Africa has experienced a notable resurgence in military coups since 2020, with at least ten successful instances across eight countries. These events, often driven by factors such as governance failures, security challenges from insurgencies, electoral disputes, and economic hardships, have primarily occurred in West, Central, and North Africa, forming what is sometimes called the āCoup…
Controversial social critic, Verydarkman has disclosed that N78 million out of the N180 million allegedly stolen from his NGO account has been recovered. The revelation comes days after he took to Instagram on Friday to raise an alarm about the hacking of his organizationās account, claiming N180 million was missing. However, his statement sparked skepticism,…
Social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down amid a widespread Meta outage. Website Downdetector, which monitors where there are issues with websites and apps, showed large spikes for Facebook and other Meta apps with people saying they had been affected by the outage. According to Downdetector, Facebook outages were first reported…
Activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has come under scrutiny after alleging that N180 million was stolen from his NGO account following a hack. Otse, in a video shared on Instagram on Friday, claimed the funds were diverted into an unknown account, leaving only N20 million behind. According to the activist, the stolen…
The Chairman and Sole Administrator of Oyo State Pacesetter Transport Services (PTS), Hon. Dr. Ibraheem Oladeji Salami (Dikko), has been honored with the prestigious Most Impactful Young Leader of the Year Award at the just-concluded Oyo State Youth Summit, 2025, held at the International Conference Center, University of Ibadan, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Dr….
President Bola Tinubu has successfully intervened in the crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly, as he met with Speaker Mudashiru Obasa and other lawmakers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The lawmakers arrived at the Presidential Villa in two coaster buses around 2 pm, while Obasa arrived separately at 2:50 pm. Obasa was…
Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, and Bobrisky, the crossdresser whose birth name is Idris Okuneye, will testify before the house of representatives joint committee on financial crimes and reformatory institutions today. Ola Olukoyode, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Haliru Nababa, controller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), are also…
Security operatives have forcefully dragged out individuals from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caucus Meeting at the partyās headquarters in Abuja, causing damage to party property. The incident occurred at the National Executive Committee (NEC) hall, where the meeting was scheduled to be held. Trouble began when two individuals, reported not to be official…
The Taskforce Team of the Oyo State Rule of Law Enforcement Authority (OYRLEA) on Thursday apprehended several cows grazing along the fence of the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The cows, which numbered nine, were grazing openly by the motorcycle park, otherwise known as the āOkadaā park, beside the Secretariat gate, and were closely monitored…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that 20 chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs during screening for the upcoming local government elections. NDLEAās Commander in the state, Abubakar Idris Ahmad, said the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive for substances including opioids,…
