By: Oluwaseun Lawal This is really heartbreaking. Ruth Otabor, the sister of Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner Phyna, has died. The family broke the news early Sunday morning, around 6:30 a.m., through a statement from their lawyers, Eko Solicitors & Advocates. They said, “With a heavy heart, the family regrets to announce the passing…
By: Akinde Oluwaseun Olayemi Cardoso remembers the smirks. When the Central Bank first floated the idea that diaspora remittances could be a big player in Nigeria’s foreign exchange game, critics brushed it off. Too shaky. Too small. But two years down the line, numbers are doing the shouting. What began as a modest $200 million…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Sirens. Smoke. A city jolts awake. There’s 19 dead, four children, after Russian missiles and drones slammed into Kyiv on Thursday, carving a crater that tore an apartment block almost in two. Washington says the barrage undercuts ceasefire efforts, even as Moscow talks peace with one hand and keeps firing with the…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal A quiet room. Then a big line. At the 2025 Ministerial Retreat on Thursday, Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji‑Ojo said the government is changing how service ends for its top hands: a lifetime salary for senior officers retiring from Deputy Controller, Comptroller, or Commandant‑General and above. Approved by President Bola Tinubu. Signed…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal She just wanted to cook. Simple. A student living alone, learning flavors by trial, fire, and a little salt too much. Then 2023 happened. A cook‑a‑thon that wasn’t meant to go this viral. No media plan. No PR. She didn’t even tell her parents; they found out like everyone else—on their phones….
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Picture this. A child poking at her mum’s phone. Not mischief, just curiosity. Now imagine that moment moved into a classroom—guided, safe, turned into learning. That’s the future Gabriel Iruaga keeps talking about. The UK‑based founder of Embold Lab and CEO of Rendcore Technology sat down with the News Agency of Nigeria…
