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RealLordZeus:
Abeg where is Northern Nigeriauk

He said Adeleiyi had used fraudulent nursing agency identification supplied by an overseas organised crime group

Popular Nigerian[b] socialite Pascal Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, has reacted to singer Davido’s loss at the 2026 Grammy Awards, alleging that the artiste is being deliberately frustrated for refusing to compromise his values[/b].

Davido lost out to South African star Tyla in the Best African Music Performance category at the Grammy Awards ceremony held on Sunday.

Reacting via a post on his Instagram page, Cubana Chief Priest claimed that Davido’s repeated Grammy losses were part of efforts by some Western music industry figures to pressure the singer into practices he described as “demonic.”

According to him, Davido’s refusal to bow to such alleged demands has made him a target for constant frustration on the global stage.

“Oyibo dey do everything possible to break a strong man so he can do their demonic sh*t with them, but he will never do it,” Cubana Chief Priest wrote.

He urged the Afrobeats star to remain focused, uphold his principles and continue releasing music for his fans despite the setback.

“Heads up brother, open the bag and drop another hot one for us. E no dey finish, gbedu na water,” he added.

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has instructed the 18 Local Government chairmen in the state to put up 360 campaign billboards for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election.

The governor gave the order on Friday, January 30, during the inauguration of the Edo State chapter of the National Renewed Hope Initiative, which was set up to promote President Tinubu’s agenda.

Governor Okpebholo said each council chairman should put up 20 billboards in their area to ensure that the President’s message reaches local communities, churches, mosques, and other institutions.

He praised President Tinubu for reforms in key sectors such as petroleum, security, education, and the economy, adding that it would be impossible to replace a performing president.

“It is not just about the agenda; it is about the ability to mobilize. The Edo people are ready. Nobody can beat Asiwaju’s record in governance. We cannot replace a man who is performing,” he said.

Okpebholo also expressed confidence that citizens across all age groups in Edo State would support the President’s re-election, saying that with 30 APC governors nationwide, the campaign is already strong and victory in 2027 is assured.

Earlier, the Edo State Coordinator of the National Renewed Hope Initiative, Sylvester Aigboboh, inaugurated senatorial, local government, and youth coordinators for President Tinubu’s 2027 campaign.

He encouraged the coordinators to promote the policies and achievements of the Tinubu administration and intensify grassroots mobilization.

The initiative aims to strengthen party outreach, promote good governance, and consolidate the Renewed Hope Agenda. The appointed ambassadors are expected to act as links between the government, the party, and the grassroots while encouraging unity and inclusiveness within the APC.

The three senatorial leaders of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors are Joshua Uwagboe (Edo South), Hon. Odinose Okojie (Edo Central), and Hon. Abdul Lawani (Edo North). Eighteen others will coordinate activities across the 18 local government areas, with three youth coordinators appointed from each senatorial district.

Flangelo12:
What's the evidence?

Psyops.

Namaster:
This is the reality EVERYWHERE in the world.
The Taliban were just FOOLISH enough to codify it into their laws.

EVERYBODY knows that people get punished DIFFERENTLY for the same crime based on their status, wealth and, in some countries, RACE.

For instance, Robert Morris an American MegaChurch Pastor was recently CONVICTED of raping a MINOR and his punishment was JUST 6 months in jail. Most likely, soft white collar jail too.

If a poor man or black commits the same crime, his punishment would be FAR GREATER than that.

So before ANYBODY castigates the Taliban, let them address their own country's LOPSIDED INjustice system.

Three senior members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) have been arrested for allegedly aiding multiple kidnapping operations linked to Fulani bandits.

A security report revealed that these arrests involve elderly Fulani leaders, all over 60 years old. 

The three suspects face allegations of sponsoring bandit groups that had been terrorising the region

SaharaReporters gathered that members of the Miyetti Allah leaders reportedly confessed to facilitating several kidnapping operations, providing support to criminal networks responsible for abductions across Kwara State.

Efforts to get a reaction from the spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, were unsuccessful, as she said in a WhatsApp message, "I will get back to you, please." 

