Nigeria’s 213% Surge in Terrorist Surrenders Is Encouraging But the Nine Bodies on a Niger Road Tell Another Story

Nigeria’s military says terrorist surrenders in the North-East jumped 213 per cent in one week, a development it attributes to sustained pressure from Operation Hadin Kai. The military says intensified ground operations, attacks on terrorist positions and disruption of logistics are weakening the groups’ ability to operate and retain fighters. Two high-profile members reportedly surrendered…

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Lagos Declares War on Car Spotters, But Will Cameras Actually Solve the Problem?

Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has announced a crackdown on car spotters, saying the activity will no longer be tolerated on Lagos roads, particularly around the Lekki-Epe corridor. Speaking during a live interview on Nigeria Info FM, Hamzat described car spotting as a menace and said surveillance cameras are already being used to identify…

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Liverpool’s PSG Double Chase Could Trigger a Much Bigger Attack Overhaul

Liverpool’s interest in Paris Saint-Germain forwards Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye is beginning to look less like a simple search for another winger and more like a potential reshaping of the club’s entire forward line. Fabrizio Romano reports that Liverpool remain in discussions with PSG over Barcola while also exploring Mbaye. However, PSG’s combined asking…

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Peter Okoye’s New Video Has Reopened the P-Square Wound. But the Bigger Story Is What Happens When Family History Becomes Public Content

Peter Okoye’s latest music video, centered on his marriage to Lola Omotayo, is being received as more than a romantic release. Coming as Peter continues to publicly revisit the history of the P-Square family conflict, the video has effectively become another chapter in a dispute that refuses to stay in the past. The timing matters….

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Nigeria’s $50bn Deep Offshore Bet: Will Tax Breaks Finally Put the Oil Back Underwater?

President Bola Tinubu has signed a new Deep Offshore Oil and Gas Projects Incentives (Tax Remission) Order aimed at unlocking up to $50 billion in investment in Nigeria’s deepwater oil sector, beginning with the approximately $10 billion Bonga South West project. But the bigger question is not whether the incentives will attract investors. It is…

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Trump Says the U.S. Has “Total Control” of Hormuz. The Shipping Data Tells a More Complicated Story.

The latest US-Iran confrontation over the Strait of Hormuz is becoming a battle not only over a strategic waterway, but over who gets to define what “control” actually means. President Donald Trump says the United States has “total control” of the Strait, declaring that the American naval presence is a “wall of steel” and suggesting…

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Bullet-Riddled APC Vehicle Raises More Questions Than Answers as Osun Vote Nears

A bullet-riddled campaign vehicle belonging to the Osun APC governorship campaign has become the latest flashpoint in an increasingly tense election, with claims that the vehicle was targeted in an assassination attempt against APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji’s convoy. Videos circulating online show several apparent bullet impacts concentrated along one side of the vehicle. However, the…

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