Tuesday, July 28, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

July 15, 2026

Kenyan court dismisses suit seeking legalisation of cannabis for Rastafarians

They petitioned the court to allow members to grow and use cannabis during worship.

Rastafarian worshippers
July 14, 2026

Bribery for appointment, budget racketeering prevalent under Tinubu, others: Senator Ojudu

Mr Ojudu said an independent probe of the Appropriations and Public Accounts Committees in the National Assembly would open a can of worms and unearth.

Babafemi Ojudu,
July 13, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Aso Rock memo shows how Gbajabiamila used fake law to corner N54 billion oil revenue from NUPRC

Mr Gbajabiamila has been implicated in corruption scandals across borders, including in the U.S., where he was disbarred by the State Bar of Georgia.

Chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila and President Bola Tinubu (Credit: Ahmed Oluwasanjo/Peoples Gazette)
July 12, 2026

ICPC to arraign Enugu PDP governorship candidate Uche Nnaji over forged credentials

Mr Nnaji was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on July 1.

Uche Nnaji
July 10, 2026

Turkey’s President Erdogan gifts NATO leaders guns, live ammunition after summit

The guns carried an inscription that read “Gumusay, the first revolver-type handgun produced in our country.”

Guns and live ammunition gifted by Erdogan
July 9, 2026

Nigeria suspends O15 third-party visa services for U.S.-based applicants

The service, which did not disclose reasons for the suspension, clarified that its e-visa system remained active for prospective travellers.

Nigerian visa
July 9, 2026

FG files N15 million bribery charge against Danladi Umar, CCT chairman who tried Bola Tinubu for assets fraud

Mr Umar was pushed out of the CCT in November 2024 in a controversial dismissal spearheaded by Senate majority leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti) over a flurry of petitions.

July 8, 2026

Energy chamber woos African countries, investors to South Africa October summit 

The event is projected to attract long-term investors to the continent.

African Energy Week 2026
July 8, 2026

U.S. professor Daniel Taylor convicted of drug trafficking, faces 40 years’ imprisonment

Mr Taylor worked as an associate professor of marketing and supply chain management at Texas Tech University’s Rawls College of Business.