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By Peter Omopo | July 31, 2025 ABUJA — Nigeria has been ranked as the second most affected country by cholera outbreaks in West and Central Africa, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The agency raised concerns on Wednesday over the growing health crisis, particularly its impact on children across the region. UNICEF’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, disclosed that Nigeria had recorded 3,109 suspected cases of cholera and 86 related deaths across 34 states as of the end of June 2025. “Cholera remains endemic in Nigeria, with the country experiencing recurrent major outbreaks…

By Peter Omopo | July 31, 2025 ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has approved a one-year extension of the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, allowing him to remain in office until August 2026. Adeniyi, whose tenure was initially due to end on August 31, 2025, will now continue to lead the Service for another year to consolidate ongoing reforms and oversee the completion of key national trade initiatives. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The extension, Onanuga…

By Peter Omopo | July 31, 2025 JERUSALEM — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Israel on Thursday as the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza draws intensifying international criticism. Nearly 22 months of unrelenting war, extreme food shortages, and stalled ceasefire negotiations have deepened the crisis and widened Israel’s global isolation. Witkoff’s visit comes on the heels of a deadly incident on Wednesday night in which dozens of Palestinians were reportedly shot as they scrambled for humanitarian aid in northern Gaza. Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 58 people were killed after Israeli forces opened…

By Peter Omopo  Lagos, July 30, 2025 — Celebrated actor and voice artiste EyiyemiOlivia Rogbinyin has been announced as the official host of the maiden edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit, set to take place on August 12, 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos. The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement issued by Olumide Iyanda, Founder and CEO of Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of QEDNG. “With over three decades of excellence in theatre, film, and radio, EyiyemiOlivia Rogbinyin brings unmatched experience, grace, and authenticity to the stage,” the statement read. “Her presence…

By Peter Omopo – Warri, July 30, 2025  The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), Professor Ezekiel Agbalagba, has extended warm felicitations to His Majesty, Orhue I, Major General Felix Mujakperuo (retd), Orodje of Okpe Kingdom, on the occasion of his 19th coronation anniversary. In a goodwill message issued on behalf of the university’s Governing Council, Senate, staff, and students, and made available to journalists in Warri on Thursday, Professor Agbalagba lauded the monarch’s reign as “a beacon of visionary leadership, enduring wisdom, and meaningful national impact.” The Vice-Chancellor commended the traditional ruler, who also serves…

By Peter Omopo  Ibadan, July 30, 2025 – The Oyo State Government has refuted claims circulating in some quarters that it has converted the car park at the Bola Ige International Business Complex—popularly known as Gbagi Market—into shops and extorted money from traders under the guise of allocations. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, on behalf of the Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives and Industry, Adeniyi Adebisi, the government described the allegation as “false, mischievous, and a calculated misrepresentation of facts.” Adebisi clarified that the redevelopment of Gbagi Market is part…

By Jimmy Fatunbi The Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA, Hon. Moyosore Adebanjo, led a strong delegation to the Lagos State Water Corporation on Wednesday, 30th July, 2025 in a bid to address the ongoing water challenges in the Olusosun community in his LCDA. In his company were Ward F Councillor, Hon. Alabi Yusuf; Olusosun CDA Chairman, Mr. Jamiu Sunni; the Ward Chairman, Comr. Aweda Azeez; and the Council Director of Works, Engr. Rotimi Okunowo. The MD, Engr. Muktaar Tijani, and ES Operations, Mrs. Omolanke Taiwo, of the Lagos State Water Corporation and key members of the distribution and production departments…

By Babatunde Odubanwo  The night she left, the sky withdrew its stars, and rain came down in sheets of grief and ash. She kissed me soft— a slow, uncertain farewell, and smiled a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. The silence after her departure throbbed. Walls pressed in, the roof became a drum for mourning skies. Alone, I curled around a scentless pillow, till two o’clock— a knock, abrupt, insistent, broke the spell. She stood there—Arinola—damp with storm, her lashes jeweled with rain and need. She said no words; her eyes confessed it all: the ache of absence, the hunger…

By Jimmy Fatunbi The Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo LCDA, Hon. Moyosore Adebanjo, held his first official management meeting with Heads of Departments and unit leaders in the Conference Hall at the LCDA headquarters on Tuesday, 29th July, 2025. Also present at the meeting is the Vice Chairman of the LCDA, Hon. Shamsideen Oloyede. This was the first time the Chairman and his vice would be having formal engagement and an interactive session with the management team since their assumption of office. In response to the comments of the heads of departments who congratulated the Chairman and his vice, shared goodwill…

By Peter Omopo  Odigbo, Ondo State – July 29, 2025 — A tragic and gruesome incident has rocked the quiet agrarian community of Odigbo in Ondo State, as a 26-year-old man, identified simply as Daniel, allegedly murdered and beheaded his 17-year-old younger brother, Emmanuel. According to local sources, the shocking event occurred on Tuesday evening. The suspect, who is the son of a police officer stationed in the area, was reportedly caught after placing his brother’s severed head inside a bag by the bank of the Origbara River. Although the motive for the brutal killing remains unclear, some residents suspect…