Saturday, August 22, 2026

ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE

August 28, 2023

Hide my Chicago university records to prevent Nigerian bloggers from tarnishing my image, Tinubu tells U.S. court

Mr Tinubu’s murky past has been weaponised to destroy his reputation, his lawyers said.

Bola Tinubu and Chicago University
August 26, 2023

EFCC, CCB go after Kano’s anti-corruption boss for confirming Ganduje’s bribery video, confiscating assets

The bad blood between the two men dates back to 2021 when Mr Ganduje, governor at the time, suspended Mr Rimingado through the state assembly.

Abdullahi Ganduje
August 25, 2023

Donald Trump returns to Twitter since January 2021, tweets out mugshot

Mr Trump, who had already launched his own social network called Truth Social, had ignored Twitter until now.

Donald Trump and screenshot of his tweet
August 25, 2023

It’s too late for Atiku to use Chicago university records against me in Nigerian election tribunal, Tinubu tells U.S. court

President Bola Tinubu is fighting tooth and nail to prevent public access to his Chicago records.

Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu
August 24, 2023

Conflicting dates on Tinubu’s certificate may be due to clerk mistake: Chicago University

In response, Mr Tinubu’s lawyers said that the inconsistencies should be blamed on the clerk, which seems to corroborate CSU’s stance on the matter.

President Bola Tinubu
August 24, 2023

Tinubu blames university clerk for invalid graduation date, signature, logo, other anomalies on Chicago certificate

The Nigerian president is fighting off a suit that Atiku Abubakar brought under a U.S. statute that allows local documents to be subpoenaed for use as evidence in a foreign court.

Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar
August 23, 2023

Trump shuns Republicans’ presidential debate holding Wednesday night

“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had…I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!” Mr Trump wrote.

TRUMP AND OTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS
August 21, 2023

UK court authorises SSS victim Williams Emovbira to seize $21 million from CBN account with JP Morgan in New York

The British-Nigerian businessman narrated how he was abused and defrauded by the Nigerian domestic intelligence office in the 1980s.

August 20, 2023

Governor Sanwo-Olu flaunts N160 million Patek Philippe wristwatch as poverty worsens in Lagos

The amount is sufficient to pay the N30,000 minimum wage of roughly 5,333 civil servants in a month.

Composite of Babajide Sanwoolu and Patek Philippe wristwatch
August 18, 2023

Uganda’s President Museveni says World Bank is ‘shallow, imperialist’ actor

Mr Museveni described the World Bank officials as “shallow and insufferable imperialist actors who do not know where to stop.”

Uganda president Yoweri Museveni