Titopeblog: "I've Dated Different Kinds Of Men, I Once Dated a Bus Driver. Now, I Just Want a Simple 9-5 Man That Is Not On Social Media."
— DJ Cuppy Opens Up On Dating Experience, Says She Once Paid £400 For a Dating App And Dated a Driver❗
Nigerian disc jockey and billionaire heiress, DJ Cuppy, has shared a candid insight into her dating experiences, revealing that she once paid £400 to join a dating platform.
In her statement, Cuppy disclosed that despite the high registration fee, one of her experiences on the platform led her to go on a date with a bus driver.
Reflecting on her journey, she noted that she has “dated all kinds of men,” but emphasized that her preferences have since evolved. According to her, she now desires a more simple and private partner—specifically a “9–5 man with no social media presence.”
Her revelation has sparked conversations online about modern dating expectations, personal preferences, and the realities of using premium dating platforms.
“I’ve dated all kinds of men, but now all I want is a simple 9–5 man with no social media. I once dated a bus driver I met on a dating app that I paid £400 to join.”
RuMiRgO1stSon: A video from a-yet unidentified school in Anambra State, which organized an inter-house sports competition, has caused an uproar on the internet. However, it is not the competition itself that sparked the reaction, but rather an erratic dance performed by female cheerleaders from two of the groups. They were seen twerking aggressively on the school proprietor while presenting a gift.
iwaeda: Tinubu wants to continue his fiefdom like he did in Lagos. He tried with Lai Mohammed, he failed. Hope you Kwarans are opening your eyes and brain. Semi educated governor has pushed you down. [b]Kperogi is wrong, Megida, Ahmed is from Shaare, Ifelodun, while Bolarinwa is from Omu-Aran, Irepodun and he was former Mainland Chairman, Ebute-Metta.
Former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State is a Yoruba man from the town of Saare which shares direct boundaries with the Nupes in that state.
Many Kwara State indigenes lean more towards their Yoruba kith and kin in Lagos State and other South West States with a lot of Kwara indigenes living in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, etc, and intermarrying with the indigenes of those States. It's the same with the indigenous Yorubas of Kogi State. It's time for the Nigerian President 'Bola Tinubu to activate a very fast merger of all the Yoruba communities of Kogi and Kwara States (right up to Jebba, Moro, and the Oworos of Kogi State) into the South West geopolitical zone.
Olusegun Obasanjo came and left WITHOUT doing a proper boundary adjustment of the Yoruba (minus the non-Yoruba folks in Kogi and Kwara States) into the Western geopolitical zone. Former President Jonathan's constitutional conference clearly recommend that State creation process for the Yorubas of Kogi and Kwara and President Tinubu has to do it urgently to reduce the noise of marginalization from people like Farooq Kperogi who is a Bariba guy.
Other States require simple boundary adjustments to by merging similar ethnic groups into the same State. There might even be no need for many new states to be created if boundary adjustments are used.
ogododo: Tinubu’s Yoruba Agenda Risks Deep Rupture In Kwara-Kperogi by ogododo: 7:05am Intra-state cultural and subregional tensions are building up in Kwara State ahead of the 2027 governorship elections because of credible worries that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s all-too-well-known Yoruba nationalist agenda is about to upend the state’s harmony through candidate imposition.
First, some background. Like several states in the country, Kwara is a multi-ethnic and multicultural state. It’s customary to divide it into three distinct geo-cultural zones. There is Kwara Central, which encompasses all of Ilorin and its adjoining areas. It’s linguistically Yoruba but ethnically a mixed bag of people who trace ancestry to Yoruba, Fulani, Kanuri, Baatonu (or Bariba), Hausa, and Nupe ancestors but who are, for all practical purposes, Yoruba. It is a little over 6 percent of the state’s landmass but constitutes 38 percent of the state’s population.
Then there is Kwara South, the most ethnically homogeneous part of the state, which is wholly Yoruba and, in many ways, culturally and linguistically indistinguishable from the Southwest. It is a little over 18 percent of the state’s landmass and 30 percent of its population.
Kwara North is the most ethnically diverse geo-cultural region and is peopled by the Baatonu (or Bariba), Bokobaru, Nupe, and Fulani. It is the non-Yoruba-speaking part of the state that constitutes more than 75 percent of the state’s landmass and 32 percent of its population, although Moro, a small part of Ilorin Emirate, was mysteriously grafted onto Kwara North. Nonetheless, the Nupe, Fulani, Baatonu, and Bokobaru people are culturally closer to the far North than they are to any part of the state.
Since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, Kwara Central, that is, Ilorin Emirate, has dominated the governorship of the state. By the time of the next governorship election in 2027, Kwara Central would have ruled for 20 out of 28 years.
Kwara South produced the governor for eight years, from 2011 to 2019. Abdulfatah Ahmed, from Ifelodun Local Government, is from Kwara South.
But the entirety of Kwara North has never produced a governor for even a day since 1999, and only for a year and 10 months since 1992.
Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, from all indications, is committed to course correction in 2027 by supporting a rotation of power to Kwara North. A news report I read said he is lending support to Yakubu Danladi Salihu, the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, who is from Baruten, the second-largest local government in the country, to succeed him. It may not be true, but it has crystallized in public perception.
Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar, who represents Kwara North in the Senate and who is from Kaiama, is another contender who enjoys widespread support to succeed Abdulrazaq. Both Baruten and Kaiama used to be part of Borgu Local Government before one half of it was ceded to Niger State in the early 1990s.
Yet although consensus, even among prominent players in Ilorin, appears to be coalescing around the idea that the remnant of Borgu in Kwara State, that is, Baruten and Kaiama, should produce the next governor (because the Nupe briefly produced a governor in the aborted Third Republic), it is said that President Tinubu insists that a Yoruba person from Kwara South must be governor.
