Duke Pledges N300 Petrol Ahead of 2027 Polls
Donald Duke, the former governor of Cross River State, pledged on Wednesday, 7 October 2026,…
Duke Pledges N300 Petrol Ahead of 2027 Polls
Donald Duke, the former governor of Cross River State, pledged on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, to bring the retail price of petrol down to 300 naira per litre if voters elect him president next year. Speaking on national television, the politician argued that current market prices crush low-income households whose entire monthly minimum wage of…
Atiku Accuses Tinubu of Abandoning Local Farmers
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, of abandoning domestic food growers while spending scarce foreign cash to bring in grain from abroad. Speaking to party delegates in Abuja, the opposition contender argued that state policies have crushed rural production, exposed farmers to rural gunmen, and turned Nigeria…
Nigeria’s 2027 Election: The 103 Million Voters Who Could Rewrite the Political Playbook
Nigeria’s 2027 general election is beginning to take shape, and the latest voter register offers political parties a revealing picture of the electorate they will have to persuade, mobilise and ultimately get to the polling booths. The most striking message from the figures is that Nigeria’s electorate is no longer predominantly a youthful constituency. The…
Nana Akua Addo’s Marital Crisis Deepens as Lawyers Trade Accounts Over Viral Videos
Ghanaian actress Nana Akua Addo’s marital crisis has escalated after viral videos triggered domestic violence allegations, with lawyers on both sides giving conflicting accounts of the disputed events. Ghanaian actress and fashion personality Nana Akua Addo has found herself at the centre of a fresh marital controversy after videos showing her with visible injuries…
Taking The Crown
By combining vast land space, aggressive fleet expansion, and strategic geographical location, iGA Istanbul Airport has dethroned London Heathrow to become the most connected transit hub on earth. Surpassing legacy transit nodes in Western Europe and North America, iGA Istanbul Airport has clinched the top position as the most connected aviation hub on earth. Fresh…
FG Bows to Pressure, Releases Varsity Arrears
The federal government cleared eight months of withheld salary arrears for university workers on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, after campus labour unions threatened a nationwide strike. The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation disbursed the long-delayed funds to federal institutions following intense pressure from the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic…
A Global Shadow: How a Peruvian School Bus Assault Mirrors a Worldwide Menace
A harrowing assault on a Peruvian school bus exposes how systemic institutional silence and toxic dynamics feed into a broader, global epidemic of sexual violence against young people. The team bus droned down the highway as a squad of secondary school athletes returned from a local tournament. Outside the windows, daylight lit up the road,…
Navy, Police Comb Ondo Swamps for Crash Victims
Nigerian Navy divers and marine police units cordoned off the creek banks of Igbokoda in Ondo State on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, to drag the swamp bed for the bodies of twenty-five people and the broken fuselage of an air force transport aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane, marked NAF 931, plunged into the mangrove waters…
Demanding Answers from Moscow
A mysterious laboratory fatality at a Siberian disease research institute has ignited a diplomatic standoff, as foreign governments demand answers from Russia over potential biological risks and hidden research activities. Unexplained biological risks inside a Siberian research centre have triggered urgent diplomatic inquiries across international capitals. High-level communications dispatched from Washington to Russian officials seek…
Ghana Moves To Join BRICS Bloc
Ghana’s cabinet has approved a decision to formally apply to join BRICS, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, placing a second West African state firmly within reach of the bloc that already counts Nigeria among its partners. Ablakwa disclosed the decision at a joint press briefing in…