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The Presidency has called for legal action against social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), over the circulation of an alleged doctored audio recording involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, escalating an already tense relationship between the Tinubu administration and one of Nigeria’s most influential online personalities. Special Adviser to the President…
Canada and The Bahamas have joined the United States in imposing temporary travel restrictions tied to the worsening Ebola outbreak in central and east Africa, a coordinated tightening of borders that underscores mounting international anxiety over the virus’s cross continental spread. The measures specifically target travellers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda…
YouTube will begin automatically detecting and labelling artificial intelligence generated content on its platform, marking a significant departure from its previous self disclosure policy and signalling a tougher stance by the Google owned video giant on the rising tide of synthetic media. The platform announced the policy shift in a blog post published on…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has voiced strong concern over the persistent abduction and prolonged captivity of Nigerian schoolchildren, warning that the country’s inability to protect its youngest citizens reflects a national failure that has begun to define Nigeria’s standing in the global community. His intervention follows a particularly devastating three day…
The National Democratic Congress has formally adopted the report of its screening committee and approved direct primaries for State Assembly positions, setting the stage for one of the most consequential internal contests in the opposition party’s preparations for the 2027 general elections. The decision, taken on Wednesday, followed what the party described as extensive…
US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, the high profile body assembled to oversee the reconstruction of war torn Gaza, currently holds zero dollars in its official fund despite member nations publicly pledging billions, according to a Financial Times investigation published Wednesday. The disclosure casts fresh scrutiny on an initiative that has already drawn…
African governments and international development partners have pledged approximately $498.8 million to strengthen response operations against the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola Virus outbreak, even as the World Health Organisation warns that the epidemic is currently outpacing containment efforts across the continent. The figure was disclosed by Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar surged to an overwhelming early lead in the African Democratic Congress presidential primary on Tuesday night, polling more than 1.4 million votes across 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory before the exercise was abruptly adjourned shortly before midnight. The figures, announced state by state at the national collation…
The Agbekoya Farmers’ Society of Nigeria has raised fresh alarm over the fate of victims abducted from schools in Esinele, Yamota and Alawusa communities in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, alleging that the kidnappers are now ferrying their captives through dense forests across neighbouring states in a deliberate bid to evade security operatives….
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced a temporary suspension of operations on the Warri–Itakpe Train Service (WITS), citing operational exigencies and technical advice from its engineers. In an official statement released by the corporation’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Callistus Unyimadu, the NRC explained that the decision was necessary to allow for critical operational…
