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Feds call that arrest list for VIPs total nonsense. The Federal Government, through Information Minister Mohammed Idris, completely denied any plot to illegally detain or charge opposition members. A government statement dismissed a circulating document as fake, specifically refuting claims...

Atiku mourns a grim day for journalism after a deadly Gombe crash. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed profound sadness over the deaths of seven journalists in a road accident in Gombe South. He identified the victims as dedicated media professionals traveling back from a colleague's...

Sowore says the Joshua crash shows the whole system is broken. Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore connected the recent road accident involving former boxing titleholder Anthony Joshua to Nigeria's profound institutional collapse. The 2023 presidential candidate extended condolences to the...

Here's the vibe from Akwa Ibom: a local group is telling Abuja to shelve the whole tax plan. The Open Forum, a non-governmental organization based in the state, wants the Federal Government to pause its controversial tax reforms completely. The group's Convener, Citizen Mathew Kofi Okono, made...

That new tax plan needs a serious delay, according to a civic group. The Osun Masterminds expressed worry about the starting date for the federal government's proposed tax reforms, asking President Bola Tinubu to push back the planned January kickoff. The group's leader, Professor Wasiu...

Another official gets a cozy new room at the Kuje Correctional Centre. The Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Bauchi State's Finance Commissioner, Yakubu Adamu, to be held there while it decides on his bail request. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the remand order after hearing arguments from Adamu's...

Banning mini booze bags solves nothing without real enforcement. Legal expert Liborous Oshoma argues that Nigeria's upcoming prohibition on alcohol in sachets and small bottles under two hundred milliliters is a weak move unless the government actually regulates who can buy and sell it. He made...

Well, that's some instant karma served piping hot. Former senator Dino Melaye sent some pointed well-wishes to ex-Attorney General Abubakar Malami as Malami faced a Federal High Court in Abuja. Malami, alongside his son Abdulaziz and another person, pleaded not guilty to a sixteen-count charge...

Guess the political gravy train made a holiday stop in Emohua. Eze Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, the top traditional ruler of Emohua Kingdom and head of the South South Monarchs Forum, fully endorsed the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, as a loyal friend and a leader worth...

Talk about a serious case of forgetting that power is temporary. Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of Nigeria's Central Bank, recently made some sharp comments about the situation surrounding Abubakar Malami, the country's ex-Attorney General and Minister of Justice. Malami, alongside...

Turns out Burna Boy really did tell them. The Nigerian Afrobeats star has just smashed the record for the biggest money-making tour by any African artist ever. His I Told Them tour pulled in a staggering 30.5 million dollars total. This massive haul came from selling over three hundred thousand...

Comedian Kennyblaq just packed a massive stadium for the second time. His Reckless Musicomedy Festival sold out the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos again, pulling over twenty thousand fans for a blend of stand-up and musical acts. The event featured a stacked lineup including fellow comics...

Sophia Momodu is tired of everyone calling her Davido's wife. The entrepreneur and mother of the singer's first child posted a video demanding fans stop using the title, stressing the need to respect his current marriage and her own move on life. She recounted a specific encounter with a content...

Boxer Anthony Joshua is the latest celeb to cheat death on a Nigerian road. The heavyweight champion survived a crash on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway near Makun in Ogun State that killed two foreign nationals in his vehicle, with state officials confirming the fatalities and an ongoing...

Beyoncé just officially joined the billionaire music club. The singer hit the three-comma milestone according to Forbes, placing her alongside Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, and her husband Jay Z as one of the few musicians to achieve that status. Her massive recent tours, the...

An actress is calling out the gross content hustle around a colleague's death. Laide Bakare slammed fans and fellow actors for making TikTok videos and playing games for gifts just hours after actress Allwell Ademola died from a heart attack, saying the behavior was sad and that everyone is...

Singer Peter Okoye is completely wrecked by a fatal crash involving Anthony Joshua's team. The musician expressed his grief over the accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that killed boxer Anthony Joshua's strength coach, Sina Ghami, and personal trainer Latif Ayodele, calling the loss...

AFRIMA just tapped a Nigerian rapper and a French-Senegalese host for its big night. The All Africa Music Awards revealed FalzTheBahdGuy and Liliane Maroune as hosts for its ninth edition happening in Lagos next January, making Falz the second Nigerian after 2Baba to helm the continental...

Toyin Abraham's new movie just became a massive box office hit in record time. Her directorial debut, Oversabi Aunty, earned over three hundred eighty two million naira in just eleven days, making it Nollywood's second biggest weekend film of the year. The comedy features a cast including Mike...

Sean Tizzle is dropping a romantic track to kick off his new era. Afrobeats artist Oluwaseun Oluwabamidele, known as Sean Tizzle, announced a single called Husband and Wife set for release at the start of next year, marking a refined return to his signature style with themes of romance and...