Widespread whispers indicate that Tinubu’s preference for Abdulrahman’s successor is a certain Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, who hails from the same local government as former governor Ahmed and used to be a local government chairman in Lagos.
A self-described “Yoruba irredentist” who has privileged access to people in Tinubu’s inner circle told me a few days ago that Tinubu wants to use his presidency to advance his sense of a pan-Yoruba agenda and be seen as the reincarnation of Oduduwa.
To that end, he said, Tinubu wants to force the election of “Yoruba” governors in Kwara and Kogi states. Since I didn’t listen in on any conversation where Tinubu said this, I can’t be certain that it’s entirely true, but given what I have described as Tinubu’s studied “Visibilization of Northern Yorubas” in my October 11, 2025, column, it would not surprise me if it were true.
But it would be a grave error of judgment to railroad Yoruba governors in multi-ethnic states, particularly in Kwara State. First, as I have pointed out, a person from Kwara South has been governor for eight years.
Second, Mohammed Lawal, Kwara’s first governor in the Fourth Republic, although from Ilorin, self-identified as Yoruba and performed many symbolic acts to signal that.
In fact, Governor Abdulrazaq, although a cosmopolitan person who seems to transcend ethnic and religious boundaries, is Yoruba. At least that was what one Sheikh Abdulrahim Aduranigba said seven years ago when he contrasted him with the PDP candidate for the governorship election.
“We have adopted Abdulrazaq as our governorship candidate because he is a Yoruba, and we have instructed him to conduct his campaigns in Yoruba language,” THISDAY quoted him as saying. “The PDP candidate is Fulani, and we challenge him to conduct his campaigns in Fulani language.”
In other words, the Yoruba are not a marginal group in Kwara that need saving by a reincarnated Oduduwa. The people who need “saving” are the non-Yoruba-speaking people of the state who have never produced a governor.
Third, the pushback that the imposition of a governor on account of his ethnic identity would invite could plunge the state into crisis. Ilorin people will resist it. People in Kwara North will resist it, and it will cause needless friction with the south of the state.
Interestingly, Tinubu’s second most prominent traditional title after “Asiwaju” is “Jagaban Borgu.” Kwara’s Kaiama and Baruten local governments, which have never produced a governor for the state since its founding in 1967, are one half of Borgu. It would be ironic if the champion of Borgu (that’s what Jagaban Borgu means) champions the political exclusion of the people he is symbolically supposed to lead and protect.Politics
Tinubu himself is president because of a deliberate policy of positive political discrimination called power rotation, and he is anchoring his reelection on the basis that the South must complete its eight years, like the North before it.
As I have repeatedly pointed out, political representation at the highest levels is more symbolism than substance. Although the nature of ethnocratic governance we call democracy ensures that people in positions of power give preferential treatment to their kind and places of origin, for the most part, all politicians are the same. They first take care of themselves, their families, friends, and associates before the crumbs spread to their “people.”
Yet political representation is the symbolic conduit through which people vicariously connect with governments. When people of Ayetoro Gbede demonstrated the other day, telling Nigerians to leave their “son” Joash Amupitan alone, even though his past tweets question his neutrality and therefore his suitability as INEC chairman, I understood where they were coming from. He is the symbolic conduit through which they connect to the government. Ours is an ethnocracy, not a democracy.
That’s why it’s my long-term belief that the surest way to sustain the form of government we practice now is to deepen and constitutionalize representational equity. No ethnic group should dominate leadership because it has profound implications for psychic exclusion and the predilection to violence.
Baruten, Kaiama, Patigi, and Edu local governments, the non-Yoruba-speaking local governments in the state, are some of the least developed and most backward places in Nigeria. The first roads were tarred in Baruten only a little over a decade ago, and they are already death traps. Most towns are not connected to the national grid, and healthcare is among the worst.
A governor from the area will be compelled by ethnocratic pressures to attend to the most egregious infrastructural deficits that previous governments overlooked.
Let me end with a full disclosure: I am from Baruten Local Government of Kwara State and therefore from “Kwara North.” But my concerns are located in my broader concerns about representational justice, about which I have written in regard to other parts of the country.
Farooq is here again playing the devil's advocate, engaging in sensationalism and some outright disinformation.
Look, I've long emphasized for over 20 years now that the Nupes with 2 LGAs in Kwara State be merged with the indigenous Nupes of Niger State to create a new Nupe State. The current Governor of Niger State is maternally and paternally a Nupe.
Second, Farooq Kperogi is of the Bariba ethnicity otherwise called Batonus, with the LARGEST percentage of there Batonuland located in Benin Republic and a small part in Kwara North consisting of just 2 LGAs out of 16 LGAs in Kwara State. The Baribas can be merged with the Nupes in a new State or be merged with the new Niger State after the Nupes are carved out.
The Yorubas are the indigenous owners of 12 LGAs out a total of 16 LGAs in Kwara State and they can be merged with the Okun-Yorubas of Kogi State to form a largely Yoruba State. They can then have a proper boundary adjustment and be moved from the North Central geopolitical zone into the South West geopolitical zone.
Segzee1: The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has debunked widespread reports claiming that airtime borrowing and data advance services have been banned in Nigeria, describing such claims as false and misleading.
The attention of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has been drawn to a series of newspaper publication and a viral anonymous post in the social media seeking to create the impression that the Commission cancelled, shut down, or banned airtime borrowing and data advance services in Nigeria.
Those claims are incorrect. The Commission has not prohibited airtime borrowing or data advance services, and no directive was issued preventing consumers from accessing lawful telecom value-added services.
Following a deluge of consumer complaints bordering on opaque charges, unexplained deductions, aggressive recovery practices, poor disclosure standards, and inadequate accountability in segments of the digital lending and advance-services market, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued the DEON Consumer Lending Regulations in July 2025.
