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Davido, French Montana to perform at AFCON 2025 opening concert
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…
Read More »Stakeholders oppose Senate’s move to prescribe death penalty for kidnapping
Key justice and human rights stakeholders on Thursday opposed a Senate proposal seeking to prescribe the death penalty for kidnapping under a proposed amendment to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, warning that capital punishment would neither deter crime nor strengthen national security. The opposition was voiced at a one-day…
Read More »Ebonyi police mourn as ASP slumps, dies
The Ebonyi State Police Command has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, who was in charge of the State Intelligence Department. Popoola reportedly collapsed on Tuesday morning during a management meeting at the command headquarters in Abakaliki. Witnesses said…
Read More »Police rescue kidnap victim, neutralize two suspects in Rivers
File Photo : Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju The Rivers State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped woman and neutralized two suspected kidnappers during an operation carried out by operatives of the Anti-Cultism Unit (ACU), Emohua Annex. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the…
Read More »Boko Haram abducts vice chairman, councillors in fresh Borno attack
By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected fighters of the Boko Haram terror group have abducted the Vice Chairman of Biu Local Government Area in Borno State and two newly elected councillors along the Kamuya–Buni/Yadi axis linking parts of Borno and Yobe states. The victims, identified as Alhaji Saidu and councillors representing Zarawuyaku…
Read More »Fuel subsidy removal has worsened poverty, insecurity – Dalung
A former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has criticized the removal of fuel subsidy, saying the policy has failed to deliver the promised economic relief and has instead deepened poverty, hunger, inflation, and insecurity across the country. President Bola Tinubu had announced the end of the fuel subsidy regime during…
Read More »Four Rivers lawmakers defect to APC after Fubara’s switch
By Deborah Nnamdi Four members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defections occurred about one week after Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara joined the ruling party, signalling a major political realignment in the…
Read More »Tinubu to present 2026 budget to national assembly Friday
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to present the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday, December 19, 2025. A formal communication from the Presidency is expected to be read on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday to notify lawmakers and…
Read More »Tinubu nominates new petroleum regulators as NMDPRA, NUPRC chiefs resign
Two of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s most senior appointees in Nigeria’s petroleum regulatory sector have resigned from office, prompting the President to forward the names of their proposed successors to the Senate for confirmation. In a statement issued on December 17, 2025, the Presidency announced the resignation of Engineer Farouk…
Read More »Ahmed Musa retires from international football
By Deborah Nnamdi Ahmed Musa has announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to a distinguished career with the Super Eagles of Nigeria that spanned nearly 15 years and included Nigeria’s triumph at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The former Leicester City forward confirmed the decision on…
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