helinues: Seun brought this upon his family. How come he's the only one still living with their father's glory.
It was Wizkid fans who claimed Wizkid is bigger than Fela, why should Seun in response be attacking Wizkid?
Meanwhile, that's insensitive from Wizkid. It's disrespectful
Seun Kuti is a distinguished musician in his own right who commands a high degree of respect internationally. Think Damian Marley, Black Thought, and Lenny Kravitz collaborations, just to name a few.
As for that lily-livered kid with the acerbic tongue from Ojuelegba, take it from me; if he continues producing the kind of tripe I have been hearing lately, he will soon consign himself to the trash heap of history.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation will deliver broadband and mobile satellite connectivity across Nigeria.
Nigeria has taken a significant step in expanding its satellite broadband sector by granting seven-year operating permits to Amazon’s low-Earth-orbit satellite business, alongside providers from Israel and Germany, opening the market to increased competition and new connectivity options.
The approvals position Amazon as a direct competitor to Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has rapidly grown its presence in Nigeria. The move signals a new phase in the country’s digital development and reflects broader efforts to improve broadband access and attract international investment.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed it has issued commercial satellite licences to Amazon LEO, formerly known as Project Kuiper, Israel-based NSLComm for its BeetleSat network, and Germany’s Satelio IoT Services. The permits allow the companies to deploy non-geostationary satellite systems over Nigeria starting in 2026.
Amazon was granted a seven-year landing permit covering the operation of its planned 3,236-satellite Ka-band constellation between February 2026 and February 2033. Under the licence, Amazon LEO will be able to offer fixed broadband services, mobile satellite connectivity, and links for moving platforms including aircraft and maritime vessels.
NSLComm received clearance to roll out its 264-satellite BeetleSat-1 constellation, while Satelio IoT Services was approved to deploy a planned 491-satellite Internet-of-Things network, although only one satellite from its system is currently in orbit.
The NCC said opening Nigeria’s market to multiple satellite providers is expected to speed up broadband expansion, particularly in remote and underserved regions where fibre and mobile networks have struggled to provide consistent coverage. The move also aligns with the government’s efforts to modernise its regulatory framework in line with global best practices.
Amazon’s entry comes as Starlink continues to reshape Nigeria’s internet landscape. By the end of Q2 2025, Starlink had reached more than 66,500 subscribers, making it the country’s second-largest internet service provider despite its relatively high prices, according to industry data. The rapid uptake highlighted strong unmet demand for reliable, high-speed internet in Africa’s most populous nation.
However, Starlink’s pricing has fluctuated amid currency volatility and rising import costs. Monthly subscription fees have climbed to about $38 from roughly $25 earlier in 2024, following regulatory action that prevented steeper increases. While coverage has expanded, affordability remains a concern for many households.
Guruscrew: Imagine spending over ₦300 million on a car… just to regret it months later.
Popular Nigerian businessman and forex trader Habby FX has revealed that he regrets buying the Tesla Cybertruck, a purchase that once broke the internet in Nigeria.
The remark he made in September last year, which is what you have referenced here, was somewhat misleading.
Now 39, his preference is to play football or go for a bike ride.In fact, back in September, he had suggested he feels out of puff just walking up the stairs these days.
He was recovering from injury at the time, and he clarified that, “It was a joke I made that was taken a little out of context but I have been back in training and my Achilles is much better now.
horlando30: I get your point but I am not talking about 150m setback from the sea though. What i saw were remove/demolition notice markings for 150m ROW even on the land side of the coastal road (places way farther than 150m away from the sea). I saw markings at some point 2 streets deep into lekki side of town. An entire estate was marked for demolition. How do you explain that?
Come on, now, Alhaji horlando30, you have directed a question about civil/structural engineering to someone who has no expertise in this area.
