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A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, adjourned the trial of former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, and six others to February 3, 2026, for the hearing of all pending motions. The defendants are facing an 11-count charge filed by the Kano State Government, bordering on…
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the first batch of ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation, taking a major step toward filling Nigeria’s long-vacant diplomatic positions more than two years into his administration. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the development during plenary on Wednesday, November 26, while reading the president’s letter…
Nigeria is facing a sharp decline in access to one of the most critical HIV-prevention tools, as new global data show a 55 per cent drop in condom distribution in the country over the past year. The figure is contained in the World AIDS Day 2025 report by the Joint United Nations Programme on…
Heavy gunfire shook parts of Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said he was briefly taken into custody inside the presidential palace in what he described as a coup attempt. Speaking to The Africa Report, Embaló said he was “arrested around 1 p.m. inside my office,” adding…
The Federal Government on Tuesday denied reports of a nationwide ban on open grazing, saying the practice remains lawful while a gradual transition to ranching is being implemented. The clarification was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Livestock Development, Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu, who…
Pa Chief Raphael Odinakachukwu Ezeoba, affectionately known as “Eziokwubundu,” was born on February 17, 1926. His life was defined by service, integrity, compassion, and an unshakable commitment to the wellbeing of his community. Early Life and Education Chief Ezeoba began his education at St. Thomas Practicing School, Ibusa, now Delta State, between 1939 and 1943….
The claim that Christians are systematically persecuted in Nigeria has become a recurring headline in both domestic and international media. Yet this narrative, upon closer examination, is misleading and politically expedient. It distorts Nigeria’s complex security and governance crises into a simplistic religious binary that obscures the deeper realities of state failure, elite manipulation, and…
On parade grounds and in press rooms, in war zones and worship halls, Major-General Chris Olukolade has lived a life that straddles two worlds: the rigid order of the military and the delicate art of public communication. For more than three decades, he was a soldier’s soldier— disciplined, strategic, and committed to the Nigerian Army’s…
Today, we honour the memory of Dr. Doyin Abiola, a pioneering figure in Nigerian journalism and a fearless advocate of press freedom, gender equity, and democratic values. She passed away at the age of 82, leaving behind an indelible legacy spanning over three decades in the media landscape. Dr. Abiola was the first Nigerian woman…
Buhari There is an old saying that some men are born for their times, while others have their times thrust upon them. Muhammadu Buhari was neither. He was a man who shaped his times across five decades of service to Nigeria, leaving footprints so deep that his passing marks the end of an era. As…
