In a significant move towards fostering a more inclusive society, Coat of Many Colours Africa brought its advocacy programme to Imota Local Council Development Area, reinforcing support for children with learning challenges and special needs. As a privately funded organisation, Coat of Many Colours Africa has continued to serve as a vital link between parents, schools, and essential support services for neurodivergent children. Through sustained grassroots engagement with communities and local leadership, the foundation has expanded its impact across various communities, with the Imota outreach marking another important milestone in its mission. The programme, tagged “Disability Unchained,” was held on…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
In a remarkable demonstration of compassion, community service, and commitment to social welfare, the Chairperson of Imota Local Council Development Area, Mrs. Benson Oluwatosin Maria, on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026, organized a birthday outreach programme aimed at supporting school children with educational materials and providing food relief to elderly residents across the council area. The initiative, held in commemoration of her birthday anniversary, took place at Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School, Imota, Imota Community Senior Grammar School, and some residents in different communities within Imota LCDA. As part of the outreach, pupils received essential education materials, including notebooks, pens, pencils, and other…
By Elder Yinka Salaam The recent deluge of misinformation, disinformation and false alarm that have pervaded the entire Southwest leave so much to be desired. The disinformation are deadly, dangerous and must not be handled with levity. Already, an innocent motorcyclist has been reportedly killed by some actors who acted on the disinformation which circulated on social media. It’s obvious the initiators of these disinformation and alarmists are content creators who are chasing clout to make cheap money from the challenge of insecurity and wouldn’t mind throwing Nigeria into panic. Raising false alarm on bandits is now the new ‘cruise’…
Despite the Nigeria’s improved access to international capital markets, he International Monetary Fund(IMF) resident representative for Nigeria, Christian Ebeke, on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026 warned the country to tread carefully in pursuing a proposed $5bn Total Return Swap financing arrangement with First Abu Dhabi Bank, describing such structures as opaque and potentially risky. The warning come weeks after the Senate approved the Federal Government’s request to raise up to $5 billion through a Total Return Swap arrangement with a Middle Eastern bank, widely reported to be First Abu Dhabi Bank. Ebeke, handed down the warning on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026…
2027: ACF Says Atiku, Obi Not Credible Alternatives To North Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Monday, 8 June, 2026 warned that neither former Vice President Atiku Abubakar nor the National Democratic Congress(NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, currently offers the region a credible alternative, just as the Forum also added that President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost significant political standing in the North since 2023. The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Prof. Tukur Mohammed-Baba, stated this on Monday, 8 June, 2026 during an interview on PrimeTime…
Former Kano State Governor and National Leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Monday, 8 June, 2026 disclosed he remains willing to forgive Governor Abba Yusuf and reconcile with him despite their political differences, insisting that his affection for his former protégé has not diminished. Kwankwas, who has also defected from New Nigeria Peoples Parry (NNPP) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), made this disclosure in an interview in a video posted by BBC Hausa on Monday, 8 June, 2026. While maintaining that the door to reconciliation remains open, he added that Yusuf was the one who chose…
The are plans by the 11th Senate to sponsor a bill seeking to introduce a single six-year tenure for presidents and governors after the 2027 general elections. Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, Bamidele, who made this disclosure during an interview with newsmen in his office on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026, said the proposed legislation would be among the first bills he intends to introduce when the next Senate is inaugurated, arguing that it would enable elected leaders to focus on governance rather than re-election campaigns. According to the lawmaker , the current two-term arrangement often compels officeholders to devote a significant…
Former UEFA president Michel Platini has dragged FIFA and its current president, Gianni Infantino, before a French court over corruption allegations dating back to 2015, claiming the case derailed his bid to lead world football’s governing body, reports BBC Sport on Tuesday,9 June, 2026. The 70-year-old former France captain has filed a criminala civil and criminal legal complaints in at the court accusing Infantino, along with former FIFA legal director Marco Villiger and former audit committee chair Domenico Scala, of malicious prosecution. According to BBC, Platini is seeking financial compensation from FIFA, alleging that efforts were made to block his…
As part of efforts to strengthen safety and integrity on the platform, TikTok, on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026 disclosed that it has removed more than four million videos and interrupted over 86,000 live sessions in Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2025. The social media platform, which made this disclosure in its Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report released Tuesday, 9 June, 2026, noted that it “removed 4.02 million videos in Nigeria for violating its Community Guidelines” during the period under review. The platform also disclosed that that “99.9 per cent of the offending videos were detected and removed proactively…
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to immediately deploy a comprehensive and aggressive security strategy to flush out bandits and kidnappers from their hideouts and restore safety across the country amid worsening insecurity. The House of Representatives made the called during plenary session on Tuesday, 9 June, 2026 following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Ibe Osonwa, who represents Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency of Abia State. Osonwa, moving the motion titled “A call for immediate executive action on the surge in banditry, the daily abduction of schoolchildren, and the perilous security situation in Nigerian schools and…