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The coordinated jihadist assault of 25 to 26 April did not merely expose the limits of the AES and Mali’s military junta. It shattered the strategic illusion that has guided the country since its rupture with ECOWAS and the wider international community. The events that unfolded across Mali last weekend are not merely another chapter in the Sahel’s long-running crisis. They represent something deeper: the unravelling of a strategic gamble that replaced cooperation with isolation, institutions with propaganda, and diversified partnerships with dependence on a single, unreliable and overstretched ally. On April 25, coordinated attacks struck Bamako, Kati, Gao, Kidal,…
A member of the Action Democratic Congress, Chille Igbawua, has dismissed claims that the party was being structured to serve the political ambition of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Igbawua stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. “We have sufficiently over time denied this issue that the ADC is a special-purpose vehicle for Atiku Abubakar. That certainly is untrue because nobody who has come into the ADC has been given preference over him. “To confirm that, Atiku Abubakar himself has said that he will contest this as his last attempt at the presidency…
Habeeb ‘Portable’ Badmus has claimed his defeat to Carter Efe at the Chaos in the Ring 4 event in Lagos was engineered to protect organisers from paying out billions of naira wagered on his victory, insisting he was stopped prematurely when he could have continued, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. “It was cheating. They couldn’t pay the money, so they rigged it. We are the ones who won, so they ripped me. They couldn’t pay the N23 billion that people bet on me. If Portable wins, they can never pay the money,” the ZaZoo crooner said. He further claimed that the…
A new governance accountability initiative that uses data analytics, field verification and citizen reporting to assess local government performance has been launched in Lagos, as Nigeria expands scrutiny over how public funds are spent at the grassroots level. The initiative, known as the Steward Awards, introduces a digital verification platform designed to independently track, validate and rank the delivery of public projects executed by local governments and selected state ministries, departments and agencies. Organisers told reporters in Lagos that the system is intended to address long-standing concerns around transparency, visibility and impact assessment of projects carried out at the local…
Decentralized finance protocol Aave filed an emergency motion on Monday in New York to vacate a restraining notice from a US law firm aimed at blocking Arbitrum DAO from transferring 30,766 Ether to the victims of the Kelp exploit. Gerstein Harrow LLP served Arbitrum DAO with a restraining notice on Friday, arguing its clients are owed over $877 million in default judgments against North Korea. The law firm claims the North Korean hacker group behind the Kelp exploit had possession of the tokens, giving its clients a legal claim over the Ether.Aave filed the emergency motion in a New York district…
Lauren Wasser turned heads with her daring, leg-baring look at the 2026 Met Gala. Wasser arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, May 4, wearing a gold Prabal Gurung suit styled by Jaz and Sarah. The model went braless under an open blazer and matching knee-length shorts, showing off portions of her chest. She accessorized the look with a matching bandana wrapped around her platinum blonde hair, long silver necklaces, chunky rings and a wrist watch. Wasser also sported her signature gold prosthetic legs, which earned her the nickname “the girl with the golden…
At least two soldiers from the Nigerian Army have assaulted Olalekan Fakoyejo, assistant business editor with TheCable, in Ikeja, Lagos, following a remark he made about traffic obstruction. The incident occurred on Saturday as Mr Fakoyejo was travelling from Ikeja to Ogba in a commercial tricycle, popularly known as ‘Keke Napep’. According to the newspaper on Monday, witnesses said soldiers were controlling traffic near Pleasant Event Centre, off Ajao Road, when one of them ordered a tricycle rider to pull over and pick up an additional passenger as punishment, a move that worsened congestion along the busy route. Mr Fakoyejo’s…
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. – George Elliot Wole is a personable being any decent person would be loved to associate with. In terms of age difference and according to Yoruba protocols and code of ethics, I believe I am not qualified to write this synopsis about his intimidating credentials of a life of service, sacrifice, perseverance and humanity in the past six decades. However, considering our ‘cult-like” bond from childhood to adolescence, through adulthood to this stage of life, I can authoritatively state that I am no less qualified to express my thoughts…
Former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Barrister Tunde Ayeni, has been sent to Kuje Prison in Abuja on remand by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory following his arraignment on N8 billion money laundering charges. He is to remain in prison until May 13, when his application for bail will be considered. Ayeni, a lawyer of over 35 years’ call to the Bar, was remanded by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Monday when he was docked before him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawyer was put…
Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha H. Akpoti-Uduaghan, has picked up her Expression of Interest and Nomination Form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2027 Kogi Central Senatorial District election. This comes barely 48 hours after former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, picked the All Progressives Congress, APC, form for the same Kogi Central election. Recall that Natasha has vowed not to back down for Bello, insisting that she will contest and win her re-election. In a post on her Facebook page on Monday, Natasha lauded her husband, Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, for standing by her. “If…
