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Rate this post There is an adage which says once bitten twice shy. That was what Morocco thought to itself after they lost the 2010 World Cup hosting right to South Africa. Former FIFA president, Sepp Blatter wanted to compensate Africa for the support the continent gave him all the years his mandate as head […]

Rate this post A while ago, I watched a video online, in which a woman was calling out another woman for not being a ‘proper widow’. This young widow is an Event Planner who is now the sole bread winner of her family. She wiped her tears and summoned the energy to leave her home and […]

The Kremlin on Friday said President Vladimir Putin had agreed to stop striking Kyiv for a week — ending Sunday — following a request by his US counterpart Donald Trump. Trump had said he asked Putin to halt strikes on the Ukrainian capital and the surrounding area due to extreme cold weather. Moscow, meanwhile, said […]

By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio, Yenagoa Businesses and other economic activities came to a halt on Friday in Yenagoa, the state capital, and other parts of the state, as residents paid their last respects to the late deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, described by many as a man of the people. The state governor […]

By Henry Obetta  Convener of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ideological Group (BAT-IG), Mr Bamidele Atoyebi, has described President Bola Tinubu as the political and ideological successor of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, arguing that Awolowo’s democratic socialist principles continue to shape Nigeria’s governance through Tinubu’s leadership. Atoyebi, who is also the National Coordinator of […]

By Henry Umoru The Senate has fixed Tuesday, March 17, 2026, for final consideration and passage of the N48.472 Trillion 2026 budget. Disclosing this on Friday at the end of a special session with Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees, Chairman,  Senate Committee on Appropriations,  Senator Olamilekan Adeola,  APC,  Ogun West, fixed February 2nd to 13th […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it is awaiting a positive ruling from FIFA over its case against the Democratic Republic of Congo. The federation is contesting the use of ineligible players by the Congolese team during the 2026 World Cup play-off final last November. The Leopards defeated the Super Eagles on penalties, but weeks […]

By Innocent Anaba  The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the jurisdictional decision of the Court of Appeal, Calabar, thereby striking out a N1.4 billion compensation suit against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited over alleged acquisition of community land in Akwa Ibom State. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Thursday,  the apex court held that […]

The Senate on Friday fixed March 17 for final consideration and passage of the N58. 472 trillion 2026 budget. The Senate Committee on Appropriations, at a special session held in Abuja, fixed Feb. 2 to Feb. 13 for consideration of the budget estimates at committee levels. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Solomon Adeola, also fixed […]

By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt The crisis rocking Rivers state may take a violent dimension if the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike carries out his threat of breaking the stadium, if the state government denied him access to hold any political rally. Wike on Friday warned that he and his supporters would […]

A claim by Colombia’s left-wing president that Jesus “made love” to disciple Mary Magdalene has shocked the country’s many Christians, with the faithful urging him to show respect Friday. During a recent speech, Gustavo Petro claimed that a man like Jesus “could not exist without love” and that he “died surrounded by women who loved […]

Former First Lady of Ondo State, Mrs Betty Anyawu-Akeredolu, has declared support for former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, to emerge as the presidential candidate of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). Anyawu-Akeredolu made her position known in a post on her verified X account on Friday. Quoting a report in which she was cited […]