Day: October 24, 2025

Tinubu Sacks Defence Chief Musa, Appoints New Service Chiefs

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President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, along with other top military commanders, in a sweeping shake-up of the nation’s security leadership. A statement issued by the Presidency on Friday announced that the changes take immediate effect, marking one of the most significant overhauls of the military under Tinubu’s administration. The President named General Olufemi Oluyede as the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Musa, who had held the position since June 2023. In the same announcement, Major General W. Shaibu was appointed Chief…

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FirstBank Integrates PAPSS into LIT App to Enable Instant Cross-Border Payments Across Africa

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FirstBank, the premier bank in West Africa and a leading financial inclusion service provider, is thrilled to announce the successful integration of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) into its flagship digital banking platform, the LIT app, enabling customers to make instant, secure, and local currency-based cross-border payments across Africa. PAPSS, developed by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with the African Union and the AfCFTA Secretariat, enables instant, low-cost payments in local currencies between African countries. Speaking on the integration, the Group Executive, e-Business and Retail Products…

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INTIMATE NOTES: The Boy Who Grew Into the Silence

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David was just a boy who wanted to be seen. Not for his grades. Not for his strength. Not for what he could do to make everyone proud. Just seen — for existing. But his father was a man of few words, and his mother, too busy surviving her own storms, forgot that love unspoken is love unfelt. His father, once a powerful businessman who measured life by deals closed and figures achieved, rarely came home before midnight. Even when he did, his presence was a quiet shadow in the…

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President Macron hosts Davido in Paris 

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday hosted Grammy-nominated Nigerian music star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Davido shared photos from the meeting on X, showing his warm interaction with the French leader. He was accompanied by his associates — businessman Pascal Okechukwu (popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest) and his manager, Obi Asika. Expressing gratitude after the engagement, the award-winning singer wrote: “It was an honor meeting #EmmanuelMacron and sharing our visions for a better world.” Born in Atlanta, United States, and raised…

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