I think it is best we to defer to the experts, don't you? You are not thinking the 150 metre rule was conceived with malicious intent. are you?
horlando30: I drove through the Lagos calabar coastal highway recently and i did not fail to notice the demolition notice written on many beautiful structures adjacent the road on both sides. Govt asking for 150 metres clearance from the highway. That is ridiculous, 150 metres is like 4 full plots of land, what do they intend to use such land clearance for? I was told this was a directive from the president. As much as I welcome the idea of the coastal road, it makes no sense to destroy people's property for no just cause. I saw beautiful houses, fuel station, high rises marked for demolition from marwa to okun ajah on the island which could cover nothing less than a 1000 properties and structures in a small state like Lagos. This is pure waste of resources by the government. I want to assume the president does not understand what 150 m really translates to but what of the minister of works. Average clearance on highways in the US is between 5 and 40 meters. WTH do you need 4 plot clearance for? Or is someone trying to steal land by proxy?
Alhaji, you do understand we are talking about a coastal road here. The operative word being coastal (running alongside an ocean)?
STANDARD RULES FOR SETBACKS FROM THE ROAD IN NIGERIA.
A. Required setbacks for the different rights of way
i. Federal Highway (primary) – 90 metres right of way. 45 metres from the centre to the property line. (75ft, 60ft)
ii. State High way (secondary) – 60 metres right of way. 30 m from the centre to the property line. (50ft,45ft)
iii. Local Road (State) – 24metres, 18m,15m,12m (12m, 9m, 7.5m, 6m right of ways respectively from the centre to the property line as applicable) (31ft, 25ft)
iv. Access Road / Street 9 metres, 6metres from the edges.
v. Building line of property and the outer edge of NNPC oil pipeline – 15 metres
Like say pipul no get brain to figure say Alhaji Trump pardon bona fide drug lord recently (yes, I am referring to the former president of Honduras).
Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, has walked free after President Donald Trump pardoned him - a man once characterised as the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with over 400 tonnes of cocaine.
Trump has said that Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a US court, is a victim of political persecution and has been "treated very harshly and unfairly".
The pardon has surprised some experts, given the seriousness of the crime and the administration's promised crackdown on illegal drugs flowing into the US."
ViceGovernor: That trailer should never have been there parked beside the expressway, however way you look at it, if that truck was not positioned there whether the car was over speeding or whether the tire burst the accident would not have had happened if that truck was not in the way.
Agreed.
"...The driver of the truck which Anthony Joshua's SUV ploughed into on Nigeria's deadliest road has vanished, sparking a police manhunt, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Nigerian police confirmed that the man, who is in his 30s, but is not being named, is wanted in connection with the fatal crash which killed two of the champion boxer's best friends.
They also confirmed that the truck had been parked on the hard shoulder of the road north of the capital Lagos illegally.
LtChisom: Is he not suppose to be in the hospital getting the required treatments and scans, why are you guys bathed in wickedness that it exhumes from your breath?
RealityKings1: He's not supposed to be detained. He's supposed to be allowed to go for treatment. When there is an accident, people suffer internal wound sometimes
He did receive hospital treatment as well.
After being questioned for several hours, he provided an official statement of events leading up to the crash that left two of the boxer’s friends dead.
“The driver was released [from hospital] after treatment for minor injuries and was then taken to the state police headquarters for questioning,” a source told the Mail.
“He is in a stable condition and was able to provide us with his version of events that led up to the crash and we expect a charging decision within the next 48 hours but the bank holiday may delay proceedings. It is possible he could be in court on Friday but it depends how quickly the process moves and it would be for reckless driving.”
Richtaiwo: There’s really no need for this theatrical publicity stunt by the NPF. AJ and his fellow travellers are not toddlers on a school excursion. If the driver was overspeeding, it was entirely within their rights to rein him in.
The police would do well to focus on matters that actually demand their attention, rather than manufacturing tension where none exists and mistaking calm situations for crime scenes. A little less showmanship, a little more sense.
What if they were all asleep at the time the accident happened? What if he was admonished for driving recklessly but simply refused to listen in the moments leading up to the crash?
