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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has recounted how he ventured into the sale of akara and bread, saying the business generated not less than ₦10 million for him every month. “We still have that shop there, and I started selling akara and bread. We were doing bread and akara burger. We opened the bread and put akara in it for you,” Eno said. He explained that workers heading to work would buy the akara and bread in the morning, alongside coffee from a coffee shop he also started. “People going to work at ExxonMobil would buy it in the morning and take coffee. We started a coffee shop, and then they would take it every morning,” he said. According to him, the akara and bread business became a significant source of income, generating at least ₦10 million monthly. “That akara business and that bread used to give me not less than ten million naira, not less than that,” Eno said.

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed the officers allegedly involved in the shooting and killing of Anthony Obodo. The affected officers were paraded by the Command today following investigations into the incident. They are also reportedly set to be charged to court to face prosecution over their alleged involvement in Obodo’s death. The development is expected to provide a major step towards accountability and justice as authorities continue to address the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, has said he would become the first target if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi. Wike, who has been supporting Tinubu despite being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he was fully aware of the consequences of the position he had taken. Speaking during a media chat, Wike said: “I will be the first politician that I think they will come after. I will be the first politician. I know they will come for my head.”  Wike said in spite of the possibility of political consequences, his resolve to campaign for and support Tunubu remains strong. “Each day I sleep, I am thinking about the president’s reelection. When I am eating, I think about the president’s reelection. Everything I am doing now is about the president’s reelection,” he stated. The former Rivers State governor said the criticism directed at him over his political ...

The Director of TMT Travels & Tours Ltd has reportedly been arrested in connection with serious allegations of visa fraud and obtaining money under false pretences. According to reports, several individuals have allegedly paid between ₦1.5 million, ₦2 million, ₦3 million and more for promised work visas, which they claim were not delivered. On August 31, 2026, social media activist VeryDarkMan (VDM) reportedly gathered more than 200 alleged complainants and accompanied them to the police, where they submitted statements, payment records and other documents relating to their complaints. The TMT Travels & Tours director is reportedly currently in police custody in Abuja as investigations continue. Meanwhile, there have also been calls online for the police to question content creators Apama and Rolex, amid allegations that they may have promoted the company. However, there is currently no established evidence presented here that Apama or Rolex were involved in any all...

The Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Major Jack, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Governorship Candidate for Rivers State ahead of the 2027 elections. The development was confirmed to newsmen on Tuesday by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Ikenga Chibike. With his emergence, Jack is expected to serve as the running mate to the APC governorship candidate, Ogundu Kingsley Chinda, in the 2027 Rivers State governorship election. Jack joined the APC in December 2025 alongside the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and several other lawmakers.

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has threatened to sack any local government chairman who fails to deliver his council area to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections. Nwifuru issued the warning on Tuesday in Abakaliki while inaugurating the newly elected chairmen and vice chairmen of the state’s 13 local government areas. The governor said, “Any chairman who fails to win his council will be removed from office and replaced with a councillor”. “I want this information to be on the headlines of newspapers because, as politicians, we would not speak in secret.” he said. He warned that the chairmen must work to secure victory for the APC in their respective areas, adding that anyone who choose to sleep and allow others to take their areas would be removed. Nwifuru urged the council chairmen to prevent the opposition from gaining ground in their areas and charged them to do everything within their power to deliver 100 per cent votes for the APC i...

A 32-year-old Nigerian caregiver, Ediongseyene Essien, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a UK court for burglary and r%bbery offences targeting elderly and vulnerable people in Liverpool. Essien appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday and was sentenced to three years for burglary and five years for r%bbery, to be served consecutively, Merseyside Police said. The police added that Essien will serve 30 per cent of the sentence before being deported. Essien had worked as a carer until March 9, when he was suspended by his employers following theft allegations. The following day, March 10, he committed four separate offences in the L6 area against elderly and vulnerable people, including some he had previously cared for. Police said he first st+le a bank card from a vulnerable blind man and used it in multiple nearby transactions. He later entered another home and went into the bedroom of an elderly resident, although nothing was believed to have been stolen. T...

The Lagos State Government has warned husbands against forcing their wives into having s#x without their consent, stating that such conduct could attract life imprisonment under the state’s criminal laws. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Dr. Babajide Martins, gave the warning while speaking at the commencement of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexu@l V!olence Awareness Month. Responding to a question on whether a married woman can sue her husband for r@pe for having s%x with her without consent, Martins explained that while Nigerian law does not recognise marital r@pe, the Lagos State Criminal Law provides for the offence of sexu@l ass@ult by penetration, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He said that a husband who forcefully has sexu@l intercourse with his wife after she has withheld consent could be prosecuted under that provision. “Any man that feels because he paid his wife’s dowry, nobody can challenge him f...

