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My Vision For Benybite Foods Is To Be A Game-Changer In Nigeria – Kayode-Ojo
Early in July 2025, the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, commissioned Benybite Foods’ grains milling factory in Jos, describing it as the largest of its kind in the state and the second most advanced food processing facility in Nigeria. The...

Tinubu Pays Tribute To Oba Sikiru Adetona
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity, humility, culture, dedication, and service to humanity.... President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of...

Customs & DRI seize ₹445 cr worth of illicit goods from Gujarat in 1st 5 months of 2025: Official
Hydroponic weed (Marijuana), gold, diamonds, foreign currency, cigarettes, automobile parts and garments are part of a list of illicitly imported and export goods —worth Rs 445 crore —seized at Gujarat’s ports and airports during the first five...

At Ijebu Ode, President Tinubu Pays Tribute to Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Adetona
From second left, Aremo Osoba, President Tinubu, First Lady OLuremi Tinubuand Governor Abiodun *Extols His Integrity President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity,...

Trump’s disrespect for African states persists
Forging a diplomatic endeavour among many states aims to achieve a quid pro quo status in international relations. While these relations strive to be on equal footing, mutual respect is highly encouraged among leaders, especially in their...
BREAKING: Tinubu Arrives In Katsina For Ex-President Buhari’s Burial
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Katsina State ahead of the burial of Nigeria’s former President, Muhammadu Buhari, SaharaReporters has learnt. This comes as a high-powered delegation from the neighbouring Republic of Niger also landed in...

At Ijebu Ode, Tinubu pays tribute to late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Adetona
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity, humility, culture, dedication, and service to humanity. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information &...

CDS warns against attacks on national assets
From Tony John, Port Harcourt The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has called on host communities of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) to take ownership of the national assets situated in their areas and work...

Tinubu’s Fuel Subsidy Removal A Painful But Necessary Step – FG
Speaking through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the quarterly meeting of the Progressive Governors’ Forum with Information Commissioners from APC-controlled states in Minna, the President urged officials...

Searching for General Buhari’s replacement
“Verily, we belong to God, and verily to Him we return.” – Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) “The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.”- Igbo proverb On Tuesday 14 July, 2025, the remains of late General Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian...

Final Whistle For Coach Sinclair
Few names in Nigerian football command reverence across generations like that of Monday Sinclair. Known affectionately in coaching circles as “The Professor”, Sinclair’s passing at the age of 88 marks not just the end of a long and impactful life,...

The unyielding paradox: Buhari and the soul of Nigeria
“إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ” “Verily, we belong to God, and verily to Him we return.” Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) “The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.”— Igbo proverb That afternoon I spent with Bubu in 2005, years...

NDLEA Seizes Large Quantities Of Banned Drugs In 5 States, Detains 15 Suspects
News Investigators/ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recovered large quantities of banned Tramadol and opium pills during separate raids conducted over the past four days across four states. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi...

NDLEA seizes Pakistan-bound drug consignments, arrests drug kingpin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the previous week intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking, raiding a Lagos hotel, intercepting international consignments concealed in food items, and apprehending a long-wanted drug kingpin....

Tinubu visits Ijebu Ode, pays tribute to Oba Adetona
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity, humility, culture, dedication, and service to humanity. The Awujale passed away on Sunday, July 13, and was interred the...

Nigerians need to rally round President Tinubu now
The Fulani ethnic group we know in Nigeria is historically a nomadic people. But even when they can conveniently pass for a minority group in the country, they have continued to play a rather outsized role in Nigerian society and politics. Their...

Why Quality Talents Will Continue To Dump NPFL
1 In 2018, Lautaro Martinez, the Inter Milan forward, was playing for Racing Club in his home country of Argentina, a team he signed for from 2015. It was in that same 2018 that he transferred from Racing to Inter Milan after emerging the most...

The Abiy-Isaias Feud: Prisoner of Geography vs Prisoner of History
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed woke up one lazy Fall in 2023 and remembered that it’s time he spoke up about the tragedy of Ethiopia’s land-locked-ness and started pining for Ethiopia’s Sea. Among other things, Abiy Ahmed referred favorably (ዊዝደም ነው)...

NDLEA raids Lagos hotel, recovers party drugs
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided Sarah Sam Hotels located at 115 Ogudu road in Kosofe, Lagos where different party drugs are being distributed and sold. A statement issued on...

Martian rock that crash landed in the Sahara listed to sell for around $2M at auction
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