By: Oluwaseun Lawal The river was restless. Crowds loud. Anticipation everywhere. Then it happened — a 59-kilogram fish broke the surface at Mata Fada in Argungu, instantly becoming the biggest catch of the 61st Argungu International Fishing Festival. Cheers erupted. Cameras flashed. History, again. The moment was confirmed in a statement by the Special Adviser…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The newsroom is quieter today. One familiar voice missing. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has expressed shock over the passing of Layi Olanrewaju, the Kwara State Correspondent of The Sun Newspapers. The news, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), came on February 13, 2026, after a brief illness. In…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal It started like any other school day. Then suddenly, a crowd gathered. A video now making the rounds online shows two men in PalmPay-branded T-shirts confronting a student at the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa. The allegation? An unpaid loan. In the clip, the young man appears reluctant as he is…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal A proposed U.S. sanctions bill has stirred political waters back home. And the NNPP is not having it. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed a move that reportedly seeks visa restrictions and asset freezes against its national leader and former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. The proposal, which also mentions…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The blame game has shifted. Again. Former Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has firmly rejected claims by ex-Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai linking him to the disappearance of Abubakar Idris, widely known as Dadiyata. The denial was sharp. Direct. In a statement signed by Comrade Muhammad Garba, a former Kano Commissioner…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal The airport drama is still fresh. Cameras. Raised voices. Allegations flying. But Reno Omokri says the bigger story is not what happened at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. It is what he claims happened years ago in Kaduna. In a Facebook post on Friday, the ambassador-designate turned public commentator took direct aim at…
