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Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua ended the much-hyped and widely criticized crossover bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul with a sixth-round knockout at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Friday night. The Netflix-backed contest, reportedly worth a combined purse of about $184 million for both fighters, had sparked widespread concern…

Photo: Wilfred Ndidi Beşiktaş midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has been appointed the new captain of the Super Eagles, taking over the leadership of Nigeria’s senior men’s national team ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco. The announcement was confirmed on Friday via the official Super Eagles social…

By Deborah Nnamdi Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has raised alarm over what he described as serious discrepancies between laws passed by the National Assembly and the versions eventually published and enforced by the executive arm of government. In a statement posted on his…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu will embark on a festive season tour of three states—Borno, Bauchi, and Lagos—beginning this weekend, the Presidency has announced. In a statement on Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday for…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of suspected remains of a police inspector who was earlier declared missing in the Guma Local Government Area of the state. Police sources, according to security analyst Zagazola Makama, said the remains are believed to be those of…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon accused of removing a patient’s kidney without prior consent at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH). The decision was announced in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Health, Oyebanji Filani, and made available to journalists on Thursday.…

The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) has directed that all enforcement actions related to the proposed ban on sachet alcohol products be suspended until further notice. The directive followed an official correspondence from the House of Representatives Committee on Food and Drug Administration and…

By Deborah Nnamdi Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to Bola Tinubu to reconsider his directive ordering the withdrawal of police operatives from Very Important Persons (VIPs), citing concerns over the safety of federal lawmakers. President Tinubu had, on November 23, ordered the redeployment of police officers attached to VIPs…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu on Friday presented a N58.1 trillion budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly, outlining a spending plan focused on security, infrastructure, and economic consolidation. The proposal sets capital expenditure at N26.08 trillion, while recurrent (non-debt) expenditure…

Afrobeats megastar David ‘Davido’ Adeleke will perform at the opening concert of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, on Saturday. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in an official statement unveiling the lineup for the opening ceremony…