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Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has called on prominent Hausa singer, Dauda Rarara, to openly speak out against the country’s worsening insecurity, insisting that silence and political bias only deepen national challenges. The controversy stems from Davido’s appearance at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Countdown Concert in Los Angeles on June 10, where he wore a customised jacket bearing the inscription “Bring Them Home” alongside the names of over 40 schoolchildren and teachers abducted on May 15 in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. In a video posted on his verified Facebook page, Rarara described Davido’s…

Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce between the Houthi rebels and the government continues to hold, the conflict is unresolved, with Yemenis bearing the cost of this uncertainty.“In meetings with Yemenis, we are told that entrenched front lines across the country are draining resources, deepening fragmentation and accelerating the militarisation of society, even driving students and teachers to join armed groups simply as a means of economic survival,” Mr. Grundberg said.“As long as Yemen’s conflict remains unsettled, the risk of further destabilisation…

Nigeria runs an accidental university. Its flagship course is Complaints 101. No JAMB cut-off, 200,000 students per session, and a 100 per cent pass rate. Lecture halls are our WhatsApp groups, Twitter spaces, and beer parlours. We can diagnose fuel prices, bad roads, and failed leadership with surgical precision. We inherited this skill from colonial and military eras, when complaining was the only weapon of the powerless. But 60 years after independence, the world has moved from diagnosis to design. We are experts at describing darkness and apprentices at lighting candles. As the Hausas say, “A mouth that complains cannot…

Elohor Aiboni, former managing director Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has been named Executive Vice President and Country Chair Nigeria. She is currently on assignment as Asset Director at Brunei Shell Petroleum and will take over from Marno de Jong who leaves Shell to pursue an opportunity elsewhere, after a 34-year career with the Company. Marno was appointed Senior Vice President Nigeria in 2020 and later became Executive Vice President in addition to the role of Country Chair, overseeing all Shell’s operations in Nigeria. Marno joined Shell in 1992 as a Project Engineer at the start of…

The G7 summit of world powers in France is being chaired by President Emmanuel Macron as host but on Wednesday his guest US President Donald Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge. “I’m the boss,” Trump said as he strode in to the morning session of the last day of the three-day G7 summit, with the other leaders already in their seats. Amid laughter, Macron appeared to take the comment with good humour. “How are you?” the French president asked. “Good, thank you,” replied Trump, a tycoon before becoming president who famously hosted the TV show…

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African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision to stay the execution of a Federal High Court judgment ordering the deregistration of the ADC and four other political parties. The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, had on Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister ADC, Accord Party, Action Alliance, Action Peoples Party and Zenith Labour Party. The court ruled that the parties failed to meet the constitutional performance thresholds under Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution, specifically requirements related to securing at least 25 per cent…

Amid concerns over the resurgence of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease in parts of Africa, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, has appealed to governors across the 36 states to provide adequate funding for their health workers as part of measures aimed at preventing the virus from entering Nigeria. Idris made the appeal at the 3rd edition of the Adetokunbo Alakija Memorial Lecture and induction of new members into the Nigerian Society of Travel Medicine, held in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday. Idris said that while the Federal Government had…

The FIFA World Cup has produced some of football’s greatest goalscorers since its inception in 1930, with legends from across generations featuring on the all-time scoring chart. Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Germany’s Miroslav Klose now share the top spot following Messi’s hat-trick against Algeria in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group J opener in Kansas City on Wednesday. Below is the official list of the leading scorers in World Cup history as provided by FIFA on Wednesday. FULL LIST: FIFA World Cup all-time leading scorers 1. Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 16 goalsWorld Cups: 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), in 24…

Nigerian media personality and actor, Denrele Edun, has explained why he symbolically “married” himself while celebrating his 45th birthday. The entertainer, born Adenrele Oluwafemi Edun, shared a video on social media announcing the unconventional union on June 13, which quickly sparked widespread reactions online. In an Instagram story he shared on Tuesday, Denrele explained that the self-marriage was a celebration of his journey through years of highs and lows. Reflecting on his life at 45, he said he chose to honour the one person who had remained with him through every stage of his journey. “Till death didn’t do us…