Year: 2025

US Court Overturns $464M Fraud Case Against Trump

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A $464 million civil penalty against President Donald Trump was thrown out by a US court on Thursday. The judge determined that Trump had overstated his personal worth, calling the amount “excessive,” but the court upheld the conviction against him. At the height of Trump’s reelection campaign, in February 2024, Judge Arthur Engoron rendered a decision against him. At the same time, there were multiple ongoing criminal prosecutions, which the Republican denounced as “lawfare.” Trump stated on his Truth Social platform Thursday that “everything I did was absolutely CORRECT and,…

Kano Aims to Rehabilitate 1,600 Thugs with Amnesty

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Under its “safe corridor” project, which aims to address political thuggery and young restlessness in the state, the Kano State Government has announced plans to extend amnesty to remorseful thugs. During the program’s inauguration on Wednesday at the state police command headquarters, Ibrahim Abdullahi-Waiya, the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, revealed this. According to him, 718 young people had already been profiled, and 960 more were pending police approval before being enlisted. Because the development is so unsightly and does not reflect well on the state, His Excellency…

2027 showdown: Wike-Makinde rift threatens high-stakes PDP convention

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Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, threatened to cancel the Peoples Democratic Party’s November national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, raising serious concerns that it would be cancelled. It is thought that Wike’s disagreement with his former ally, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, and other unsolved party issues are the reasons behind his resistance to the convention. However, the PDP has strongly warned the minister for his actions that go against the party’s intentions ahead of the November 16 election convention. In an interview with a few journalists in…

Oyo NIQS chairman: ‘No Major Project Can Happen Without Us’

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Qs Oluwode Kolawole, the chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Oyo State branch, has advocated for increased public understanding of the vital role that quantity surveyors play in Nigeria’s building sector. Qs Kolawole, who started his position as Chairman in 2024 and has over 30 years of professional expertise, clarified in an exclusive interview that many individuals mistake quantity surveyors for land surveyors. He pointed out that quantity surveyors specialise in cost management for building projects, whereas land surveyors concentrate on mapping and land borders, and estate…

Olubadan coronation for Sept 26 as Makinde visits Ladoja

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On Wednesday, former state governor Oba Rashidi Ladoja was nominated as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. The coronation ceremony was scheduled on Friday, September 26, 2025, one day after Ladoja’s 81st birthday. Makinde made this announcement while visiting the Olubadan designate at his Bodija home in Ibadan. Following his predecessor Oba Owolabi Olakulehin’s death on July 7, Ladoja became the Olubadan designate and returned to Ibadan on Monday. Ladoja claimed that his announcement on Monday that he would be meeting with Araba, Oluwo, and…

2baba, Wizkid, Flavour top Billboard’s greatest Afrobeats songs

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Following the release of Billboard’s Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All Time, which featured 2Baba’s African Queen at the top, Nigerian music fans are ecstatic. Third place went to Flavour’s Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), followed by Wizkid‘s Ojuelegba. Fourth place went to Rema’s Calm Down, while fifth place went to Wizkid’s Essence with Tems. The list was created to “celebrate the game changers of the genre,” according to Billboard, which also stated that songs were chosen for their financial success, global reach, local appeal, and cultural influence. SEE FULL…

Why Nigeria’s booth at TICAD9 appeared empty – Foreign Affairs Ministry

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Viral reports that Nigeria’s exhibit at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan was left unmanned have prompted a response from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Remember how Idris Bello, a conference attendee, said on X (previously Twitter) that, in contrast to other nations present, Nigeria’s display booth was the only one without representatives? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however, denied the allegations in a post on X on Wednesday, stating that the booth had not yet been formally opened. “The Nigerian booth at #TICAD9 has not…

Corps member’s assault: Soludo sacks vigilantes, orders prosecution

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Eight members of the Agunechemba Security group were fired by the Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo due to the vicious attack and public stripping of Miss Jennifer Elobor, a female corps member. This was revealed on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters in Awka by Ken Emeakayi, the Special Advisor to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security. The operatives would be turned over to the police for prosecution, Emeakayi said, adding that the government moved quickly after learning about the occurrence. He said that the sacked officers attacked the corps member…

Woman arrested for plotting to kidnap, assassinate Trump

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On August 16, 2025, Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old Lafayette, Indiana resident, was taken into custody after allegedly traveling to Washington, D.C., with the intention of “kidnapping and assassinating” President Donald Trump. Jones made obscene threats on Facebook and Instagram, including one that read, “I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disembowelling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present,” according to a press release issued on August 18, 2025 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. She also…

Ladoja to be crowned 44th Olubadan September 26

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On Friday, September 26, 2025, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan-designate, will be crowned as Ibadanland’s 44th Olubadan. According to  investigations, State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved his nomination. Additionally, it was reported that Ladoja and other Olubadan-In-Council members met with the state delegation on Wednesday at his private home in Bodija. Adeola Oloko, the 44th Olubadan’s media aide, confirmed the development when reached. It will be remembered that Ladoja had met with the kingmakers at his home on Tuesday. “He will be enthroned as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland on…