The Regulations were introduced, among other reasons, to curb the excesses of abusive service providers whose practices had generated persistent consumer harm and undermined confidence in the market.
The primary aim is to promote a fairer and more transparent system by mandating proper registration, responsible lending conduct, clear disclosure of fees and terms, accessible consumer complaint channels, data protection safeguards, stronger accountability for third-party partners, and effective regulatory oversight.
In the telecom sector, our findings indicated that some operators engaged in exclusionary third-party technical arrangements in clear disobedience to the provisions of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2018. The Regulations sought to unlock the market to allow local participants alongside foreign partners, in line with free market principles.
These measures benefit Nigerians by reducing abusive practices, improving transparency, strengthening consumer choice, and encouraging responsible innovation by legitimate operators.
We are aware that some vested interests and their foreign collaborators are opposed to the creation of safe markets and fair competition, therefore resorting to a campaign of disinformation.
Operators are expected to structure their commercial relationships in a manner consistent with Nigerian law. Commercial arrangements or outsourcing decisions do not displace competition and consumer protection obligations.
At the commencement of the framework in July 2025, affected operators were granted an initial 90-day compliance period to regularise their products, structures, and operations.
That opportunity was not utilised within the prescribed timeframe, specifically in the telecom sector. The compliance window was subsequently extended until 5 January 2026, providing additional time for alignment with applicable requirements. Despite that further extension, the necessary compliance steps were still not completed by the relevant operators.
Notwithstanding clear regulatory requirements, some operators chose to maintain the status quo by failing to register and regularise their services. In doing so, they continued operating monopolistic models that had long generated consumer complaints, including concerns relating to transparency, deductions, charges, and accountability.
Any temporary suspension, restriction, or operational change introduced by service providers should therefore be understood as a business or compliance decision by those operators, not a ban imposed by the FCCPC.
It is inaccurate to attribute avoidable disruption to regulation where regulated entities had adequate notice and sufficient opportunity to comply.
Attempts to misrepresent temporary service inconvenience as the result of lawful consumer regulation are mischievous. Nigerians deserve accurate information, not sensational claims.
Consumers and members of the public are advised to disregard false and misleading narratives on this issue…
Glimpsetv: A Fulani resident in Kabba, Kogi State, identified as Ibrahim Grafify on Facebook, has sparked controversy after calling on the Kogi State Government to investigate the visit of Yoruba activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.
In a viral video, the Fulani man expressed fears that Igboho’s visit to Kabba and Yagba land (Okunland) could stir up tribal violence, discrimination, bigotry, and nepotism in the area.
What Happened?
On April 15–16, 2026, Sunday Igboho visited Kogi West (Okunland), where he met with the Obaro of Kabba as part of his ongoing engagements on the rising insecurity affecting Yoruba-speaking communities.
While many welcomed the visit, Ibrahim Grafify urged authorities to probe it, linking it to potential insecurity and tribal tensions.
However, netizens have pushed back, questioning why the Fulani resident has remained silent on the killings and insecurity plaguing Okunland and other parts of Kogi State for years.
The video has generated massive mixed reactions online — from strong support for Igboho to heated debates on tribal issues and security in Nigeria.
Do you think the concerns raised are valid, or is this just another attempt to discredit Sunday Igboho’s advocacy for Yoruba security?
🔴 Watch the full video and share your honest thoughts in the comments section 👇
Alikoooooooooo: There is a certain kind of silence that only the internet can make. It is not the quiet of a library or a snow blanketed street. It is the quiet of a feed that used to pulse with hot takes, press junket promotions, meme wars, and the occasional wildly unfiltered celebrity thought, suddenly going still. If you have been around long enough, you remember when Twitter felt less like a platform and more like a global living room. And then, one by one, the famous faces started packing their bags.
I am not talking about a single coordinated walkout. I am talking about a slow motion exodus that accelerated into a cultural stampede. By late 2022, the platform was rebranded, the rules shifted, the verification system turned into a paywall, and the vibe curdled. Celebrities, who had once treated their accounts like digital press kits, confessional booths, and fan engagement lounges all rolled into one, started looking at their screens and quietly asking: Is this still worth it?
What followed was not just a mass deactivation. It was a reckoning. And if you tally the names that stepped away, deleted, faded into indefinite hiatus, or publicly announced their departure, you are looking at a who is who of modern pop culture. I am not going to pretend social media exits are permanent in 2026. Accounts get reactivated, managers log back in, people lurk under pseudonyms, and the line between gone and just really quiet is famously blurry. But the cultural footprint of this moment is real. So, let us talk about fifty celebrities who quit, stepped back, or let their Twitter accounts collect digital dust, and what their silence actually says about us.
Start with the actors who treated Twitter like a late night talk show they hosted from their living rooms. Tom Hanks, ever the gentleman of the internet, packed up his typewriter and bench emoji routine and deactivated in November 2022. Selena Gomez, who had used the platform to advocate for mental health and drop album teases, followed suit. Justin Bieber, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, John Cho, and Kumail Nanjiani all hit pause around the same window. It was not just fatigue. It was the realization that the room had changed temperature. The algorithm started rewarding outrage over authenticity, the quote tweets turned into pile ons, and the parasocial contract felt more like a liability than a connection.
. John Green kept his educational channels alive but let his personal account go dark. Sarah Silverman, who had built a career on sharp, self aware internet humor, found the platform new rhythm exhausting and walked away. George Lopez, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Hart, Will Smith, Shia LaBeouf, James Corden, Trevor Noah, Conan O Brien, Stephen Fry, Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Lena Dunham, Rose McGowan, and Amber Heard all joined the quiet migration. Some left after controversies. Some left after years of harassment. Most just stopped seeing the point.
