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British-Nigerian Actress Wunmi Mosaku Secures BAFTA Best Supporting Actress For ‘Sinners’

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Wunmi Mosaku wins BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress in Sinners, dedicating award to daughter and celebrating ancestry. British-Nigerian actress Wunmi Mosaku has won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress at the 79th BAFTA Film Awards for her role in Sinners. Remarkably, she accepted the award while heavily pregnant, adding another...

Nigerian Storytelling Shines As Davies Brothers Claim BAFTA For ‘My Father’s Shadow’

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

British-Nigerian siblings Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies clinch BAFTA debut award, marking milestone for Nigerian storytelling on global cinematic stage. British-Nigerian brothers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies claimed the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer for their groundbreaking film My Father’s Shadow....

Yakubu: Tinubu’s Executive Order On Oil Revenue Remittances Upholds Constitutional Fidelity, Not Executive Overreach

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Budget Office DG Tanimu Yakubu says Executive Order 9 enforces constitutional revenue rules and is not executive lawmaking. The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu has defended Executive Order 9 (EO9), insisting that the directive signed by President Bola Tinubu does not amount to executive lawmaking...

Group decries ‘Sustained political attacks’ on Deputy Speaker Kalu

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

A civil society organisation, the Igbo Mandate Movement Group, has condemned a petition filed against the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, describing it as “frivolous, mischievous and politically motivated.” The group said the move represents the latest in a sustained campaign allegedly aimed at...

Until Rural Nigerians Are Immunised, No One Is Safe, Nigeria Must Declare Health Emergency

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Ugwanyi Charles warns that withheld funds and failing primary health centres threaten disease prevention and national health security. Chief Consultant Neurosurgeon and former Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (FCT chapter), Ugwanyi Charles, has called for an immediate state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector, warning that current funding shortfalls...

Rafsanjani: If Nigerians Believe Their Votes Don’t Count, They Will Stop Participating In Elections

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Executive Director of the Civil Society, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani warns low voter confidence risks deepening apathy ahead of 2027 general elections. Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has warned that the conduct of recent local council and by-elections in Nigeria risks undermining public confidence in the country’s democratic process. Rafsanjani said the elections...

Akinosho Warns Against Abrupt Implementation of Tinubu’s Oil Revenue Executive Order

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Africa Oil+Gas Report publisher cautions that unilateral changes to oil revenue remittance could unsettle investors and disrupt processes. Publisher of Africa Oil+Gas Report, Toyin Akinosho has described President Bola Tinubu’s recent executive order directing all oil and gas revenues to be remitted directly to the federation account as a ‘snap...

Power expert Oyebanjo blames decades of underinvestment, weak planning, and lack of meritocracy for Nigeria’s grid failures.

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Power systems engineer and Managing Director of IDFON Power Engineering Consultants, Dr. Idowu Oyebanjo, has described Nigeria’s recurring national grid collapses as a “national disgrace,” blaming the crisis on decades of underinvestment, weak planning, and the absence of merit-based leadership in the power sector. Speaking during an interview on Sunday,...

Atiku: Democracy Under Siege, Tinubu’s Chokehold Responsible For FCT Polls Apathy

NewsDeskNgFeb 23, 2026February 23, 20260

Atiku cites low FCT poll turnout as evidence of shrinking democratic space, urges opposition unity to safeguard Nigeria’s democracy. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over what he described as declining democratic participation following the low voter turnout recorded in Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections. In...

APC In Early Lead As INEC Collates Results Of FCT Polls Amid Low Turnout

NewsDeskNgFeb 22, 2026February 22, 20260

Early results show APC leading FCT council polls amid low turnout, vote-buying allegations and pockets of ADC resistance. Early results from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections held on Saturday indicated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading other political parties in several parts of the...