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Shooting Stars forward, Austin Onyeamechi is optimistic that they will secure a positive result in their matchday 18 fixture against Niger Tornadoes. The Oluyole Warriors will do battle with Niger Tornadoes at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan on Sunday. Onyeamechi said they are working hard to get a win over the Ikon Allah Boys. “We are working towards our next game against Niger Tornadoes this weekend, hopefully we will get a victory in the game,” Onyeamechi told the club’s media. Shooting Stars edged out Niger Tornadoes by 3-1 in the same fixture last season. Ayodeji Bamidele, Anthony Okachi and…

The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has mourned the passing of former Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, describing his death as a great loss to Delta State, the Anioma nation, and Nigeria at large. Nwaoboshi, a two-time Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, was elected as senator in 2019 under PDP, representing Delta North at the National Assembly, and later defected to the All Progressives Congress. However, Oborevwori, in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Festus Ahon, on Friday, said Nwaoboshi was a proud son of Delta State and…

In all class societies, pardon is usually granted by the president and governors in favour of members of the ruling class who are standing trial or who have been convicted by courts. Hence, indigent convicted persons are made to complete their prison terms. If sentenced to death, they are kept on death row for decades. While over 3,833 are on death row across correctional centres in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu granted an absolute pardon to Mrs Maryam Sanda, even though her trial was based on overwhelming evidence that she killed her husband. And following public protests against the prerogative of…

Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party will weather its current internal crisis, insisting that the opposition party is far from extinction. Saraki spoke on Friday in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the PDP Youth Summit organised by the state chapter to mark his 63rd birthday. Reacting to widespread claims that the party was in disarray, Saraki said disagreements within the PDP were not unusual and would ultimately strengthen the party. “Many people say our party is in shambles. I disagree. Sometimes, it is better to disagree than to agree and stagnate. I believe the…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems, has called for increased private sector investment in the red meat and coconut value chains to strengthen food security, create jobs, and drive economic growth. The call was made at the Lagos State Red Meat and Coconut Value Chain Investment Roundtable held in Lagos. Delivering the keynote address, the FAO Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dr. Hussein Gadain, said Lagos occupied a strategic position in Nigeria’s food system due to…

The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State chapter, has suspended its four-month industrial action, following an emergency congress meeting held on Monday. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Interim Chairman, Prof. Michael Olamoyegun, and the Interim Secretary, Dr Ayobami Alabi, and made available to our correspondent on Wednesday. The statement noted that academic activities resumed on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. The lecturers, who have been on strike since July 31 over the delayed implementation of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure, said the suspension is aimed at allowing constructive…

Ruben Amorim said provocative social media posts from two of Manchester United’s academy stars showed a damaging “feeling of entitlement” at the Premier League club. The United boss last week said Harry Amass was “struggling” at Sheffield Wednesday, bottom of the Championship, and pointed out that Chido Obi was not always a starter in United’s under-21s. The 18-year-olds both uploaded and subsequently deleted Instagram story posts. Amass posted a photo of himself holding Sheffield Wednesday’s player of the month award for November with a grinning emoji. Obi’s post showed him with arms out, celebrating a goal for the Under-21s against…

After 25 years of intermittent successes and widespread controversies, the Niger Delta Development Commission is seeking to rekindle hope among residents of the oil-rich Niger Delta region. With renewed federal directives under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the interventionist agency is emphasising project completion, sustainable development, and strategic partnerships with stakeholders, including state governments and private sector players, writes DELE OGUNYEMI When the Federal Government established the NDDC in 2000, the agency’s mandate was clear: to tackle the socioeconomic challenges of the Niger Delta and facilitate rapid, even, and sustainable development in a region that remains the economic backbone of Nigeria.…

Where’s the Trump Phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week, except next week, when we take a break until the new year. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone’s whereabouts. As usual, we’re still waiting for a response. In the meantime, we’re wondering who’s actually behind the mobile company.Yesterday’s announcement that one of the Trump companies is merging with TAE Technologies raised an unexpected prospect: Is the company that gave up on building phones in the US about to try making a nuclear fusion power plant instead?The simple answer is no. The longer…

The European Central Bank plans to allow blockchain-based settlement in central bank money next year and is preparing to issue a digital euro, but its privacy safeguards will ultimately depend on approval from EU lawmakers.ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said in a Friday statement that the institution will “make it possible to settle transactions based on [DLT] in central bank money” next year. He also said the ECB is “getting ready” to issue the digital euro and to link its system internationally for cross-border payments. The digital euro underlying infrastructure would also be available to other institutions to settle…