SaharaReporters previously reported that the ongoing coordinated military air strikes and ground troop operations have targeted terrorist and kidnapper hideouts across parts of Ifelodun, Edu, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State, resulting in the destruction of several camps and the neutralisation of many suspected bandits.

SaharaReporters gathered that the ongoing offensive has hit several notorious bandits’ camps located in the Baba Sango axis of Ifelodun Local Government Area, Gbugbu forest in Edu Local Government Area, and Lata community in Patigi Local Government Area.

According to preliminary security reports from the theatre of operations, the sustained assault has thrown the criminal elements into disarray, forcing them to flee from their established hideouts while suffering heavy casualties.

However, the operation has put the bandits in disarray and displaced them from their positions.

The operation, which combines aerial bombardment with ground troop maneuvers, is said to be aimed at dismantling the logistics, leadership structure and operational bases of kidnapping and terror gangs that have long terrorised communities along the Kwara–Niger axis.

The report disclosed that several camps belonging to the criminals have been completely destroyed, while many of the terrorists sustained varying degrees of injuries during the coordinated strikes.

According to the report, the ongoing operations have destroyed many of their camps. Several of the bandits and terrorists were neutralised, while others escaped with gunshot wounds and other serious injuries.

However, the military has raised serious concerns over the activities of informants and collaborators within local communities, warning that such moles are undermining the effectiveness of the operation by leaking information on troop movements.

The security report noted that operations are being impeded by activities of moles and informants within different communities who give out information about troops movement.

Military authorities have therefore called on residents of affected areas to remain vigilant and cooperate fully with security agencies by identifying and exposing individuals who aid criminal groups.

Community leaders in the affected local government areas have also been urged to sensitise residents on the dangers of shielding criminals, warning that such actions prolong insecurity and put innocent lives at risk.

A young woman who secretly trained girls in taekwondo in Afghanistan may be stoned to death, activists fear.

Khadija Ahmadzada, 22, was arrested on January 10 in Herat for defying the Taliban’s ban on women playing sport.

Authorities discovered she was teaching students the martial art in a hidden courtyard at her home.

Her detention has prompted fears from activists that she has already been sentenced to death for the illicit activity.

The campaigners are desperately trying to raise awareness of the Taliban crackdown in hopes her killing can be averted.

British-Afghan activist Shabnam Nasimi said on Instagram: ‘She refused to accept that being female is a crime.

‘That quiet act of defiance has come at a price, when the Taliban’s morality police out, witnesses said they raided her home and detained her.

‘There are rumours from people around Khadija that the court has ruled on an extreme death sentence  – stoning – for the crime of practicing and playing sport.

‘For anyone who doesn’t know what stoning is, it’s when stones are thrown at a living human being until they bleed, collapse and die.’

Nasimi added that witnesses claim Ahmadzada and her father were dragged out of their home before being held for more than a week.

She said that Ahmadzada’s family have reportedly heard nothing from the 22-year-old for longer than a week.

The activist called on her followers to ‘draw attention to ‘flood the internet’ with Ahmadzada’s name in an effort to ‘save her life’.

Nasimi said: ‘When the international spotlight lands on a regime like this, they hesitate.

‘Not because they grow a conscience, but because they fear consequences, pressure, exposure and intervention.

‘If Khadija becomes famous enough, they may back off.’

An entire generation of Afghan women and girls lost their freedom when the Taliban took control of the country in 2021.

Girls have been turned away from school, forced to veil their face and body at all times in public, are not allowed to look at men they aren’t related or married to, or even be seen in their own homes from neighbouring properties.

Even the sound of women singing or simply speaking to and hearing each other has been banned, as part of the Taliban’s ‘vice prevention strategy’.

And female beggars pleading for money or food in the streets say they have been raped, beaten or made to carry out forced labour by Taliban officials.

A UN report in July said the ministry for the ‘propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice’ was contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans, especially women and girls.

In 2022, Unicef worker Sam Mort called the sweeping oppression of women and girls ‘the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world’.

Namaster:
This is NOT AFCON.

IShowSpeed is Content Creator.

As for the people making it about ILLsrael and Gaza, it's just Religious FANATICS looking to justify the GENOCIDE being carried out by ILLsrael.

