Fifth Evacuation Flight Set As Nigeria Pulls Citizens Out Of Restive South Africa
Another Air Peace aircraft will lift off from Lagos on Tuesday afternoon bound…
Fifth Evacuation Flight Set As Nigeria Pulls Citizens Out Of Restive South Africa
Another Air Peace aircraft will lift off from Lagos on Tuesday afternoon bound for Johannesburg, and by the early hours of Wednesday it is expected to touch down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport with 270 Nigerians who have chosen to leave South Africa behind. It is the latest run in an evacuation…
Three Remanded Over Killing Of Retired OGTV Broadcaster, Guard
A Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Monday ordered that three men accused of murdering retired Ogun State Television broadcaster, Kitan Oyesiku, and her security guard, Pelumi Adetayo, be held in custody for 60 days while prosecutors decide how the case will proceed. Chief Magistrate O.T. Odubanjo of Court 3 gave the order after…
Portable Vows To Return To Class, Says Dropout Is His Deepest Regret
Fame has taken Habeeb Okikiola, the street-pop entertainer known to millions as Portable, from the rough edges of hustling to sold-out stages and viral headlines, yet the singer says one wound has refused to heal: he never finished school. In a preview of the Honest Brunch Podcast, billed for release on YouTube on Monday,…
Resurfaced Video Revives N1.3bn Phantom Agency Scandal
The man at the heart of one of the most bizarre controversies to hit the Tinubu administration is back in the spotlight, and this time it is his own words, on camera, doing the talking. A video of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who insists he is the Director-General of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention…
Temi Otedola: ‘I’m A Nepo Baby And Proud Of It’
Temi Ajibade, the actress and media personality better known to many as Temi Otedola, has waded into one of the internet’s touchiest conversations with a refreshing dose of honesty, saying she will never pretend that being born into one of Nigeria’s wealthiest families did not open doors for her. Speaking on a recent episode…
Balogun Reprieve: Blatter Warns Football Must Not Serve Political Power
Football’s governing body is facing one of its most awkward credibility tests in years, and the man raising the loudest alarm is one who once sat in its highest office. Former FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter waded into the storm on Monday over the decision to lift United States forward Folarin Balogun’s red card…
Idle Port Harcourt Refinery: Group Presses EFCC, DSS For Action
Pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies to unravel what became of the $1.5 billion sunk into the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery, with a Niger Delta advocacy group now demanding a forensic look at the spending and a wider audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s books. The South South Youths…
‘This Is Not The End,’ Ancelotti Insists After Brazil Crash Out
Brazil’s search for a sixth World Cup title has been pushed back yet again, and this time the wound cuts deeper than most. Carlo Ancelotti, the man handed the job of ending a drought that now stretches back a quarter of a century, watched his side crash out of the 2026 tournament at the…
Jonathan Rejects Report Linking Him To Plot Against Peter Obi
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has moved swiftly to shut down a circulating report claiming he was offered ₦500 billion to enter the 2027 presidential race and pull South-South votes away from Peter Obi, describing the entire account as a fabrication designed to drag him into a controversy he had no hand in. The rebuttal came…
FIFA Faces Scrutiny Over Balogun Ban Reversal
Folarin Balogun will lead the line for the United States against Belgium in Seattle on Monday night, days after a red card had seemed certain to keep him out, following an intervention that has drawn FIFA into an unusual and contested episode at the 2026 World Cup. The forward’s reinstatement, confirmed by FIFA on…