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Film maker Kunle Afolayan has denied owing First Bank of Nigeria N5bn. The actor cum director in a video posted on his social media pages on Friday said if any bank could offer his company, Golden Effects a sum of N5bn, he would b glad to use it for the betterment of the country through his creative productions. His response came amidst some online postings suggesting that a court had summoned Afolayan after the bank reportedly said he was unreachable. The postings suggested that the said loan was to facilitate his production of Anikulapo, one of his major productions. Hinting…

Local Government administrations stand greater chances of achieving grassroots developments if they harness the opportunities offered by public-private-partnership arrangements. With such strategy, various aspects of governance that have posed difficulties over the decades reducing the capacities of local governments to bring relief to the people can be resolved. These were some of the recommendations of the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Chief Sunday Dare, who spoke on Wednesday at the annual lecture of TheGazelle News. Dare, who was the keynote speaker, said he witnessed, some ten years ago while serving as the Chief of…

*Fears Nigeria Sits on Danger With Growing Population of Neglected Citizens Democracy, as desirable and preferable as it is, cannot deliver its dividends without its core tenets in place. Renowned professor of media history and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere, Umaru Pate, stated also that in the face of hunger, insecurity, disease, lack of accountability and transparency, the advantages of true democracy will continue to elude Nigerians and indeed Africa unless the nagging issues are resolved. These were some of Pate’s words when he delivered his keynote address in Lagos on Monday at the 18th Wole Soyinka…

As President Orders Probe Almost two weeks after the brewing scandal over an alleged fake agency scandal blew up, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered a probe by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Allied Offences Commission (ICPC). Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew, who had, for three years, run the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC) which the Presidency described as non-existent had accused the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila of being behind the alleged fake council of which he was the Director General. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, said that the presidency’s image is…

Ouida Books, one of the leading publishing companies in Africa has released On Close Examination, a novel detailing chilling accounts of a cancer survivor whose growth and journey to adulthood were marked by the combined forces of horrendous childhood experiences and marital conspiracies. The author, Gloria Chinyere Ukwu, officially authographed copies in Abuja on Saturday at book reading session after the book was officially released on June 30. According to Lola Shoneyin, Chief Executive of Ouida Books, On Close Examination is “an intimate and searing account of self-discovery.” The book release marks a major literary milestone for the prominent Nigerian…

Results from the various units and wards of the 16 local governments are currently being collated after voters trooped out on Saturday to cast their votes in the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti state. Already, some of the polling units have returned their results while others are still on their ways. The Independent National Electoral Commission’s iREV the portal that displays outcomes of the election results has so far released about 87% of the total results as at 7:55pm on Saturday. Majority of the results declared by INEC already have shown that that the candidate of the All Progressive Congress,…

All eyes are on Ekiti, the approximately 4.4million populated South-West state of Nigeria as voters go to the poll today to elect a new governor. Incumbent Biodun Oyebamiji, who is standing election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress is confronted by at least two other major contenders from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). These are Oluwole Oluyede (PDP) and Dare Abejide (ADC). Other contestants for the seat include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party; Oyebanji Olajuyin of the Labour Party; Blessing Abegunde of the New Nigerian Peoples Party; Ayodeji of the Action…

We Don’t Want Police Again in Isan-Ekiti; They Say Some youths in Isan Ekiti late Friday night attacked a police station in the town vandalising the station and setting it ablaze. NPO Reports could not immediately confirm the reason for the attacks, a video of the incident which was posted online by social media influencer Isaac Fayose showed the irate youths approaching the police station with various objects which they used to vandalize the police station. ”We don’t want police station again in Isan Ekiti,” the youths kept saying to in the video. NPO Reports that the incident happened on…

Accuses Authorities of Suppressing Truth Families of officers of the Nigerian Army arrested over alleged coup attempt on Friday said their husbands and fathers were being subjected to various forms of violations. The families who addressed a press conference in Abuja said the authorities are suppressing the truth surrounding the whole coup saga adding that those under court martial were being subjected to inhumane treatment. Yusufu, spokesperson for the wives of the detained military officers, said they were compelled to address Nigerians over the matter. Yesufu said during the press conference, “We are family members, wives and children of detained…

Say Suspect Acted Based on Illicit Drugs The Police on Friday said its investigations into alleged assassination attempt on prominent ruler Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun have shown that the allegation was misplaced. The state command said report from an investigative panel set up to investigate the allegations found that the incursions into the palace of the monarch on June 3, 2026 was not really an assassination attack but that of a suspect Semilola Odunayo Monday, scaling the fence into the palace under the influence of drugs. Spokesman of the command, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said that after the intruder…