By: Oluwaseun Lawal So, here’s the scoop. NAFDAC just sealed a skincare facility in Agege, Lagos — Shine Shine Skincare. Why? Because they found illegal bleaching products being made there. Not just any products, but ones that are unregistered and downright dangerous. The officials swooped in and uncovered a whole bunch of stuff being sold…
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: Akinde Oluwaseun The warning is blunt. Thousands of Scottish homes, sitting in the shadows of rising seas and swollen rivers, may never see the flood protection they were promised. Why? Leadership tangled. Funding short. A system that watchdogs now call “not fit for purpose.” The numbers hit hard. Four hundred thousand households could be…
By: Akinde Oluwaseun Luis de la Fuente stood under the bright lights at Las Rozas on a late August morning. Papers shuffled. Cameras clicked. And just like that, Spain’s journey toward the 2026 World Cup had its first names etched into the story. The squad? A cocktail of everything Spanish football claims to be right…
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…
