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The daughters of veteran Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known by his screen name Ogogo, have made separate emotional appeals for urgent medical help for their 66-year-old father, who they say is battling stage-four cancer after hospitals reportedly declined to continue his treatment. In videos posted on Instagram on Monday, Lima and Kira Taiwo…
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Special Adviser and Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has pushed back against suggestions that Osun State residents were blindsided by the governor’s endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid, insisting the endorsement predates Adeleke’s own victory at Saturday’s governorship poll. Rasheed made the clarification on Arise Television on Tuesday, responding to questions…
In the agrarian expanses of Benue, Niger, and the broader North Central belt, the harvest season no longer brings relief; it marks the arrival of tax collectors carrying automatic rifles. Across these food baskets, armed non-state actors have established a formalised extortion regime, demanding mandatory access fees, often starting at N500,000 per community or individual…
Gunmen raided the Binper community in Plateau State’s Mangu local council, killing more than 20 sleeping villagers. The attackers stormed the farming settlement between midnight and dawn, forcing their way into private homes. Several other residents suffered critical gunshot wounds during the coordinated assault. The midnight bloodbath adds another grim chapter to the long security…
FIFA has dismissed its Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Lamour, barely three weeks after he publicly broke ranks with President Gianni Infantino over a now abandoned plan to sell a stake in the body that would have managed the commercial and ticketing rights of FIFA competitions. FIFA confirmed the exit in a statement issued on…
An unknown projectile struck an outbound commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday morning. The blast damaged the ship’s engine room and caused a crew casualty. Omani coastguard vessels rushed to assist the remaining sailors as emergency responders secured the vessel. The assault marks another grim reminder that the world’s most vital energy…
The All Progressives Congress has formally rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as winner of the Osun State governorship election, setting up a potential legal contest over a poll the ruling Accord Party had claimed with a comfortable margin. The Director-General of the APC governorship campaign in Osun State,…
Nigeria’s monthly Federation Account allocations have climbed past N2 trillion, a level the Federal Government says was unthinkable before 2023, when states routinely struggled to meet salary obligations on allocations averaging between N300 billion and N600 billion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed the figures on Monday…
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s Osun State governorship poll has become the latest flashpoint in a growing conversation about what Nigeria’s 2027 general elections should look like, with a prominent aide to the Ooni of Ife urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate what he called the Osun standard nationwide. The Independent…
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) closed lower on Monday, extending a bearish run that has now wiped value off the local bourse for a second consecutive session, as investors continued to offload banking and insurance stocks. The All-Share Index (ASI) shed 0.07 per cent to close at 242,454.65 points, down from 242,619.20 points at…
