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The Nigerian government is preparing a formal request for the return of Benin Bronzes held by American collector Robert Owen Lehman. These sacred artifacts, looted during Britain’s 1897 invasion of the Benin Kingdom (now Edo State, Nigeria), have remained in Lehman’s possession despite long-standing calls for repatriation. Sources at Aso Rock told Searchng.ng nigerian search […]

The National Assembly has received a formal request from President Bola Tinubu seeking approval for a $21.5 billion external loan and a ₦758 billion domestic bond to settle outstanding pension liabilities.   The request, aimed at financing critical projects across various sectors of the economy—particularly infrastructure, health, education, and water supply—was read on the floor […]

  With billions spent on foreign arms while poverty worsens, with little improvement in security outcomes; a growing number of international development partners and donor agencies are voicing serious concerns over the Nigerian government’s soaring defense expenditures under President Bola Tinubu, warning that continued prioritization of military procurement over social services could undermine long-term stability, […]

Two years into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reign, Nigeria finds itself not at the threshold of the promised “Renewed Hope” but trapped in the ruins of what critics now call a “Harvest of Suffering.” In his second-anniversary address, President Tinubu painted a picture of progress; a fantasy panorama so detached from Nigeria’s scorched-earth reality that […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project Nigeria has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to withdraw the threat to shut down 34 foreign embassies in Abuja over ground rent debts.   The group’s reaction followed recent revelations by the FCTA that at least 34 embassies in […]

President Bola Tinubu has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, not to be distracted by busybodies and naysayers but to focus on his mandate to transform the nation’s capital.   Tinubu stated this on Tuesday when he inaugurated the rehabilitated and refurbished International Conference Centre, Abuja, which was renamed in […]

  By any honest reckoning, Nigeria was already bent beneath the weight of misgovernance when President Bola Tinubu seized the reins of power in May 2023. But what has unfolded since is not just economic hardship – it is a deliberate, systemic immiseration of a people already brought to their knees. Where Buhari left ruin, […]

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has said that the use of a stun gun as a form of threat or to create fear in the mind of another constitutes an offence under the law.   Jimoh disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday while giving an update on the case […]

It appears there is no limit to the odium Nigerians will suffer at the hands of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who now seems to be no longer content with ruling Nigeria; he appears determined to rename the entire country in his image. What began as a trickle of tribute is now a torrent of narcissistic […]

“When the stomach aches, fine clothes can’t hide the pain.” This Yoruba proverb resonates loudly across today’s Nigeria – a country grappling with poverty, economic despair, and deep systemic dysfunction. And yet, amid this reality, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has rolled out a golden carpet of rewards to the Super Falcons for their remarkable victory […]

In a bold and calculated display of continental ambition, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again placed himself at the center of Africa’s geopolitical chessboard; orchestrating what observers are calling a Machiavellian high-stakes power play, to marginalize Senegal and position himself as Africa’s next kingmaker. Diplomatic sources in Abuja who elected anonymity, ostensibly not to […]

Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has dared Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesperson, Dr Reuben Abati, to a fight over what he described as disrespectful and mischievous comments made on live television.   Oshiomhole issued the challenge on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he reacted to a recent […]