The 2025 edition of the world-acclaimed Igogo Festival in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, commences on Thursday, September 4, with the first Upeli procession by the Ughares (elders) of the ancient town’s Iloro Quarters. The procession, which begins at 4:00 p.m., will take off from Arigidi, Iloro, and terminate at Ugha…
Abuja, September 1, 2025 – The Federal Government of Nigeria has praised Finland following the sentencing of Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based pro-Biafra agitator, to six years in prison for terrorism offences. The ruling was delivered on Monday by the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland, a decision the Nigerian government described as a “watershed…
b b . Mallam El-Rufai Abuja, September 1, 2025 The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has slammed former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai over claims that the federal government pays or incentivizes bandits, calling the allegations “baseless” and “false.” In a statement released Monday,…
In a quiet corner of Lagos, a small café hums with the soft chatter of patrons sipping their morning coffee. At a table near the window, a woman in her late twenties shares her story, her eyes reflecting both vulnerability and resilience. She is a former sex worker, now a businesswoman, raising a small family….