Muslims treated a Black Boy BADLY, so ALL Muslims are BAD and therefore it's all right to carry out a GENOCIDE against them.

Meanwhile, their BELOVED America has Police that'll SHOOT black people dead just for driving while being Black.

In the same America, people, including American Citizens, are being KIDNAPPED and thrown in CONCENTRATION CAMPS because of the colour of their skin.

NONE of them have a problem with that.

But the moment a few STEWPID Arabs hold up bananas to MOCK a Black Boy, they are all up in arms against ALL Muslims and Arabs.

MADNESS!

WizardOfNG:
Bro, assuming the narrative is real, then dude is capping or a weirdo. You're 28 and black (since parents are Yoruba and Igbo) and you're wimpering like a little girl when we see even oyinbos here mingling, partying and having a blast etc.

My 18 year old nephew ( my elder sister's son) was in Nigeria in December. UK born and bred. The days he stayed with me, young bro was out on his own, with only my driver, always and getting into exclusive clubs and Parties with his other friends who were here also. He even linked a couple of ladies on his own yet grown man of 28 is grumbling like he wants to hide behind his mum or needs breast milk.

If this guy is real then there is something 'off' about him.

Per bolded in your post, many have made the move bro. Speak for yourself and your own mindset that a lot of Nigerians do not share.

Same Nigeria you are demarketing and advocating everyone flee from is the same nation the Lebanese, Chinese, Indians etal are trooping into daily to take advantage of opportunities on ground.

Anyway, make all of Una Japa. More opportunities for the rest of us who are visionary and don't mind a challenge.

You will all come back when Nigeria has been carved up with nothing left. Like the over-saturated West where they now wish you lot stay back in your nation and fix it instead of complaining and trying to enter their nation.

WizardOfNG:
If it's true, is it not odd than a 28 year old whines and complain so much?

He may just be a grade A brat and maybe one of those nerdy type afraid to be out and mingling since many like him came to Nigeria and had a great time here with some even thinking of relocating.

DomPerignon:
Leave that cursed SE and visits any place else but there.

Even Bokoville in the NE is better than that SE

A staff member of the Department of State Services, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, has been arrested by the agency over alleged abduction, defilement, and forceful conversion of a 16-year-old girl, Walida Abdulhadi, to Christianity in Abuja.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the development followed a petition dated January 4, written by an Abuja-based law firm, Gamji Lawchain, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent via X (formerly Twitter) on Friday.

In the petition addressed to the DSS Director-General on behalf of the girl’s father, Alhaji Abdulhadi Ibrahim, and his family, the law firm accused the DSS officer of abducting the teenager from the Hadejia area of Jigawa State when she was allegedly just 16 years old.

The law firm claimed that Walida was a minor at the time of her disappearance and was therefore legally incapable of consenting to any sexual relationship under Nigerian law.

According to the petition, the family reportedly searched for the girl for more than two years without success, with the prolonged emotional trauma said to have contributed to the death of her mother.

“The anxiety, fear, and emotional devastation of losing their underage daughter slowly destroyed the mother, who eventually died as a direct consequence of the psychological trauma,” the petition stated.

However, the petition noted a dramatic twist on January 1 when the DSS officer reportedly called the girl’s father, informing the family that their daughter had been with him all along, had given birth to a child, and that he was “ready to marry her.”

It further stated that due to age and ill health, the father sent a representative, Muhammad Badamasi Ibrahim, to a DSS facility in Abuja, where he was allegedly informed that Walida had been living inside a DSS residence throughout the period of her disappearance.

Lawchain claimed that when the family demanded the girl’s release, the request was allegedly refused.

The counsel further alleged that while under the suspect’s custody, Walida was converted from Islam to Christianity without her parents’ consent and subjected to sexual exploitation that resulted in pregnancy and childbirth, all while she was still a minor.

It described the allegations as “moral bankruptcy in uniform” and warned that failure to act decisively could erode public trust in state institutions.

The law firm demanded the immediate suspension, arrest, and prosecution of the DSS officer, as well as an independent investigation into the Karmajiji DSS facility.

It also demanded the release and protection of Walida and her child, and disciplinary action against any DSS personnel found complicit.

