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The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s 2026 budget, describing it as a “Budget of Consolidated Renewed Sufferings” that continues to allegedly impose economic hardships on Nigerians while enriching the governing class. In a statement on Friday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said that despite assertions of economic growth and stability, the budget falls short in tackling widespread poverty, rising living costs, and insecurity, highlighting the administration’s failure to convert fiscal policies into real benefits for Nigerians. Tinubu on Friday presented a ₦58.18 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, projecting a cautiously improving economy…

I wasn’t a fan of Ibrahim Traore or any of the other two Sahelian heads of state until France came into the picture. France has always been the same old, ugly-faced monster masked as a helper, which is behind most of Africa’s longest or deadliest conflicts, or underdevelopment. As a good student of history, I know France too well, and I know its multiple atrocious deeds in the Black world. It keeps Africa down and divided, for milking. With its greedy allies, France, in a space of 60 years, destroyed Haiti, a 95 per cent Black nation. France never lets…

The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party on Friday called on a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Segun Showunmi, to join the party and emerge as its governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. The opposition party said it had, over the years, kept Showunmi on its radar and was convinced of his passion for good governance and deep commitment to democratic ideals of equity and justice that advance the welfare of the masses. Party executives, led by the South West Vice Chairman, Abayomi Arabambi, and the state chairman, Mrs Olubukola Soyoye, disclosed this during a visit to…

Integrated Indigo Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading public relations and strategic communications agencies, delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 Lagos Public Relations Industry Gala and Awards, LAPRIGA, where it swept five awards across different categories, including the coveted Model Agency of the Year. The awards ceremony was held on Friday, December 12, 2025, at the Muson Centre, Lagos. Other categories won by the agency include Insight-Driven Communication, Private Sector Public Relations Campaign of the Year, Crisis and Issue Management, and Sustainability Communications. Speaking on the achievement, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Indigo Limited, Bolaji Abimbola,…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration says Nigeria risks losing momentum in the fight against HIV/AIDS unless awareness and services penetrate deeper into rural communities, where stigma, insecurity and poor access continue to frustrate progress. The Mandate Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Adedolapo Fasawe, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Babagana Adams, on Tuesday, sounded the warning at the 2025 World AIDS Day commemoration in Abuja. “The people who need the message more are in the communities. “We can’t succeed in sustaining the campaign against AIDS without going closer to the rural areas,” she said. Fasawe said the…

December 19, 2025 12:02 am The Super Eagles called off their scheduled training session on Thursday after arriving late in Fez, Morocco, ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The three-time African champions touched down in the host city on Thursday evening following a five-day training camp in Cairo, Egypt. As a result of the delayed arrival, the planned 6pm local time training session yesterday was cancelled, with the team set to hold their first full session in Morocco on Friday (today). Nigeria travelled to Fez three days before the start of the tournament and…

As the 2025 Anambra State governorship election holds on Saturday, IKENNA OBIANERI writes that the political atmosphere in the state has rapidly intensified with major candidates putting finishing touches to swing votes, using factors that could influence the democratic exercise and shape the outcome  With Anambra voters prepared for the highly anticipated governorship election on Saturday, November 8, 2025, anxiety and apprehension are in the air across the state as residents eagerly await the unveiling of the big elephant in the house. The governorship election is more than just a political contest — it’s a chance for the people to…

Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to “persist well into 2027.” A new report from the research firm lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it “signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory and storage” — for now, at least.As noted by the IDC, the cost of a smartphone “is heavily dependent” on the type of memory it uses, with soaring RAM costs leading phonemakers to “raise prices significantly, cut specifications or both.” Budget-friendly smartphones from brands like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo,…

Keonne Rodriguez, who pleaded guilty to one felony count related to his role at Samourai Wallet, is calling on US President Donald Trump to pardon him, citing similar language that has been successful in previous pardon applications.In a Thursday X post, Rodriguez said he would report to prison on Friday, where he will serve a five-year sentence for operating an illegal money transmitter. The Samourai co-founder claimed there were no “victims” to his crime, and blamed his incarceration on “lawfare perpetrated by a weaponized Biden DOJ.” In a message tagging Trump, Rodriguez expressed hope that the US president would issue a…

Nikki Garcia is sharing a candid update on her dating life as rumors swirl about her connection to Philadelphia Eagles star Cooper DeJean. “It’s crazy because I actually haven’t been touched or done anything in so long,” Nikki, 42, told sister Brie Garcia on the Thursday, December 18, episode of SiriusXM’s The Nikki & Brie Show. “It’s funny when people call me a whore when I actually haven’t had intimacy in a really long time, even think of kissing.” She added, “I haven’t even kissed someone in so long. It’s, like, kind of crazy. I was thinking of this last…