Month: August 2025

Ladoja’s Vision for Ibadan: A Call for Urban Renewal

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Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan-designate, has fervently urged Ibadan’s Mogajis (compound heads) and community leaders to actively participate in reviving the city’s traditional neighborhoods. Hundreds of Mogajis paid him a courtesy call at his home on Ondo Street in Bodija, Ibadan, to congratulate him on becoming the next Olubadan. Oba Ladoja asked leaders to improve the living conditions and dignity of the ruins of old family homes. Despite being wealthy, he voiced concern that many Mogajis have left their ancestral compounds for wealthy neighborhoods like Bodija, Oluyole, Iyaganku, Jericho, and…

PDP Zones 2027 Presidential Ticket to the Southern Region

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The 2027 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been designated to the south. The decision was made during Monday’s NEC meeting in Abuja by the leaders of the party’s national executive committee. The NEC confirmed Umar Damagum as the national chairman of the opposition party, therefore the party also kept its leadership in the North. In March 2023, Damagum became the party’s acting national leader after a Benue State High Court ruling upheld the dismissal of Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, the previous chairman. Damagum served as the PDP…

EFCC orders arrest of dismissed officer on Lege Miami’s show

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Olakunle Alex Folarin, a former employee of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, was recently observed taking part in a matchmaking scheme on social networking sites run by well-known comedian Lege Miami. The commission has denounced his conduct. After he was fired for forging a certificate, the agency ordered his immediate arrest for keeping official EFCC property, including an identity card. In a statement posted on its official X Twitter on Monday, the anti-graft agency said that Folarin was a driver for the EFCC’s Ibadan Zonal Directorate. However, once…

The Overwhelming Number of Awaiting-Trial Inmates in Oyo Prisons

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At least 1,440 prisoners in Oyo State’s detention facilities are awaiting trial, according to Mr. Ayoola Opadeji, Controller, Nigerian Correctional Services, Oyo State Command. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan on Monday, Opadeji made the claim. According to him, the Medium Security Custodial Center in Agodi, Ibadan, which can house 390 prisoners, currently houses 1,240, 1,001 of whom are awaiting trial. The controller added that the Abolongo facility in Oyo, which was designed to house 160 inmates, currently houses 514 inmates, 439 of whom are…

Full Military Honours for President Tinubu in Brasília

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President Bola Tinubu was welcomed by Brazil on Monday at the Planalto Palace in Brasília with full military honors. This was revealed on X on Monday by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. According to Onanuga, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed him. “More pictures of President Tinubu’s official reception at the Planalto Palace in Brasília, Monday, August 25, 2025,” he posted. President Bola Tinubu was greeted with full military honors by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil.  

Medical Issues Scuttle Victor Boniface’s Transfer to AC Milan

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Due to Victor Boniface’s failure to pass required medical exams, AC Milan has canceled their planned move of the Nigerian striker from Bayer Leverkusen. Despite Boniface’s presence in Milan during the past 48 hours, the verbally agreed-upon agreement, which included a €24 million buyout option and a €5 million loan fee, fell through. On Sunday, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed the decision. Romano wrote, “AC Milan cancels Victor Boniface’s contract because the Nigerian striker failed the medical examinations.” “The transaction was canceled owing to a medical issue, even though a…

2027: Group seeks support for Tinubu

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In order to guarantee President Bola Tinubu’s reelection in the general elections of 2027, the Yoruba Mandate Group Worldwide has urged support for him from all six geopolitical zones. The group’s convener, Banji Ojo, claimed that Tinubu had improved the lot of the people by establishing a new path for the nation’s growth and achieving the intended outcomes since taking office. “The northern part of Nigeria has governed for eight years, and it is the constitutional right of the South to also complete its eight years,” Ojo said in a…

INTERPOL and Nigerian Police Repatriate Chinese Gang Leader

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A prominent Chinese fugitive, Mr. Dai Qisheng, was successfully repatriated to the People’s Republic of China by the Nigeria Police Force, marking a significant victory against transnational organized crime. An important milestone in international policing cooperation was reached when the operation, which was coordinated through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, was carried out in cooperation with INTERPOL NCB Beijing and the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria. In 2024, Mr. Dai, a well-known gang boss wanted for planning deadly organized crimes in Guizhou Province, left China after the Zhijin County…

Troops Neutralize Terrorists, Recover Arms in Borno and Yobe

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According to a military source, troops from Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have killed a number of terrorists in different operations around the states of Borno and Yobe. The operations were part of ongoing attempts to restrict the freedom of movement of terrorists from the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram in the Northeast, the source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The source claims that on August 22, soldiers from the 21 Special Armored Brigade defended their Forward Operating Base…

Canada’s Prime Minister Joins Ukraine’s Independence Day Festivities in Kyiv

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As world leaders work to put an end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Kyiv on Sunday to commemorate Ukrainian Independence Day. According to a report by Canadian broadcaster CBC, Carney was invited to Kyiv as a “special guest” to mark the occasion. “On this Ukrainian Independence Day, and at this critical moment in their nation’s history, Canada is stepping up our support and our efforts towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine,” Carney wrote on X as he landed in…