However, in a statement issued on Friday, the DSS Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, confirmed the arrest of a DSS officer named Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi in connection with Walida’s ordeal.

Dozie said the officer was being investigated over the suspected forceful conversion and marriage of Walida, adding that the investigation was currently in progress.

“The attention of the Department of State Services has been drawn to reports alleging involvement of a staff of DSS, one Ifeanyi Festus, in a case of abduction, defilement of a minor, and abuse of office, among other offences. For clarity, the Service has no record of the above-named in its employment.

“However, it is hereby confirmed that an active staff, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, who is suspected to have forcefully converted and married one Walida Abdulhadi ‘f’, has been arrested and is currently being investigated,” the statement said.

The DSS spokesperson maintained that such acts were against the agency’s regulations and laid-down code of conduct, adding that the outcome of the investigation would be made public.

Before the raving hawk disappeared into the sunny afternoon sky, the mother hen caught a glimpse of it just in time. Squawking and clucking, the brown mother hen sounded a throaty alarm, frantically calling on her 11 chicks, who sprinted into the sanctuary of her warm wings, where they brooded, peeping through the safety of feathers.

Like witches, hawks on predatory flights don’t make a noise. The screaming and scampering of mother hen after an attack is the first telltale of tragedy. The second telltale is the sight of a dangling chick in clutchy claws, rising helplessly skywards.

On that fateful day, the mother hen brooded her chicks out of sight from a hovering hawk. But a particularly arrogant and belligerent chick called OsinmHEN slipped through the mother’s tail end and decided to play in the hot afternoon sand, chest puffed, shoulders raised like Aso Rock fence.

The hawk sighted the stray prey and flew higher up, and away, out of sight. The mother hen monitored the ravenous hawk with red-alertness, assured her chicks were safe underneath.

Then it happened.

With the swiftness of a whirlwind, the hawk suddenly swept downwards, like a missile deployed from a military jet, grabbing OsinmHEN with both claws, but the protection of the mother hen was comprehensive. In a jiffy, she sprang and smashed into the predator midair, making it lose both balance and grip. And OsinmHEN fell off to safety, limping back under the mother’s brood.

Furious, the mother hen scolded the petulant OsinmHEN, saying it could have ended up in the belly of the hawk if not for providence. Then, as mothers do when warnings fail, mother hen reached for a myth told by Ifa scholar, Ifayemi Elebuibon.

“Listen,” she said, voice laden with solemn grief. “Let me tell you about Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́.”

“Once upon a forest,” the mother hen began, “a mother squirrel received a warning from Ifa: ‘keep your son indoors for seven days, death prowls’. However, on the third day, Baby Squirrel sprinted out from the family burrow, waving his bushy tail from one tree to another. The forest was quiet. ‘There are no predators,’ he thought.

“He didn’t hear the gun. But the forest did. The boom shook leaves loose from branches.

“When she heard the shot, Iya Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́, the mother squirrel, ran deeper into the burrow, looking for her son. Little ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ was nowhere in sight. Panic gripped the mother. She couldn’t sleep. So, she went in search of her son all evening and all night. As she was returning home, hiding behind trees, she stopped in front of the hunter’s house, out of sight.

“Behold, by a flickering firelight, she saw the hunter and his family having a dinner of pounded yam and egusi. From behind a fallen trunk, she peered. And she saw the head of her son floating in the family soup, and the hunter grabbed the head, stroked it ‘ko, ko’ in the plate to shake off some egusi, before airlifting it to the mouth.

“Iya Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ shook her head and shed the tears of a mother, saying: ‘Orí ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ koko láwo, bí a wí fún ọmọ ẹni, ọmọ ẹni a gbọ́.’”

Of the mother hen’s 11 chicks, only OsinmHEN refused to understand the Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ myth and the consequences of disobedience. Blinded by arrogance, OsinmHEN, who thinks himself a hawk, is bound to walk the path of self-destruction soon again.

And so, in the distant Moroccan city called Fez, Nigeria’s Super Eagles fearsome striker, Victor Osimhen, replayed the ancient tragedies of OsinmHEN and Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́.

