Category: news
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Nigeria international Ola Aina has signed a new three-year contract with Nottingham Forest, extending his stay until June 2028. The 28-year-old full-back, who joined Forest in July 2023 from Torino, made 37 appearances in the 2024–25 season, contributing to the club’s seventh-place league finish and FA Cup semi-finals run. The extension follows an earlier one-year…
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President Bola Tinubu has affirmed his administration’s commitment to reducing inflation and ensuring economic stability through fiscal discipline, transparency, and citizen participation. Speaking at the three-day National Conference on Fiscal Governance in Abuja, he emphasized strengthening financial systems, supporting the Office of the Auditor-General, improving procurement transparency, and expanding digital finance tools. Tinubu further highlighted…
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Police in Nairobi have blocked major roads into the city ahead of planned anti-government protests, preventing vehicles and pedestrians from accessing the city center. Authorities used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds. The demonstrations aimed to protest police brutality, poor governance, corruption, and the high cost of living, coinciding with the anniversary of…
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Ghanaian-American singer, Amaarae, has stated that the global momentum of Afrobeats is stuck . In an interview, she emphasized that African music, including Afrobeats, needs to evolve fearlessly, as some artists are hesitant to experiment due to financial success with a particular sound. While she highlighted Rema’s album ‘HEIS’ as an example of positive musical…
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Many roads leading to and from Nairobi’s central business district have been sealed off by police, with long queues of cars and security personnel installing metal spikes across streets. Heavy police presence has also been reported at key intersections, roundabouts, and roads leading to State House, the Kenyan president’s residence. According to reports, Tens of…
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened a nationwide protest over rising insecurity, poverty, and the high cost of living. In a statement, NLC condemned the government’s failure to secure lives and property, citing nearly 700,000 deaths from insecurity in a year and warning of potential famine due to farmers’ inability to access land. The Congress…
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Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has explained that his decision to run for a single four-year term in 2027 is to uphold the principle of zoning. He noted that, despite not being enshrined in Nigeria’s constitution, zoning has served as a stabilizer of the country’s political landscape. While this was noted during an…
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Abia State Governor Alex Otti has urged the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase federal revenue allocations to Abia, to support rapid development. He made the request during a meeting with the Federal Commissioner for Abia at the commission , Mrs. Nkechi Otti. Otti emphasized that higher allocations would enable his government…
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Analysis of official data shows that at least 10 Nigerian states—Rivers, Enugu, Niger, Taraba, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Edo, Kwara, and Nasarawa—collectively increased their domestic debt by N417.7 billion year-on-year, from N884.9 billion in Q1 2024 to N1.3 trillion in Q1 2025, a 47.2% rise. Their combined debt also grew quarter-on-quarter by N42.3 billion approximately (3.4%),…
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Kenya’s President William Ruto, just two years into his term, is already facing calls for him to leave office, with protesters demanding he vacate in 2027 under the slogan ‘wantam’ (one term). His popularity has sharply declined after proposing controversial tax increases, seen by many as a betrayal of his campaign promises to support the…