Popular singer Davido has left those around him laughing after sharing a hilarious but seemingly serious warning about helping people. “In life, you never know where your kindness can take you,” Davido said. “It can either take you up or down.” But just when it seemed like he was about to deliver a motivational speech, the 30BG crooner switched things up and dropped the line that takes one into deep thinking. “That is why when you help people, always keep receipts. Don’t play with me,” he added. Apparently, according to Davido, helping people is good, but make sure you have evidence to show for it.

Actor Kunle Omisore has revealed that he has an automatic emotional “switch” that helps him detach from people and situations that bring him stress. Speaking during a chat with a host, the actor said once he begins to feel frustrated or stressed by someone, his feelings for them can unconsciously disappear. According to him, no one, regardless of their status, is worth disturbing his peace. “If it stresses me, I’m done. If a king came to a feast here, if he’s going to keep stressing me, I’ve yen maa salo,” he said, explaining that he would simply leave the situation. Kunle further described having what he called an “auto-mechanism emotional motor mechanism” within him that automatically switches off his emotions when he feels frustrated. “When I say I love you, I love you. If you frustrate me, that thing will switch off unconsciously, so I don’t control it. And when it switches off, I will be like, ‘Oh, I really said I love you?’ That means it is switched off,” he said. Whe...

President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria’s economy is now on an irreversible path to stronger growth following the latest GDP figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS reported that Nigeria’s real GDP grew by 4.43% year on year  in the second quarter of 2026, up from 4.23% recorded in the same period in 2025. Reacting to the figures, Tinubu said the growth showed that the economic reforms implemented by his administration were yielding results, insisting that the economy had been stabilised after three years of what he described as necessary reforms. “In the past three years, we tried to do the hard part by implementing the necessary reforms to stabilise the economy. Now the economy is stabilised, and we have laid the foundation for a prosperous nation,” he said.The results of the efforts are becoming very clear to all,The Renewed Hope Agenda is working. The president also pointed to stronger foreign reserves, improved credit ratings, increased ...

A coalition of six opposition political parties has proposed the creation of a “government of national competence” that would serve a single four-year transition term if the coalition succeeds in the 2027 general election. The proposal was presented on Monday at a summit of opposition political parties organised by G100 in Abuja. The parties represented at the summit were the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP). Salihu Lukman, a former vice-chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), presented the proposal at the summit. He said the proposed government would be built around four key principles: competence, integrity, national inclusion and fair representation. The coalition also proposed an enforceable transition charter that would ensure all participating parties comply with the terms of their ag...

  National Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to pray for political leaders, saying politicians and poor leadership are largely responsible for the country’s challenges. Obi made the remarks on Sunday during a visit to Koinonia Global, the ministry led by Apostle Joshua Selman. The former Anambra State governor said Nigeria has the resources needed to prosper, but argued that the country’s problems are mainly linked to the way it is governed and how public resources are managed. He asked members of the congregation to remember politicians in their prayers, saying, “I believe that people like you are the ones keeping our country. The only thing I can ask all of you who are gathered here, because I know he’s praying for the country, is that you remember us, the politicians, in your prayers.” Obi then acknowledged the role of political leaders in the country’s difficulties, stating, “We are the problem of the country. There’s nothing...

The Presidency reportedly spent N37.64 billion on presidential trips, logistics, foreign exchange and other travel-related expenses between June 2023 and April 2026, according to an analysis of GovSpend records. This comes as President Bola Tinubu on Sunday departed Abuja for Europe on a three-week annual vacation, with London as his first destination. The trip will bring his foreign travel tally since assuming office to 52. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu is expected back after the working vacation to “join the hectic campaign for the January 2027 elections.” According to official travel records analysed by Daily Trust, Tinubu has spent about 261 days outside Nigeria, visiting at least 30 countries in 51 foreign trips since May 29, 2023. France has reportedly been his most frequent destination, followed by London. GovSpend records showed travel-related spending of N9.18bn in the second half of 2023, N25.26bn in 2024, N2.7bn in 2025 and N477.4m between Jan...

