TikTok has temporarily restricted access to its LIVE feature during late-night hours for users in Nigeria,citing an ongoing safety investigation. This action follows the platform’s disclosure of sweeping enforcement statistics for the second quarterof 2025, which saw millions of videos and tens of thousands of LIVE sessions banned across the country.The restriction, which was reportedly…
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the sum of ₦100 billion for the rehabilitation andupgrade of training institutions belonging to the Nigeria Police Force and other sister security agenciesnationwide. This crucial decision was taken at the 154th NEC meeting, which was held virtually on Wednesday,December 3, 2025, and was chaired by Vice President Kashim…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has implemented a key set of revisions to its cash policy aimed atpromoting financial inclusion while reducing transactional friction, according to recent regulatorydirectives.The most significant changes include the removal of the cumulative limit on cash deposits and theconfirmation of the N500,000 maximum weekly cash withdrawal for individuals. The CBN…
The Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, has said Governor Ademola Adeleke will formally join a new political party before December 13, following his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party. Speaking on a political programme on Rave FM in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday, Alimi said the resignation was the…
Craven Cottage witnessed one of the most dramatic matches of the Premier League season as Manchester City survived a furious Fulham comeback to win 5–4 in a breathtaking, end-to-end encounter on Tuesday night. City appeared in control early, with Erling Haaland opening the scoring in the 17th minute before Tijjani Reijnders doubled the lead at…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the newMinister of Defence, forwarding his name to the Senate for screening and confirmation.The nomination, announced on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, comes immediately after the resignation ofthe former occupant of the office, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Monday, December 1, 2025. The presidential…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, AlhajiMohammed Badaru Abubakar, who stepped down from his position with immediate effect.The resignation was formally tendered by the former Minister in a letter addressed to the President anddated Monday, December 1, 2025. The reason cited for his immediate departure from the Federal…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has officially resigned his membership from the People’sDemocratic Party (PDP), the platform under which he served as Senator and was elected Governor.The resignation, submitted to his local party officials on November 4, 2025, underscores the deep-seated friction currently impacting the opposition party at the national level. Governor Adeleke, who…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining partners and communities around the globe to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 under the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”. An estimated 40.8 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV) around the world, 610,000 of whom live in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where the number of…
Tension gripped the Bayagan community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State thisweekend after armed bandits demanded a staggering ₦150 million ransom for the release of theirtraditional ruler, the Ojibara of Bayagan, Alhaji Kamilu Salami. The monarch was abducted on Saturday morning in a brazen attack that highlights the escalatingsecurity challenges facing traditional institutions…
