Month: August 2025

Yoruba Royal Rumble Retrogrades: Afenifere Backs Ooni, Ibadan Mogajis Berate Alaafin

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

    . ‘Not A-Laafin Matter,’ What Yoruba Council of Elders, Wande Abimbola, Gani Adams, others said on the crisis that is currently opening an old wound between the two heavyweights in Yoruba monachical history      Prominent Yoruba elders and leaders on Tuesday called for restraint and intervention of cultural and political figures following the reopening of hostilities between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi. The fresh row began on Monday after the Alaafin faulted the Ooni’s decision to confer…

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One In Four Nigerian Men Not Biological Fathers of Their Children — DNA report

DAMILOLA OLONADE

    “Women don’t like DNA, just 11 per cent of them requested for DNA tests in one years,” you want to read details of the 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released by Smart DNA Nigeria   A new DNA testing report has revealed that one in every four Nigerian men who undergo paternity testing is not the biological father of the child in question. The 2025 Annual DNA Testing Report, released by Smart DNA Nigeria, which analysed data collected from July 2024 to June 2025, found that the national…

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‘High School Dropout To Billionaire,’ Otedola Reveals Success Without Varsity Degree

DAMILOLA OLONADE

  ‘Academia and I were not Compatible,” oil mogul bares it all on how he sat in class with Kola Abiola, repeated a class and consistently ranked at the bottom of his class + message for parents whose children are slow learners     Billionaire Femi Otedola has revealed his journey to building a multi-billion-dollar empire began without a university degree or even a completed high school education. Platforms Africa reports that the 62 year-old oil mogul, in his newly released memoir titled ‘Making It Big’, shares how his academic…

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Oriyomi Hamzat Apologizes To Naira Marley, Lifts Two-Year Ban On Marlian Records At Agidigbo FM

Abibat Babalola

Radio broadcaster Oriyomi Hamzat has tendered an apology to singer Naira Marley and announced that Agidigbo FM will resume playing his songs, ending a two-year ban on all Marlian Records music from the station. In September 2024, Hamzat banned songs from Naira Marley and his label following the controversy surrounding the death of former signee, Mohbad. At the time, allegations surfaced linking Marley to the incident. READ ALSO: Nigeria Mulls Pay Rise For Political Office Holders 6,458 Admission Seekers Risk Sanctions As JAMB Begins Probe Govt Bans Schools’ Kindergarten, Nursery…

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Nigeria Mulls Pay Rise For Political Office Holders

Abibat Babalola

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has hinted at plans to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, describing current earnings as inadequate, unrealistic, and outdated in the face of rising responsibilities and economic challenges. At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu presently earns N1.5m monthly, while ministers receive less than N1m — figures that have remained unchanged since 2008. “You are paying the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria N1.5m a month, with a population…

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6,458 Admission Seekers Risk Sanctions As JAMB Begins Probe

Abibat Babalola

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has placed 6,458 admission seekers under investigation for alleged involvement in technology-enabled examination malpractice during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). On Monday, in Abuja, JAMB inaugurated a 23-member Special Committee on Examination Infraction to investigate the cases and submit its report within 21 days. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said candidates found culpable would face sanctions recommended by the committee. “This year we came across a number of strange things and we felt that it would be better if we…

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‘Tax Incentives, Relief on Import Duties,’ How Govt Should Support Media – Soneye

DAMILOLA OLONADE

    . Media Sustainability: Soneye Advocates Tax Reliefs, Independent Fund for Journalism   Immediate-past Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Femi Soneye, has called on the Nigerian Government to support the Nigerian media with targeted incentives, including tax reliefs and import duty waivers on essential media tools. Platforms Africa reports that Soneye made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday after receiving the NUJ FCT Excellence in Corporate Communications Award, conferred on him by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council.…

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EFCC, Immigration Deport 42 Foreign Cybercriminals, 150 More To Follow

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Immigration Service in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun the deportation of some of the foreign nationals recently convicted by the court following their arrest for cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. 42 out of the 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted by the Federal High Court, Lagos were deported back to their home countries on Sunday. Channels Television obtained pictures of some of the deportees at the airport just before they left the country. The first batch of deportees, left Nigeria at…

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Two Nigerians Die Of Suspected Poisoning In Libya

Abibat Babalola

Two Nigerians identified simply as Collins and Osas have reportedly died in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, under circumstances suspected to be linked to poisoning, PUNCH Metro has learnt. Our correspondent gathered on Saturday that the victims, who were both residing in the Misrata part of the country, had travelled to Tripoli on July 20 with a friend whose identity is yet unknown. Sources privy to the incident said that after spending some days there, the friend advised the two to return with him to Misrata. They, however, allegedly refused,…

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Nigerian Visa Applicants Must Provide Five-Year social Media History – US embassy

Abibat Babalola

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has issued a directive to visa applicants, mandating the disclosure of all social media usernames and handles used over the past five years as part of the visa application process. The directive, announced in a post on the Mission’s official X account on Monday, comes as the US Department of State recently reiterated its commitment to bolster national security through enhanced screening measures. U.S. Mission said Nigerian visa applicants are required to provide a comprehensive list of their social media profiles on the DS-160 visa…

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