A 200-level Political Science student of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University (MOAUM), Rose Adikwu, has been hospitalised in Makurdi after she was allegedly sc@lded with a hot mixture during a disagreement with her cousin and co-tenant, Agbo Felicia. Felicia, a 500-level Chemistry student, was arrested by the police following the incident, which occurred on Friday, August 28, 2026. According to Adikwu, the disagreement between her and Felicia had lasted for some time and worsened over personal matters, eventually prompting her to ask Felicia to leave their apartment. She alleged that after packing her belongings, Felicia went to a neighbour’s room, boiled water and mixed it with pepper, salt, onions and seasoning before returning and pouring the h%t mixture on her. Felicia allegedly locked the door and left her inside as she cried for help. Neighbours reportedly heard her cries, intervened and rescued her, while Felicia was intercepted as she attempted to leave the area. ...

Pastor David Ibiyeomie has sparked reactions with his remarks on the kind of message Christians should preach to Nigerians when trying to win souls for Christ. Speaking about the effectiveness of preaching about hell, the pastor argued that many Nigerians are already going through severe hardship, making the threat of hell less effective in convincing them to accept Christ. He said Nigerians need to hear messages of hope, love and transformation rather than messages that remind them of further suffering. According to him: “You can imagine preaching hell to Nigerians. They are already in h£ll. There’s no way you preach h£ll to Nigerians and anybody will be born again.” Instead, he urged pastors to focus on preaching about God’s love and His ability to transform people’s lives. “Just tell them God loves you. He can change your story. Then the man says, ‘Eh ehn,’ then you say, ‘Come to Jesus.’” He further explained that constantly warning Nigerians about hell may not have the ...

Businesses using Meta’s WhatsApp Business Platform will begin paying for certain customer messages from October 1, 2026, following a new pricing structure announced by the company. The new policy applies primarily to organisations that use the WhatsApp Business Platform, formerly known as the WhatsApp Business API, to handle customer communications at scale. However, regular WhatsApp users and small businesses using the standard WhatsApp Business app are not the primary targets of the new charges. Under the revised pricing model, fees will vary depending on the type of message businesses send to customers. Utility messages, such as payment notifications, order confirmations and other service-related updates, will cost approximately $0.0101 per message. Marketing messages, meanwhile, will attract a higher charge of about $0.062 per message. The new structure means businesses that rely heavily on WhatsApp for customer engagement, notifications and promotional campaigns may ne...

King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the traditional ruler of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom and recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, has d+ed at the age of 34. The monarch, who ascended the throne at just three years old in 1995 following the de@th of his father, passed away on Thursday, according to Tooro Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki. The cause of de@th was not disclosed. However, local media quoted an Ugandan government minister as saying King Oyo had been critically ill and receiving medical treatment in the United States. Announcing his de@th, Akiiki described the monarch’s passing as an “immeasurable loss” to the royal family and the people of Tooro, urging them to remain united, calm and prayerful. King Oyo was not officially married, but the prime minister assured the people that the succession of the crown was secured. According to Akiiki, the late monarch left behind a prince who will succeed him,...

Former Vice President Atiku has defended his decision to seek the presidency, saying that his age and previous attempts should not affect his constitutional right to contest. Atiku said, “We have a president who is 90 years old now and who is sick, and I am healthy. I am strong. So why would I not make my services available to my fellow countrymen?” When told Tinubu is not yet 90, Atiku replied, “Well, I have evidence, I have evidence that he is. And I will present it in court.” He said, “I have been on the ballot two times, or three times. Let me give you my political history. I ran for governor four times, because at that position, the people who were in charge of our transition to democracy were military, and I was so anti-military. And any time I won, they would disqualify me; any time I won, they would disqualify me.” He added, “The last was when there was even an attempt on my life, and I went into exile. So I’ve never found anything easy in my life.” Atiku said, “Bec...

Dr. Fabeke Douglas has expressed gratitude to God following the successful hosting of a workshop and graduation ceremony for students who completed the Human Rights and Leadership Programme. The event brought together young men and women committed to pursuing their dreams, developing their careers and contributing to the global movement for transformative leadership. Speaking on the significance of the programme, Dr. Douglas described the gathering as an inspiring moment, noting that it provided an opportunity to engage with emerging leaders who are passionate about making a positive impact in society. He commended the management of the Global School of Leadership, Management and Governance for providing the opportunity and for its continued support towards developing the next generation of leaders. Dr. Douglas also appreciated BUSER Project Interior and Furniture for its partnership and support towards the successful programme. He congratulated all the graduands on complet...

Nigerian singer Tekno has weighed in on the history of Afrobeat and Fela Kuti’s position as one of the genre’s most influential figures, arguing that the story goes beyond one person. Speaking during an interview on HOT 97, Tekno acknowledged Fela’s impact while pointing to other Nigerian music legends who influenced the sound. Responding to a question about Fela being the father or creator of the Afrobeat sound he said;  “I don’t know, to be honest. There are legends like Oliver De Coque that made pure highlife music, and highlife is also Afrobeat. So I would say for the people in Lagos and Yorubas, a record of mine that is ‘Rara’ is heavily inspired by Fela because I heard his tune and he is a legend. He stamped the Afrobeat thing on the world map.” “But there are other people that we listen to from the East, because I am from the East, and we had legends that sang some type of music that if you heard today, you wouldn’t even believe that this music was made in those ...