P.S - According to today's edition of the Times, Kayode Adeniyi, who is 47 and a long standing member of Joshua's Nigerian logistics team, was the driver.
dustydee: Kailani Mohammed has retracted his statement he made some days ago about Dangote and how he made his money. He also apologised to Dangote during his appearance on Trust Tv today where he went to address the controversy. See previous thread on Dangote's threat below and the video of his retraction.
He is not very clear on what specific statement he was retracting though. In fact, towards the end of this interview, he had to be pulled back from engaging in yet more combat - this time with Dangote's lawyers.
Is this woolly and seemingly contrived apology good enough? This is for Dangote to decide.
ebukal67x: The withdrawal order was a good move. But implementing it should have been done after the police had been sufficiently beefed up.
Let me understand you correctly. Are you suggesting that no decision should have been made until we have trained an extra 150,000 police officers for the benefit of VIPs first?
The Police Service Commission, in a most recently published report, stated that more than 150,000 police officers were attached to VIPs and unauthorised persons in the country, out of the 400,000 police officers presently in service. However, insiders said there could be more, considering the increasing cases of insecurity in the country.
EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu’s VIP Police Withdrawal Directive Fails As Officers Disguise As Vigilantes And Private Drivers, Pay Bribes To Resume Duty
According to the sources, some police officers affected by the withdrawal order have resorted to wearing uniforms of vigilante groups and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to evade detection, while continuing their duties as before.
The directive by the Nigeria Police Force to withdraw officers attached to private individuals and VIPs has been widely undermined, with officers reportedly returning to duty through disguises, bribery, and administrative manipulation, credible sources have told SaharaReporters.
According to the sources, some police officers affected by the withdrawal order have resorted to wearing uniforms of vigilante groups and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to evade detection, while continuing their duties as before.
As part of the recent directive by President Bola Tinubu to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to withdraw all police personnel from non-essential VIP protection duties, officers were instructed to return to their base and return their service rifles for redeployment to core policing roles.
However, SaharaReporters has learnt that the same weapons have be reissued to the personnel after the payment of as much as ₦500,000. Afterward, the officers reportedly resumed duty under informal arrangements.
“Police officers are now disguising themselves in vigilante and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps uniforms to evade the so-called withdrawal order,” one of the police sources said.
“Each officer was instructed to return their service rifle, only to have the same weapon reissued after paying ₦500,000. They then resumed duty as usual.”
Sources also disclosed that several police guards have adopted alternative disguises, including wearing corporate suits and operating as private drivers for VIPs, while still providing armed protection.
According to the sources, the majority of affected officers have already returned to work despite the withdrawal directive.
“Some police guards now wear suits and operate as private drivers for VIPs. Most officers have already returned to work,” the source said.
Although the Inspector-General of Police constituted a monitoring team to enforce compliance, sources claimed that the enforcement exercise was largely symbolic.
“The team arrested a few officers for show and they were immediately released,” one of the sources said.
The sources described the withdrawal policy as ineffective, arguing that it has not led to any meaningful reduction in the deployment of police officers to private individuals.
Instead, they alleged that the process has primarily benefited senior officers, while the practice it was meant to stop continues largely unchanged.
“This so-called VIP police withdrawal has changed nothing. It has merely enriched senior officers while the charade continues,” another source said.
The Presidential Directive
On November 23, 2025, during a high-level security meeting with service chiefs, President Tinubu directed that police officers attached to VIPs be withdrawn and redeployed to core policing duties.
The rationale was clear. Nigeria faces escalating insecurity, including mass kidnappings in Kebbi and Niger states, and the police force is overstretched. Meanwhile, thousands of officers are assigned to politicians, businessmen, and celebrities, leaving ordinary citizens vulnerable and leading to many ungoverned spaces.
Tinubu emphasised that VIPs who still require protection should seek personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) instead. To strengthen the police, he also approved the recruitment of 30,000 additional officers.
Reactions and Resistance
While many Nigerians welcomed the move as pragmatic, seeing it as a way to redirect manpower to fight crime, the directive has met stiff resistance from parts of the political elite.
For instance, some senators have expressed reservations about the presidential directive.
