Daniel Ayantoye
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- Sep 26, 2026
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2027: From failed promises to fresh campaign pledges (opens the original)
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Every election season comes with a familiar ritual. Politicians mount platforms, wave party flags, unveil manifestos and make promises that speak directly to the frustrations of ordinary Nigerians. They promise electricity to communities that have lived for years in darkness, jobs to unemployed graduates, security to frightened communities, roads to neglected rural areas, affordable food to hungry households, better hospitals to patients struggling with failing public health facilities, and pros
Vanishing legal tender: Sad fall of N5, N10, N20 notes (opens the original)
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Once useful for buying everyday essentials, N5, N10 and N20 notes are fast losing their place in daily transactions, as rising prices steadily strip them of purchasing power. From their usefulness for transport fares and purchases in shops and markets to transactions at bank counters, the once-familiar denominations are increasingly sidelined. DANIEL AYANTOYE traces the fading relevance of the low-denomination notes, highlights what they can actually buy today and explores how inflation has erod
N130m land fraud allegation politically motivated – Ex-Lagos deputy gov (opens the original)
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Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has described the N130m land fraud allegation against her as politically motivated, saying the controversy arose from a land agent’s error and not a deliberate attempt to defraud anyone. Ojikutu, who spoke in an interview during the 2026 PR Forum/CSR Exhibition & Award, also said in her life, she had never embezzled public funds or stolen from any organisation where she had worked, adding that the controversy was targeted at damaging
S’Africa silent as outrage trails killing of two Nigerians (opens the original)
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There has been outrage among Nigerians following the killing of two Nigerian nationals, Bishop Michael Fakunle and James Nwankwo, in separate incidents in South Africa. Fakunle, an indigene of Iye in the Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was allegedly shot dead by unknown persons at his residence in Johannesburg on September 4, after reportedly receiving a series of threats. Nwankwo, on the other hand, reportedly died on September 5 following what has been described as “gruesome in
Stem-cell breakthrough offers hope for spinal cord injury patients (opens the original)
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For millions of people who have lost the ability to walk after a spinal cord injury, the prospect of standing and taking a step again has remained more of a dream than medical reality. Scientists at Tel Aviv University in Israel are moving towards a first-in-human test of an engineered spinal cord implant designed to repair damaged spinal tissue and potentially restore movement to people living with paralysis. The research, led by Professor Tal Dvir, has spent more than a decade exploring whethe
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