Thursday, October 8, 2026

Victor Olorunfemi

Victor Olorunfemi is a sports reporter with Peoples Gazette. Prior to working with The Gazette, he was with Sports247 Nigeria, a grassroots football news platform. He is on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram @herovicofficial
March 17, 2025

Corps member deserves death penalty for ‘insulting’ Tinubu, calling him ‘terrible president’: Aide

Presidential aide Temitope Ajayi has called for the head of a corps member for criticising Mr Tinubu.

Sleeping President Bola Tinubu
March 15, 2025

14 killed, dozens injured as tornadoes sweep across multiple U.S. cities

Wild storms are also expected to race across Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia through some parts of northern Florida from Saturday afternoon.

March 15, 2025

Nigeria escapes as Trump targets 22 African countries for general visa ban

Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen are the countries in the category.

Donald Trump
March 14, 2025

UN human rights judge Lydia Mugambe convicted of trafficking, gross abuses

Ms Mugambe — a high court judge in Uganda between 2013 and 2020— was appointed to the UN judicial roster in May 2023.

Lydia Mugambe (Credit: United Nations)
March 13, 2025

Putin opens to U.S.-sponsored ceasefire; insists more discussion needed

Mr Putin insists numerous conditions still need to be discussed as the U.S. government continues to intensify efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an end.

Putin and Trump on phone
March 13, 2025

Tony Elumelu’s net worth surges to $2.15 billion as family business hits major growth: Report

The Elumelu family’s 35 per cent stake in Transcorp was equivalent to N187.9 billion or $125 million (at N1500/$).

Tony Elumelu
March 13, 2025

Nigerians constitute 90% of Christians killed worldwide annually; U.S. Congress clears Trump to impose crippling sanctions on Tinubu govt

Mr Smith blamed the previous Joe Biden administration for removing Nigeria’s Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation.

CAN logo/U.S. flag/Tinubu
March 12, 2025

PDP NWC meets amid ex-national secretary’s aide threatening violence at secretariat

The ongoing NWC meeting is chaired by the party’s National Chairman, Umar Damagum.

PDP
March 11, 2025

Millions of children risk acute hunger following Trump’s foreign aid cuts, child rights organisation says 

Save the Children said in a statement on Tuesday that it has been forced to shut down 121 health and nutrition sites in Somalia alone.

Hungry children used to illustrate the story