On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Mr. Cletus Obun Mbia, a former lawmaker and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, criticized Mr. Peter Obi’s pledge to serve a single four-year term if elected president in 2027, calling it an unconvincing political stunt during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics. Mbia, a Cross River APC leader, rejected […]
According to a Swiss Re report released on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, natural disasters in the first half of 2025 resulted in $135 billion in global economic losses, a 9.8% increase from $123 billion in the first half of 2024, with insured losses reaching $80 billion, the second-highest for any first half since 1980. The […]
On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, dozens of civil society organizations (CSOs) supportive of the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) staged a peaceful protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja, demanding the inclusion of LP candidates in the August 16, 2025, bye-elections across 12 states and the Federal Capital […]
On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) announced it has severed all ties with the Church in Wales following the appointment of Bishop Cherry Vann, an openly lesbian cleric, as the 15th Archbishop of Wales on July 7, 2025. The decision, declared by Primate Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba during the opening […]
On Monday, August 4, 2025, tensions flared between the Igede-speaking communities of Oju and Obi Local Government Areas (LGAs) and their Tiv neighbors in Gwer East and Konshisha LGAs in Benue State, following the killing of two Igede youths, Jonathan Ogah and Gabriel Ogodo, on the Oju-Awajir road. The duo, one recently married, were ambushed […]
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, seven farmers abducted from their farmland in Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday, July 26, 2025, were released after five days in captivity, as confirmed by a relative of one victim to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, August 1, 2025. The kidnappers […]
On Friday, August 1, 2025, Vanguard reported that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has received over 2,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trucks, with additional deliveries expected to reach a total of 4,000 trucks, as part of a ₦720 billion initiative to revolutionize Nigeria’s fuel distribution starting August 15, 2025. The 650,000 barrels-per-day refinery in Lekki, Lagos, […]
On Friday, August 1, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed disappointment over U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods from 25% to 35%, effective August 7, 2025, following a week-long delay. Announced on July 10, 2025, via Trump’s Truth Social platform, the tariff hike was partly linked to Canada’s plan […]
On Friday, August 1, 2025, the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), through its spokesperson Mr. Seye Oladejo, dismissed a statement by former Presidential Adviser Mr. Babafemi Ojudu titled “Lagos is Playing with Fire and Tinubu Must Put It Out,” calling it sensationalist and misleading. In a response titled “RE: Lagos is […]
On Friday, August 1, 2025, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that his government would leverage a week-long delay in the U.S.’s imposition of 30% tariffs on South African exports, now postponed to August 7, 2025, to negotiate intensely and safeguard jobs. The tariffs, initially set for August 1, were announced by U.S. President Donald […]