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By Deborah Nnamdi Just two weeks after taking the oath of office, Oluwakemi Rufai, the Councillor representing Ward C1 in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, has died. Rufai, the only female member of the legislative council, reportedly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, August 13, 2025,…

…$55bn (90%) of the project cost of the bullet train is ready – Consortium After more than a decade of delays, Nigeria’s ambitious bullet train project is moving from drawing board to construction site. The consortium handling the project says it has cleared almost all regulatory hurdles and secured billions…

By Deborah Nnamdi A High Court in Akure, Ondo State, has sentenced Sunday Omoniyi, a middle-aged man, to death by hanging for the murder of his co-tenant, Michael Oyebanji. Omoniyi was charged with one count of murder, contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code,…

Photo: Ms Comfort Emmanson By Oghenekevwe Kofi On August 10, 2025, a flight from Uyo to Lagos became the centre of a national debate on in-flight phone use after passenger Comfort Emmanson refused to switch off her phone before takeoff. What began as a simple crew instruction spiralled into a…

Photo: Ms Emmanson The Federal Government and airline operators have lifted the lifetime flight ban placed on Comfort Emmanson, a passenger involved in a recent incident aboard an Ibom Air flight, and reduced the suspension of Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde (KWAM 1) to one month. Minister of Aviation and…

Photo: Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chair – By Augustus Adomagbo Nigeria’s democratic journey has made notable strides over the past two decades. The country has recorded the longest unbroken civil rule since 1960. This, no doubt, is worth glass clinking. Sadly, though, our electoral process remains unnecessarily cumbersome, expensive, and exclusionary.…

Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has declared he owes no one an apology for supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, despite belonging to different political parties. Speaking to journalists after a meeting with the President at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, Soludo said his support is based on…

By Deborah Nnamdi Nigeria is facing a $27.4 million funding shortfall for essential contraceptives, following the withdrawal of support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—a move experts warn could have severe consequences for women’s health and national development. At a recent dissemination event titled “The Impact of…

By Deborah Nnamdi Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on Tuesday after attacking personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) and breaching the facility’s security. According to a statement by NCoS spokesman Abubakar Umar, the incident occurred in the early hours of the…

by Deborah Nnamdi The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two men in connection with the unlawful possession of three human skulls in the Ijebu area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abeokuta by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola. According to the statement, the…