Then there were the musicians, who had turned Twitter into a backstage pass for millions. Ed Sheeran deactivated. Shawn Mendes stepped away from the constant churn of promo cycles. Demi Lovato, who had been brutally honest about mental health and addiction recovery on the platform, eventually found the toxicity outweighing the support.
Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Zayn Malik, Halsey, Janelle Monae, The Weeknd, Post Malone, Lizzo, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion all faded from active posting or formally stepped back. For musicians, Twitter had once been a direct line to fans. You could drop a lyric, tease a visual, clap back at a critic, or just vent about tour bus coffee. Fashion Design Oloko Designs who was voted man of the Millennium 2025 said the change of name, change of color was what made him leave.
But as the platform shifted, that line turned into a megaphone pointed at a hurricane. The feedback loop became exhausting. The mental toll became undeniable. And for artists whose livelihoods already demand emotional exposure, stepping back was not a retreat. It was triage.
Comedians and late night hosts had their own reckoning. Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, Hasan Minhaj, John Oliver, David Letterman, and Stephen Colbert all stepped away from regular tweeting. Some never really leaned into the platform, but as Twitter became the default arena for political discourse, culture wars, and viral outrage, many realized their voices were being flattened into soundbites, stripped of nuance, and weaponized out of context.
The platform that once rewarded cleverness started rewarding velocity. If you were not first, you were last. If you were not angry, you were ignored. Comedy, at its best, needs room to breathe. Twitter stopped giving it.
And then there were the activists, the writers, the creatives who had used Twitter to organize, educate, and build communities. Chrissy Teigen, who had mastered the art of the relatable, unfiltered celebrity tweet, was pushed out, came back, and eventually stepped away again. Patton Oswalt cycled through deactivations until he just stopped logging in. Lena Dunham, Rose McGowan, and Alyssa Milano had all used the platform to amplify feminist and social justice conversations, but as moderation policies shifted and harassment scaled, many found the cost of participation too high.
Nigerian boutique owner the Enormously Busty Queen Sade Johnson quit once her account got strangely suspended, according to her she did absolutely nothing wrong. It is one thing to speak up. It is another to do it while your mentions become a war zone.
What is fascinating is not just that they left. It is how they left. There were no grand manifestos, no coordinated boycotts, no final tweet that echoed through the press cycle. Just a gradual dimming. A profile that stops updating. A last tweet that reads like a polite goodbye to a party that has gone on too long. Some deleted their accounts entirely. Others deactivated and let them sleep. A few quietly logged back in months later, only to find the room they left had been rearranged by strangers.
The reasons stack up like dominoes. The 2022 acquisition and subsequent rebranding to X changed the platform identity overnight. Verification became transactional. Moderation felt inconsistent. The algorithm started favoring engagement bait over genuine connection.
Celebrities, who had spent years building parasocial relationships with fans, suddenly found those relationships weaponized. Stans became investigators. Critics became mobs. A joke from 2012 resurfaced as a career ender. The mental health toll became impossible to ignore. Therapy bills do not cover algorithmic anxiety, but they probably should.
And yet, we should not romanticize the old Twitter either. It was never the utopia we sometimes paint it to be. It was messy, chaotic, deeply flawed, and often cruel. But it was also wildly creative. It was where indie filmmakers got discovered, where musicians built fanbases from scratch, where marginalized voices found each other, where comedy thrived in real time.
The e X odus was not just about celebrities protecting their peace. It was about the loss of a shared cultural nervous system. When a platform stops being a town square and starts feeling like a gladiator arena, everyone starts looking for the exits.
So where did they go? Some moved to Threads. Some doubled down on Instagram. Some launched newsletters, podcast networks, or private Discords. Others just lived. They went to farmers markets. They coached youth sports. They took their kids to school without checking their mentions. They read books that do not have comment sections. They remembered what it feels like to exist without an audience.
Fifty names is not just a list. It is a mirror. It reflects how we have changed the way we consume celebrity, how we demand accessibility, how we punish missteps, and how we forget that the people behind the handles are just people. The digital age promised connection. It delivered visibility. And sometimes, visibility is just another word for exposure.
If you scroll through those old timelines now, you will see the ghosts of a different internet. A joke from 2015. A concert photo from 2018. A heartfelt thread about grief. A dumb poll about pizza toppings. It all feels like a museum exhibit now. Not because it is gone, but because the energy that fueled it has moved on. Celebrities did not quit Twitter because they stopped caring about their fans. They quit because the platform stopped caring about the humanity of the conversation.
And honestly, I do not blame them. The internet is big enough for silence. Sometimes the most radical thing a famous person can do is log off, close the laptop, and just be. Not a brand. Not a headline. Not a trending topic. Just a person, breathing in a room with no Wi Fi, wondering what they will have for dinner.
So here is to the quiet exits. The deactivated accounts. The final tweets that did not say much but meant everything. The celebrities who looked at the chaos, shrugged, and chose peace instead. We will keep waiting for them to come back. We will keep refreshing feeds that do not update. We will keep mythologizing a platform that evolved past us. But maybe the real story is not that they left Twitter. Maybe the real story is that we finally learned what happens when the curtain drops, and the famous faces decide to just go home.
Portiphaaa: Extracts from phone, laptop, dvd panels are the real deal. gold, copper chloride, Palladium, potassium, silver are extracted from circuit boards and PCBs hardwares. These materials are recycled to create new electronic devices, reducing the need for mining. 1 ton of mobile PCBs can yield more than 0.86kg of gold, those dirty looking scavengers and scrab buyers are working for billionaire exporters ..
timidapsin: A few weeks ago, a Nairaland post made frontpage, where someone asked about those hawkers shouting:
Many of these hawkers are mobile buyers from northern Nigeria, roaming cities in search of broken phones, damaged laptops, and even faulty generators. They often offer ridiculously low amounts, sometimes as little as 500 or 1,000 naira for your device. But these items are far from useless. Many go to repair markets where technicians fix them and resell fairly used devices. Devices beyond repair are dismantled for parts or recycled, recovering materials like copper, aluminum, and even small amounts of gold.
