Category: NEWS
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Halloween, once seen as a purely Western celebration, has quietly found a place in Nigeria’s growing pop-culture landscape. What began as a foreign tradition rooted in superstition and costume play has now evolved into a social event redefined by Nigerian youth, nightlife promoters, and creative communities. As global culture becomes more connected through social media…
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Images of burned villages, mass graves, and desperate families are not abstract headlines. They are human emergencies. Nigeria’s insecurity from Islamist insurgency in the northeast to massacres and raids in central states has produced a mounting humanitarian crisis that affects Christians and Muslims, farmers and herders, and entire communities. The question now being asked in…
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The video landed like a warning light. On the busy streets of Sagamu in Ogun State, what began as a minor car crash involving DJ Chicken quickly escalated into a near-mob assault, viral footage capturing an influencer forced to sit at the scene as a crowd rallied around anger and judgment. The incident isn’t just…
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Marketing Advance for Afrobeats: A Blessing or a Curse? The global rise of Afrobeats has been one of the most remarkable cultural movements of the 21st century. What began in Lagos studios and Accra nightclubs has become a worldwide phenomenon, with artists selling out arenas from London to Los Angeles. But behind the hits, the…
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The Betting Generation: How Gambling Became Nigeria’s Quiet Youth Epidemic In today’s Nigeria, a betting slip has become as common as a debit card. From Lagos Street corners to university hostels in Enugu, young Nigerians are staking their last few naira on virtual games, live football matches, and prediction apps that promise a way out…
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In Lagos, the city where the sun rises tired and the clubs never sleep, one nightspot just found itself trending for all the wrong reasons. The Proxy Night Club raid the now-infamous sweep in Victoria Island that ended a wild weekend wasn’t just another party gone wrong; it was a wake-up call for the entire…
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France’s Growing Debt Crisis and the Political Step-Down: A Nation at a Fiscal Crossroads France is once again facing a convergence of fiscal and political tension. On October 19, 2025, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu officially resigned after weeks of mounting pressure over budget delays, failed reforms, and deep divisions in Parliament. His departure came amid…
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Africa’s aviation sector reached a historic milestone this week with the launch of the Isaac Balami University of Aeronautics and Management (IBUAM) — the continent’s first dedicated aeronautics and aviation management university. The institution, established in Nigeria, aims to drastically reduce the billions of dollars Africans spend each year training pilots and aviation professionals abroad.…
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The Coca-Cola Company is bracing for a $1 billion impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2025, as the beverage giant prepares to divest part of its ownership in its African bottling business — a move signaling both a financial reshuffle and a strategic pivot toward a more asset-light model in emerging markets. The charge,…
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Kigali, Rwanda — Africa’s fast-growing mobile technology industry has become one of the continent’s biggest economic engines, contributing an estimated $220 billion — or 7.7% of GDP — in 2024, according to a new report by the GSMA, the global body representing mobile operators.The findings, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress Africa 2025 in Kigali,…