Nigeria’s track star Tobi Amusan may have missed out on gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, but she will return home with a significant financial reward of $55,000 (about ₦82.5 million) after her silver-medal performance on Monday. Naija News reports that Tobi Amusan, 28, clocked 12.29 seconds in the women’s 100 metres hurdles final to claim second place behind Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who shocked the field with a national record of 12.24s. American Grace Stark settled for bronze in 12.34s. While Amusan’s time was not enough to repeat her 2022 triumph, her consistency at the global stage paid…
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The Chairman of the Rivers State Chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Leader Sampson, has claimed there is no true reconciliation between the suspended Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Naija News reports that Sampson, in an interview with Daily Post, asserted that the political crisis in the rich oil state may continue and even get worse after Fubara’s return. According to the ADC chieftain, the crisis in Rivers state was politically motivated, and there is a tendency that one individual will continue to insist on what happens…
Reality TV star Tacha has tackled social critic Scott Iguma after he criticized the Lagos State government over the condition of a road leading to Ikate-Elegushi, an upscale community in Lagos. Naija News reports that Scott shared a video on Instagram showing the poor state of the road. He asked why such an environment existed in a place where residents pay billions of naira for properties. He also compared the current administration under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to past leadership, saying that Lagos once had better sanitation and order. He said: ‘’So you mean I will buy a property in Ikate…
A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has lamented over the Independent National Electoral Commission‘s (INEC) inability to call political players to order over the early campaign. Naija News reports that Galadima, while featuring on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television, stated that even though INEC is constitutionally empowered to political players to order, it cannot because those who pay the piper dictate the tune. Galadima emphasised that the ruling All Progressives Congress started the early campaign. He said, “In the last six months, I complained severally about INEC’s inability to call political players to…
Nigeria’s Charles Edward Godfred endured a tough introduction to the World Athletics Championships on Monday after failing to make it out of the men’s long jump qualifiers in Tokyo. Godfred, 21, competing on the global stage for the first time, could only manage a best leap of 7.79m, finishing 13th in his group and failing to qualify for the final. The automatic qualifying mark was 8.15m, a distance Godfred had targeted after coming in with a season’s best of 8.10m. It was a frustrating evening for the reigning Nigerian champion. He fouled his first attempt, recovered slightly with 7.68m on…
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has clarified his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Naija News Rhodes-Vivour, while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme on Monday, stated that he did not dump the Labour Party. Rhodes-Viviour said he is part of the LP faction that adopted the coalition party, ADC, and they are focused on building a robust coalition. He said, “The fact that I have constantly remained in the opposition throughout my political career shows more consistency than the average seen in our political…
The Joint Tax Board (JTB) has assured Nigerians that they will not be denied access to their bank accounts or financial services from January 1, 2026, for lack of a Tax Identification Number (Tax ID). Naija News reports that the clarification comes amid concerns following the signing of four new Tax Acts by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which take effect from January 1, 2026. Reports had suggested that Section 8(2) of the new Tax Administration Act makes Tax ID mandatory for operating bank accounts or engaging in insurance, stocks, and other financial services once the law is implemented. But in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed that its national convention will be held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16, 2025. The party said the event would signal its re-launch as Nigeria’s credible alternative ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking at a press briefing at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed that the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) had set up 11 subcommittees. The committees, he said, cover logistics, security, media, transport and other critical areas to ensure what he described as a “seamless and all-inclusive…
World record holder Tobi Amusan says her silver medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships felt like carrying Nigeria on her shoulders, admitting the race was shaped as much by emotion as by performance. Naija News reports that Tobi Amusan clocked 12.29 seconds on Monday to finish behind Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, who stormed to gold with a national record of 12.24s. America’s Grace Stark claimed bronze in 12.34s. “I put the whole country on my back, but this is bigger than me. It’s a mission first for Nigeria and for the world, but I also…
The Dangote Group has dismissed allegations by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) that its refinery sells petrol at cheaper rates to international traders than to Nigerian marketers. DAPPMAN’s Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole, had alleged in an interview with Punch that members of the association were able to buy Dangote petrol through international traders in Lomé, Togo, at prices ₦65 lower than what the refinery sells locally. “Dangote sells to international traders at ₦65 cheaper than what he is selling to us. In some instances, we were able to buy from those people and still bring…