So what seems like trash to most people is actually part of a hidden street economy that touches the streets, repair markets, and scrap trade.
Biodun556: We have received a new set of 24-car trains to strengthen the Lagos Red Line fleet. This will improve capacity, reduce wait times and make daily commuting easier for Lagosians.
Very impressive of Lagos State... I like the sleek look of the trains.
BUT Lagos State must pay attention to maintenance culture. Some recently launched public facilities have degenerates and faded off through the effects of sunlight and grime.
Well trimmed green grasses MUST also be planted along major highways such as Ikorodu road to ensure that the environment is looking beautiful.
dre11: Boko Haram Used Armed Drones To Strike Army Convoy, Kill Colonel, Others In Monguno, Military Source Says
The attack on Nigerian troops of Sector 3 under Operation Hadin Kai in Borno by terrorists was carried out using armed drones to strike the army convoy, a military source has said.
SaharaReporters had reported the killing of Army personnel, including Colonel I.A. Mohammed, during an ambush by militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram in Borno.
The soldiers were on patrol to clear some Boko Haram elements in Monguno following credible intelligence when they were ambushed by the group.
According to a Major in the Army, the terrorists deployed armed drones on the army convoy in the town around 2 a.m. on Monday.
The drones used by the insurgents are similar to those deployed in countries like Israel and Ukraine, he said.
"The 242 Battalion Commander and soldiers were ambushed around 2 a.m. this morning by terrorists in Monguno Sector 3. The Commander was with some soldiers, and we don’t know the number of casualties yet,” the source said.
"They were going for reinforcement; it was drones that they used on them. The terrorists sent bombs with drones; those things shelled them. It’s very unfortunate.
"I could remember the Army explaining last year how these terrorists have been deploying weaponised drones, similar to those used in Israel and Ukraine. These drones are hard to detect with conventional radar."
In 2025, Ahmed Jaha, a member of the House of Representatives representing Borno, alleged that Boko Haram insurgents were using drones to attack residents in Borno State.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker representing Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency said the weapons used by the terrorists were more sophisticated than those of the Nigerian military.
Earlier, sources told SaharaReporters that Colonel Mohammed was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) following an ambush by the terrorists.
According to sources who spoke to SaharaReporters earlier, the insurgents launched the attack on Sunday night, targeting a Forward Operating Base (FOB) under the 242 Battalion in Mungunu, which falls under Sector 3 of the military’s counter-insurgency operations.
“One of our senior commanders, Colonel I.A. Muhammad, was killed last night when Boko Haram attacked Monguno. They also killed some soldiers during the attack,” a soldier on the front lines said.
Monguno is a strategic military hub hosting a large camp with multiple sub-units, including battalions led by Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels, under the supervision of a sector commander, a General Officer Commanding.
Sources explained that during the attack, insurgents focused their assault on a smaller but critical military position, the FOB, prompting an urgent call for reinforcement.
“The Colonel got information that troops at the FOB were under heavy attack. As a committed commander, he mobilised to lead reinforcement to the location,” another source said.
According to them, the tragedy struck before he could reach the embattled troops.
They narrated that while advancing towards the frontline, the Colonel’s convoy drove into a deadly ambush laid by the insurgents, who had planted a remotely detonated explosive device along the route.
“He did not die inside the camp. He was on his way to support his men when Boko Haram fighters ambushed them with a controlled landmine. It was not the type you step on; it was detonated remotely at the exact moment his vehicle approached,” the source added.
The explosion reportedly killed the Colonel instantly, alongside a yet-to-be-confirmed number of soldiers accompanying him.
Nigeria has been battling the insurgents in the North East region for over two decades now.
Sowore's notorious online fake news site, Sahara Reporters is NOT a very credible source of 100% accurate news.
The official information on military operations and events MUST always come from the military HQ information team in order to get this verified. Period.
Tukur Buratai justifies Jilli airstrikes, insists market is terrorists hub by Vixlot: 9:18am A former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has described the recent airstrike on Jilli Market as a necessary military action against a terrorist stronghold.
Mr Buratai, in a statement on Sunday, said the strike was based on credible intelligence indicating that Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters were using the market for logistics and operations.
He acknowledged reports of civilian casualties, noting that the loss of the innocent lives was painful and deeply regrettable.
The former army chief, however, commended the Nigerian Air Force and intelligence agencies for what he described as courage and professionalism in executing the operation.
According to him, Jilli market has a long history as a terrorist logistics hub in spite of repeated military raids and closures over the years.
He recalled that troops had occupied the area during Operation LAST HOLD in 2018, engaging insurgents in several encounters.
Mr Buratai noted that terrorists continued to exploit the market with the cooperation of some individuals who patronised and supplied them.
He stressed that insurgents often embed within civilian populations, using them as shields, thereby complicating military operations.
“No military wishes to harm civilians, but when such locations are persistently used by terrorists, action becomes necessary,” he said.
He urged residents of Geidam, Gubio, Damasak and Ngamdu to desist from trading in markets linked to insurgent activities.
According to him, communities that continue such interactions risk exposure to military operations targeting terrorists.
Mr Buratai therefore called for sustained public support for the armed forces, emphasising that decisive action remained key to ending insurgency.
He added that while the nation mourned the innocent victims, it must remained resolute in confronting terrorists.
Peter Obi, during his 2023 presidential campaign, strongly advocated for removing the fuel subsidy, calling it "organized crime". He consistently promised to eliminate it immediately if elected.