They argued that without police escorts, they might be unable to safely visit their constituencies, given the worsening insecurity. Senate President Godswill Akpabio also voiced these concerns during Tinubu’s presentation of the 2026 Appropriation Bill.
This directive is not unprecedented; previous administrations made similar attempts at withdrawals, but enforcement was ineffective.
helinues: You are only doing copy and paste. How many Nigerians have NIN? Does that mean they don't do any business at all?
Stop making trite arguments. You claimed Nigeria has no database when this is patently untrue. And, now, you have returned with a different straw man argument.
If you have nothing meaningful to contribute to the current debate around the new Tax Administration law, please put a sock in it.
helinues: The proposed new tax law is more like a fantasy.
How can you be proposing extension of tax base without having proper database of Nigerians?
Who told you Nigeria has no "proper database"? Why is there so much misinformation about the new tax policy?
According to FIRS, Nigerians do not need to present a separate tax identification card or number before accessing banking services. Instead, the country’s tax system has been restructured to work seamlessly with existing identification platforms like the National Identification Number (NIN), Bank Verification Number (BVN), and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) records.
The National Identification Number (NIN) consists of 11 non-intelligible numbers randomly chosen and assigned to an individual at the completion of enrolment into the National Identity Database (NIDB).
Recently, President Bola Tinubu announced that over 126 million Nigerians had been enrolled in the National Identity Database. He noted that the achievement underscored the Federal Government’s commitment to digital transformation, national security and inclusive governance.
In the last few years, driven by rising inequality and the normalization of begging as an income strategy, the financial and emotional burden placed on comparatively well-off professionals has widened dramatically. The obligation now extends well beyond extended family. Acquaintances, friends of friends, former classmates, distant community members and even strangers now feel entitled to private redistribution.
Worse still, not everyone whose burden is carried by others is poor. For many, begging has become a source of passive income, an alternative revenue stream or even the primary means of livelihood.I have heard multiple accounts of people who built entire houses, from foundation to finishing, purely from proceeds of beggary. This is no longer emergency relief. It is enterprise.
The USA has had an issue with illegal immigration for decades...and the people that make up trump's voter base suffer the problem. Their jobs are outsourced to other countries, and then they have to compete for low paying jobs with immigrants who will do the job for even lower salaries. Mechnization of things like farming has even reduced the job market further self.
Trump is doing what he was voted for. Same issue in many developed countries. Even Japan is clamping down on immigration, including immigration of white people self. And many far right parties are on the rise, and governments know that if they don't ask, the far right will be in charge soon, and they will make trump look like a nice person.
Like Nigeria, Zambia also refused to accept foreign prisoners.
According to the sources, the Zambian government firmly rejected the proposal, citing both Christian and constitutional values, as well as the potential backlash from Zambia’s deeply religious communities.
“Government refused on moral and constitutional grounds. As a Christian Nation, Zambia cannot be a haven for individuals who committed crimes in other sovereign jurisdictions. Doing so would be immoral, akin to slave merchandising, and deeply offensive to both local and American Christian communities,” said one source familiar with the matter.
Admittedly, both countries have a high visa overstay rate. But the same can be said about compliant nations like Rwanda and Ghana, which were exempted.
lilsmart: America main message Venezuela must give back all the oil fields and land they stole from America immediately. If not, the big navy will stay and the situation will get worse for them. America call Maduro's government a terrorist group.
My question is how can you own an oil field not in you country??
Because By law for international mata, the land and all the resources under am na property of dat country. So Venezuela own all the oil under Venezuelan soil. No argument.
The felonious caper is referring to the oil projects nationalised by Hugo Chavez.
It is pretty much the same grudge held against Cuba, which seized control of its own economy in the early '60s.
Thousands of Venezualan workers took control of foreign-owned oil fields yesterday as Hugo Chávez stepped up his battle with Washington in a new wave of nationalisation and an announcement that the country was leaving the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Amid jubilant scenes, oil workers wearing red T-shirts emblazoned with "yes to nationalisation" moved into the giant Orinoco basin shortly after midnight after Caracas insisted six of the world's biggest oil companies cede operational control.
