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Muslim clerics in Ogun State under the aegis of Progressive Muslim Cleric, PMC, have admonished the federal government to urgently tackle and uproot the insecurity threat currently facing the country. President of PMC, Abdul Wasiu Akinyemi, made the call on Tuesday in Abeokuta during a press conference held in commemoration of the 1448 Hegira celebration. The Islamic scholar stressed the need for the federal government to do more to restore normalcy for Nigerians.  The cleric also dismissed claims that insecurity is tied to one ethnic group, insisting that kidnapping and terrorism predate current hotspots, recalling the 2010 Eagle Square bombing during President Jonathan’s…

Former Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has admitted that he still misses life with the Nigerian national team months after bringing the curtain down on his international career, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Troost-Ekong retired from international football in December 2025 after serving Nigeria for a decade, ending a career that saw him captain the team, win AFCON and Olympic medals and become one of the country’s most influential defenders of his generation. The 32-year-old opened up about life after retirement during a roundtable discussion on the Bassey Talks podcast alongside current Super Eagles stars Ola Aina, Alex Iwobi, Joe Aribo…

Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has expressed outrage over the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State, questioning the country’s response to worsening insecurity. The filmmaker, in a post on her Instagram story on Tuesday, said she woke up “angry, heartbroken and deeply unsettled” over the fate of the kidnapped children. She questioned whether Nigerians have normalised abductions and violent attacks, lamenting what she described as growing public desensitisation to insecurity. She wrote, “I woke up this morning, Angry, heartbroken, and deeply unsettled. “Are we really saying that these kidnapped children are just gone? Are we saying that nothing…

A skit maker, Uchenna Igwe, aka Sir One On One, who has 480,000 followers on Instagram, tells BLESSING ENENAITE about his career What influenced your decision to become a skit maker? It is my calling. Second, I have passion for creativity. From day one, I have been in love with show business; from music to movies, stand-up comedy skit making. Why do you dress like a woman in your skits? My parents gave birth to four boys. I am the first child, and in every family where there are only boys, one particular person has to ‘sacrifice’ himself to be…

Of course, I didn’t have an idea what it meant, but it was always there at the top of our chalkboard at the Baptist Primary School, Oke Ako Ekiti, my primary school. The one-line sentence simply read: “Apartheid is a crime against humanity.” Years later, at the AUD High School, Ikole Ekiti, Ekiti State, I understood the statement but not the implications yet. Not yet! As I journeyed higher in life, it was hard for a young man to understand an official system which imposes segregation of all sorts against blacks in South Africa, in their own fatherland, where they…

In May, I was wowed when I demoed the surprisingly powerful VR-like experience inside Xreal and Google’s Project Aura glasses, which are now being called Xreal Aura and are arriving this fall. They pack a Samsung Galaxy XR-like experience into a pair of glasses that plugs into a phone-sized processor puck. But it turns out that the processor they pack is actually better than the one in the Samsung Galaxy XR. And the specs of Qualcomm’s new chip suggest a wave of VR headsets that could be aiming to supercharge their onboard AI capabilities.Qualcomm’s newly announced Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, unveiled…

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has assured residents that the abducted schoolchildren and teachers in the state will be rescued, saying the government is doing everything possible to secure their release. Makinde gave the assurance while addressing social media influencer VeryDarkMan and other protesters at the Oyo State Government House in a video circulating on Tuesday. Speaking on the incident, the governor said he was personally distressed by the abduction, noting that the victims, who include nursery and primary school pupils, had been in captivity for over a month. “I am also distressed because I have children of my own.…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, working with consultancy KPMG, has begun a comprehensive review of telecom interconnection pricing, the first major reassessment of the sector’s tariff framework in nearly a decade. The exercise, kicked off in Lagos at a mobile termination rate stakeholder forum on Tuesday, brought regulators, operators and industry participants into a structured process to reassess wholesale pricing rules that govern payments between networks for completing voice calls. Mobile Termination Rates are regulated fees paid by one operator to another to complete calls across networks. They influence competition, investment, and retail pricing. The telecom regulator said the current framework,…

Trading on the Nigerian stock market extended its negative trend on Tuesday, with investors losing N782 billion, marking the third consecutive trading session of losses. The decline was driven by broad-based profit-taking, with losses recorded across insurance, banking, consumer goods, industrial and technology stocks. The market capitalisation depreciated by 0.50 per cent to N155.203 trillion from N155.985 trillion recorded in the previous session. Similarly, the All-Share Index fell by 1,219.93 points, or 0.50 per cent, to close at 241,984.80, compared with 243,204.73 in the previous session. The market’s Year-to-Date (YtD) return moderated to 55.50 per cent, while market breadth closed…

By Enitan Abdultawab The presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria’s challenges can be addressed through deliberate policies, investments in human capital and inclusive governance, insisting that effective governance is “not rocket science.” Obi made the remarks during an interview on the Nevon HQ podcast hosted by broadcaster Rufai Oseni, where he outlined how he would tackle poverty, unemployment and economic stagnation if given the opportunity to lead the country. According to him, national transformation must begin with fostering unity and a sense of belonging among citizens. “I will start transformation by uniting this country, bringing…