Category: Leadership

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Issue After Leg Swelling, Hand Bruising

Abibat Babalola

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a long-term but benign vein condition, the White House said Thursday, following speculation about his heavily bruised hand and swollen legs. The 79-year-old was found to have “chronic venous insufficiency” after he “noted mild swelling in his lower legs” in recent weeks, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. Leavitt said the widely noted discoloration on Trump’s right hand resulted from “frequent handshaking” and the use of aspirin in a “standard cardiovascular prevention regimen.” Trump became the oldest person in US…

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‘In Just 10 Days,’ SunTrust Bank MD Swapped $12m For Achimugu – Witness

Abibat Babalola

The trial of Halima Buba, managing director of SunTrust Bank, and the bank’s executive director, Innocent Mbagwu, accused of $12 million money laundering, commenced on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s witness during the proceeding narrated how Buba and Mbagwu facilitated a $12 million swap in 10 days for businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, without routing the funds through a financial institution. The EFCC had, on June 13, 2025, arraigned Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite on a…

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Alima Atta Foundation Deepens CSR Investment, Donates 20 Computers, Others To LASU

Ganiyu Amodu

. VC speaks on gesture, commends Foundation   The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has commended The Alima Atta Foundation for its support to the institution over the years. The Foundation recently donated 20 new desktop computers to the Department of Public Relations and Advertising’s creative and production studio in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of the institution. Professor Olatunji-Bello stated that the generous donation of state-of-the-art equipment will enhance the teaching and learning environment and will energize the department to better expose and prepare…

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Again, Nigeria Misses Budget 2025 Crude Oil Output Target

Abibat Babalola

There were fresh fears over the execution of Nigeria’s N54.99 trillion 2025 budget, yesterday, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, put Nigeria’s crude oil output, excluding condensate, at 1.547 million barrels per day, bpd in June 2025. This showed a marginal increase of 1.24 per cent from 1.528 million bpd recorded in May 2025, according to the organisation. In its July 2025 Monthly Oil Market Report, MOMR, released yesterday, OPEC said this was based on data from secondary sources. READ ALSO: Nigeria Hits OPEC 1.5mb/d Oil Production Quota…

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Nigeria Hits OPEC 1.5mb/d Oil Production Quota

Abibat Babalola

Nigeria’s crude oil production soared a little above 1.5 million barrels per day in June, hitting the required quota by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Data sourced from OPEC’s latest Monthly Market Oil Report (MOMR) for June noted that the country’s oil production hit 1.505mb/d in June 2025 from 1.453mb/d recorded in May 2025. However, the output was still below the targeted 2.06mbpd projected in the 2025 budget. According to OPEC’s data, this is the first time the country’s production output would meet the 1.5mb/d cuts quota…

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‘Lazy Youths’ To ‘Da Other Room,’ 10 Quotes By Buhari That Once Broke The Internet

ADEOLA YUSUF

+ Controversial issues that led to the quotes, which turned to be major digital footprints for “bubu” of Twitter   The late Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday at 82, left an indelible mark on Nigeria’s political and digital consciousness. His eight years at the helm were not just about policy pronouncements and economic reforms; they were also a fertile ground for viral moments, intense digital outrage, and sustained, often humorous, online criticism. As the nation mourns his passing, these are 10 of the most talked-about and controversial Buhari…

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Femi Adesina: Buhari Could’ve Died Long Ago If He Used Nigerian Hospitals

Abibat Babalola

Femi Adesina, former presidential spokesperson, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari might have died much earlier had he depended solely on Nigerian hospitals for medical care. Buhari, who died on Sunday at a London clinic after a prolonged illness, served as Nigeria’s military head of state from 1983 to 1985 and as a democratically elected president from 2015 to 2023. During his time in office, Buhari regularly traveled to the United Kingdom for medical treatment — a trend that drew public criticism over the country’s worsening healthcare system and…

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How Buhari Died – Mamman Daura Recounts Ex-President’s Final Moments

Abibat Babalola

Mamman Daura, a close confidant and nephew of the late former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has narrated how the ex-leader spent his final hours. Buhari passed away in a London hospital on Sunday at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest today in Daura, Katsina state. THISDAY quoted Daura as saying he was with Buhari on Saturday, and that arrangements were already being made for his discharge later in the week. However, the former President’s condition suddenly deteriorated around 2 p.m. on Sunday. READ ALSO: Naira Jumps…

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Workers Begin Strike Over N82bn Pension Deductions

Abibat Babalola

Civil and public servants across Ogun State and its local government have announced plans to suspend their services over the non remittance of the contributory pension funds. The suspension of work would take full effect from 12pm on Tuesday, 15 July, 2025. This was contained in a letter written to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, jointly signed by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, and the Joint Negotiation Committee, JNC, with a copy made available to newsmen on Monday, in Abeokuta the state…

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Pastor Demands $6k Spritual Debt From Family of Man He Never Met

Abibat Babalola

A Christian cleric has been arrested and ordered to repay a family he scammed by falsely claiming a ‘spiritual debt’ owed by a man the victim never met. Tinashe Aiumando, 25, operating from Nketa 6, Zimbabwe manipulated a woman, Pride Gamure, 27, by convincing her that her deceased father owed him a large spiritual debt. The scheme unfolded in June 2025 at Aiumando’s Dzivarasekwa shrine, where he persuaded Gamure to undertake costly cleansing rituals across several locations. During a staged event in Mhondoro involving an accomplice named Leonard, the fraudsters…

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