It was in a round of 16 match against Mozambique at the ongoing African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, Super Eagle Osimhen exhibited the traits of Super Chicken OsinmHEN. Nigeria was leading 3-0, and Osimhen had scored two of the three goals, with fellow striker Ademola Lookman scoring the opening goal and providing two assists.

In a moment of arrogant madness, Osimhen, who once hawked ‘pure water’ and sold newspaper in the city of Lagos, pushed away the hand of his cautioning captain, Wilfred Ndidi, and launched a verbal attack on his more decorated teammate, Ademola Lookman, pointing accusing finger at him, as he belched, “No try am again, no try am again,” like a member of the renowned union of road transport workers.

In the glare of a shell-shocked world, Osimhen proved once again that you may take a lizard from Olusosun to Turkey, it will never become a crocodile. No matter how long irú (locust beans) stays in the soup, it will not lose its smell.

Let’s imagine for a moment that Lookman had the temperament of Yomi Peters, the dreadful Stationery Stores FC of Lagos playermaker, notorious for beating up referees. Known as Mudashiru Atanda, Peters changed his name to Yomi Peters when he came back from suspension for head-butting referee Bolaji Festus Okubule. In the 1980-1990 era of rampant fan attacks, many referees feared Peters more than they feared fans. In the height of his arrogance, if he played in the national team of yesteryears, Osimhen could never have pushed away former captains of the national team, such as Chairman Christian Chukwu, Segun Odegbami, Stephen Keshi, Yobo Joseph, Sunday Oliseh, Austin Eguavoen, etc., as he shoved aside captain Ndidi, before unleashing unnecessary assault on Lookman.

Can he shove aside any of Tarila Okorowanta, Etin Esin, Daniel Amokachi, Taribo West, Bright Omokaro and Sunday Eboigbe, or launch a verbal assault on them? Osimhen no go try am, walahi. Otherwise, di match for turn into a mixed martial free-for-all, with players losing their teeth.

Were it not for emotional maturity on the part of Ndidi and Lookman, Osimhen, by his childish attitude, would have put a knife to the bond of unity in the team, and things would have fallen apart because a house divided against itself can never stand.

Osimhen’s outburst sheds light on how people in positions of authority look down on people they consider beneath them. It is an on-the-pitch reenactment of how Nigerian security agencies, military and police, especially, oppress fellow Nigerians just because they bear guns.

This oppressive mindset formed the motivation behind a retired Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, grabbing a large portion of unapproved land in Abuja, building on it a sprawling edifice that his life’s savings cannot justify, yet turned around to deploy armed soldiers to guard the property when FCT authorities asked him to provide approval documents for the land.

Raised in the Olusosun ghetto of Lagos, Osimhen, as a child, had seen an established pattern of ‘might is right’ in everyday Nigeria and has imbibed loud talk, threat and arrogance as a way of life. Osimhen was the one who went on social media to curse his coach, Finidi George, and Nigerian Football Federation members over a misunderstanding.

He said, “Ẹni ku’re, walahi talahi (It shall not be well with you in God’s name). I don lose all the respect wey I get for dat man (Finidi).” He burst into a Yoruba curse, “Ti alale ba ni ko da fun yin, alaro o ni ye yin, meaning ‘if the evening god decrees goodness for you, morning god will decree evil for you’. Ogun kill anybody, anybody wey dey believe all those nonsense. I tell am (Finidi) say make I come camp, make I come follow di boys dem talk. Make I come follow dem dey. I spoke with my fellow teammates, too. Wetin im (Finidi) tell me, ‘Oh no, you know, you have to be with the family; oh dis, oh dat. (So,) I go dey live my life dey go, I face my life dey go. But team don lose now, una wan find person wey dey at fault, na me wey dey nurse my injury una come think say una wan put my name because of say Super Eagles get two bad games, I know how many injuries wey I don use play. Ẹni ku’reni ku’re se! All of una no go die better. I no go allow one person to come and say, ‘you can’t beg Osimhen to come and play, wetin bi say you can’t beg wetin?’”

Three months after Osimhen’s outburst, Finidi reacted, saying, “The meeting we had, we never talked about Osimhen at all. The only time Osimhen’s name came up was when the minister talked about hearing about indiscipline while we were at the AFCON, and he mentioned Osimhen’s name.

