Author: News Room
The logical question the ninety‑day committee must answer before drafting a single page is simple: What is the relationship between its new mandate and the frameworks that already exist? Is the new Strategic Defence Operations Plan intended to replace NACTEST, the NCMD, and the NCTC Strategic Plan? Will it sit alongside them? Is it a military‑specific operational layer beneath the broader national security architecture? If so, how will coordination be ensured? When the Presidential Spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced that President Bola Tinubu had constituted an eleven‑man committee to develop a National Threat Assessment and a Strategic Defence Operations Plan within…
Jeffrey and Chidinma, members of the Nigerian relationship trio popularly known online as Feral Throuple, have announced their separation from their third partner, Precious, bringing their three-person relationship to an end. The couple announced the development in a video posted on the Feral Throuple Instagram page on Saturday, saying that although they once believed the relationship would last forever, it ultimately stopped working. “We’re no longer in a three-person relationship. Today, the Feral Throuple is now Jeffrey and Chidinma,” they said. They did not disclose the specific circumstances that led to the separation. The development comes about three months after…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has urged judges to consider the wider impact of their judgments on society, stressing that the quality and integrity of justice delivered by the courts are critical to maintaining law and order, and driving national development. Fubara gave the advice on Sunday while declaring open the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, on the theme ‘Beyond Limits,’ in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He said the judges must ensure that nothing but the truth prevails at all times, irrespective of status or social affiliations. “We cannot continue to insulate our laws from today’s…
Benny Blanco is on a mission to find out whether he can slim down on a pizza-only diet. “Hey guys, today’s Day 1 of only eating pizza for five days straight to prove you can lose weight eating literally anything,” Blanco, 38, began a Friday, August 21, video shared via TikTok, saying that he started the experiment weighing 152.5 pounds. “I’m going to eat one pizza a day and lose weight.” Blanco kicked off the experiment with “one large, thin crust” pie from Domino’s, later noshing on similar sized pizzas for the remainder of the week. By the third day,…
The Niger State Government has instructed security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue worshippers abducted during Friday prayers in the Kpenya community, Dekara District of Borgu Local Government Area. This directive follows the attack on Gidan-Zana and Kpenya communities on Friday, when suspected terrorists reportedly stormed Kpenya Mosque during Juma’at prayers. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Obed Nana, the state government said initial reports from security agencies indicated that the attackers took an unspecified number of worshippers, while others fled into nearby areas. The government stated that efforts are ongoing to determine the precise…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke Water can run uphill if there’s adequate propulsion; let no one see impossibility where potentialities are hiding in plain sight. Yes, a rose by any other name will still smell as sweet, but we all know that its timeless symmetry, vibrant colours, and cultural symbolism are contributory factors that make it the flower of choice. Apply that to politics and you will begin to understand how an immensely underrated Nurudeen Jackson Ademola Adeleke danced his way back into power in the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial elections. What was supposed to signal the end of…
Veteran actor Jide Kosoko has announced that the remains of his colleague, Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, will be buried in Ilaro, Ogun State, on Monday. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Kira, Ogogo’s daughter, announced her father’s death at age 66 during an Instagram Live session on Sunday after he battled stage-four cancer. Another colleague, Saidi Balogun, also confirmed the actor’s death in an Instagram post. In a statement posted on his Instagram page on Sunday, Kosoko said Ogogo’s remains will be taken to Ilaro on Sunday ahead of a special prayer session scheduled to hold at the Ilaro Pavilion at 11…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Lagos State Government have mourned the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo. Hassan, 66, died on Sunday after battling cancer, with his death confirmed by multiple sources, including the founder of Best of Nollywood, Seun Oloketuyi. Reacting to the actor’s death, Atiku described the development as “deeply saddening,” saying it was particularly painful that the public became aware of Hassan’s battle with cancer only days before his death. He said, “Alhaji Taiwo Hassan was more than a gifted actor. Through a remarkable career, he brought laughter into countless homes,…
John Cusack is standing in solidarity with Mark Ruffalo after the actor addressed claims he’s antisemitic. “Solidarity — well said,” Cusack, 60, wrote via X on Saturday, August 22, quote-tweeting Ruffalo’s recent statement after coming out in fierce opposition to Paramount Skydance’s executives’ ties to the Israeli government. “The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest,” Ruffalo, 58, wrote via the same social media platform earlier on Saturday. “Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and…
Our final destination is to be exactly like Christ. I did not know how ignorant I was until I met the Lord. I did not know that people go to university to become even more ignorant. God says: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the…
