Lagos deputy gov urges strong support in Lagos LG polls.

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has urged all party members to come out in large numbers to canvass votes for All Progressives Congress party candidates in the upcoming elections.

He underscored the need to sustain the tremendous progress recorded across the state.

Hamzat made the call during the All Progressives Party Congress Campaign Mega Rally for the Lagos West II Senatorial District, held on Monday at Ijanikin, Lagos.

The deputy governor highlighted the importance of every supporter’s vote in securing victory at the polls.

He noted that the exceptional developments witnessed in Lagos were made possible because the people voted for the current administration.

He cited the completion of major infrastructure projects, including Nigeria’s only intra-state railway, one of the few of its kind in Africa.

Hamzat urged the party faithful not to disappoint their leader and President, Bola Tinubu.

African Queen’ was a collaboration, not stolen 2Baba.

Renowned Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has spoken out on the long-standing controversy surrounding the authorship of his hit song, African Queen.

In an interview on the 234 Mzansi Podcast, posted on Monday via YouTube, 2Baba clarified that the song, which catapulted him to global fame and played a pivotal role in putting Nigerian music on the world map, was a collaborative effort between him and former bandmate, Blackface.

“It’s a collab. I wrote most of the song actually, but we wrote it together,” he said.

The legendary singer, however, expressed disappointment over the ongoing accusations by Blackface, who has repeatedly claimed sole ownership of the song.

“For me, the law and the legal things speak for themselves. So I’m not somebody to come and start… I don’t know what his intentions are. I don’t know what I’ve ever done to him,” 2Baba stated.

Just in: NEC affirmed Sam Anyanwu as PDP National Secretary Damagum.

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has announced that the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has officially affirmed Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the PDP National Secretary.

Damagum made the disclosure on Monday while addressing journalists shortly after the NEC meeting held at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.

FCT Teachers’ Strike: FG seeks dialogue as action enters 100th day.

As the indefinite strike by primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) enters its 100th day, the Federal Government has appealed for dialogue, unity and swift resolution of the crisis.

In a statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Boriowo Folasade, on Monday, the ministry said it deeply values the unwavering commitment of Nigerian teachers, who remain the backbone of the nation’s foundational education system.

The Guardian reports that the long-running industrial action, which commenced on March 24, 2025, has paralysed learning across over 400 public primary schools in the six Area councils of the FCT, leaving thousands of pupils stuck at home or left unattended in dilapidated classrooms.

The ongoing strike was sparked by the failure of the six area councils to implement the N70,000 minimum wage agreement signed in a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on December 11, 2024.

According to Boriowo, the Federal Ministry of Education has reviewed with concern the communiqué issued by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, following its Emergency State Wing Standing Committee (SWSC) meeting held on March 22, 2025, in Gwagwalada, Abuja.

"What I earn on my own today is more than ..."Peter Okoye slams his brother, Jude, for insinuating that he was more successful under him.

Killings: SERAP tells governors to account for security votes.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged state governors to account for the spending of public funds in the name of security votes since May 29, 2023, to guarantee and ensure the security of life and property of Nigerians resident in the states.

SERAP also urged the governors to urgently invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to jointly investigate, track and monitor the spending of security votes by the states.

In a Freedom of Information request at the weekend, signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said that in the wake of the Benue massacre and well-documented ongoing cases of insecurity in several states, there had been a legitimate public call for governors to account for how they spend security votes.

SERAP said the escalating insecurity in several states was taking a toll on socially and economically vulnerable Nigerians, driving up extreme poverty, intensifying hunger, and leading to other grave human rights violations.

According to the body, the framers of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (as amended) never contemplated opaque spending of public funds as security votes.

Kogi, others target World Bank’s $750m fund to boost business reforms.

The Kogi State Government says it is accelerating reforms under the $750 million World Bank-supported SABER programme aimed at improving the ease of doing business across the 36 states of the federation.

A statement issued on Sunday by the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, noted that Governor Ahmed Ododo made this known while hosting a one-day strategic technical session and statewide town hall meeting held in collaboration with the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council in Lokoja on Friday.

Ododo, who was represented by the Chief Economic Adviser to the State Government and Kogi State SABER Focal Person, Aliyu Salami, stressed that the engagement focused on the State Action on Business Enabling Reforms, a World Bank-backed initiative designed to enhance investment readiness and promote a business-friendly environment nationwide.

He emphasised that “Key reforms already underway in Kogi include land administration, commerce, investment promotion, agriculture, and a legal framework to facilitate access to credit for businesses in the state.”

BREAKING: Police IG Egbetokun Removes Ondo Commissioner For Investigating Attack On June 12 Protesters, Entertaining Sowore’s Complaints

Avocado oil (2).

A reader’s message read: “Please, do you have any information about the plant called eyin olobe? It grows freely in my compound, and my gardener said the leaves are used to make tea.”

I told him eyin olobe is botanically called Phyllanthus amarus. The reason I brought this here is that the question, especially the part that read “it grows freely in my compound”, created a mental image of a nosy neighbour who strolls into your house uninvited.

The only difference is that, as ‘nosy’ as nature may seem by imposing itself through the sprouting of plants where they are not wanted, their presence might actually be nature’s way of telling us that the particular plant is highly medicinal, just like this eyin olobe, also known as “stone breaker.”

Nature talks. Let us try to listen.

Now, let us proceed with our discussion on avocado oil.

