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By Erasmus Ikhide For want of appropriate coinage, the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase on August 31, 2025, without mincing words, compounded my eternal mystery over the last 73 days. I had lost my immediate elder sibling, Ras Johnson Ikhide, the music activist, maestro on July 19, 2025, whose sudden and untimely death at age 53 I was still …

The result leaves Nigeria’s chances of securing an automatic ticket virtually impossible, with just two games left to play. Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification hopes suffered a major blow on Tuesday evening as the Super Eagles battled to a 1-1 draw against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in Bloemfontein. The result leaves Nigeria’s chances of securing an automatic ticket virtually impossible, with …

The three countries made their positions known in separate statements on Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine have condemned Israel’s strike on Qatar. The three countries made their positions known in separate statements on Tuesday. While condemning the attack, the UAE expressed its support for Qatar after an Israeli strike targeted Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday. …

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has renewed his longstanding call for the adoption of a single African currency, warning that the continent’s overreliance on the US dollar continues to weaken local economies and undermine Africa’s development agenda. Speaking during a Fireside Chat moderated by CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters at the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) in Algiers, Algeria, Obasanjo …

“Henceforth, anyone who interfaces with him in the name of President Tinubu’s administration does so at his or her own risk.” Fresh details have emerged about why President Bola Tinubu sacked Fegho Umunubo, his Special Assistant on Digital and Creative Economy, who worked in the office of Vice President Kashim Shettima. Sources in the presidency told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr …

The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has said the courageous and unavoidable reforms being undertaken by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, he noted, are already yielding results and aim to address structural weaknesses in the country. The Vice President, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during the opening session of the 66th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic …

SaharaReporters gathered that a state governor also participated in the meeting, while one of the individuals who openly threatened Sowore was identified as being from Edo State. Two loyalists of President Bola Tinubu have vowed to attack and “demobilise” human rights activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, during a virtual meeting held in the early hours of Tuesday. According …

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Dangote Refinery have reached an agreement, leading to the immediate suspension of a nationwide strike that had threatened to disrupt fuel supply across the country. The breakthrough came after a reconvened meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday, following days of tense negotiations that had previously ended in a stalemate. …

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has summoned 13 domestic airlines to an emergency meeting over the growing number of flight delays, cancellations and affecting passengers across the country. The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday at the NCAA headquarters in Abuja, was confirmed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, via his X handle on Tuesday. This …

According to him, the court might drag Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s case on for a long time, “but she should still file the action nonetheless for posterity’s sake.” Human rights lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, has advised Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to file a fresh court case against the Nigerian Senate over its refusal to allow her to resume her constitutional duties after the …