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the 52-year-old son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has announced plans to contest the country’s presidency in the 2031 elections, ending years of speculation over whether he would seek to succeed his father.  Kainerugaba made the announcement in a series of posts on X on Tuesday, saying: “I will stand for the highest office in the land in 2031. And we will win by the grace of Almighty God.”  He also predicted that he would win 90 percent of the vote with the support of his father, whom he said would serve as his campaign manager. “Mzee will be my campaign manager,” Kainerugaba said, referring to Museveni by the honorific commonly used for him in Uganda.  Kainerugaba, who heads Uganda’s army and the Patriotic League of Uganda, a political pressure group, has for years been viewed as a possible successor to Museveni.  He had previously expressed an intention to contest the 2026 presidential election but later withdrew and deferre...

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, and several members of the federation’s executive committee have reportedly resigned amid growing concerns over the administration and performance of Nigerian football. According to reports, eight of the 13 members of the NFF board have stepped down, raising questions about the federation’s leadership and the status of its scheduled September 27 elections in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The reported resignations come after a series of disappointing results involving Nigeria’s national teams, with the latest setback being the Super Falcons’ failure to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Falcons, who had featured in every edition of the tournament since its inception in 1991, lost 2-1 to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in a qualification playoff after failing to secure automatic qualification. The NFF has also faced scrutiny over the management of funds released by the Federal Government for the nati...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has announced an incentive for individuals who provide credible and actionable information that could help the agency recover st%len assets. Speaking on the importance of whistleblowing, Olukoyede assured potential informants of protection and encouraged those with knowledge of where stolen assets or wanted individuals linked to financial crimes are hiding to come forward. He disclosed that whistleblowers could receive between 2.5% and 5% of the recovered assets upon confirmation of the information provided, describing the incentive as a measure introduced to encourage more people to assist the commission in tracing and recovering stolen assets. Olukoyede urged Nigerians who possess useful information to speak up.

The Nigerian Navy's FOB Formoso has arrested wanted militant kingpin Sunday Godlaw and his associate Prosper Tumbe at Opugbene, Akassa, Brass LGA, recovering an AK-47 rifle, three loaded magazines and a phone. Godlaw had been on the run since Navy operatives raided his camp at Fununu Community on August 6. Acting on fresh intelligence, troops tracked him down on Saturday, August 22. Preliminary interrogation revealed the duo's alleged confessions to terrorism, kidnapping, and killings that had left neighbouring communities living in fear. CO of FOB Formoso, Capt. S.K. Haruna, praised his men for the operation and confirmed search efforts continue for other fleeing gang members. Both suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.

The Ogoni Dialogue Committee, ODC, has denied claims that it influenced the allocation of 40 job slots at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, or played any role in the award of government contracts. Speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt, ODC Chairman, Professor Don Baridam, said the 40 employment opportunities were proposed as part of confidence-building measures in the Ogoni dialogue with the Federal Government. He, however, stressed that the committee neither selected nor recruited the beneficiaries, saying NNPCL relied on its existing recruitment database to identify qualified Ogoni applicants. Professor Baridam acknowledged that some ODC members submitted names for consideration but said the nominations did not determine the final selection. The committee also rejected claims of involvement in government or NNPCL contract awards, saying such matters were outside its mandate. On reports of renewed oil operations in Ogoniland, the ODC said it...

A 31-year-old mother, Kenya Glasgow, and her two-year-old daughter, Kennedi, have been k+lled by lightning during a thunderstorm in Margate, south-east Florida. Kenya was reportedly walking along Northwest 1st Street with her two-year-old twins on Sunday when lightning struck shortly before 2:30 p.m. A resident who found the mother and daughter lying on the sidewalk immediately called 911. According to police, both victims had b¥rn marks on their bodies, with smoke reportedly coming from the injuries. The witness also said Kenya appeared to have two holes in her chest. Margate police officers and fire rescue personnel arrived at the scene and immediately began CPR. Kenya and Kennedi were later rushed to separate hospitals, but despite efforts by first responders and medical personnel, both were pronounced d+ad shortly after arrival. Kenya’s husband, Kam Glasgow, described the tragedy as difficult to comprehend, saying the chances of being struck by lightning are extremely l...