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Maybe an Easter egg, a tell, a Freudian slip, or simply a crack in the façade. What is important is that President Bola Tinubu has, for the first time, openly moved to block public access to records relating to him held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States. At least, this time, he is giving a clue of where the blockage is coming from.

Days after a veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, also known as Ogogo, passed away from stage-four cancer, another actor has been diagnosed with a similar disease. The actor, Musiliu Dasofunjo, also known as Baba Jogunomi, has said he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The veteran actor made this known during a visitation by actor Kunle Afod to his home.

On Tuesday, Ifatimileyin Adegbola, also known as Tani Olohun, last made an advocacy post about a girl, Nafisat. The post, recorded on a video, was posted to challenge the ongoing threat he said had been levelled against the girl because of an earlier post she made on certain Islamic names. What Tani Olohun did not know, instead, was that hours later, he would be subjected to the most inhumane treatment that would endanger his life and family, and then kill his unborn baby.

Thirty-five years ago, on August 27, 1991, Osun became one of Nigeria’s states, following the creation of the state by the military administration of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. Carved out of the old Oyo State, Osun emerged with Osogbo as its capital, beginning a new chapter in the political, economic and social administrations of an area whose history, however, stretches far beyond the creation of the Nigerian state. Osun is dynamically significant.

Journalists are invited to apply for the solutions and data journalism training organised by HumAngle Foundation, in collaboration with Journalists for Human Rights. The two-day training will give journalists the tools needed for verification, data, and solutions journalism.

Houston-based independent R&B artist, songwriter and producer Bryant Keith has released a new single titled “Impatient,” offering listeners a thoughtful exploration of longing, emotional exhaustion and the psychological knottiness of love. Bryant Keith, an independent R&B artist, songwriter and producer, has released his latest single, “Impatient,” ahead of his forthcoming EP, The Love Pact, scheduled for release later this year.

The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth will align once again and form what is popularly known as the Sturgeon Moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said in an article published on its website last Friday. The event will begin on the evening of August 27 and reach its peak by Friday, the following day, with 96.3% of the Moon’s disk “within the Earth’s umbra,” the greatest eclipse.

One man, Yusuf Ademola Oyepeju, might end up in a Nigerian prison following serious allegations brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday. Oyepeju was arraigned before the Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, on a six-count charge, which, the Commission noted as “forgery, uttering of documents, stealing by conversion and obtaining money under false pretence,” according to a post on its Facebook page.

There are some moments in politics when what happens is less important than what it says. The flag-off of the reconstruction and dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road is one of those moments. And it is something unforeseen, it is what we hope should have been one of those moments when government, politics and public interest briefly agreed to occupy the same room. Instead, the crusaders of the flagoff had a different intention, one leaning closely to a private political calculation.

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