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Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has revealed that some officials of the suspended administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara deliberately withheld key financial information that complicated planning for a transparent budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Ibas, who disclosed this yesterday during his appearance before the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Rivers State Oversight for the defence of the proposed N1.48 trillion budget, raised concerns that expenditures by the suspended administration were understated. President Bola Tinubu had, last month, transmitted a budget proposal of N1.48 trillion for the Rivers State Government to the National Assembly for…

The Niger State Police Command has said that on May 30, 2025, at about 4 p.m., a report received at Bosso Division indicated that on May 27, 2025, at about 2:30 p.m., a victim/tenant who resides at El-Waziri area of Minna returned home from work and noticed that unknown persons had broken into his house and stolen household items such as electrical appliances and other property to an unknown destination. According to a statement issued to newsmen in Minna by the spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun disclosed that the items included a 32-inch LG plasma television set, an…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan stirred a flurry of speculation on Wednesday after sharing a veiled political message on Instagram, seemingly addressing Nigeria’s current leadership while subtly hinting at a return to active politics. Posting a solemn photo of himself looking downward during a past encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump, Jonathan wrote: “Since our current leaders are pretending to sleep, we pray that we will get our good leadership back in 2027; your choice will determine the betterment of our future.” The post, which has garnered over 4,200 likes, triggered a wave of mixed reactions from Nigerians, many of whom…

In Summary South Africa’s 1 million Asians are dominated by African-born Indians living mostly in Durban and GautengMauritius is Asia’s most dominant African country by population ratio due to its small island size. It has 929,000 Asians, mainly descendants of Indian enslaved laborers.Some West African countries like Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone, have more Asians than people imagine. Ivory Coast has 300,000 and Sierra Leone has around 150,000. The Asians are majorly dominated by Lebanon and India. They migrated for businesses like trade and real estate.Deep Dive!!When people think about Asia’s global migrant community, they often imagine the spread across…

Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has narrated how he was smuggled out of Abuja by his wife, Yemisi Bamidele, in an ambulance belonging to Garki General Hospital, where she was working as a pharmacist. Bamidele said that his narrow escape from the onslaught of the agents of the General Sani Abacha junta eventually culminated in his political asylum in the United States due to the perennial threat to his life and that of his immediate family members. He made this disclosure in Abuja yesterday while narrating his experience as part of the activists to commemorate the 2025 National…

Angela Onwuzoo Maternal health experts have asked pregnant women to avoid sleeping on their back after the first trimester. The gynaecologists warned that such a sleeping position could cause the veins supplying blood to the vital organs of the body to collapse, resulting in adverse effects on the woman and her baby. According to the experts, sleeping on the back is a very uncomfortable position which might lead to the shortage of blood to the brain, heart, and the baby itself especially when the woman is in that position for a very long time. The physicians pointed out that the…

The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) further deepened on Monday after the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Nyesom Wike, convened a surprise stakeholders’ meeting with embattled National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. The meeting sparked reaction from party factions, which not only questioned Wike’s authority but flagged the gathering as illegitimate, AZIMAZI MOMOH JIMOH reports. In the fading glow of its former dominance, the PDP is teetering on the brink of collapse. What began as a leadership dispute has snowballed into a full-blown political and legal crisis that could scuttle its 2027 presidential ambition and possibly its existence.…

Amaechi accuses Tinubu-led govt of failing Nigerians With recent high-profile defections still sparking discussions, President Bola Tinubu yesterday heightened political excitement, fuelling speculation about a possible switch by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike. The remarks came during the commissioning of the newly completed N16 Arterial Road in Abuja. Addressing dignitaries, government officials, and residents at the event, Tinubu lauded Wike’s leadership, calling him a “team player” and a “performer.” “Wike is not a member of our party, not yet,” Tinubu said with a knowing smile. “But the day he changes his mind and registers with the Progressives,…

A popular social media influencer based in Kaduna State, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, who disappeared over six years ago, has been confirmed dead after a thorough investigation led by investigative public commentator and social critic, Damilola Adekunle. Dadiyata went missing after being abducted by armed men at gunpoint from his residence in Barnawa, Kaduna State. Many believed his disappearance was politically motivated due to his vocal criticism of prominent politicians and his support for former presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso. In a shocking revelation, Adekunle announced on Wednesday on her Facebook page that her investigation had confirmed Dadiyata’s death.…

“On the march again!” That was the signature tune of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola as he flew the flag of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as its presidential standard bearer in the historic 1993 election. In various nooks and corners of the country, young people, men, and women, both not-so-old and the elderly echoed the chorus: “MKO na our man,” to affirm their support for the SDP presidential candidate, who went on to win the election, which eventually turned out as a stillbirth victory. What would have culminated in a beautiful denouement of a long, windy, and…