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Founder of Rifugio Communications Limited, Dr Kayode Thomas, discusses Nigeria’s mobile phone market with DARE OLAWIN, reflecting on the company’s growth journey, operational challenges, and expansion plans. He also shares what continues to motivate his investments in Nigeria despite prevailing headwinds, and addresses perceptions that phone importers are exploiting Nigerian consumers In light of the current economic environment, what sustains your confidence to continue investing? When I came back to Nigeria many years ago, I was in a different business. I had been doing that for about 10 years before this came along. This initially started as a pet project.…
A man with a personal connection to the R&B singer D4vd has been taken into custody after failing to appear in court as a witness in the ongoing case surrounding the mysterious death of a teenage girl. Neo Langston was arrested on an out-of-state warrant on Thursday, January 22. He was initially booked at the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center in Helena, Montana, and was later transferred to the LAPD, according to court records obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. As Us Weekly previously reported, a teenage girl named Celeste Rivas went missing in April 2024. Her case was…
The founder of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie, has declared that the lingering political crisis in Rivers State is “spiritual, not physical,” insisting that “no mortal man can solve it.” The cleric made the remarks during his church recent “Glory Reigns” 2026 prayers in Port Harcourt. The video clip of his sermon has since gone viral. Drawing loud applause from congregants, Mr Ibiyeomie dismissed political solutions to the crisis that has disrupted governance in the oil-rich state, despite repeated interventions by President Bola Tinubu. “No mortal man can solve the Rivers State political crisis. It’s not a physical problem,” he said.…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports alleging that a Gombe State indigene, Ibrahim Nazifi, died during military training at the Depot Nigerian Army (NA), Zaria, describing the claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued by the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot NA Zaria, Captain Chikadibia Viola Anele, the Army clarified that although Nazifi was shortlisted for training, he never reported to the Depot. The statement was posted on the X handle of the Defence Headquarters on Saturday. According to the Army, available records show that “Ibrahim Nazifi successfully passed the State Recruitment Screening Exercise conducted in…
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has sacked his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Sunusi Kwankwaso. This was disclosed in a statement released by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, on Saturday in Kano. According to Bature, the governor appointed Mustapha Bakwana to replace Kwankwaso. “Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has sacked his Political Adviser, Sunusi Surajo Kwankwaso, and appointed Mustapha Bakwana as his successor,” Bature said. This is coming barely 24 hours after the governor resigned his membership of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, the party through which he was elected governor in 2023. The governor cited protracted…
Rivers United held their hosts Power Dynamos of Zambia to a 0-0 draw at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Saturday. It was the Finidi George side’s first point in the group stage of this season’s CAF Champions League. Rivers United lost their previous two group games to holders Pyramids FC of Egypt and RS Berkane of Morocco. Goalkeeper Osagie Onisodumeya made a number of key saves to deny Power Dynamos in the first half. The visitors failed to carve out any real goal scoring opportunity in the matchday three encounter. Rivers United remain in third position with one point from…
Mrs Rachael Gugu, guardian of Mchivir Aondowase, a teenage student who lost her life in a late-night boat accident on the Buruku River in Benue State on her way back to school, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO about the agonising hours of uncertainty, desperate search for the child she raised as her own, and the deep grief that has left the family devastated. What is your relationship with the late Mchivir? I got married to her uncle, Emmanuel Kubwa, and we have four children. It was last year that my sister-in-law, who is my husband’s immediate younger sister, brought her daughter, Mchivir…
In most functioning democracies, government appointments follow a predictable sequence: identify a candidate, vet their credentials, confirm eligibility, and then, only then, announce their name to the public. But what happens when the process is reversed? When a candidate is announced to the world, only for the government to say, “Oops, we’ll take that back”? Should there not be compensation for such a scenario? Call it, perhaps, a Presidential Appointment Reversal Compensation Package, or, in Nigerian parlance, a Presidential Breakfast Package. In local slang, “breakfast” is the euphemism for heartbreak or being publicly dumped. While major appointment reversals have occurred…
The Rivers State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has slammed elder statesmen taking sides in the lingering political crisis in the oil-rich state, saying the development is shameful and divisive. The association expressed dismay that events unfolding in the state had gone beyond mere disagreements among political actors to a dangerous drift threatening governance, peace, security and the collective wellbeing of the people of Rivers State. CAN said it was worrisome that some elder statesmen, who were expected to play fatherly roles by offering solutions to the crisis, were instead encouraging division and instability through their utterances. The…
Natasha Lyonne has relapsed after nearly a decade of sobriety. “Took my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne, 46, wrote via X on Friday, January 23, shortly before responding to a fan sending the actress support in the comments section. “Thanks, boss … for the grace, etc. Sending love back your way. May become a pothead or a nun. TBD.” Lyonne, who previously quit drinking alcohol in 2006, further offered insight into her ongoing substance abuse and recovery journey. “Recovery is a lifelong process. Anyone out there struggling, remember you’re not alone,” the Poker Face actress tweeted early on Saturday,…
