On Sunday, July 6, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that any country aligning with the “Anti-American policies” of the BRICS bloc—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—will face an additional 10% tariff on goods, with “no exceptions.” The statement, made […]
On Friday, July 4, 2025, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) addressed speculations about fees for the Non-Resident Bank Verification Number (NRBVN) platform, launched in May 2025 with the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali, Acting Director of Corporate Communications, clarified that regular BVN enrollment for Nigerians in Nigeria remains free, while […]
On Saturday, July 5, 2025, President Bola Tinubu addressed the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, calling for a comprehensive reevaluation of global governance, financial structures, and health systems to ensure greater equity for low-income and emerging economies, particularly in Africa. Speaking as Nigeria’s first participation as a BRICS partner country, admitted on […]
On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at a thanksgiving service at Saint James’ Anglican Church in Asokoro, Abuja, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike declared that Nigeria was “practically dead” before President Bola Tinubu’s administration began in May 2023, citing economic mismanagement and insecurity under previous governments. Speaking after the commissioning of 16 FCT projects, Wike acknowledged ongoing […]
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), adopted as the platform for the National Opposition Coalition Group on July 2, 2025, has launched an aggressive campaign to woo high-profile politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Led by interim National Chairman Senator David Mark and interim […]
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin, died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, 2025, at the age of 90, just two days after celebrating his 90th birthday and one year after ascending the throne on July 12, 2024. Born on July 5, 1935, in Okugbaja village, Oyo State, Oba Olakulehin was […]
On June 30, 2025, at approximately 6:30 PM, gunmen in two Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) attacked a community meeting in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State, killing at least 10 people and injuring nine others. The Anambra State Police Command, through Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga, condemned the “indiscriminate shooting” […]
On July 1, 2025, the G7 foreign ministers, alongside the European Union’s High Representative, issued a joint statement from The Hague, reaffirming that “the Islamic Republic of Iran can never have nuclear weapons” and urging Iran to halt its unjustified uranium enrichment activities. The G7—comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the […]
On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, Nigerian music icon Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, issued a heartfelt apology on Instagram for controversial comments made during an appearance on the 234 Mzansi podcast, hosted by Nedu and others. 2Baba had claimed it was “nearly impossible” for a man to remain sexually faithful to one woman, even […]
On June 27, 2025, former Senate President David Mark announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing its deepening leadership crisis and irreconcilable differences that have reduced the party to a “shadow of its former self.” In a statement from Otukpo Ward 1, Benue State, Mark, a founding PDP member who served as […]