Author: Citynews

KEY TAKEAWAYS Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, said Catholic bishops did not visit President Bola Tinubu to preach or convert him to Catholicism. Onaiyekan said the bishops met Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on July 28, 2026 to raise concerns on Nigeria’s economy and security. He said the CBCN will not trade words with presidential spokespersons, and now wants another chance for deeper talks beyond their ten-minute presentation. The Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has stated that the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has no intention to respond to government spokespersons. CityNews reports that the…

Founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, says he does not see the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabi’u Kwankwaso going anywhere in the 2027 general elections. Primate Ayodele said this in a video posted on X where he was addressing his congregation. According to him, the NDC would have joined forces and formed a coalition with the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Recall that the duo left the ADC for the NDC in May, citing internal divisions and court cases. Reacting, the cleric said, “You see the NDC party…

KEY TAKEAWAYS Military investigators alleged that ex-Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, channelled ₦785m through Purple Waves Limited to fund a failed 2025 coup plot. Investigators said Kano BDC operator, Abdullahi Sani Mohammed, made 47 payments between September 20 and 30, 2025, on suspected coup leader, Col. Mohammed Ma’aji’s instructions. The alleged plan collapsed after Ma’aji’s arrest on September 29, 2025, while more than 40 suspects face court-martial and Federal High Court trials in Abuja. Military investigators have traced more than ₦700m in 47 payments allegedly made to soldiers, civilians, companies and Islamic clerics assigned different roles in the failed 2025…

The self-styled Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, has rejected allegations that he single-handedly established the disputed agency. CityNews reports that Adeyemi, who is currently in police custody, claimed that several ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government processed documents, assigned personnel or officially interacted with the council over an extended period. He made the claims in a statement issued on Sunday by his legal defence team and signed by Festus Akhigbe. The lawyers also requested that Adeyemi be allowed to appear before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the establishment and activities…

KEY TAKEAWAYS Investigation records alleged ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, helped raise billions, including authorising ₦785m, to fund a failed 2025 coup plot. Prosecutors relied on over 7,400 pages of documents alleging Purple Waves Limited received ₦5.816bn from NDDC and about ₦2.9bn SunTrust loans in September 2025. Col. Mohammed Ma’aji’s arrest on September 29, 2025 reportedly collapsed the plot, as SunTrust Bank placed Post-No-Debit on a ₦4.3bn account while Sylva denied involvement. Fresh investigation records have alleged that a former Bayelsa State governor and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, helped raise billions of naira…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank to pay N15 million in damages for unlawfully retaining and processing the personal data of two former customers after they terminated their banking relationship. The judgment, delivered on July 29, 2026, by Justice Kayode Agunloye, also directed the bank to erase all personal data relating to the claimants that it is not legally required to retain and restrained it from further processing or using their information for marketing purposes. The suit, marked CV/2190/25, was instituted on June 10, 2025, by David Ogundipe and Salami Tolulope Ibrahim, who…

KEY TAKEAWAYS Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, and ex-Osun governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Sunday. Makinde said on Facebook that the Abeokuta meeting discussed important national issues and the forthcoming general election, but he did not disclose details. The visit drew attention as Makinde declared in May he will run for president in 2027, while Obasanjo has not endorsed any candidate. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; and a former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, on Sunday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at…

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has fired back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, insisting that he has no regrets choosing Nigeria over what he described as Obasanjo’s third-term agenda despite the support he gave the former leader before and after he became president. Atiku’s response came after Obasanjo said he regretted selecting him as vice president in 1999, describing the decision as the “biggest regret” of his political career. Speaking during a fireside chat with activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, at the unveiling of Charly Boy’s foundation and memoir in…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has directed commission officials to give priority attention to elderly voters during the August 15, 2026 governorship election in Osun State. Amupitan gave this directive on Saturday while inspecting the mock accreditation exercise across Osun State as part of preparations for the election. The INEC chairman commended the inspection at Polling Unit 1, Ward 1, Post Office, St. Peter’s Primary School, Ibokun, in Obokun Local Government Area, where he monitored the operation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and interacted with voters and election officials. He later…

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has said Nigeria alone had four million more births than the entire European Union. Musk made the claim on his X account on Saturday, citing his artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, as the source of the information. “Nigeria alone had 4 million more births than the entire EU last year,” he wrote on X. Musk’s remarks highlight Nigeria’s high birth rate compared with the European Union. Available data from Musk’s Grok showed that Nigeria recorded an estimated 7.8 million births in 2025, while the European Union had 3.5 million births. This means Nigeria recorded approximately four…