Nigeria’s Super Falcons have held firm at 36th place in the latest FIFA Women’s World Rankings, following their triumphant performance at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, where they secured a record-extending 10th title. The updated rankings were published on FIFA’s official website on Thursday, August 7. While the Super Falcons…
Oluchi Oparah, former National Treasurer of the Labour Party (LP), has refuted allegations that Peter Obi, the ex-governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate, used party funds to finance his campaign. Speaking on Channels Television on Thursday night, August 7, Oparah dismissed the accusations made by LP chieftain Abayomi Arabambi as “completely false,” emphasizing…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised serious concerns over the high prevalence of child malnutrition in Kano State, revealing that 51.9% of children experience stunted growth caused by chronic undernutrition. Mr. Rahma Farah, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Kano, disclosed this during the official handover of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in…
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, Yakubu Mahmood, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced that the commission will permit prison inmates to vote. Yakubu made the disclosure on Friday, August 8, while receiving the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Sylvester Nwakuche, at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja. He reaffirmed the recent…
Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, convicted and sentenced Kalthum Mustapha to three years imprisonment for fraud. Kalthum was initially arraigned on Monday, May 13, 2024, on a one-count charge of cheating involving the sum of N1,350,000 (One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that the federal government has spent more than N88 billion repairing and restoring power infrastructure damaged by vandalism nationwide between 2021 and 2025. Seyi Onabajo, TCN’s Principal Manager (Lines) for the Lagos Region, revealed this during a sensitisation programme held at the Odogunyan 132 kilovolt (kV) transmission…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a strong warning to its members publicly endorsing President Bola Tinubu, describing such actions as anti-party behavior and threatening severe disciplinary measures for continued defiance. In a statement released Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) condemned recent endorsements of the…
Renowned Fuji music icon, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 or KWAM1, has issued a formal apology following an incident at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. In a statement personally signed by the artist, KWAM1 extended his sincere apologies to the Presidency, the Ministry of Aviation, the Federal…
UEFA has fined Barcelona stars Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski €5,000 each for breaching Anti-Doping Regulations following the club’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second-leg match against Inter Milan in Italy. The sanctions stem from the players’ failure to comply with Article 21.8 and Article 21.10(a) of the UEFA Anti-Doping Regulations, which require players to follow…
The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 23-year-old cross-dresser and content creator, Taiwo Austine, before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure over alleged involvement in same-sex activities. Austine was arraigned alongside two other defendants, Haris Abubakar (25) and Matthew Ogwu (32), on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and alleged same-sex conduct. According…
