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Niger Govt Demands Sermons Approval Before Cleric’s Delivery
Niger State Government has announced a new policy requiring religious preachers to submit their sermons for approval before delivering them in public. Governor Umar Bago confirmed the development during an appearance on TVC’s Politics on Sunday, explaining that the measure is intended to prevent harmful or inciteful messages. “I didn’t ban evangelism… For everyone going to sermon on Friday, he should...
Trump Cautions Israel Over Qatar Attack
Days after Israel attacked Qatar in an airstrike targeting Hamas leaders, US President Donald Trump made careful remarks Sunday as Washington’s two powerful Middle Eastern allies face a worsening rift. “Qatar has been a very great ally. Israel and everyone else, we have to be careful. When we attack people we have to be careful,” Trump told reporters. Trump initially rebuked...
NiMet Forecast 3-day Thunderstorms, Rainfall Nationwide
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast thunderstorms and rainfall across the country from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains on Monday morning over Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, Adamawa, and Taraba states. In the afternoon and evening, isolated thunderstorms with moderate rains are expected across the northern region. Flash floods...
“N’Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV” — UN
A new UN report has revealed that North Korea was increasingly imposing the death penalty for watching or sharing foreign films and TV dramas, and also forcing citizens into labour. The UN Human Rights Office said the state had tightened control over “all aspects of citizens’ lives” in the past decade, with surveillance becoming “more pervasive.” It concluded as quoted by...
Opposition Demands Probe Into Ibas Six-month Tenure
As Rivers State prepares for the return of Governor Siminalayi Fubara on September 18 following the six-month emergency rule in the state, the sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (retd), has defended his tenure, stating that he fulfilled President Bola Tinubu’s mandate and stabilised the oil-rich state. However, the opposition parties called for an investigation into Iba’s tenure, particularly...
“Nigeria Requires 21.9% Annual Growth, N1, 500/$” — Afrinvest
Nigeria would require a minimum annual growth rate of 21.9 percent at an exchange rate of N1,500/$ or stronger exchange rate at a slower growth rate to attain $1 trillion economy valuation by 2031, Afrinvest West Africa Limited has predicted. Afrinvest projected this in in its 20th Nigeria Banking Sector Report 2025 entitled, ‘ACT-BOLD: Beyond a Trillion Dollar Economy’. According to...
Stock Market Strengthens As Investors Rake In N986bn Profit
The Nigerian stock market rebounded last week, as investors’ portfolio value increased by over N986 billion in the five trading days. A major performance indicator, Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX All Share Index, ASI closed higher, Week on Week, WoW, in four of the five trading sessions, thereby ending a four-week losing streak. The renewed positive sentiment saw investors taking positions in...
Police Launch Manhunt For Imo Ex-lawmakers Abductors
The Imo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the abductors of former member of the Imo State House of Assembly, Ngozi Ogbu. Ogbu, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, represented Okigwe State Constituency in the legislature. A video had surfaced in the social media where Ogbu was seen pleading with government to withdraw security men from Okigwe,...
Obasa Dismiss 2027 Ambition Claims
The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, has dismissed reports that he has declared his next political step ahead of the 2027 general elections. Reacting to speculations trailing his appearance on TVC’s programme, ‘Beyond The Headlines,’ Obasa clarified that he neither announced a governorship bid nor a senatorial ambition. He explained that the decision on his political...
SERAP Urge INEC To Sanction Defaulting Parties Over Early Campaigns
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to identify politicians and political parties blatantly violating constitutional and statutory legal provisions and international standards which prohibit early election campaigns and to ensure the prosecution of perpetrators and their sponsors.” SERAP urged him “to closely monitor political parties breaching...
