Wednesday, October 21, 2026

News Update

Tinubu Mourns Baba Reuben Fasoranti, Says Nigeria Has Lost a Pillar of Democracy FG Confirms Ebola Case in Abuja, Begins Contact Tracing for 44 People Pa Reuben Fasoranti: The Passing of a Yorùbá Patriarch, the Departure of a Generation, the Loss of a National Institution, and the Grief of One Who Looked Up to Him Pa Reuben Fasoranti: The Passing of an Awoist Patriarch and the End of a Political Generation COLUMN BY ADEMOLA ADEKUSIBE: Tinubu’s Opposition Is a Political Mess, Atiku and Obi Are Wasting Their Time, and the South-East Risks Waiting 30 Years for the Presidency GEOPOLITICS WITH OLADIMEJI BOLARINWA: The Binary of Orunmila: Ifá, Computing and the Geopolitics of African Knowledge EDITORIAL: Nigeria Cannot Reform Without Pain. Is The Country Ready To Pay The Price Of Change? Ooni Marks 52nd Birthday, Calls for Peace, Unity and Progress in Nigeria Tinubu Mourns Baba Reuben Fasoranti, Says Nigeria Has Lost a Pillar of Democracy FG Confirms Ebola Case in Abuja, Begins Contact Tracing for 44 People Pa Reuben Fasoranti: The Passing of a Yorùbá Patriarch, the Departure of a Generation, the Loss of a National Institution, and the Grief of One Who Looked Up to Him Pa Reuben Fasoranti: The Passing of an Awoist Patriarch and the End of a Political Generation COLUMN BY ADEMOLA ADEKUSIBE: Tinubu’s Opposition Is a Political Mess, Atiku and Obi Are Wasting Their Time, and the South-East Risks Waiting 30 Years for the Presidency GEOPOLITICS WITH OLADIMEJI BOLARINWA: The Binary of Orunmila: Ifá, Computing and the Geopolitics of African Knowledge EDITORIAL: Nigeria Cannot Reform Without Pain. Is The Country Ready To Pay The Price Of Change? Ooni Marks 52nd Birthday, Calls for Peace, Unity and Progress in Nigeria

Politics

Police dismiss ASP Nuhu Usman over killing of Mene Ogidi, hand over for criminal prosecution — “Justice is now underway”

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nuhu Usman following the shooting death of…

“Stay out of Oyo affairs” — Think Yoruba First fires warning at Nonentity Igbo group over comments on Olubadan stool, political matters

Think Yoruba First has issued a strong warning against external interference in Oyo State affairs, condemning a recent…

“Genocidal and diabolical” — Think Yoruba First blasts Farooq Kperogi over claims that Ilorin, Shao, Jebba are not Yoruba towns

Think Yoruba First has issued a strong rebuttal against Farooq Kperogi’s article, “Tinubu’s Yoruba Agenda Risks Deep Rupture…

🇳🇬📚 Ridwan Ajayi emerges new NANS JCC Lagos chairman after 5-5 tiebreaker vote — 10 tertiary institutions participated

Ridwan Ajayi has been declared the new chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students Joint Campus Council…

🇳🇬📜 130 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS PETITION KWARA GOVERNOR OVER DELAY OF BAALE’S UPGRADE LETTER — ACCUSE COMMISSIONER OF BLOCKING ELEVATION ON OBAS’ ORDERS!

A coalition of 130 civil society groups under the umbrella of the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) has…

🇳🇬🎀 RIHANNA WEARS YORUBA GELE — A Global Icon Embraces Our Heritage, Proving Gele Will Never Be Reduced to a Slur!

When Rihanna steps out, the world stops to watch. So when the global music and fashion icon adorned…

🇳🇬🔥 FAVORITISM UNMASKED: Seyi Tinubu Empowers Imo Youth With Freezers, Gives Yorubaland Rice and Foodstuffs That Will Finish in a Week — Is It Because His Wife Is Igbo?

The images tell a story that no amount of spin can erase. In Owerri, Imo State, Seyi Tinubu,…

The first revelation landed like a thunderbolt. Ella, the face of the campaign against Omotoso, had privately apologized to him. That apology never made it online. According to the Commissioner, it was omitted because it did not serve what he described as a calculated clout-chasing agenda. The public was fed a version of events designed to provoke outrage, not inform discourse.

Omotoso then addressed the phone call itself, the leaked audio that had become the centerpiece of the accusations…

🇳🇬💔 2000 KADUNA RELIGIOUS CRISIS: When Sharia Introduction Sparked Bloodshed — Over 500 Feared Dead, Churches, Mosques, Businesses Razed!

In February 2000, what began as peaceful opposition to the introduction of Sharia law in Kaduna State spiraled…

Afenifere Exposes Shocking Ransom Demands “They Want Virgins, Cocaine, and Beer to Release Victims!”

By Ademola AdekusibeMarch 7, 2026 The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has issued a grave warning over the deteriorating…

🇳🇬⚖️ BREAKING: Shariah Council Fires Back at US Lawmakers — “No Power Can Stop Muslims From Practicing Shariah in Nigeria!”

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has issued a forceful rejection of recent recommendations by United…

BREAKING: Fulani Chiefs Allegedly Funded Yelwata Massacre That Killed Over 200 — Witness Testifies in Court

A prosecution witness in the trial of nine suspects over the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata in…

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