Author: Amina Mohammed

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Tinubu to show his belief in his administration’s newly introduced Nigeria First Policy by swapping his Cadillac Escalade presidential vehicle for Innoson, Nord or other Nigeria-made vehicles. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated this in a statement on Wednesday. Speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced that the Tinubu administration had introduced the Renewed Hope Nigeria First Policy to strengthen Nigeria’s domestic economy and promote local content. The minister said the policy, which would soon…

Afrobeat superstar, Davido, celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest, and other Nigerians have condemned the arrest of social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan. The celebrities and fans of VDM said his arrest was carried out like an “abduction”, which left many Nigerians worried, and therefore demanded his release. VDM was reportedly arrested on Friday at a bank branch in the Wuse area of Abuja by a combined team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives. According to media reports, EFCC has secured a court order to remand him pending the conclusion of an investigation into…

More than 75 percent of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored below 200, according to official data released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday. Out of a total of 1,955,059 registered candidates, only 420,415 scored 200 and above, representing just over 21 per cent of the total. A staggering 1,534,654 candidates, or 78.49 per cent, scored less than 200 out of the maximum 400 marks. JAMB’s data also showed that less than 1 per cent of all candidates managed to score above 300. The board revealed that 40,247 underage candidates…

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has reportedly withdrawn from a presidential panel investigating sexual harassment allegations made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central. Oby Ndukwe, president of Citizens Quest for Truth, revealed this on Saturday, May 3, 2025, during Politics Today on Channels Television. Sources say President Bola Tinubu formed the panel on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, with members including National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Attorney General of the Federation, and one representative each from Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan. The panel was tasked with probing allegations that sparked national controversy. Akpabio’s withdrawal,…

The federal government plans to roll out advanced technology in its bid to reclaim territories, particularly forests, from terrorists and bandits across the country, President Bola Tinubu has said. A coordinated response by all tiers of government to the menace of the gunmen is evolving, he said during a state dinner hosted in his honour at the Government House in Katsina on Friday night. According to him, enhanced surveillance and security technologies will be deployed to neutralise threats in rural and forested regions across the country. He emphasised that the persistent insecurity in parts of the country, particularly the Northwest,…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has strongly condemned the walkout staged by women loyal to suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara during an empowerment event organized by First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, describing it as “very disturbing and embarrassing.” The incident occurred at the Renewed Hope Initiative empowerment programme held at the EUI Event Centre in Port Harcourt, where 500 women were to receive empowerment items. Some dismissed local government vice chairmen who protested the absence of Fubara’s wife and demanded her presence of instead led the walkout. In a statement released by his Senior Special…

An activist, Dr. Sandra Duru, has claimed that the sexual allegation brought against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was targeted at preventing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being re-elected for a second term. This is even as Duru, also known as Professor Mgbeke, said she had submitted evidence of phone conversations between her and the suspended Kogi Central Senator to relevant authorities in the United States and other parts of the world for forensic analysis. But in a swift response yesterday, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan described Duru’s allegations against her as unfounded. She also disowned the voice effects used…

Deji Adeyanju, lawyer to popular Nigerian social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) said he is currently in the custody of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Adeyanju, an activist lawyer, verified this in a post on his official Facebook page Friday evening. Earlier reports stated that Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, ordered VDM’s arrest in response to his criticism of the bank following suspected illegal transactions from his mother’s account. In an update, Adeyanju stated that a team of lawyers led by the “Head of our firm @Marvin_Omorogbe just met VDM’s friend, who was arrested…

Popular Nigerian social media personality and influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja on the orders of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), following his public complaints about alleged unauthorised debits from his mother’s bank account.  Confirming the arrest on Friday, Barrister Deji Adeyanju, legal counsel for VeryDarkMan, said officers of the Nigeria Police Force apprehended his client at Area 3, Abuja. The arrest was reportedly initiated by GTBank after VeryDarkMan made complaints about repeated debits from his mother’s account in the name of loan repayments. Adeyanju said, “My client, VeryDarkMan, was…

The management of Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech) has debunked the allegation that it was involved in illegal deductions from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) from their students. Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Adekunle Adams, stated that the management was not involved in illegal deductions or exploitation of the students. YabaTech was mentioned among other 50 institutions allegedly involved in illegal deductions and exploitation of students after the NELFUND fund disbursement. The errant institutions allegedly deduct between N3,500 and N30,000 off each student’s institutional fee that was submitted and received from NELFUND. NELFUND and the National Orientation…