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Black homeownership rates continue to lag significantly behind those of white households, according to recent federal housing data. This comes as housing affordability continues to dominate national conversations around economic inequality and the racial wealth gap. What is New Birth Village? To address disparity, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is making a major investment in […]

As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a recent BLACK ENTERPRISE discussion with actresses and entrepreneurs Teyana Taylor and Sherri Shepherd highlighted how financial stress can quietly turn into a mental health crisis. In the video, both entertainers shared feelings around burnout, survival, and anxiety related to money and job uncertainty. “I want to change […]

Beyond the suffocating air of Nigerian politics, which gets far more problematic by the day, with its unending twists and turns, there are more sober happenings within this same polity, which while politics depresses the soul, uplift it, reminding us all too plainly why we are human. Over the weekend for example, the 12th edition […]

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved the deposition of Oba Joseph Oloyede as the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government following his conviction in the United States on tax fraud and money laundering charges.   A statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Monday said Adeleke’s decision followed the receipt […]

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has expressed confidence in Team Nigeria ahead of the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships scheduled to hold in Accra, Ghana from May 12–17.   A total of 41 Nigerian athletes will represent the country at the six-day continental championships, as the team arrived Accra ahead of the Opening Ceremony on […]

…as Final Batch Departs for Medina Ahead of Makkah Trip Tomorrow_     A total of Nine-Hundred and Forty-Five pilgrims (945) from Oyo state have successfully completed their Umrah in Makkah in continuation of their religious obligations attributed to Hajj.     The last batch of the pilgrims who are currently in Medina are expected […]

  The attention of the party leadership has been drawn to the circulation of a purported list of cleared and uncleared aspirants for the Rivers State House of Assembly currently making rounds across various media platforms.   We wish to categorically state that the said publication is false, unauthorized, and does not emanate from the […]

By Shina Abubakar Osogbo  Ahead of August 2026 governorship election in Osun State, the Governor Ademola Adeleke campaign council has disclosed that the governor will still be re-elected even if without campaign billboards. The council stated that the governor’s popularity is beyond campaign posters, as the people, on a daily basis are aligning with the […]

President Donald Trump said Sunday he has rejected Iran’s response to a US proposal for ending the Middle East war, deeming it “totally unacceptable.” “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, without describing elements of Tehran’s response. The […]

By Peter Duru, MakurdiSuspected armed herdsmen have reportedly attacked commuters along the Naka-Agagbe road near Agbanu village in Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State, abducting a woman and forcing several residents and travelers to flee the area. The latest attack came just few days after a similar incident on Gyungu Aze-Yogbo road, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Farouq, wanted over alleged diversion of public funds, abuse of office and alleged criminal conspiracy.    The EFCC posted the notice on its website on Saturday.  “The public is hereby notified that Sadiya Umar Farouq, whose photograph appears above, […]

Perhaps.  We have heard from Senate President Godswill Akpabio many times, sometimes in strange ways, including embarrassment, such as when he could not pronounce a number he had written down and brought into the chamber.   There have been gaffes of various dimensions, indicating a man who arrived unarmed.   But perhaps his most distressful […]