FIFA DROPS BOMB ON AFCON 2025: NEW “2-MINUTE RULE” FOR INJURIES SET TO SHAKE UP MOROCCO SHOWDOWN – CAF SILENT AS COUNTDOWN TICKS
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com With just 19 days until the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off in Morocco, FIFA has blindsided organizers and teams by rolling…
ABIA GOVERNOR SAFE – AS GUNMEN OPEN FIRE ON ADVANCE CONVOY IN IMO STATE
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Unknown gunmen ambushed the advance security team of Abia State Governor Alex Otti early Monday morning along the Owerri–Okigwe expressway in Imo State, spraying…
DEFENCE MINISTER BADARU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS ON HEALTH GROUNDS AMID NIGERIA’S KIDNAPPING CRISIS – TINUBU PLANS SWIFT REPLACEMENT
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Nigeria’s Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, resigned with immediate effect on Monday, citing health concerns, as the country grapples with a surge in…
BREAKING: GUNFIRE ROCKS BISSAU AS GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENT EMBALÓ ARRESTED IN APPARENT COUP, MILITARY SEIZES ELECTORAL COMMISSION
By Ogungbayi Adeyemi BeedeeSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Chaos engulfed Guinea-Bissau’s capital Wednesday afternoon as heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential palace and National Electoral Commission, with reports confirming the arrest of…
ATIKU SLAMS TINUBU: “KIDNAPPERS WALK FREE” AS GOVT CELEBRATES KEBBI SCHOOLGIRLS’ RELEASE – “NOT A TROPHY, A NATIONAL DISGRACE”
By Ogungbayi Adeyemi BeedeeSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lambasted the Tinubu administration for “celebrating incompetence as heroism” after the release of 24 abducted schoolgirls in Kebbi…
Northern Nigeria: A No Go Zone for Life and Livelihood? A Wake-Up Call to Tinubu’s Leadership
DDNews EditorialBy Ogungbayi Adeyemi BeedeeSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Is Northern Nigeria safe today for Nigerians to conduct business or live a free life? The brutal truth, etched in the blood of…
Is Genocide Stalking Nigeria? A Nation’s Blood Cries Out for Answers
DDNews Editorial By Ogungbayi Adeyemi Beedee In the shadow of minarets and steeples that once symbolized Nigeria’s vibrant pluralism, a grim question echoes across the land: Is genocide unfolding before…
EDITORIAL: DEFECTIONS AND THE MIRAGE OF ONE PARTY RULE – A MORNING CALL TO FORMER PDP GOVERNORS: COME HOME, BUILD THE BRIDGE, NOT THE WALL
By Ogungbayi Beedee Adeyemi adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Good day, esteemed defectors Governors Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), and any others whispering sweet nothings to…
US SENATOR RISCH SLAMS NIGERIA OVER KEBBI SCHOOLGIRLS ABDUCTION: ‘LONG HISTORY OF FAILURE’ – VOWS TO HOLD TINUBU ADMIN ACCOUNTABLE
By Ogunbayi Beedee Adeyemi adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com In a blistering rebuke that has ignited diplomatic tensions, United States Senator Jim Risch, the powerful Republican Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has…
Nigeria’s Defection Tsunami: Racing Towards a One Party Nightmare?
DDNews Editorial By Ogungbayi Adeyemi BeedeeAdeyemi@ddnewsonline.com In the swirling cauldron of Nigerian politics, where loyalty is as fleeting as a politician’s promise, a chilling question hangs in the air: Is…