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Kwara State House of Assembly has voted to suspend Saba Yisa Gideon, member representing Edu State Constituency, for three months after he was found to have recorded a closed‑door meeting and shared the audio with an unauthorised person, DAILY POST reports. Debates on the matter, revealed that Gideon confessed to committing the alleged offence. The motion moved without notice by the leader of the House, Abdulkadir Magaji, cited Order 4, Rule 14 of the House’s privileges rules and Section 14(2) of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act  2017. Members who contributed to the debate included Ganiyu Folabi Salaudeen, representing…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has dismissed reports that the party’s chairman in Maradun Local Government Area, Alhaji Muttaka Dalhatu, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on December 18, 2025, the part described the claim as false and misleading. The party said it was reacting to a statement credited to the APC alleging that Muttaka Dalhatu, described as the PDP chairman in Maradun, had left the party. The PDP, under the leadership of its state chairman, Dr. Jamil Jibo Magayaki, said the claim has no basis. According to the party, it…

Toyosi Etim Effiong, wife of Nollywood actor Daniel Etim Effiong, has shared her views on marriage and infidelity, stating that she does not consider cheating a dealbreaker. Speaking in a recent episode of the Toke Makinwa podcast, Mrs Effiong insisted that infidelity is not sufficient grounds to end a marriage. She emphasised that, rather than leaving her marriage due to cheating, prayer and spiritual support matter more to her. She also revealed that she has set up a prayer group for wives of entertainers to pray for their husbands not to fall for the antics of seductresses in the industry.…

The date, venue and time for the Finalissima between Spain and Argentina has been confirmed. UEFA and CONMEBOL, together with the Royal Spanish Football Federation, RFEF, and the Argentine Football Association, AFA, have today announced the venue, date and kick-off time for the Finalissima 2026. DAILY POST reports that the showpiece fixture sees UEFA EURO 2024 winners Spain face CONMEBOL Copa América 2024 champions Argentina in a clash of the two continental title holders. The game will take place at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on Friday 27 March 2026 and the kick-off at 21:00 local time. The match will be…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund on Saturday said the N100bn annual education scholarship initiative by the Aliko Dangote Foundation would widen access to education financing in Nigeria. The fund, in a statement by its Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, described the initiative, unveiled in Lagos in the presence of Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu, as a bold demonstration of private-sector partnership in line with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda and his commitment to expanding access to quality education for every Nigerian child. “On behalf of NELFUND, we applaud President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for championing collaborative…

The Federal Government has strengthened its blue economy initiative with the approval of the Bakassi Deep Seaport, as the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, presented the project’s certificate of compliance to the Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu. In a statement signed by Oyetola’s Special Adviser, Bolaji Akinola, on Thursday, the minister described the Bakassi Deep Seaport as a strategic national asset aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, particularly in efforts to position Nigeria as a competitive maritime and logistics hub. He assured all that the Federal Government would continue to support Cross River…

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect in connection with the robbery and killing of a young man whose body was found in a forest in Ngaski Local Government Area. The victim, identified as Ibrahim Yahaya, 25, was discovered dead at about 8:30 a.m. on December 16, 2025, in Bakin Dutsi Forest, a remote area of Ngaski LGA, sparking concern among residents and renewed calls for improved security along forest routes often used by commuters and farmers. Acting on what the police described as “credible intelligence,” operatives swiftly tracked and arrested the suspect, Aminu Adamu, of Yauri…

She was only 32 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but her situation received the attention of a foreign government’s high commission, and they took up her medical case. She was relocated with her family (husband and two children) to their country. What we heard is that she became cancer-free after a while. But a surprising twist occurred in her case, supposedly to the surprise of the medical team handling her situation. She became pregnant again. Unfortunately, the cancer returned aggressively, and she did not survive it. The reaction that followed her death was a series of…

The African Democratic Congress has said that the defection of governors and other elected politicians to the All Progressives Congress cannot guarantee the return of President Bola Tinubu to Aso Rock in the 2027 general elections. Speaking in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Online at the party’s stakeholders’ meeting on Saturday in Yola, the Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the ADC, Shehu Yohanna, said politicians defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress were heading into political exile. He said the party had proposed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate and Peter Obi as vice-presidential candidate for…

ClapMi, an African creator-tech startup, has secured a $20,000 innovation grant from Lisk through the Aya × Lisk Incubation Programme, aiming to launch Africa’s first competitive livestreaming platform, it said in a statement. The funding will accelerate ClapMi’s development of its creators layer and support the company’s mission to scale a hybrid Web2/Web3 livestream competition platform that enables performance-based monetisation for creators across the continent. Africa’s creator economy is projected to surpass $29.8bn by 2032, driven by mobile-first consumers and a digitally native population. But monetisation remains a significant challenge. Industry data shows that over half of African creators earn…