“It was in that meeting, I think one of the officials, I don’t know who, called him or sent him a message because they wanted to save their heads as the minister was very furious about the team not doing well.

“Someday, he is going to realise it’s not true. I think they used him because they wanted to save their heads because of bad results. It’s better they talked about Finidi George than the real issues, and it’s quite unfortunate that he came up live and said those things.

“I sent him a message to tell him that’s not the best way to go about lying. From that point, I didn’t hear from him; he didn’t apologise. Since then, I’ve moved on. I wish everybody well.”

A more emotionally mature player would not have taken to social media to rant against his coach on such a misunderstanding, an action which further reinforces Osimhen’s arrogant mentality because he did not rant against Napoli FC authorities when they blocked his move away from the club. He knows very well that doing so might affect his career.

What Osimhen fails to realise is that his on-field and off-field antics put a question mark on his emotional intelligence – an asset in modern football. As the world has become a cyber village, the actions of popular personalities are splashed on social media, enabling football scouts, in Osimhen’s own case, to see what elite footballers are up to.

Exposing the volatility of Osimhen’s emotional state, his viral outburst against Finidi showed him threatening to beat up those with him when he was recording the video over what he deemed as interference during the recording. For someone who emerged from such a humble beginning as Osimhen, a modicum of humility is expected to temper their life.

The Lookman and Finidi episodes are not the only avoidable clashes Osimhen has had in his soccer career. During a World Cup qualifier in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Osimhen walked out on his teammates after Zimbabwe equalised, owing to goalkeeper Nwabali’s mistake in the dying minutes of the match. If he was annoyed that Nigeria drew the match, why did he not score enough goals to ensure victory for the Super Eagles? On countless occasions, Nwabali had saved the Super Eagles’ blushes when he (Osimhen) and other outfield players failed to live up to expectations. Tactically speaking, Nwabali contributed more to the Super Eagles than Osimhen during the World Cup qualifiers.

To describe Osimhen’s tantrums as passion is to call a two-year-old baby who loves playing with fire, as courageous. Indulgence breeds impunity. Indulgence in collective sports breeds disunity and kills team spirit.

Sharing his thoughts with me, a colleague and sports aficionado, Adekunle Salami, described Osimhen as ranking among the five best strikers in the world today. He said, “Every striker wants to score. Every midfielder wants to lay that match-defining pass, every defender wants to make that goal-thwarting block. Football is a passionate game. However, in all of this, football is a game that operates on a strict code of conduct because so many people, children especially, watch it.

“Therefore, players must be seen to be of good conduct. I love Osimhen. I love his dedication to the national team, but he must show respect to his fellow teammates. We must remember Osimhen is from the slum. He was taught life’s hard lessons on the street. Struggling has been a way of life for him; we must remember that. But this is not to give room for the bad attitude he is exhibiting. He should have waited for the game to end and then go to Lookman and tell him about how he feels. We were leading 3-0, and you have scored twice, what else do you want? Some people have not scored. Akor has not scored.

“After the Mozambique match, all the players prayed together. He just stormed out of the field, threw his accreditation away, and went to the dressing room. He even threatened to leave for Turkey. They should have allowed him to go. He is the one who would be hurt, not Nigeria. It is a privilege to play for Nigeria; he must not abuse the privilege. He cannot misbehave in Galatasaray, his Turkish team, because they have a code of conduct. Osimhen has grown in this disrespectful and distasteful behaviour because he was never sanctioned.”

Another sports guru, Festus Abu, said the issue should not be overflogged, adding that such things happen in football. “It is one of those things in football. But it becomes worrisome when it turns into a recurring decimal. The coach and his team should ensure that the incident does not escalate into an albatross. I hope Osimhen has learnt his lessons.”

Nothing blinds like arrogance. Ademola Lookman, whom Osimhen talked disrespectfully to on the pitch, is even more decorated than him. Lookman plays for a bigger club in a bigger league and has made more impact in Europe than Osimhen, scoring a hat-trick in a European Cup final. In the ongoing competition, Lookman has scored the same number of goals as him, but has more goal contributions, earning him two Man-of-the-Match awards.

