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Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton is at the top of his career, but there’s one thing he hopes his future includes: Parenthood. “One day. I wouldn’t be able to do what I do to the level that I do it today with that,” Hamilton, 39, told The Sunday Times in a profile published on Sunday, September 29. “One of my best friends has just had a kid and I’m seeing how manic it is — and my nieces and nephew are a handful.” He continued,… Read the full article here

Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives reconvened after a two-month-long recess. The House, however, started on a sombre note as it, in line with its tradition, suspended the plenary session to mourn the late Anambra South senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, Mr Ubah, who defected from the YPP to the ruling APC, passed away in London in July while the lawmakers were on recess. Despite the lost legislative hours, the week was still highly productive for the lawmakers, with many important… Read the full article here

The Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) board, Gbenga Elegbeleye, has expressed delight over the number of away wins and draws recorded so far in the new season which only entered its 4th Match Day at the weekend. The league boss said the new season has started with amazing results that will move the country’s football forward. After the two matches played on Saturday in Match Day 4, a total of 10 away wins have been recorded, with 11 away draws before the start… Read the full article here

Troops of the Nigerian Army have freed 40 hostages, eliminated eight terrorists and recovered arms/ammunition in different operations across the country. This was disclosed in a statement by the Nigerian Army on its social media platform on Sunday night. It said in a significant development, troops also apprehended a notorious arms courier found with a large cache of ammunition, striking a major blow against arms proliferation by criminal elements. It said Nigerian Army personnel, while… Read the full article here

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has won the September 28 local government elections in Anambra State, clearing all chairmanship and councillorship seats across the 21 local government areas of the state The Chairman of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, Genevieve Osakwe, announced the results at the ANSIEC office in Awka. Osakwe, while declaring the election as free and fair, said the ANSIEC carefully collated and analysed the results to ensure that… Read the full article here

Afrobeats singer, Jaywon, has urged rapper Odumodublvck to rethink his life, saying the rapper hasn’t achieved much in life and he’s already stepping on toes. He stated this while reacting to an X post where Odumodublvck shaded him by comparing his (Jaywon’s) picture with Ayra Starr and that of the Mavin artist with American rapper Future. In one of the pictures, Ayra Starr could be seen posing tightly with Future while in the other, she could be seen distancing herself from Jaywon… Read the full article here

Asisat Oshoala scored the decisive goal as Bay FC recorded a 1-0 away win against Seattle Reign in their UWSL fixture. Oshoala fired home the winning goal from the spot three minutes before the half-hour mark. The Nigerian has now scored seven goals for Bay FC this season. The win took the modest club to eighth position on 28 points after 22 games on the 14-team league table. Oshoala moved to Bay FC in February 2024 after severing ties with Barcelona. Bay FC will be away to Gotham FC in… Read the full article here

Nigeria could see new rallies on Tuesday with citizens protesting against a cost of living crisis. Named ‘Fearless October 1’, the demonstrations have been timed to coincide with Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary which falls on Tuesday, October 1. Organisers told local media that rallies would take place in the capital Abuja, the port city of Lagos and in provincial capitals across the west African country. … Read the full article here

The World Bank has approved three new loan requests totalling $1.57bn in financing for Nigeria. According to a statement released on Monday, the approval is to support the Federal Government in strengthening human capital through better health for women, children and adolescents. It added that the approved projects would also help build resilience to the effect of climate change such as floods and drought through improving dams safety and… Read the full article here

Gunmen have killed the Peoples Democratic Party’s councilorship candidate in Pari Ward, in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Raymond Timothy, and his brother, James Timothy. A PDP chieftain in the local government area, Barnabas Chawai, disclosed the incident in a telephone interview with PUNCH Online on Sunday. According to him, the duo were killed on Sunday evening while returning on a motorcycle from a political campaign in… Read the full article here