By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said South Africa would not have ended apartheid when it did without Nigeria’s support for the struggle against white minority rule. Obasanjo made the remark in an interview on C-Suite Cafe, hosted by Ikem Okuhu, where he said Nigeria’s involvement was driven by the conviction that no Black person should be regarded as inferior because of their skin colour. He said Nigeria supported the anti-apartheid struggle without seeking personal or national gain, describing its intervention as “enlightened self-interest.” “We were not doing what we did in South Africa or in…
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By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has called on property and environment journalists to intensify public awareness on the newly launched Lagos State Building Insurance Scheme and the Electronic Physical Planning Permit System, EPPPS, as part of efforts to strengthen compliance in the built environment. The General Manager of LASBCA, Gbaye Florence, made the call recently in Lagos when she received Executive Members of the Property and Environment Writers Association of Nigeria, PEWAN, on a courtesy visit to the agency’s headquarters in Ikeja. The agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Adu Ademuyiwa, said in a statement…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to guarantee a free, fair, transparent and credible process in the 2027 general elections, cautioning that a failure to do so would undermine public confidence in the electoral system. The CBCN President, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso, gave the charge on Sunday, 13 September, 2026 in Osogbo, Osun State, while delivering his address at the opening session of the conference’s second plenary meeting, hosted by the Osogbo Catholic Diocese. Ndagoso, who is also the Archbishop of the Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, raised concern…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu consented to the forfeiture of client funds flagged as suspicious by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, insisting the probe targeted the President’s former clients and not Tinubu himself. Omokri made the disclosure on Sunday,13 September, 2026 during an appearance on Channels Television’s “Politics Today,” amid renewed debate over US records tied to a 1990s investigation and an ongoing court case seeking access to documents held by American law-enforcement agencies. He explained that Tinubu, then working as an accountant, had held funds…
Former Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has revealed why he left the Nigeria Democratic Congress(NDC), presidential candidate, Peter Obi, because he has no plans for Nigeria. Datti was Obi’s running mate for the presidency under the LP in 2023. After the election, Obi defected to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, before moving to the NDC. However, Datti said he would not disadvantage President Bola Tinubu by unnecessarily supporting the ADC’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Obi. In an interview on Symfoni TV, Datti said: “I won’t unfairly help promote Baba Atiku and Peter Obi and others just…
Officials of the Katsina State Hisbah Board on Saturday, 12 September, 2026 arrested a woman in Dutsinma area of the state for allegedly selling cannabis, reports thegazellenews.com. The Publicity Officer of the Dutsinma Hisbah Division, C. I. H. Byareema, confirmed the arrest of the suspect through a statement made available to newsmen. According to Byareema, the woman was arrested on Saturday, September 12, 2026, by Hisbah operatives working under the command of Dutsinma Hisbah Commander, Malam Shafi’u Ibrahim following intelligence gathered by officers. During questioning, the woman allegedly said her husband’s younger brother supplied the cannabis, which she sold to make…
In what is is described a major milestone for Nigeria’s capital market, President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, on Monday, 14 September, 2026 sounded the gong at the Nigerian Exchange to formally open the N2.15 trillion Initial Public Offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. With this latest development, Dangote Refinery became the first refinery to be offered to investors on the Nigerian stock market in the Exchange’s 66-year history. The ceremony, held on the trading floor of the NGX in Lagos, marked a major milestone for Nigeria’s capital market as Dangote Refinery became the first refinery to be…
The Anambra State Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor has disclosed that the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo is still servicing loans and other debts incurred by previous administrations, including those of former Governors Peter Obi and Willie Obiano. Okafor, who made this disclosure during a Ndi Anambra podcast uploaded by Anambra State New Media on Monday, 14 September, 2026 while explaining the state’s debt position under the Soludo administration, said the current administration had not borrowed from any commercial bank since taking office but had continued to service loans inherited from previous governments. “It’s on record, you know, that this…
Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, 13 September, 2026 invaded Saketa village in Dinawa Ward, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, and abducted eight residents, just as they also bolted away with livestock. The incident, which was contained in a post shared on X by security analyst Bakatsine on the night of Sunday, 13 September, 2026, said the attackers, who were armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the community around 1:00 a.m. and reportedly spent several hours carrying out the operation. According to him, the residents attempted to resist the attackers but the bandits overpowered them and escaped with…
The Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s government of creating a vicious cycle of poverty among Nigerians. Atiku, a former Vice President stated this through a statement signed by his spokesman, Phrank Shaibu, in which he said the Tinubu government’s effort to justify the removal of fuel subsidy by allocating more money to state governments raises a bigger concern about the state of public education across Nigeria. The Adamawa State born politician said the crisis highlights the main problem with the administration’s student loan policy. “This government took away subsidies, made transportation,…