The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of legendary highlife musician and folklorist, Mike Ejeagha, who died on Friday, June 6, 2025, at the age of 95. In a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, Musawa lauded Ejeagha’s immense contributions to Nigerian music and cultural heritage,...

The legal spotlight remains firmly on CBEX Global, the embattled cryptocurrency exchange at the center of a $1 billion fraud investigation. Following the arrest and detention of several CBEX operators, a federal high court is set to rule on their bail application on June 30, 2025. The accused are facing serious allegations tied to large-scale financial fraud, illicit crypto transactions, and...

  Prince Adewale (POV) I had been thinking about her skin. That was the most dangerous part not that it was soft, but that my mind returned to it without invitation. The brief contact from days ago lingered like a memory my body refused to forget. If her skin was that soft… How soft would her lips be? I almost laughed at myself. Crazy, Adewale. Completely crazy. She knocked...

The camp of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, launched a blistering counterattack on Senator Adams Oshiomhole, accusing the former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC of “weaponising noise to mask the catastrophic failures” of the party.   Chuks Okocha 

Ayokunle Fagbemi, Executive Secretary of the Centre for Peacebuilding, has warned against moves to scrap indigeneity and replace it with residency-based citizenship. In an ARISE News interview, he argued that Nigeria must first address unresolved colonial instruments from the 1914 Amalgamation, which fused diverse kingdoms and ethnic groups without repealing existing treaties. Fagbemi said...