TINUBU CONFERS NATIONAL HONOURS ON FALCONS, GIVES EACH PLAYER $100,000 Nigeria Super Falcons captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, celebrating with team mates after their win over the Banyana Banyana of South Africa, at the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Casablanca, Morocco, yesterday. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred National Honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) …

FRSC LACKS POWER TO SEIZE DRIVERS’ LICENCES, VEHICLES – APPEAL COURT The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has ruled that the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, lacks the legal authority to seize drivers’ licences, vehicles, or related documents without lawful justification. This decision came in Appeal No: CA/OW/199/2022, filed by the FRSC, the Corps Marshal, and an …

SDP EXPELS EL-RUFAI, BANS EX-GOVFOR 30 YEARS Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has been expelled from the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Announcing his expulsion from the party, SDP also imposed a 30-year ban on El-Rufai. SDP’s National Working Committee, NWC, said the action was in line with the party’s constitution, ideology, manifesto, principles, and practices, as well as in …

NIGERIANS ARE HUNGRY, STOP FEEDING THEM WRONG STATISTICS – PETER OBI TELLS TINUBU The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the state of the economy. The former governor of Anambra State has accused the administration of relying on manipulated data to mask the worsening hardship in the …

OHANAEZE REJECTS SENATE BILL ON STATUS ELEVATION OF SULTAN, OONI.The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned a bill in the Nigerian Senate that seeks to elevate the Ooni of Ife and the Sultan of Sokoto as permanent Co-Chairmen of the National Council of Traditional Rulers. In a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu, the group described the bill as unjust, warning …

THE ATIKU DEBATE: CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT VERSUS POPULAR OPINION Here we go again. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has packed his political bags once more, this time pitching his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The man who has made party-hopping an art form is at it again, and predictably, Nigerians are having a field day with their criticisms. “Is …

WE ARE TIRED OF BURYING OUR YOUNG ONES – PLATEAU YOUTHS CRY OUT AS GUNMEN KILL OVER 300, DISPLACE 50,000 OTHERS IN 90 DAYS Following renewed waves of attacks across various communities in Plateau State by suspected Fulani militias, youth leaders have risen with one voice demanding an immediate end to the often unprovoked attacks and killings of their people. …

WHY ENUGU REGULATOR IS A SPARK OF LIGHT IN NIGERIA’S DARKNESS At a time when electricity tariffs across Nigeria are testing the limits of household and business survival, the southeastern state of Enugu has done what few thought possible: cut prices. In early July, Enugu slashed the tariff for its highest-band power consumers by nearly 23 percent, a decision that …

OBEY COURT ORDER + GOV MBAH TELLS NIGERIAN ARMY IN LAND DISPUTE The Owo community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, home to Governor Peter Mbah, has called on the Nigerian Army to respect a subsisting court order regarding a long-standing land dispute. An Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice C.O Ajah, had on May …

SIX NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS KIDNAPPED EN ROUTE TO YOLA CAMPUS, N20M RANSOM DEMANDED Six students of the Nigerian Law School have been reportedly abducted by suspected armed bandits while travelling to resume at the school’s Yola campus, Adamawa State. The incident is believed to have occurred in the late hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, along the volatile route …

YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH ELECTORAL VALUE, BECAUSE YOU BETRAYED MANY PEOPLE – EX-GOV FAYOSE’S BROTHER Younger brother to former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac Fayose, has declared that the former governor no longer holds any electoral relevance in the state. Isaac made this known in a video posted on his Instagram page, where he addressed the political situation in …

STOP LYING TO NIGERIANS – MINISTER TELLS PARAMILITARY AGENCIES The Federal Government has urged paramilitary agencies and departments to desist from peddling falsehoods and embrace transparent, empathetic communication with Nigerians. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the call on Saturday in Abuja while declaring open the ministry’s Media Masterclass 2025 themed “Beyond Press Statements: Media as a Tool …

400 MALNOURISHED CHILDREN ADMITTED PER DAY IN KEBBI – DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS The Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) known as Doctors Without Borders has expressed worry over rise in the number of malnourished children, saying it admits over 400 per day in Kebbi State. It noted that the increment was caused by limited access to healthcare, high inflation, poverty, desertification and …

DANGOTE PRESSES TINUBU FOR BAN ON IMPORTATION OF REFINED FUEL: MARKETERS KICK The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has asked President Bola Tinubu to include refined petroleum products in the list of items banned under the ‘Nigeria First’ policy of the Federal Government. But this was unanimously rejected by oil marketers and some industry analysts on Sunday. …

EYES ON MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY SENATE AS UNN APPOINTS SUBSTANTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR In the next few days, the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria led by a thorough bred technocrat Engr K.O. Ojo will appoint a substantive Vice Chancellor. This will be coming after a significantly challenging 14 months and 3 acting Vice Chancellors. The pressure is high …