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Lobi Stars have intensified preparations for the President Federation Cup Round of 64 clash against Kogi United. The Makurdi-based club thrashed non-league side St. Mark’s FC 6-0 in a warm-up match at the McCarthy Stadium on Sunday. The game was their first after the completion of the 2025-26 Nigeria National League, NNL, season. Lobi Stars will square up with Kogi United in Abuja on Wednesday. They are determined to make up for the top-flight promotion setback with an impressive run in the cup competition. Lobi Stars crashed out in the Round of 32 in 2025. They last won the competition in 2003…

The Nigeria Revenue Service, in collaboration with the Joint Revenue Board (JRB), has announced the implementation of a new Taxpayer Identification (Tax ID) system for all taxable persons in the country. The agency made the announcement in a public notice issued on its X handle on Monday, stating that the reform is backed by Sections 6, 7, and 8 of the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, which requires every taxable person to obtain a Tax ID. According to the NRS, the new system is designed to strengthen tax administration, improve transparency, and streamline service delivery across federal and sub-national tax…

Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele needs treatment for a right calf issue, the French club said Monday, ahead of the Champions League final against Arsenal later this month. The Ballon d’Or winner was substituted after half an hour during Sunday’s 2-1 Ligue 1 defeat against Paris FC “as a precaution after experiencing some discomfort in his right calf,” PSG said in a statement. “Dembele will be having treatment over the next few days,” the club added. The 29-year-old did not appear to be struggling when he left the field and boarded the team bus after the match without limping. “I think…

Award-winning hip-hop singer, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has emphasised the importance of education in achieving excellence across all human endeavours, saying that it is therefore wrong for anyone to say that education is a scam. Davido said that, with a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, in 2015, he’s always quick to brag to his colleagues that he went to school. The hip-hop singer, who described music and creativity as akin to oil in present-day Nigeria, pledged to invest in the development of the music department of his alma mater with an ultra-modern building and…

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said that about 80 per cent of donor funding for education over the past decade was directed to the North-West and North-East, even though the two zones continue to record the lowest literacy and numeracy outcomes in the country. He made the disclosure on Monday during a special roundtable session at the Education World Forum in London, United Kingdom, where he met with global education stakeholders and ministers to discuss Nigeria’s foundational learning reforms. According to a statement signed by his media aide, Ikharo Attah, the minister said the Federal Government now relies…

Alexa Plus, Amazon’s upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on “virtually any topic,” according to an announcement on Monday. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation and adjust its length before it starts generating the episode.Some “Alexa Podcast” examples shared by Amazon have two AI-generated hosts talking about the history of the Roman Empire, new music, and expectations for the World Cup. Amazon says you can also ask Alexa Plus to…

Hyperliquid DEX’s native token, HYPE, is showing potential for a 55% rally after a wallet reportedly tied to Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist, a16z, accumulated $90.87 million worth of tokens in just over a month.Key takeaways:HYPE’s three-day chart shows a potential cup-and-handle breakout, with the neckline sitting near $45–$47.ETF launch, Coinbase-Circle USDC roles, and potential US regulatory clarity may expand Hyperliquid’s institutional demand base.HYPE cup-and-handle setup eyes record highsHYPE appears to be forming a cup-and-handle pattern, a classic bullish continuation setup. A cup-and-handle forms when price makes a rounded recovery, pauses near resistance, and then breaks higher. Traders calculate the upside…

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Fresh confusion has emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State after a screening document surfaced showing former Governor Yahaya Bello as “not cleared” to contest the party’s senatorial primaries for Kogi Central. The document, which circulated on Monday and was reportedly linked to the APC secretariat in Kogi State, listed Mr Bello among screened aspirants but carried the remark “NOT CLEARED.” The development comes days after earlier reports indicated that the former governor had been screened and cleared alongside other aspirants contesting for senatorial tickets across the state. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported that the APC screening…

On the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, that “the ablest lawyers are men whose past has naturally brought them into close relationship with the wealthiest and the most powerful.” What he left unsaid was that they are also men who profit from such relationships. Profiting from the deployment of unrivalled skill and intellect in the service of the wealthiest and the most powerful is not criminal but it is possible to achieve material wealth…