NIGERIAN SENATE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES TINUBU’S REQUEST FOR TROOPS DEPLOYMENT TO BENIN REPUBLIC AMID COUP AFTERMATH
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com The Nigerian Senate has granted swift approval for President Bola Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to the Republic of Benin, endorsing a regional peace mission…
TINUBU SEEKS SENATE APPROVAL FOR TROOPS DEPLOYMENT TO BENIN REPUBLIC AMID FAILED COUP CRISIS
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com President Bola Tinubu has formally requested Senate consent to deploy Nigerian troops to the Republic of Benin as part of a peace mission to stabilize…
NAF DENIES AIRSPACE BREACH: C-130 LANDING IN BURKINA FASO WAS PRECAUTIONARY DUE TO TECHNICAL FAULT
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has firmly dismissed claims of an airspace violation, clarifying that its C-130 transport aircraft made a precautionary emergency landing in…
FIFA SHAKES UP 2026 WORLD CUP: MANDATORY 3-MINUTE HYDRATION BREAKS IN EVERY HALF MATCHES SPLIT INTO ‘QUARTERS’ FOR PLAYER WELFARE
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com In a groundbreaking tweak to football’s sacred format, FIFA has mandated three-minute “hydration breaks” midway through each half of every 2026 World Cup match, effectively…
ABUJA COURT REJECTS NNAMDI KANU’S EMERGENCY BID TO LEAVE SOKOTO PRISON – IPOB LEADER TO REMAIN 1,200 KM FROM HOME
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com The Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out an urgent ex-parte application filed by detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu seeking immediate transfer from Sokoto…
NAIJA DOMINATES: SHALLIPOPI CROWNED TIKTOK’S 2025 ARTIST OF THE YEAR AS NIGERIA SWEEPS 6/10 AWARDS IN JOHANNESBURG
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Crown Uzama, better known as Shallipopi, has been crowned TikTok’s Artist of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa at the glittering 2025 TikTok…
OYO WORKERS REJOICE: GOV MAKINDE PAYS 13TH MONTH SALARY – SIXTH YEAR OF FESTIVE BONUS AMID ₦80,000 MINIMUM WAGE ROLLOUT
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Jubilation swept through Oyo State’s civil service on Monday evening as Governor Seyi Makinde fulfilled his annual pledge, crediting workers’ accounts with the 13th-month salary…
CROSS RIVER WORKERS CHEER 20-DAY CHRISTMAS-NEW YEAR BONANZA: GOVT GRANTS LEAVE FROM DEC 15 TO JAN 5
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSendtips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Civil and public servants in Cross River State are set for an unprecedented festive break as Governor Bassey Otu’s administration declares a 20-day public holiday…
NIGERIA MOURNS: SECOND REPUBLIC SENATOR ISA ABONYI OBARO DIES AT 91 – NATASHA AKPOTI UDUAGHAN LEADS TRIBUTES
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com Nigeria’s political landscape is in mourning following the death of Isa Abonyi Obaro, a pioneering Second Republic senator who represented Dekina North and South…
RIVERS ASSEMBLY IN TURMOIL: SPEAKER AMAEWHULE, 15 LAWMAKERS DUMP PDP FOR APC AMID PARTY CRISIS
By Ogungbayi Beedee AdeyemiSend tips: adeyemi@ddnewsonline.com In a dramatic plenary session that sent shockwaves through Rivers State’s political arena, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Chike Amaewhule,…