President Bola Tinubu has lifted the six-month emergency rule imposed on Rivers State, reinstating Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the State House of Assembly. The suspension takes effect from midnight, September 17, 2025. “It therefore gives me great pleasure to declare that the emergency in Rivers State of Nigeria shall end with
The BBNaija Season 10 house has been anything but boring. From messy entanglements to surprise nominations, one housemate has been quietly stealing hearts without the chaos: Kayode ‘Kaybobo’ Oladele, the soft-spoken hunk with a smile like sunrise and the kind of résumé that makes you sit up straight. But before Kaybobo’s face became a regular
Femi Adesina, the former special adviser on media and publicity to late ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, staunchly defended his “senior friend” and boss’ long-time public insinuation that he was a religious bigot. Adesina spoke during an interview on Channels TV on Sunday, hours after news broke that Buhari had died in a London clinic after a
Bolt says it has sharply reduced the number of Nigerian drivers taking passengers off its platform, but the practice has exposed a deeper dispute over who bears the cost of running a ride-hailing business. By July 2025, Bolt said offline trips in Nigeria had fallen 42% after it tightened monitoring and penalties for drivers who
Okra helped establish open banking as a serious fintech category in Nigeria, raised millions from international investors and still had cash when it closed. Its decision says as much about market timing as it does about startup failure. When Nigerian fintech Okra shut down in May 2025, the obvious explanation seemed to be that another
Nollywood actress and activist Iyabo Ojo says her fight for justice in the mysterious death of singer Mohbad has come at a terrifying personal cost, including death threats against her and her children. Ojo made the revelation on Instagram after a disturbing video surfaced showing a man identified as Saheed Jamiu cursing her out and
The Nigerian government has affirmed that it will not accept the President Donald Trump administration’s proposal to force a controversial asylum deal on it, which was one of the reasons Nigeria was slammed with new visa restrictions. According to multiple sources, the U.S. had proposed to ship some undocumented migrants in the US to some
In May 2025, Meta told a Nigerian court that it might have to shut Facebook and Instagram in the country. The warning came after the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal upheld a $220 million penalty imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), over Meta and WhatsApp’s treatment of Nigerian users. The shutdown
Cleopatra VII was historically known as the last ruler of the ancient Egyptian civilisation and the woman who had a passionate romantic affair with two of Rome’s most powerful men – Julius Caesar and Mark Antony – only to take her own life after their defeats. But this framing reduces her to a tragic temptress,
Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya, alongside US National master Shawn Martinez, has officially shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, clocking in an astonishing 64 hours of nonstop play. Surpassing the previous record of 61 hours held by two Norwegian players, Tunde didn’t just move pawns and rooks, he moved mountains. “For