A study conducted at the University of California, Davis, in 2020 showed that a majority of both domestic and imported avocado oil sold in the US was rancid before its expiration date, or worse, adulterated with other oils.

In some cases, the researchers found that bottles labelled as “pure” or “extra virgin” avocado oil contained nearly 100% soybean oil.

JUST IN: The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, is organising a prayer session for the restoration of Nigeria’s economy.

Maybe I’m not good at marriage’ Frank Edoho announces second divorce.

Famous Nigerian media personality and TV host, Frank Edoho, has revealed that his second marriage has crashed.DAILY POST recalls that Edoho married his second wife, Sandra Onyenuchenuya, after his first marriage to Katherine Obiang hit the rocks in 2011.

Featuring in a recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, the TV personality disclosed that he and his second wife had separated.

He explained that he did his best for the two marriages but they all failed.

He said, “Maybe I’m not good at marriage, I must confess. The two women I had been married to are not my soul mates. Love of your life is different from your soul mate. The love of your life is the person who comes to your mind when you think of love. But your soul mate is someone who understands you even before you express yourself and you naturally align with.

“I know that I went above and beyond for the two marriages. I carried my partner… I can abandon everything for her. But you don’t blame them for falling out of love with you. Take the footballer Kaka for example, he’s a Brazilian and he looks as handsome as an Indian. Very handsome guy, even when he retired from football, he was still handsome. But his wife divorced him. Do you know what she said? ‘He is too good’.”

Yahaya Bello seeks court approval for overseas medical trip .

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to release his international passport to enable him to travel abroad for a medical check-up.

Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on allegations of money laundering amounting to ₦80.2 billion.

During the resumed hearing, the defendant’s lead counsel, J.B. Daudu (SAN), filed an application requesting the retrieval of Bello’s travel documents, citing the defendant’s medical needs.

However, the prosecution counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), told the Court that they are opposing the application and a counter-affidavit has been filed to this effect.

Meta seeks $29 billion in private capital to fund AI infrastructure.

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is in advanced talks with major private capital firms to raise as much as $29 billion to finance its aggressive expansion into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

According to a Financial Times report citing sources familiar with the discussions, Meta is engaging leading private credit investors such as Apollo Global Management, KKR, Brookfield, Carlyle, and Pimco.

The tech giant aims to secure $3 billion in equity funding, followed by $26 billion in debt, to support the construction of next-generation data centres in the United States.

Meta is reportedly working with investment bank Morgan Stanley to structure the fundraising and is exploring ways to make the debt component more liquid and tradeable, a key concern among potential investors due to the unprecedented scale of the transaction.

If completed, the deal would mark one of the largest private capital raises of its kind.

Prominent Nigerian businessman Aminu Dantata is dead.

Renowned Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, has passed away at the age of 94.

A family source confirmed that the elder statesman died on Friday night in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, after a brief illness.

He died at about 3am Nigerian time at a hospital in Abu Dhabi.

The source added that funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.

Born on May 19, 1931 in Kano, Alhaji Aminu Dantata was a major figure in Nigeria’s business landscape for decades.

He was a respected industrialist and a key player in the country’s private sector growth.

He is survived by seven children and many grandchildren. Among his children is Alhaji Tajuddeen Aminu Dantata.

Terror as American Airlines plane catches fire mid flight.

An American Airlines plane caught fire mid flight, sending passengers into a panic.

The jet, destined for Charlotte, North Carolina, had just taken off from Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport on Wednesday, June 25, when fire started coming out of one of the engines.

Pilots onboard the plane, which was carrying 153 passengers and six crew, had to quickly divert course back to the airport after passengers spotted the flames.

Footage has since emerged on social media showing the jet with a trail of black smoke following it. Fire can be seen spurting out of the side of the engine.

Shortly after, the aircraft was returned to the airport, where an inspection was carried out.

Nobody onboard was injured, officials said.

Construction worker Richard Pedrosa told The Las Vegas Review-Journal that he had heard a loud bang before spotting the plane overheard with its engine on fire.

World MSME Day: Wema Bank supports small businesses with N2.5m grant at LLF 2025.

Wema Bank, the official gold sponsor of Lagos Leather Fair (LLF) 2025, is set to disburse N2.5 million in grants to the top three outstanding Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) participating in the 8th edition of LLF 2025.

The fair, scheduled for June 28-29, 2025, at the Balmoral Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos, will showcase Africa’s diverse leather industry, attracting leather enthusiasts, manufacturers, suppliers, designers, and other key players.

This marks the second consecutive year Wema Bank has sponsored the Lagos Leather Fair, reinforcing its commitment to empowering businesses.

The Lagos Leather Fair is an annual showcase of Africa’s leather Industry, convening leather enthusiasts, manufacturers, suppliers, designers, and other key players in the leather ecosystem from across the globe to celebrate African culture, creativity, and craftsmanship in style.

In a statement on Friday, Wema Bank’s Managing Director and CEO, Moruf Oseni, stressed the importance of access to market in stimulating SME growth, stating, “Funding is crucial to business growth, but market access is equally vital.”
He reiterated the bank’s commitment to supporting businesses and providing tailored solutions at every stage of their journey.

JUST IN: The Federal Government has assured the public that Nigerians living in Iran remain safe, despite recent security concerns in the region.

This reassurance came through the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission and the Nigerian Embassy in Tehran.