Meta is facing one of its biggest legal tests yet as a landmark US trial examines whether Facebook and Instagram were deliberately designed to keep children and teenagers hooked. A coalition of US states accuses Meta of using features such as infinite scrolling, recommendations, likes and notifications to maximise the amount of time young users…
President Bola Tinubu is set to return to the United Nations General Assembly in person for the first time since 2023, with the Nigerian leader scheduled to address world leaders in New York on September 23, 2026. He is expected to speak between 11:30 a.m. and noon New York time, or 4:30 p.m. Nigerian time….
President Bola Tinubu’s recent decision to increase the salaries of serving military personnel was meant to strengthen troop welfare and recognise the demands placed on the armed forces. But just as the government celebrates the pay increase, retired military personnel are on the streets demanding to know why they were left behind. Military retirees gathered…
Nigeria’s 2027 election campaign has officially entered a new phase, but the first National Peace Accord signed by presidential candidates is already facing an important question: will politicians actually follow the rules they have just promised to respect? Presidential candidates and political party leaders gathered in Abuja on Tuesday to sign the accord ahead of…
Afrobeats star Davido has refused to apologise to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo over his decision to publish what he described as the governor’s WAEC result online, turning what began as a political exchange during the Osun governorship campaign into a much bigger argument about celebrity influence and Nigerian politics. Speaking during an interview with…
Nollywood actress and African Action Congress governorship candidate Doris Ogala has made one of the boldest declarations yet ahead of the 2027 Abia governorship election. Appearing on the Clarity Zone podcast hosted by Nedu Wazobia, Ogala said she is certain she will become the next governor of Abia State because she believes her political ambition…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s latest destruction of cannabis farms in Edo State has reopened an argument Nigeria has struggled with for years: is the country destroying an illegal drug problem, or destroying a potential legal industry before it has decided what that industry could become? On August 17, NDLEA operatives destroyed two cannabis…
The sudden exit of Blessing Agbebaku as Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly is raising a bigger question than who will replace him: why had lawmakers turned against a Speaker who had survived major political changes inside the House? Agbebaku resigned on Monday amid moves by lawmakers to impeach him. Reports later said…
The arrest of a 19-year-old woman in Kebbi State over the alleged theft of a newborn has raised a disturbing question that goes beyond the crime itself: how much pressure can young women face to prove that they are becoming mothers? Khadija Ibrahim, a resident of Rikoto in Zuru Local Government Area, was arrested on…
Plateau State’s cholera outbreak has reached 537 suspected cases and 17 deaths, but the latest figures also tell a more complicated story. While the number of people affected continues to rise, health authorities say active transmission has been brought under control in several of the areas that were previously hit hardest. The outbreak began in…
