as Baba Ijesha, with a new car during their visit to the palace. Sharing photos from the visit, the […]
Continue ReadingIyabo Obasanjo, former Nigerian Senator, has revealed that her decision to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) was influenced by what she described as the failure of the party’s consensus governorship candidate in Ogun State to honour commitments made to her and her supporters. Speaking during an appearance on the Morayo Show, the daughter of […]
Continue ReadingPresidential adviser Sunday Dare jumped into the “akara and kúlíkúlí” conversation and came out as someone living an unexamined life. He gave his mother’s petty trading as an example of what was possible from meagre means. Dare could have left it there, but he had to prove himself a regular APC supporter who disregards the […]
Continue ReadingFederal government of Nigeria granted a waiver to the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) headed by Adeniyi Adeyemi to recruit 300 members of staff in August 2025, according to TheCable. Mimi Abu, director, organisation design and development, in the office of the head of the civil service of the federation, conveyed the government’s […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Thursday dismissed a suit challenging the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Presiding judge, Justice Musa Liman dismissed the suit while delivering ruling in the preliminary objection filed by the defendants. A House of Representatives member from Kogi State, Hon. Leke Abejide, […]
Continue ReadingA new report, ‘The Shadow Owners,’ published by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Limited (AERE) has confirmed how the worsening insecurity in our country is being fuelled by powerful forces that are linked to illegal mining that is now effectively a multi-billion dollars organised crime. Last November, ‘Daily Trust’ published a similar report of […]
Continue ReadingSenior medical consultant based in Kano State, Nigeria, has died after collapsing barely 15 minutes of arriving a hospital in Kano State to attend to patients who had been waiting for his evening clinic. The sad incident happened last Saturday at Arewa Surgery Hospital, Hotoro, Kano, where the doctor reportedly responded to a request to […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of forty-six (46) Microfinance Banks with effect from July 1, 2026, in accordance with its powers under Sections 12 and 13 of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), 2020,” the statement read. The CBN said the revocation was approved after the affected institutions […]
Continue ReadingUche Nnaji, former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, was arrested on Wednesday morning by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. Security sources say Nnaji was arrested while preparing to board a private jet bound for Abuja. The sources said the arrest […]
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