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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), challenging its failure to publicly disclose details of direct payments to the 774 local government councils across the country, including those in Rivers State. Filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the suit (FHC/L/MSC/521/2025) seeks to compel the apex bank to reveal whether it has complied with the Supreme Court’s landmark July 2024 judgement. That ruling mandated that allocations from the Federation Account be paid directly to democratically elected local councils—bypassing state governors. SERAP insists that such transparency is…

VfB Stuttgart ended a 28-year wait for silverware by overpowering third-tier Arminia Bielefeld 4-2 in Saturday’s German Cup final, with Enzo Millot netting a clinical brace. The win sealed the Swabian’s fourth German Cup triumph and handed them a place in next season’s Europa League. A blistering first-half performance saw the Swabian storm into a 3-0 lead, with goals from Nick Woltemade, Millot, and Deniz Undav. Millot added his second midway through the second half to effectively seal the win, despite two late Bielefeld strikes. The result offers welcome relief for Stuttgart boss Sebastian Hoeness after a frustrating Bundesliga season…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 UTME resit examination, following careful scrutiny of affected sessions at compromised Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres. Out of 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the resit, 21,082 were absent. Despite this, performance levels were in line with historical patterns, reinforcing confidence in the resit’s credibility. Massive Malpractice Network Uncovered JAMB’s review revealed a disturbing pattern of coordinated digital fraud. Several CBT centres were found to have colluded with tutorial centre operators and candidates in hacking CBT servers, extending local area networks to off-site “strong rooms,” and even deploying…

Real Madrid delivered manager Carlo Ancelotti and midfielder Luka Modric a victory in their final game at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, with Kylian Mbappe scoring twice in a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad to end their LaLiga season. Ancelotti will become Brazil coach after leaving Real Madrid, while Modric is set to leave the club after next month’s Club World Cup, which will be held in the United States. Despite Real Madrid having little to play for after surrendering the LaLiga title to rivals Barcelona, the atmosphere at the Bernabeu was emotionally charged as home fans focused on providing…

Social media platform X is down for thousands of users across the globe in what appears to be a widespread outage. Reports began flooding in early Saturday morning, with frustrated users saying the platform won’t load, feeds aren’t refreshing, and messages can’t be sent or received. The outage is affecting both the web and mobile app versions. DownDetector, a real-time problem and outage monitoring service, shows a significant spike in reports, with major hotspots in the UK, Europe, and the United States. This marks one of the largest disruptions since Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X in 2023. Despite the…

Adeola Omotoso, daughter of veteran actress Jumoke George, has opened up about her harrowing experience in Mali. Last week, in an interview with fellow actress Biola Bayo, George revealed that Adeola, 41, had been missing for four years. On Monday, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), confirmed that Adeola had been found and returned to Nigeria. Dabiri disclosed that the actress’ daughter was trafficked to Mali under the guise of seeking better job opportunities. Recounting her ordeal in an interview with Biola Bayo, Adeola explained that her journey began when she met someone who offered to…

VeryDarkMan, the social media critic, has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life by men who identified as the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) members. The controversy stemmed from an Instagram video shared by VeryDarkMan in which two individuals believed to be NANS members issued violent warnings against him for allegedly meddling in student politics. In the footage, the men threatened to “beat” the social media critic and warned him to steer clear of NANS affairs. The threats referenced Atiku Abubakar Isah, a factional NANS president who was attacked during his inauguration in Abuja. Isah had accused…

The Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has declared that airlines flying passengers into Nigeria without valid entry visas, landing, and exit cards will face sanctions, Addressing aviation stakeholders in Lagos on Friday during a sensitisation event on the new digital entry system, Tunji-Ojo stressed that no foreign national will be allowed into the country without proper documentation. He said the introduction of e-visas aims to simplify entry processes, but warned that national security would not be compromised in the process. Tunji-Ojo urged the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to strictly enforce the upcoming 2025 visa policy, warning that commercial interests…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has come out swinging against what it calls a baseless and malicious allegation made by Mr Paul Ibe, spokesperson to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. During a Thursday appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Ibe alleged that EFCC Executive Chairman Ola Olukoyede and the Solicitor General of the Federation secretly met with a serving governor just 48 hours before the governor defected to the ruling All People’s Congress (APC). The anti-graft agency wasted no time in debunking the claim, labelling it “patently fabricated” and “in bad taste.” In a strongly-worded statement, the Commission…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar paid a surprise visit to Rauf Aregbesola, the former governor of Osun State, at his private residence on Friday. A video shared via Atiku’s official X handle showed the politician arriving at Aregbesola’s home, where he was warmly received. The pair were later seen walking into the residence flanked by their supporters. “Breakfast time at the residence of former Governor of Osun State, Engr Rauf Aregbesola,” Atiku captioned the clip, fuelling speculation about political realignments ahead of the 2027 elections. This visit comes months after Aregbesola was expelled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun…