BAMAKO – On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Malian authorities detained approximately 20 to 50 soldiers, including prominent General Abass Dembele, over an alleged plot to overthrow the ruling junta, which seized power through coups in 2020 and 2021, according to security and parliamentary sources cited by AFP. A Malian security source reported that arrests began […]
On Monday, August 11, 2025, Gloucestershire Police reported that a Nigerian man, identified as Ogundipe, was sentenced to five years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a woman in 2022, with deportation ordered upon completion of his sentence, as per The Sun and BBC News. The incident occurred after Ogundipe met the victim at […]
ABUJA – On Monday, August 11, 2025, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Services and Environment Secretariat, in partnership with Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme (NTBLCP), and MobiHealth, launched a telehealth initiative at Dutsen Makaranta Primary Health Care Centre (PHC) to address Nigeria’s high tuberculosis (TB) burden, […]
BENIN CITY – On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Edo State Governor Sen. Monday Okpebholo emphasized his administration’s focus on education to drive socio-economic and intellectual development, announcing plans to revive the College of Education in Igueben, Edo Central Senatorial District, during an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign tour for the August 16 by-elections, as reported […]
BENIN CITY – On Sunday, August 10, 2025, with five days until the Edo State Senatorial and House of Representatives by-elections on August 16, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Edo Central Senatorial candidate, Prince Joe Okojie, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to maintain professionalism during the polls, […]
On Sunday, August 10, 2025, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) endorsed Mr. Peter Obi’s promise to serve a single four-year term if elected president in 2027, calling the former Labour Party (LP) candidate and Anambra governor a “man of honour” with a proven record of keeping promises. MBF National President Dr. Bitrus Pogu, speaking to […]
On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Chief Akin Oshintokun, a former political adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and director-general of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council in 2023, warned that without a united opposition, President Bola Tinubu is likely to secure re-election in 2027, as stated in an interview with Vanguard. Oshintokun, 63, attributed Nigeria’s political instability […]
On Monday, August 11, 2025, Financial Vanguard reported a 328% increase in Nigeria’s sugar and sugarcane imports, rising from ₦516.61 billion (2015–2019) to ₦2.21 trillion (2020–2024), highlighting the failure of the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), launched in 2010 and renewed in 2020, to achieve self-sufficiency. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s […]