Three US companies - ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Exxon Mobil, together with BP, Norway's Statoil and France's Total agreed to transfer operational control to state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela.
In carefully-orchestrated moves designed to inflame concerns in the Bush administration about the new wave of left-wing populism in Latin America, the oil giants have been forced to accept a minority stake in joint ventures after Mr Chávez said he was ending an era of US-prescribed policies designed to open Venezuela's oil industry to foreign investment.
Alleged corruption: Farouk moves to pay over N200bn bridging claims as ICPC confirms receipt of Dangote’s petition
Alleged corruption: Farouk moves to pay over N200bn bridging claims as ICPC confirms receipt of Dangote’s petition
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk, is facing intensifying scrutiny following moves to pay more than N200 billion in outstanding bridging claims to oil marketers, even as the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has formally petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged corruption and abuse of office.
Industry sources say the planned payment of the claims, which reportedly cover legacy obligations for 2023, 2024 and 2025, has raised serious concerns among economists and sector analysts, particularly over the absence of verifiable data to justify a significant portion of the claims.
Bridging claims are government payments made to oil marketers to compensate for the cost of transporting petroleum products from depots to various parts of the country, enabling uniform pump prices nationwide. Industry analysts note that this benefit was rarely enjoyed by Nigerians as petroleum products are sold at higher rate in most parts of the country.
“In several instances, marketers submit bridging claims that do not correspond with the levies paid per litre, with discrepancies of up to 47 per cent. The current move to settle approximately N250 billion in legacy bridging claims, despite the regulator’s inability to provide empirical data to substantiate as much as 47 per cent of those claims against verified levies paid by depot owners and importers, strongly suggests the presence of irregular and potentially sinister practices.
“It is therefore imperative for the Auditor-General of the Federation to immediately halt the processing of all bridging claims until a comprehensive investigation and forensic audit are conducted to ensure that claims approved by the regulator accurately align with levies paid per litre,” a senior industry source said.
The developments come amid a corruption petition filed by Dangote to the ICPC, alleging abuse of office, corrupt enrichment and unlawful diversion of public funds by the NMDPRA chief.
In the petition dated Tuesday and submitted through his lawyer, Ogwu Onoja, SAN, Dangote urged the ICPC to arrest, investigate and prosecute Farouk for allegedly living far beyond his legitimate means as a public servant.
Meanwhile, the ICPC has confirmed receipt of the petition and assured the public that it will be investigated.
The Commission’s spokesperson, John Okor Odey, acknowledged the petition in a statement.
“The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) writes to confirm that it received a formal petition today, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from Alhaji Aliko Dangote through his lawyer. The petition is against the CEO of the NMDPRA, Alhaji Farouk Ahmed. The ICPC wishes to state that the petition will be duly investigated,” he said.
Kewtt: Farouk Ahmed, who previously worked in the United States and the United Kingdom within the oil and gas sector, is said to have drawn on international experience in fuel market regulation. Supporters argue that his exposure to mature energy markets has informed his emphasis on regulatory independence and consumer protection.
Read.
When I said he never worked in the Oil and Gas sector in either country, I was being factual.. As you see now, he never authored or approved the statement you have rallied behind.
“My attention has been drawn to a purported response I was said to have made on the recent allegations against my person. I hereby state categorically that the so-called statement did not emanate from me.
“While I am aware of the wild and spurious allegations made against me and my family and the frenzy it has generated, as a regulator of a sensitive industry, I have opted not to engage in public brickbat.
It does not list pay in any of his roles but I trust you will go research how much people in such roles get paid, and even where such people send their kids to school. It might make you see what is possible, and make you increase your own life ambition.
Wotowotoman: Even if he did, what job can pay him so much that he has 5 million dollars for school fees? Why do Nigerians reason like this? Goat dey reason much better walahi
The language hard for you bah? Abi nah joined-up thinking you no sabi?
What is the connection between my post, which was written to challenge an entirely different falsehood, with 5 million dollars? None!
If I say some people get fish-brain now, spambot go ban me.
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