Arise TV anchor Rufai Oseni called out the federal government for lying about releasing Nigerian Air Force crew members stuck in Burkina Faso since their Lockheed C-130 Hercules had to make an emergency landing while heading to Portugal. Seven officers and four airmen are still being held because nobody from the government bothered reaching out officially to explain what the mission was about.
The broadcaster says the detained personnel have zero contact with their families and haven't heard anything from NAF or federal officials. All the government needs to do is tell Burkinabe authorities the crew was on legit business to Portugal and had nothing to do with operations in Benin.
Rufai wants people to pressure leadership into handling...
Emir Ismaila Ahmed Gadaka from Gudi in Yobe State went around personally checking schools in his territory and told everyone he's done playing games with teachers who ghost their jobs and parents who skip sending kids to class. The royal decided to do walkthrough inspections after seeing government money getting wasted on facilities where nobody bothers showing up, and he straight up warned educators that their side hustles can't mess with the Monday through Friday grind.
The emir went off about parents dragging children to farms instead of classrooms, saying he's making it his personal mission to crack down on that behavior. He put all the village heads and district leaders on notice that they had better start monitoring schools...
EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale shut down former Attorney General Abubakar Malami's story about getting his bail yanked because he showed up at some political event in Kebbi State. The anti-graft agency says the guy just never followed through on the five conditions they attached to his provisional administrative bail back in November, and that's literally the only reason he's still stuck.
Oyewale had to step in because Malami was out here spinning narratives about political persecution when the whole thing came down to him not meeting basic requirements. The commission made it clear that administrative bail isn't some right you automatically get but a temporary favor they give suspects while wrapping up investigations.
They're basically...
ATBU's management came out swinging after some people claiming to be alumni crashed a Senate hearing about changing the school from a tech-focused university to a regular one. Senator Shehu Buba from Bauchi South pushed the amendment bill that sparked the whole mess. Director of Information Zailani Bappa dropped a statement calling the disruptors straight-up impostors who never actually graduated from the place.
The university basically said their real graduates stay classy and would never disrespect the Senate like that. Bappa seemed pretty annoyed that these fake alumni got the public hearing shut down indefinitely after it started.
He told everyone to double-check if people actually represent ATBU before letting them speak at...
Tinubu went on X to gas up his FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, for his birthday, calling him an audacious top performer who actually gets stuff done despite roadblocks. The president pointed out how Wike finally got the Apo-Karshi road moving after 14 years of it sitting there doing nothing.
The whole message was basically Tinubu saying Wike earned his Mr Project nickname beyond Rivers State and proved he can transform the capital with infrastructure nobody's seen before. He called the guy one of the shining stars in his cabinet, even though Wike belongs to a different party, which is kind of wild when you think about it.
Tinubu wrapped it up, thanking him for pushing the Renewed Hope Agenda and wishing him more strength to keep doing his...
Some group called the Gongola Peoples Forum threw a massive party in Adamawa State to celebrate seven new chiefdoms and emirates that got carved out a year ago. Retired Gen Paul Tarfa showed up as chairman, while the Tol Hoba Dr Alheri Nyako spoke for all the new traditional rulers, and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri sent his culture commissioner, Alphonsus Babadoke, to represent him at the Mahmud Ribadu Square event.
The whole thing was basically ethnic groups trying to break away from Hausa-Fulani control by getting their separate identities recognized. They pulled in people from Gombe, Taraba, Bauchi, and other Middle Belt spots for what they called the Gongola Peoples Grand Cultural Fiesta.
Everyone spent the day praising the state...
Peter Obi jumped on X to talk about the US authorities grabbing a Nigerian supertanker over alleged crude oil theft. The Labour Party guy who ran for president back in 2023 says he's been screaming about this stuff for years.
Obi went off about how the country bleeds billions every year because of oil thieves getting away with it, thanks to garbage institutions and zero accountability. He wants investigators to dig deep and figure out what actually happened here. The man says regular people aren't out here stealing crude oil, and it's obviously powerful players running the whole operation while everyone pretends not to notice.
His whole point is that the government needs to get serious about maritime security, fix the broken...
Wizkid told Asake he wants him performing at his wedding whenever that actually happens, and he specifically requested the track Remember for the ceremony. The Starboy artist praised Asake during their joint appearance on Apple Music radio with DJ Tunez, calling him one of the most gifted vocalists across Africa and globally.
The Grammy winner explained that Omo Ope turned him into an Asake fan immediately, but Remember became his top pick from the catalog. He considers Asake a genuine asset to African music and has apparently told him this repeatedly in private conversations.
Wizkid currently dates his manager Japa P, and they share three kids. The artist has been hinting at marriage plans for years without pulling the trigger yet.
Ayra Starr posted about feeling isolated after moving from Lagos to New York City following her Roc Nation signing. The Afrobeats artist described her nearly bare apartment and the freezing weather that kills her drive to work, and she admitted regretting the relocation sometimes, while her friends back home enjoy the holiday season.
The singer entered what she calls her detached era, where proving herself to others stopped mattering. She joked about summer happiness being fake and wondered why she even made the move when the cold feels like it actively wants to destroy her motivation.
