Two years after Nigeria’s #EndBadGovernance protests brought thousands of young people into the streets over hunger, rising living costs and economic hardship, the consequences are still being felt in Kano — not only in memories of violence, but in hospital beds, unpaid medical bills and families struggling to rebuild their lives. For some survivors, August […]
A three-storey building on Abidjan Street in Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, collapsed on Monday night after previously being marked and sealed by authorities over structural concerns. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said emergency responders were deployed shortly after receiving a distress call at about 7:45 p.m., while search-and-rescue operations continued at the scene. As […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump has sparked a fresh political controversy after suggesting that the state of New Mexico should be renamed “New America”, an idea that was quickly rejected by the state’s governor and members of its congressional delegation. Trump raised the proposal Sunday, September 6, in a post on his Truth […]
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Nigeria’s federal government has sharply increased its reliance on the domestic debt market, with borrowing from local investors reaching N24.7 trillion between January and August 2026, a 90.5 per cent increase compared with the N12.98 trillion recorded during the same period in 2025. The scale of the increase is raising fresh concerns about the availability […]
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Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, has launched a fresh attack on Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, accusing the former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate of knowing that Peter Obi was allegedly “a packaged fraud” during their 2023 presidential campaign. Sowore made the claim while reacting to recent comments attributed to […]
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A long-running legal dispute over U.S. government records connected to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken another turn after a Washington-based political advisory and lobbying firm said it intends to place a video transcript before a federal court. Von Batten-Montague-York said the proposed evidence relates to comments allegedly made by Adewale Tinubu, described by the […]
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The renewed controversy over historical U.S. law-enforcement records concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has triggered a fresh call from the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum for prominent Nigerian statesmen to publicly address the issue. The group wants former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Nobel […]
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A fresh controversy over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity has drawn attention to alleged links between influential individuals and notorious bandit networks, after a man identified as Hassan publicly named a northern senator in connection with claims involving wanted bandit kingpin Dogo Gide. Hassan’s allegations, which have circulated widely online, have not been established by a court. […]
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LAGOS — The worsening cost of accommodation in Lagos has triggered a fresh debate over how young workers are expected to achieve financial independence after Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat advised low-income earners to consider living with their parents, relatives or sharing accommodation rather than taking on rents they cannot comfortably afford. Hamzat made […]
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Former Edo State lawmaker Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma has explained why he is pressing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to revisit long-standing financial crime allegations involving former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Agbonayinma, who represented Egor/Ikpoba-Okha Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said his demand was not based on a new allegation against Atiku but […]
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Galatasaray have been presented with a potential solution to their sudden striker problem after Victor Osimhen was forced off injured during Friday’s dramatic 3-2 victory over Istanbul Başakşehir. The Nigerian forward opened the scoring for the Turkish champions before leaving the pitch in the 33rd minute after suffering what appeared to be a groin or […]
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UMUAHIA, Abia State — The 2027 governorship contest in Abia State is beginning to take shape around competing promises on workers’ welfare, employment and economic development, with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Kelechi Anosike pledging to reverse what he described as unjustified disengagements from the state public service. Anosike said on Thursday that, if elected […]
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A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has said it does not expect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be arrested if he attends the 2026 United Nations General Assembly in New York, but claims the Nigerian leader could face significant public embarrassment over long-running allegations concerning his past in the United States. […]
