Olayinka Babatunde, Author at Patriotic Insights News

Sports

January 12, 2026

Nigerians Laugh Off Mali’s Plea for Chelle’s Return

Nigerians have taken to social media with humorous reactions after a Malian called for the return of Eric Chelle to Mali’s national football team. Chelle, a Franco-Malian coach, led the Malian men’s team for two years, guiding them to

Politics

January 12, 2026

Rivers crisis: Law society urges Tinubu to empower N’Assembly, probe Fubara

The Nigerian Law Society (NLS), a body of non-litigation lawyers, has called on President Bola Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to allow the National Assembly to assume the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly in

Politics

January 12, 2026

Corruption Rooted in Value System, Not Weak Laws — EFCC Chair

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has said that corruption flourishes in societies that glorify shortcuts to wealth and compromise core values, insisting that weak laws are not the primary drivers of economic and

Education

January 12, 2026

FG, ASUU seal fresh deal to end strikes after 16-year deadlock

The Federal Government is set to formally unveil a renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), raising hopes of an end to recurring industrial actions that have plagued public universities for years. The agreement, which revisits

Politics

January 12, 2026

Shettima to chair governance colloquium in honour of Hadiza Bala Usman at

Vice-President Kashim Shettima will on Tuesday chair the maiden Hadiza Bala Usman Governance Colloquium in Abuja, organised to mark the 50th birthday of the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination. The event, scheduled for 10 a.m.

Business

January 12, 2026

NDIC approves N24.3bn second payout for Heritage Bank depositors

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has approved a second liquidation dividend of N24.3 billion for depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank with balances above the insured limit of N5 million. Heritage Bank’s operating licence was revoked by the

Nigerians Laugh Off Mali’s Plea for Chelle’s Return

Rivers crisis: Law society urges Tinubu to empower N’Assembly, probe Fubara

Corruption Rooted in Value System, Not Weak Laws — EFCC Chair

FG, ASUU seal fresh deal to end strikes after 16-year deadlock

Shettima to chair governance colloquium in honour of Hadiza Bala Usman at

NDIC approves N24.3bn second payout for Heritage Bank depositors

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Court Nullifies Uzodimma’s Senate Ticket, Orders INEC to

How Rauf Aregbesola Sparked Nigeria’s Sukuk Revolution-

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