Month: April 2025

Igbo Youths’ Enlistment In Military Service Poor – Nigerian Army

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Army has raised alarm over the poor enlistment of South East youths into military service, and called for a change of attitude to reverse the trend. According to the Army, while Kaduna State has recorded over 3,000 applications in the ongoing 2025 recruitment exercise, Enugu State is still struggling with just a hundred. While noting that the story was not different with other South East states, the leader of 2025 Army recruitment enlightenment team, Brigadier-General Chima Ekeator urged Enugu and Southeast youths to apply in their numbers in…

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Police Arrest Portable For Alleged Defamation, Threat To Life

Ganiyu Amodu

The Police have arrested controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable over allegations of criminal defamation, threat to life, incitement, and character assassination against renowned Yoruba Fuji musician, Mr. Okunola Saheed, popularly known as Osupa. Portable’s arrest followed a petition filed by Osupa with the Kwara State Police Command where he accused the Zazuu crooner of using abusive and defamatory language capable of inciting violence and damaging his reputation. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Kwara Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in a statement released on Sunday said…

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Fubara Will Return To Rivers Gov’t House, Says Tompolo

Abibat Babalola

Ex-militant leader leader in the Niger Delta region, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has expressed confidence that the suspended Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, will be reinstated. Ekpemupolo made this declaration during celebrations to mark his birthday anniversary at the weekend in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West local government area of Delta State. Recall that Fubara, his deputy and members of the State House of Assembly, were suspended via state of emergency proclamation on March 18, 2025 by President Bola Tinubu, who appointed former Chief of Naval…

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‘Downhill Slide Into Abyss,’ Soyinka Demands Reversal Of Eedris Abdulkareem Song’s Ban

Abibat Babalola

‘Why Tinubu’s government should be warry of being tolerant for only praise-singers,’ Full statement Nobel Laureate issued from New York University, Abu Dhabi   Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticised the recent ban placed on a song by Nigerian musician, Eedris Abdulkareem, calling for the reversal of the action. Abdulkareem, who is popular for his song ‘Jaga Jaga’, which was critical of the then President, Olusegun Obasanjo, recently released a new song titled ‘Tell Your Papa’ directed at President Bola Tinubu’s son Seyi. In the song, the singer criticised…

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Another 1980 AFCON Winner, Charles Bassey, Is Dead

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed sorrow over the death of Charles Bassey, a member of Nigeria’s 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning team. Bassey passed away on Saturday at the age of 71 after a long illness in his hometown, Eket, Akwa Ibom State. NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. His death came just hours after news broke that the captain of that victorious Green Eagles squad, Christian Chukwu, fondly called ‘Chairman’, also died in Enugu. “This has been a day of double…

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‘Nigerians Spend 50.1% Of Income On Food,’ SEID’s 2025 Consumer Outlook Report Reveals Damning Data

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria’s economic landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, with inflation, policy shifts, and global uncertainties, significantly altering consumer behaviour across Africa’s largest country. To critically understand the factors responsible for the changes in consumer behaviour in the country, SEID, a reputable Marketing Communications Firm in Lagos, Nigeria, has launched its first-of-a-kind report titled ‘Nigerian Consumer Outlook Report 2025 (NCOR 2025)’. Platforms Africa reports that the Outlook offers insight into consumer behaviour in one of the continent’s most dynamic markets with xx that can steer international investors in the right direction and…

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How Liverpool Defeated West Ham 2-1

Ganiyu Amodu

. The Reds are now within six points of winning the Premier League title   Virgil van Dijk’s thumping header kept Liverpool on course to win the Premier League title moments after Andy Robertson’s own goal looked to have earned West Ham a point at Anfield. Van Dijk rose highest to score in front of the Kop and extend Liverpool’s lead in the Premier League to 13 points, salvaging what had turned into a frustrating afternoon for the Premier League leaders. Van Dijk’s clearance had rattled into Robertson in the…

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Release Investigation Dossiers On Tinubu, US Court Orders FBI, Anti-Drug Agency

Ganiyu Amodu

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered top US law enforcement agencies to release confidential information generated on President Bola Tinubu during a “purported federal investigation in the 1990s.” The judge, Beryl Howell, made the order on Tuesday, saying that protecting the information from public disclosure is “neither logical nor plausible.” An American, Aaron Greenspan, had filed a suit in June 2023 under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Executive Office for US Attorneys, Department of State, Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Internal Revenue…

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Japa-da: Nigerians Abroad Return Home Amid Dashed Expectations

Ganiyu Amodu

An increasing number of Nigerians who previously migrated in pursuit of better opportunities have started returning home, citing unmet expectations and depression in their host countries. The development is a reversal of the popular “Japa” trend, which has seen millions of Nigerian youths migrate to Europe, America and Asia in search of better living conditions and job opportunities. The Japa trend In 2023, the International Organisation for Migration reported that approximately 260,000 Nigerians approached them for assistance to migrate, with the United Kingdom being the primary destination of 80 per…

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‘Crazy Billing Angers The gods,’ Masquerade Leads Protest Against IBEDC

Ganiyu Amodu

Residents of Omu-Aran, a community in Kwara State’s Irepodun Local Government Area, took to the streets in protest on Friday, led by traditional masquerades, over contentious electricity billing issues. The protest centered around the sudden reclassification of their community’s electricity billing from Band C to Band A, resulting in significantly increased bills for March 2025. Protesters, adorned in traditional attire alongside placards bearing messages such as ‘Omu-Aran Says No to Band A’ and ‘Bring Us Back to Band C’, gathered at Bareke Roundabout amidst chants and traditional war songs. According…

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