Wednesday, July 8, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

June 2, 2026

How OPay is driving financial inclusion for tens of millions, creating jobs across Nigeria

Beyond payments, OPay’s expansion is contributing to job creation and small-business growth across Nigeria. Its ecosystem supports thousands of direct and indirect jobs.

June 1, 2026

SSS detains, releases novelist Okey Ndibe upon arrival from U.S.

Mr Ndibe has previously been arrested and detained by the SSS on two different occasions in 2011 and 2017.

Okey Ndibe
June 1, 2026

Britain’s Got Talent judge Olajide Olatunji exits Sidemen after 13 years

“This is honestly the hardest video I’ve ever had to make in my life,” KSI said on YouTube Sunday, explaining that the decision was difficult.

Olajide Olatunji
May 29, 2026

Putin invests $26 billion in anti-aging research project to prolong human lifespan

“Human organs can be constantly transplanted, to the extent that people can get younger, perhaps even immortal,” he said.

Vladimir Putin
May 28, 2026

CPJ hails president’s pardon of Senegalese journalist after eight years in prison

Mr Bassène was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, but on Wednesday, President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye granted him a pardon.

René Capain Bassène, CPJ
May 27, 2026

Remi Tinubu sidesteps kidnapped Oriire schoolchildren’s woes in Children’s Day message

On May 15, gunmen besieged Oriire Local Government of Oyo state and kidnapped children between two and 16 years.

Remi Tinubu and the abducted pupils in uniform
May 26, 2026

CSOs demand transparency on food system financing at AfDB annual meetings in Congo

They warned that financing models lacking proper environmental and social safeguards pose an enormous risk to Africa’s ecological and public health.

AfDB
May 26, 2026

APC deceived me with automatic ticket, rigged election to favour Okowa: Ned Nwoko

“I certainly was told before I came into the party there would be an automatic ticket for me,” Mr Nwoko said. “Why would I just leave like that?”

Ned Nwoko and Tinubu
May 26, 2026

Certificate forger Uche Nnaji wins Enugu PDP governorship ticket

Ex-tech minister Uche Nnaji, who resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2025 after a humiliating certificate forgery scandal, has clinched the PDP’s governorship ticket.

Uche Nnaji
May 24, 2026

APC declares Tinubu winner of party’s primary with exaggerated 10 million votes as videos show inflated counting

Netizens questioned the authenticity of the figures, claiming the videos undermined the credibility of the polls.

APC logo and President Tinubu.