Osimhen, bring your shoulders down, biko.

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola 
Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School.

She becomes the first woman to lead the institution since its establishment in 1962.

The appointment was announced in a statement issued on January 6, 2026, by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.

What the Presidency is saying

In the statement, the presidency noted that the appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, with Dr Odusote set to serve a four-year term as the current Director-General.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the director-general of the Nigerian Law School. The appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. 

“She will succeed the current Director-General, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, whose tenure expires on January 9, 2026, after eight years of service,” the statement read.

The presidency also highlighted Dr Odusote’s extensive experience within the Nigerian Law School system, where she currently serves as Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus.

At 54, she assumes the role, marking a major milestone for the institution, with the transition expected to be seamless given her long-standing involvement in the Law School’s leadership and administration.

Academic background  

Dr Odusote obtained her Bachelor of Laws degree from Obafemi Awolowo University and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1988. She also earned a Master of Laws degree from the same university, where she specialised in company and commercial law.

She later completed a PhD in Law at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Her academic research interests span Public Law and the administration of justice, reflecting a strong focus on legal systems and institutional governance.

Dr Odusote joined the Nigerian Law School in 2001 as a lecturer and has since built an extensive career within the institution. Over the years, she has held several key positions, including Head of the Academic Department, Director of Academics, and Head of Campus.

She also had a brief stint as a visiting scholar at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, further strengthening her academic and international exposure.

Beyond teaching and administration, Dr Odusote has published widely in reputable local and international law journals and has presented papers at numerous legal education conferences. She has also served on committees of the Council of Legal Education and the Nigerian Bar Association.

More insights

As Director-General, Dr Odusote will oversee the Nigerian Law School’s academic leadership, administrative management, and strategic direction across all its campuses nationwide.

She will also act as the main liaison between the Law School and key legal institutions, including the Council of Legal Education, the Body of Benchers, and the Nigerian Bar Association.

Tiwa Savage, Afrobeats superstar, has called out a social media critic following comments made about her son.

The songstress has a child named Jamil Balogun from her previous marriage to Tunji Teebillz Balogun.

The confrontation began when the critic posted a video on X of Savage and her son dancing at an event, captioning it, “Omo, why is Tiwa Savage’s Son frowning”.

Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Adamawa Communities, Kill 14 Residents, Set Ablaze Shops, Food Stores


There is grief in Zah and Mubang communities in Yadul, Garaha District of Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State, after suspected Boko Haram fighters launched yet another deadly attack, killing no fewer than 14 people and injuring two others.

Residents told SaharaReporters that the assailants stormed the villages at about 6:16pm on Monday, December 29, 2025, unleashing violence that claimed the lives of elders and youths. 

This is as the terrorists set ablaze food stores and other properties. By Tuesday morning, the communities were counting their dead and lamenting a tragedy they say has become a recurring nightmare.

“This is not the first attack, not even the second,” a community member said. “It has been persistent—year after year—without those responsible being brought to justice.”

Zah and Mubang are the latest in a long list of communities under Yadul, Garaha District—including Dabna, Kopre, Kultha and Kinging—that have repeatedly come under attack. 

Residents say the largely Christian farming settlements have been left exposed, forcing many to live as displaced persons in their own land.

The renewed assault has reignited outrage over what locals describe as the government’s failure to protect lives and property. 

“For how long will we continue as refugees in our own communities?” one resident asked. “Is the government not ashamed of its inability to secure its citizens?”

Beyond the human toll, the attacks are also crippling livelihoods. 

Most of the affected communities are farming settlements whose produce feeds entire villages and beyond. 

Locals argue that keeping farmers in poorly supported IDP camps is no solution to a crisis that continues to destroy food security and dignity.

Community leaders are calling for an urgent overhaul of the security architecture, insisting that relief handouts cannot replace safety. 

“Security of lives and property is non-negotiable,” a resident said. 

“Strengthen security, close the loopholes, and end these attacks.”

As mourning continues, residents of Yadul, Garaha District are urging the Nigerian government to take notice, break the silence and take a decisive action. 

“Enough is enough,” they said. “Let the world know what our communities are going through.”