He consistently maintained that the subsidy regime was a massive drain on resources and a form of corruption, rather than a benefit to the poor.
maasoap: There is level playing ground already, it is the opposition that couldn't get their acts together. They took one another to court and judgement was delivered. How's that Tinubu's doing? Many opposition govs and lawmakers willingly decamped to APC. Obi and Atiku met several times after 2023 election but couldn't make a deal.
Celebrityblog: Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha (YEAA)
The Youths Earnestly Ask for Abacha (YEAA) 2 million man march for Abacha in March 1998 had the likes of John Fashanu, Segun Odegbami, Daniel Amokachi, Jay-Jay Okocha and Uche Okechukwu in attendance. https://t.co/Bw7TO6zqKApic.twitter.com/MmDuG6M9UP
SixSeven: It's not new that you don't need to be technical to be the boss but it's also good to know the business in and out to lead the business. Why? Because na who wear shoe know where e de pain.
I learned from one of my bosses earlier in my career because he was a jack of all trades. I later realized that he wasn't but he knew about every aspect of the business. You couldn't lie to him. He did not need to be an expert in the field but he had an idea and that idea I realized took him far. People were afraid of him because of his intelligence but when they left he will just smile because the edge he had over them was that he understood how everything connected. Unfortunately, in the real world, it's not always the smartest that lead, they are the doers and the olodos then lead what they know nothing about.
The problem with intelligence is that it is not cowardice so those who are intelligent find it difficult to be asslickers. The asslickers get promoted easily because they can easily turn their back for oil to be dropped on it. The intelligent guy will analyse why the oil is necessary and he is not born a slave. Yes men get promoted easily, sycophants get ahead quickly because many of them lack principles and intelligence. At the end of the day, they also have a type of intelligence. Social intelligence. It's what makes them cunning and seize opportunities to climb on the pyramid.
The intelligent guy says the truth too often and is unaware that we live in the world of truthful lies. Keep playing the game along. Enjoy your freedom. Don't put too much of emotions in work. You are not your work. Play the game but don't worry about the losses. It's not objective, it is highly subjective. Never give them the power to define you. Never.
kingjayzeelan07: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to roll out a new set of Bank Verification Number (BVN) guidelines from May 1, 2026, in a decisive move to curb fraud, strengthen identity protection, and safeguard Nigeria’s financial system.
The updated framework introduces tighter controls on phone number changes, device usage, and transaction limits, signalling a major shift in how Nigerians access and secure their bank accounts.
NEW BVN REGULATIONS EVERY CUSTOMER MUST KNOW
Here are five key rules every account holder must understand before the deadline.
1. One-time phone number change
Under the new rules, customers can now change the phone number linked to their BVN only once in their lifetime. The policy targets rising cases of SIM-swap fraud, where criminals take over phone numbers to gain access to bank accounts.
Customers are therefore advised to link their BVN to a secure, long-term phone number—preferably one already tied to their National Identification Number (NIN).
2. BVN registration is now strictly 18+
The CBN has set 18 years as the minimum age for BVN enrollment. This means minors will no longer be allowed to hold independent BVNs. Instead, parents and guardians must rely on structured banking products designed for children to manage funds on their behalf.
According to a report by Vanguard, the move is aimed at tightening identity verification and reducing misuse of financial identities.
3. 24-hour fraud watchlist window
Banks are now required to place any BVN linked to suspicious activity on a temporary 24-hour watchlist.
During this period, affected accounts may be restricted or frozen while the bank contacts the customer for verification. The short-term freeze is designed to prevent fraudulent transactions from moving funds beyond recovery.
4. One device per banking app
In another major shift, mobile banking apps will now be restricted to one device at a time. Logging into your banking app on a new device will automatically deactivate access on the previous one and trigger additional authentication checks. This step is intended to block fraudsters from accessing accounts across multiple devices using stolen login details.
5. ₦20,000 transaction cap on new devices
Customers activating their banking apps on a new device will face a temporary transaction limit of ₦20,000 within the first 24 hours. This restriction acts as a safety buffer, ensuring that even if an account is compromised during setup, the amount that can be moved is significantly limited.
WHAT CUSTOMERS SHOULD DO BEFORE MAY 1
With the new rules set to take effect soon, customers are urged to take proactive steps to avoid disruptions:
• Confirm your BVN-linked phone number: Ensure it is active, secure, and permanently yours.
• Update details early: If you must change your number, do so before the deadline to avoid being locked into the one-time limit.
• Secure your devices: Be prepared for stricter login processes when switching phones or reinstalling banking apps.
A SHIFT TOWARD SAFER BANKING
The CBN’s latest BVN reforms reflect growing concerns over digital fraud and identity theft in Nigeria’s banking sector.
While the new measures may introduce short-term inconvenience, they are expected to significantly improve account security and restore confidence in digital banking systems.
uche87: I recently wrote an article emphasising the failure of democracy, especially in Africa. Democracy is still the best form of government. The problem is that political actors worldwide have learned to manipulate it. It will only get worse. As the next presidential election in Nigeria draws nearer, there is a likelihood that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might be literally contesting against himself. This sounds ridiculous, but it is already unfolding.
Nigeria operates a multi-party system on paper. Most elections are dominated by two major political parties, namely the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party. Oftentimes, what we call the opposition party is formed by aggrieved members of the ruling party. Apparently, they are still one family. They only become opposition when it is perceived that the spoils of power were not evenly shared. At least 18 out of the 21 political parties are not real contenders but pretenders. They function as fractional political platforms, often used as special purpose vehicles by the dominant parties.
