By: Oluwaseun Lawal The heat is on. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade, has thrown down the gauntlet. He’s given the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, just 48 hours to revoke the chieftaincy title of Okanlomo of Yorubaland recently handed to businessman Dotun Sanusi, popularly known as Ilaji. If not? Well, there will…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It all started with a single truck. A truck that changed lives forever. And now, things have escalated. VeryDarkMan—popular activist and voice of the people—has stormed Auchi, blocking Dangote trucks from moving on the roads. Why? Because enough is enough. The victims, mostly students, have been left to suffer. Medical bills piling…
No Social Media History – No VISA! By: Olalekan Abudu So, listen up if you’re trying to get a visa. The U.S. Mission in Nigeria just dropped a new requirement. Big one. They want you to list out all your social media usernames and handles. For the last five years! Every single platform you’ve been…
By: Olalekan Abudu It happened fast. While the boat was moving—bumping through the swollen waters of the usual Sokoto River. The next? Gone. Swallowed by the current. Rescue teams are out there now. NEMA’s on the ground. They said they got word around noon—something about a crowded boat headed to Goronyo Market. Over fifty people…
By: Olalekan Abudu Security agents in Nigeria just scored a big win. After months of gathering intel, they finally caught two big fish from the scary Ansaru terrorist group, you know, the one linked to Al-Qaeda. The arrests? Down to a clever operation stretching from May to July 2025. The captured men? Mahmud Muhammad Usman,…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal Good news? Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped to 21.88% in July 2025, down from 22.22% in June. That’s the fourth straight month of disinflation this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS report, out Friday, says this July figure is 0.34% lower than June’s. And compared to last…
