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Aisha Buhari, widow of former President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that her husband once began locking his room after rumours spread within Aso Rock that she was plotting to kill him. She said the former president briefly believed the claims and changed aspects of his daily life, a development that, according to her, disrupted his carefully managed health routine. The former president died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025. The former president died at a London clinic on July 13, 2025. Aisha made the disclosure in a newly released 600-page biography titled From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged Nigerian authorities to place age limits on access to social media, recommending that children under 16 be restricted from using such platforms to protect their welfare. Falana made the call during the weekend in Lagos while speaking as a special guest at the maiden edition of the Dare2Debate competition, an initiative designed to build leadership, critical thinking and public speaking skills among secondary school students through structured debates. He said the conversation around children’s access to social media is gaining momentum globally, noting that several countries are already…

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined further in November 2025, reflecting moderated price pressures following the adoption of a new base year, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In the report published on Monday, the NBS said the CPI increased to 130.5 points in November from 128.9 points in October, indicating a month-on-month rise in average prices. However, on an annual basis, headline inflation slowed to 14.45 per cent, down from 16.05 per cent recorded in October 2025. “The Consumer Price Index rose to 130.5 in November 2025, reflecting a…

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has rejected as false a widely circulated claim suggesting he declared which region should produce Nigeria’s president in 2027. Social media reports had alleged that the African Democratic Congress chieftain said it was the South’s turn to produce the next president and hinted that he was backing Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Reacting on Monday via his verified X account, El-Rufai described the reports as fabricated, stressing that he never made such comments in any public forum. “My attention has been drawn to a trending fake…

The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional authority of the president to proclaim a state of emergency in any part of the country to prevent a breakdown of law and order, including the power to suspend elected officials for a limited period. The decision followed a legal challenge brought by Adamawa State alongside 10 other PDP-governed states against the emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State in March. As part of that declaration, the president suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for an initial six-month period. Delivering the…

Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote, has accused the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) of approving large-scale imports of petroleum products from Russia, a move he says is crippling Nigeria’s downstream sector and threatening local refining. Dangote made the claims during a media interaction at the Dangote Refinery on Sunday, where he also levelled allegations of corruption against Farouk Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the NMDPRA. According to the billionaire industrialist, the regulator’s leadership is working in concert with foreign traders and fuel importers to frustrate domestic refineries by continually issuing import licences, despite…

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Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has rejected claims that he attempted to extort N150 million from the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, insisting the amount is insignificant to him. Ayodele spoke on Sunday during a church service at Oke Afa, Lagos, where he reacted to a report detailing Adelabu’s petition to the Department of State Services (DSS). In the petition, the minister accused the cleric of blackmail and demanding money for “spiritual intercession” ahead of the Oyo State governorship race. Adelabu, who has contested the Oyo governorship twice and is eyeing another attempt in 2027,…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday participated in the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, but delegated Vice President Kashim Shettima to head Nigeria’s official delegation. This marks the first time Shettima is leading Nigeria’s delegation to an ECOWAS summit held on home soil while the President remains in the country. No official explanation was given for the decision. Tinubu, who served as ECOWAS chairman from July 2023 to July 2025 before handing over to Sierra Leone’s President Julius Bio, opted to assign the role to the…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has selected former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Bola Oyebamiji, as its consensus candidate for the forthcoming Osun State governorship election. Oyebamiji’s emergence was formalised at the party’s primary held in Osogbo after two aspirants, Kunle Adegoke and Senator Babajide Omoworare, moved a motion endorsing him as the party’s flagbearer. The motion was subjected to a voice vote by the chairman of the APC governorship primary committee and Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, and received overwhelming support from delegates. READ ALSO: Lagos APC hails state’s security model Declaring the outcome, Okpebholo said, “By…