WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

WHY NIGERIANS IN AUSTRALIA DON’T TRAVEL BACK HOME – DON Dr Uchechukwu OsuagwuPresident of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu,President of the American Academy of Optometry, African Chapter, Dr Uchechukwu Osuagwu, speaks with BIODUN BUSARI on his life journey from Nigeria to Australia How would you describe your growing up? I grew up in Aba, in …

PRIVILEGED CHILDREN FIGHTING POLITICAL BATTLES There appears to be a growing trend on the political scene where, holding past and serving public officials to account is being challenged by their family members. In the last few years, family members, especially sons and daughters of political leaders, rush to defend the policies, actions and utterances of their fathers and sometimes even …

LG ELECTIONS: REVOLT IN LAGOS APC OVER IMPOSITION Crisis is brewing within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the July 12 local government elections, as many chairmanship aspirants and party leaders have kicked against what they described as a plot to impose candidates. The aggrieved members and leaders, drawn from various local government areas and …

JAMB RELEASES RESULTS OF OVER 1.9M CANDIDATES, WITHHOLDS 39,834 RESULTS The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 1.951, 811 candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) while withholding 39,834 results. This is even as it revealed that 80 suspects are currently under interrogation for examination fraud as Anambra State …

NNPCL, DANGOTE MEET: PLAN FUEL PRICE DROP Details of the meeting between President of Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote, and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, showed that the duo plan to boost Nigeria’s oil and gas downstream sector and further premium motor spirit price reduction in the coming days. NNPCL disclosed …

GOV OTTI TO CONVERT NEW GOVT HOUSE BUILT BY IKPEAZU TO AN HOTEL The Abia State Government has announced plans to convert the newly constructed Government House, built by the immediate past Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, into a five-star hotel, News360 Nigeria reports. The decision was made public by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, following a tour of the …

SUPREME COURT REVOKES AJUDUA S BAIL, ORDERS REMAND IN 20-YEAR-OLD FRAUD CASE The supreme court has dismissed the judgment of the court of appeal in Lagos that granted bail to Fred Ajudua, a one-time Lagos socialite, in the alleged $1.04 million fraud trial. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, the apex court ordered Ajudua to be remanded at the correctional …

GANDUJE BACKS ONE-PARTY SYSTEM, SAYS TOO MANY PARTIES SPOIL GOVERNANCE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has thrown his weight behind the idea of a one-party system in Nigeria, arguing that the multiplicity of political parties is undermining effective governance. Ganduje made the remarks on Thursday at the Presidential Villa after leading a delegation of …

FOREIGN HERDERS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PLATEAU, KILLINGS – MIYETTI ALLAH COUNTERS DEFENCE HQRS The National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association, Saleh Alhassan, has claimed that politicians are the real cause of the crisis in Plateau State, not herders. He made the claim on Friday during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, where he …

NIGERIA STILL OWES IMF ₦190 BILLION – REPORTS‘The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that Nigeria has completely settled the $3.4 billion in COVID-19 financial assistance received through the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). However, the government still owes approximately $30 million to the multilateral organisation for Special Drawing Rights (SDR) charges. This $30 million, equivalent to ₦48.2 billion, will be paid …

POPE LEO XIV TO BE INAUGURATED MAY 18 The Vatican has announced that the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV will take place on Sunday, May 18. The inauguration mass would take place at St Peter’s Square with several world and religious leaders expected to be in attendance. Following the inauguration mass, Pope Leo will meet with journalists on Monday …

BE WORRIED ABOUT ANGER OF NIGERIANS, NOT COALITION, SDP CHIEFTAIN TO TINUBU The Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says rather than worry about the planned coalition by opposition politicians, President Bola Tinubu should be concerned about the people’s anger against his administration. Waxing comical, Adebayo described those planning the coalition …

TINUBU’S VISIT TO ANAMBRA; PETER OBI, SOLUDO EXCHANGE VEILED CRITICISMS Tensions flared in Anambra State this week as Governor Chukwuma Soludo and former Governor Peter Obi exchanged veiled criticisms amid President Bola Tinubu’s high-profile visit to the state. According to The Guardian, Peter Obi, former presidential candidate and ex-governor of Anambra, sparked the exchange with a critical post on X, …

NEWLY ELECTED POPE LEO XIV VISITED NIGERIA IN 2016 Long before he was elected pope of the Catholic Church, Robert Prevost touched down on Nigerian soil in 2016. Now known as Pope Leo XIV, the new American pontiff visited Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, almost a decade ago as part of his duties as an Augustinian leader, engaging with members of …