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Shola Akinlade, co-founder and CEO of Paystack, a leading Nigerian FinTech company, has officially acquired a 55% stake in Aarhus Fremad, a second-division football club in Denmark. The acquisition, announced on Tuesday, establishes Aarhus Fremad as a sister club to Sporting Lagos FC, a Lagos-based football club in the Nigeria National League founded by Akinlade in 2022. We expect the collaboration to benefit Aarhus Fremad, a 76-year-old club with a strong community presence, by… Read the full article here

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons to the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). DAILY POST reported that President Muhammadu Buhari reserved two slots for the President-elect in the transition council. On Tuesday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, who is also the PTC Chairman, Boss Mustapha, stated that Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, Governor of Kebbi State, and a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Chief Olawale Edun, had been… Read the full article here

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Cairo Ojougboh, has said that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege lost the 2023 governorship election in the state because he is an Igbe worshiper. He also claimed that the truth about the defeat suffered by the APC governorship candidate is not far from the fact that he is a citizen of the United States of America. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sheriff Oborevwori, was declared the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial… Read the full article here

The Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of four persons in a solo auto crash in which five other passengers of the vehicle sustained varying degrees of injuries. While confirming the accident, which happened on Monday morning, the Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi, told journalists in Bauchi that it occured near the Bagel bridge on the Bauchi-Dass road in Dass Local Government Area of state at about 10:30 am. According to the… Read the full article here

Famous Nigerian singer and activist, Charles Oputa, known by his stage name, Charly Boy, has revealed plan to join the ongoing protest that followed the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. DAILY POST reports that supporters of the Labour Party and the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have continued to stage protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, seeking the cancelation of the election that produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as… Read the full article here

Niger Tornadoes have been handed a major boost ahead of their Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 11 encounter against Wikki Tourists with the availability of three of their key stars. The trio of Shola Abdulraheem, Munir Idris and Musa Wakili are available for Wednesday’s (today) game at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna. Abdulraheem recently linked up with the Ikon Allah Boys from Wikki Tourists. Wakili is back in the squad after an injury layoff, while Idris returns to the side… Read the full article here

The children at a school in Zwara in north-western Libya are learning the language of a once oppressed community. Twelve years ago, under Muammar Gaddafi, the Amazigh community was condemned to a clandestine orality.  Since Gaddafi’s death in 2011 things changed. “The Tamazight language is not just about the alphabet and vocabulary, but it’s a whole culture and identity that we’re passing (onto pupils, Ed.)”, (…) “We try to instil in… Read the full article here

Rwandan President Paul Kagame at COP27, 8 November 2022. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP In a letter sent on 3 March to President Azali Assoumani of the Comoros, who currently chairs the African Union, Kagame asserted that his country had been excluded from the 22nd summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), which was held on 25 February in Kinshasa on the directive of the host country, whose leader, Félix Tshisekedi, is the incumbent chair of the… Read the full article here

  The  Action Alliance Party will hold primaries for its governorship candidates in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on April 17. This is contained in a statement by the party National Secretary, James Vernimbe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. He stated that the party had notified the Independent National Electoral Commission about preparations for the conduct of the exercise. According to him, the… Read the full article here

No fewer than three persons were reportedly killed by suspected cultists between last Friday and Tuesday in different parts of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The killings came barely one year after a suspected cult leader simply identified as Tommy was killed in the Oluwo area of the state capital. Tommy was killed on March 24, 2022. His killing led to a bloody confrontation between members of the Aiye and Eiye cult groups. … Read the full article here