Tinubu understands the fragility of the party system in Nigeria and is using it to his advantage. He appears to be drawing lessons from leaders like Paul Kagame, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert Mugabe, Yoweri Museveni, Paul Biya and Vladimir Putin, leaders often accused of suppressing opposition to stay in power. In 2018, Sisi’s government cracked down on political opponents using the machinery of the state. The moment you throw your hat in the ring, scrutiny intensifies, and in some cases, opponents are arrested or disqualified. Sisi eventually contested against Moussa Mostafa Moussa, a relatively unknown candidate who stood little chance. He won in a landslide, although the election was widely criticised by Western governments and observers. During Mugabe’s time, his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested, publicly humiliated, and in 2007, beaten by the police alongside his supporters.
Since Tinubu places significant importance on validation from the Western world, he appears to be pursuing a more subtle approach to weakening the opposition. It is quiet and methodical, designed to appear normal and procedural. The latest rumour is that the current Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Joash Amupitan, is a supporter of the ruling party. Social media posts on X in 2023 were said to have exposed his support for Tinubu. I am not surprised. A shrewd politician like Tinubu is unlikely to nominate someone who cannot align with his interests.
It is also argued that Tinubu has used the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to weaken the former main opposition party, the PDP. Does it not raise questions that a member of the opposition, who once helped stabilise the party after the Ali Modu Sheriff crisis, is now a major force within the ruling structure while still retaining his opposition membership? The problems within the PDP have become so complex that some members have abandoned the party and regrouped elsewhere. Today, Wike is reportedly building residences for judges in Abuja, a move some interpret as strategic positioning in case election results are challenged in court.
Tinubu has also been accused of persuading state governors with incentives to join the APC. His party now has over 30 governors. A few others have not formally joined but are aligned with him. The crisis within the African Democratic Congress has also been linked to powerful political interests. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in a recent interview, alleged that a factional leader of the party has received protection, vehicles, and housing while undermining the party’s progress. INEC’s stance on the ADC crisis has further raised concerns about neutrality.
Some prominent figures in the ADC, including former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai and former Attorney General Abubakar Malami, are currently facing corruption related cases. This has been widely interpreted in some quarters as an attempt to pressure opposition figures.
Previously, the National Assembly, dominated by Tinubu’s allies, appeared reluctant to pass proposals mandating real time transmission of election results by INEC. I have not lived as long as Methuselah in the Bible, but I have rarely seen an incumbent appear this concerned about opposition forces. It may look calm in public, but behind the scenes, it seems far more restless.
Back to the crux of the matter, if the ADC collapses, who will realistically contest against Tinubu? Those numerous smaller political parties that cannot win even the most localised contests? If that happens, 2027 may effectively become Tinubu contesting against himself. This could turn out to be one of the least competitive presidential elections in Nigeria’s history
The post right ABOVE is a highly IRRESPONSIBLE post laced with a lot of defamation, scaremongering and highly IRRESPONSIBLE innuendos.
There are many other political parties that will be fielding credible candidates for the incoming 2017 elections in Nigeria so how can any body even suggest that Nigeria is running a one-party State or that President 'Bola Tinubu will be the ONLY candidate on the ballot? When the PDP had a serious crisis in the lead up to the 2023 Presidential elections because the PDP party fielded Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential candidate, and that was the beginning of the implosion of the party because the Southern candidates felt highly cheated and some of them left the PDP to hijack other political party structure such as the Labor Party which had existed for over 20 years and had produced a State Governor in the person of Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State for 2-terms.That PDP internal crisis of 2022 wasn't caused by the now President 'Bola Tinubu or his political party (APC) as alleged in the highly defamatory post right ABOVE, BUT by the inability of their members to manage their internal party politics of candidates selection. The writer of that Facebook post has forgotten all these and embarked on IRRESPONSIBLE disinformation. These opposition politicians who hijacked political party structures from existing founders and members of Labor Party, ADC, and PDP MUST learn to take responsibility for their own actions and inactions and NOT blame others for their own crisis and miss-steps.
That toilet paper suggestion of Nigeria having a one-party state or that President 'Bola Tinubu caused the self-induced, internal party rifts in these political parties of PDP, Labor, ADC, etc, is ONLY fit for flushing down the loo or tossing right into the trash can. Period.
seunmsg: I had a good laugh reading the comments of obidients under the tweet. They went under the tweet to cry and curse. They never fail to disappoint. Looking at their negative against our country, my resolve to ensure Peter Obi never becomes the president is even more solidified. It is now a task that must be done by all patriotic Nigerians.
chopnaira: US Government Commends Nigeria For Trial Of Terrorists
The United States commends the Nigerian government for its strong commitment to expediting trials addressing terrorism and related crimes.
We welcome the convictions of 386 Islamist militants in cases that had previously faced significant delays in the courts, and we recognize this as an important step toward accountability and justice.
We believe that timely and transparent legal processes are critical in confronting extremism and reinforcing public trust in judicial institutions.
Upholding the rule of law remains essential to ensuring the safety, stability, and long-term security of all Nigerians, and we support continued efforts to strengthen judicial efficiency and fairness across the country.
Massad Boulos is Donald Trump's in-law because his son is married to Donald Trump's daughter. Massad is also a friend to President 'Bola Tinubu and the Chagory family. The Boulos family has vast investments in Nigeria from many decades back as Lebanese-Nigerians.
A lot goes on in the global geopolitical space that the ill-educated propagandists and paid trolls here and on other platforms are totally CLUELESS about.
Ironfaceman: The Strait of Hormuz has become a focal point of the US-Israel war with Iran after Tehran effectively choked off one of the world's most important shipping lanes
A two-week US-Iran ceasefire agreed on Tuesday included a condition that "safe passage" through the narrow waterway would be guaranteed.
However, vessels in the area have received messages that they would be "targeted and destroyed" if they attempted to cross the strait without permission, and only a few ships have made the journey over the past three days.
