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Spotify data has shown that Detty December, West Africa’s annual homecoming season, continues to drive a major uplift in Nigerian music streaming. According to the data, this is fuelled by increased travels, reunions and packed end-of-year event calendars. Benewaah Boateng, Spotify’s Senior Music Editor for Sub-Saharan Africa, who revealed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, described Detty December as more than a party season. Spotify’s wrapped analysis of the core holiday period between Dec. 1, 2024 and Jan. 5, 2025 revealed that Nigerian tracks recorded a 55 per cent increase in local streaming and a 15 per cent…

By Benedict Aguele In the age of instant narratives and social media-driven outrage, few things are as dangerous as unverified allegations leveled against competent public servants. Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, former Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has recently been subjected to a torrent of claims alleging corruption, asset manipulation, and revenue concealment. Yet, a careful examination of the facts reveals that these allegations are not only unfounded but also reflect a troubling pattern of targeting individuals who are effective reformers in Nigeria’s critical oil and gas sector. Komolafe’s tenure at the NUPRC coincided with a transformative…

***Says Speaker Abbas Right Man to Deliver on Lasting Peace Pact The Middle Belt Democratic Agenda has enthusiastically commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his decisive and visionary leadership in addressing the lingering crisis within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State. The group described the President’s constitution of a high-powered reconciliation committee as a clear demonstration of his commitment to party unity, internal democracy, and the overall stability of Nigeria’s political landscape. In a statement released today and signed by Comrade Samuel Bako, the Middle Belt Democratic Agenda hailed President Tinubu’s choice of Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Speaker…

….As Oyebanji signs Ekiti State Revenue Administration Law Ekiti State, on Tuesday, emerged the first state in the Federation to domesticate the Nigeria Tax Administration Act with the signing into law of the Ekiti State Revenue Administration Law, 2025 by the Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji. Governor Oyebanji assented to the new revenue law, just as he signed the State’s 2026 Budget of N415,572,070,139.44 (Four hundred and fifteen billion, five hundred and seventy-two million, seventy thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine naira, forty-four kobo) at a brief ceremony held at the Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti. The signing of the laws…

The Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, has held a strategic meeting with the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, as the Federal Government intensifies efforts to diversify revenue sources beyond oil.The engagement comes amid renewed focus on strengthening non-oil revenue streams, with the Nigeria Customs Service remaining one of the country’s leading contributors to government earnings outside the oil sector.Speaking after the meeting, Dr. Uzoka-Anite praised the leadership and reform drive of the Customs boss, describing him as a key figure in the ongoing transformation of the Service. “It is always a…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says more than 77 per cent of the confirmed measles cases recorded in the country in 2025 involved children who had not received any dose of the measles vaccine. The NCDC disclosed this in its Measles Situation Report for November 2025 on Tuesday, noting that of the 19,213 confirmed cases reported between January and November, about 14,801 were among “zero-dose” children. According to the report, children aged 9 to 59 months accounted for nearly half (48.9 per cent) of all confirmed cases, underscoring persistent gaps in routine immunisation coverage. The agency…

The Nigerian Navy on Monday night rescued 20 crew members as their vessel caught fire along the Calabar Channel. The Base Operations Officer, Lt.-Cdr Kelechi Ahunanya, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, in Calabar on Tuesday. Ahunanya said the vessel, a Motor Vessel (MV) Chimba Express, with 21 persons comprising 14 Nigerians and seven Cameroonians on board, still has one person missing as at the time of this report. According to him, the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) OSE, while on routine patrol, responded to a distress call at about 1300 hours from the…

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Olatunde Busayo, to a term of six months imprisonment for cutting another with a cutlass, over food. Busayo was charged with assault. He had pleaded guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mrs Olasinmibo Sanusi-Zubair, consequently, found him guilty as charged and sentenced him to a term of six months imprisonment without an option of fine. The prosecutor, Insp Olagoke Adegbenro told the court that Busayo, an ex convict, committed the offence on Dec.7, at about 11.00 a.m. at Olunloyo estate, New GRA, Ibadan. Adegbenro said that the convict used…

They are: Sen. Onyesoh Alwell representing Rivers East Senatorial District. Sen. Barry Mpigi representing south east Senatorial Districts

The police on Tuesday, charged seven defendants before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, over alleged impersonation on Facebook, Goggle and Tiktok. The defendants are: Oladipupo Ayomide, 21; Tosin Balogun, 27; Awodele Sodiq, 22; Timileyin Ogunwole, 27; Augustine Tochukwu, 19; Michael Ayoola, 26; and Anu Taiwo, 21. They were charged on seven-counts bordering on impersonation and aiding escape. They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp Femi Omilana, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec.22, at about 9.00 a.m. at Ajibode in Ibadan. He alleged that the defendants falsely represented themselves on…