Author: Lagos Brief

Malaysia is on the verge of a digital transformation. The government has set up a new rule for social media and messaging apps. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has started a class licensing for big online sites. This has caused a lot of discussion among different groups. This change will greatly affect online fun, like online betting. The role of regulated platforms will also change. As the digital world grows, strong rules are needed to keep it safe and fair. This new rule means more control over online activities. It might change how sites like gembet work. Malaysia…

On the surface, the piece published in the online and PDF editions of the Africa Oil+Gas Report on 24 November 2025 under the title “The irregularities of the regulator will keep Nigeria’s upstream underachieving” wears the respectable garb of a professional intervention designed to stimulate debate and provoke corrective action. A closer, honest reading instantly betrays the personal grievance of the publisher, Toyin Akinosho, who has cynically disguised his private shopping list as an “editorial.” The deliberate distortion of facts, the selective deployment of half-truths, and the insertion of outright falsehoods disgrace the very idea of an editorial—an exercise that…

It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that the National Headquarters of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria received the devastating news of the passing of our beloved brother and member, Ustaz Alqasim Usman Ibrahim, the respected Ameer of MSSN Yauri Area Council; who was abducted in his farm by armed criminals on Saturday 16th November 2025. Despite prayers and hopes for his safe return, we were deeply pained to learn that he was confirmed killed on Sunday 17th November 2025. This tragic loss has thrown our entire organization into mourning. Ustaz Alqasim was not only a committed…

Yorubaland in Nigeria has embraced Islam some seven centuries ago. The Islamic faith has passed through different stages in the region. There is a consensus by researchers over the need for reforming many practices of Yoruba Muslims, including their clerics. Those areas that need reformation among Yoruba Muslims, as asserted by Al-Ilori, Opeloye, Oloyede and Arikewuyo include but not limited to, syncretism (an act of mixing Islam with paganism), hereditary imamship, incompetent clerics and Imams, enslavement of Arabic pupils by their teachers, practice of spiritual power through satanic means by Alfas and worshipping of graves, etc. The attempt to address…

His Excellency, Farmer (Dr) Mohammed Umaru Bago, Niger State Governor’s model, carries lessons for Nigerian and African governance more broadly. Agriculture-Led Growth: By centering his state’s economy on farming, he challenges the narrative that agriculture is backward—positioning it instead as a driver of modern economic transformation by making our farmers’ hero Mass mechanization, tractor deployment, expansion of farmland, and Special Agro-processing zones (SAPZ) Strenghtling small-holders farmer and out-grower schemes for youth and women empowerment Development Diplomacy: His national and international engagements show how subnational governments can partner locally and globally to attract investment. Internationally, Bago has become a vocal ambassador…

The Olisa Metuh Initiative has donated N10 million to the Legend Golden Care Foundation, a leading right advocacy and humanitarian non-governmental organization, as part of activities marking the upcoming 60th birthday of Chief Olisa Metuh on November 28, 2025. Presenting the cheque in Abuja on Wednesday, 19th November, 2025, Dr. Ikenna Ubah, representing the Initiative, said friends, family and associates of Metuh pooled resources for charitable projects in his honour, following his request that no newspaper adverts be placed for his milestone birthday. The donation will support the payment of fines for selected bailable offenders and assist widows in need.…

Afretrade, a new digital platform designed to bridge African talent and enterprises with global opportunities, has officially launched in Lagos marking what many industry watchers describe as a major leap for Africa’s digital trade ecosystem. The launch, held on Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 at the Muson Centre, Onikan, brought together entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, and international partners from across Africa, Europe, and North America. In his welcome address, Founder and CEO Lekan Salaam shared the inspiring journey behind Afretrade, describing it as a bold solution for Africa’s trading uture. He emphasized that the platform was built to strengthen talent, trade, and…

Zamfara State continues to bleed. Communities remain under the siege of relentless banditry, kidnappings, and cold-blooded killings. Families mourn daily, farmers abandon their farms, and hundreds of settlements live in fear. Yet, in the heart of this crisis, what has captured national attention is not decisive action to restore order, but a political tour of the Minister of State Defence, HE Bello Matawalle, that has raised more questions than answers. Matawalle’s recent political return to Zamfara State has exposed a disturbing contradiction: a stark paradox of leadership and a deep irony of responsibility. As the Minister responsible for superintending the…

CloudVantage has announced its official launch on Monday, becoming Nigeria’s first indigenous cloud-automation computing company. The launch marked a pivotal moment for developers, tech engineers and businesses across Africa, introducing a powerful, highly-resistant platform designed to solve the critical challenges of time management, complex onboarding processes, manual complexity of spinning up servers, cost management, and security. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Muhideen Ashiru, expressed CloudVantage’s commitment to empowering Nigerian and African enterprises, from governments, large corporations to startups, with world-class, affordable, and compliant cloud infrastructure. “For too long, Nigerian and African businesses, including governments have sought affordable, local…

If politics were to be built up into flesh and bone, one that is fashioned into an individual who could speak, legislate, joke around, and empathise— it would be difficult not to imagine Rt. Hon. (Dr.) James Abiodun Faleke as the first thought of such personification. Different from the usual politics of personal enrichment, Faleke’s narrative reads instead as: managerial expertise brought to bear on the messy business of public life, a temperament that privileges service over spectacle, and a tangible imprint on both his immediate constituency and the broader national tableau. Faleke’s career did not begin in the give-and-take…