By 17:00 BST on 10 April only 19 ships had been tracked passing through the strait since the ceasefire.
Of these, four were tankers carrying either oil, gas or chemicals. The rest are listed as bulk carriers or container ships of various types.
That's based on BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic. Other ships have made the journey without broadcasting their location.
That compares to an average of 138 ships passing through the strait each day before the conflict started on 28 February.
The disruption to shipping since the conflict began five weeks ago has sent shock waves across the global economy, destabilising energy prices and exposing just how reliant international supply chains are on the channel that connects the Gulf with the Indian Ocean.
Shipping analysts say vessel owners will remain cautious about crossing the strait until the situation becomes clearer.
"Most shipping lines would want to get details and reassurances on what it actually takes to transit and those details are not available," Lars Jensen from Vespucci Maritime told the BBC.
Richard Meade, editor-in-chief of Lloyd's List says it has been a "very dangerous" time for ship owners who still face a huge amount of uncertainty.
"We know Iran is essentially still in control of the strait, and the assumption is that ship owners will still need to seek permission from the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]… and how that's going to work is still not clear."
BBC Verify's analysis of the paths taken by the ships shows them taking a northern route through the strait close to Iran's coastline, within its territorial waters.
Prior to the conflict, vessels usually took a more southerly route through the middle of the waterway.
'Nearly 800 ships stuck'
If crossings do resume at a greater pace, Meade expects stranded tankers that are fully loaded with cargo will be the priority.
"You've had nearly 800 ships stuck in there for several weeks. Most of them are now loaded with cargo so the priority is going to be to get them out."
The duration of the ceasefire - set to last two weeks - also brings uncertainty for ships, says Niels Rasmussen, a shipping analyst from BIMCO.
"I doubt there will be a large influx of ships into the Gulf… because they do not want to risk being trapped after the two-week window closes."
Another uncertainty is the possibility of sea mines, says Thomas Kazakos, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping.
"We need to make sure that we have clear confirmation that the safety of navigation for the ships and the seafarers are being agreed," he told BBC Verify.
Toll payments
On top of these concerns, ships face the uncertainty of possibly having to make payments to Iran in order to secure safe passage - following reports that tolls may be a part of the ceasefire deal.
"The Iranian negotiation position seems to be that you need to pay a toll to go through the strait and shipping lines will also be hesitant in going down the path of paying that toll," says Jensen. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w39lg84w2o
SmartyPants: I have just answered you as to why you pay tax. You pay tax because you use the roads. Because the police are paid a salary to attend to you. Because there are federal universities that you can go to, which are among the cheapest anywhere in the world becasue the government subsidises them heavily.
You left all these to talk about COVID payments as though COVID payments--even in the UK--are the anticipated primary purpose of taxes.
If you opt to remain silent, that is not any concern of mine. In fact, it would be better to do that than to spread ignorant views.
That boy you were correcting on this page doesn't even realize that those COVID payments made by the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom were NOT free at all. They will have to be paid back by the citizens in form of taxes to the government!
The level of illiteracy on this website and some other online platforms is indeed a mirror image of the Nigerian society in which that boy lives in... A society filled with semi-literates, sensationalism and outright disinformation.
Our attention has been drawn to misleading media reports claiming that the Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele has "finally admitted errors in the new tax laws." These publications misrepresent the Minister's statements, falsely alleging that he urged Nigerians to await the outcome of a "legislative probe", a process that has long been concluded and the gazetted copies certified by the National Assembly published since early January 2026.
This twisted narrative is unhelpful as it risks distorting public understanding and misleading the very people the reforms were designed to benefit.
The Minister, during a recent fireside chat at the NBA SLP conference in Lagos, highlighted the early positive impact of the new tax laws, including thousands of informal businesses now seeking CAC registration daily while the number of individuals registered for tax purposes nationwide has increased from barely 10 million before the reform to over 100 million.
These impressive results stem from the robust design and progressive nature of the new laws, which include:
- Exemption of small companies from tax.
- Increased exemption thresholds for low-income earners.
- Tax exemptions on basic consumption items like food, education, healthcare, transportation, and rent.
- Introduction of the Tax Ombud to protect taxpayer right.
The Minister contrasted the transformative changes in the new laws with the regressive provisions in the old laws. He however emphasised that no law is perfect. Therefore, ongoing stakeholder engagement is essential to identify and address any errors or gaps for appropriate legislative updates through Finance Bills as part of a continuous improvement process.
We urge members of the public to disregard sensational headlines and twisted narratives and rely exclusively on official sources and credible media organisations for accurate information regarding the tax reform and other government policies.
When I saw that FAKE news, I immediately knew it was fake and deliberate intended to tarnish the image of Taiwo Oyedele and the Nigerian Government. It's time to draw the line on disinformation because the so-called governments and regulatory agencies have been too irresponsible and lenient with these FAKE news propagators!
Until the Nigerian Federal Government and governments at all levels in Nigeria begin to punish heavily the FAKE news propagators in the courts of law, these sorts of disinformation that are intended to damage the image of the government would continue on social media (and even radio stations such as Nigeriainfo FM 99.3 Lagos (which I listen to online) where some of the highly insidious and IRRESPONSIBLE male and female OAPs handling different program time belts deliberately incite gullible listeners and push out misleading information WITHOUT apologizing to discerning listeners.
The DSS and other intelligence agencies MUST wake up as relentless FAKE news is seen in the Nigerian online space is capable of bringing down any government.
jesusjnr2020: NASA'S Artemis II Pilot Preaches Biblical Creation Live From Deep Space
During the recent mission of NASA'S Artemis II moon exploration, the pilot, Victor Glover, preached about wonders of creation according to biblical account, live from deep space, and his fellow crew members all seemed to be in agreement with him.
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