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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…

The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tournament from FIFA, world football’s governing body announced on Wednesday. The total World Cup prize fund of $655 million (558.5 million euros) represents an increase of almost 50 percent from the $440 million distributed to teams taking part in the last tournament in Qatar in 2022. However, next year’s World Cup — to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19 — will be the first to feature 48 teams,…

2025 Afrobeats breakout singer, Folarin Odunlami, with the stage name, Fola, has apologised to fans following the abrupt end of his first headline performance at the Mainland Block Party, which was halted over safety concerns after the venue reportedly exceeded its capacity. The event, held on Monday, December 15, at the Balmoral Event Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, was disrupted after a large influx of fans led to overcrowding, rowdiness and reported safety breaches. Attendance was said to have surpassed the venue’s approved capacity, prompting organisers to stop the show. Several fans at the venue complained of poor…