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Authorities in Bauchi State have apprehended a group of minors for allegedly conducting an illegal marriage ceremony involving a bride price of N3,000. The suspects, including the purported bride and groom, were on Thursday presented before the Bauchi State Action Committee on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, chaired by the wife of the governor, Aisha Bala Mohammed. The arrests were carried out by operatives of the Bauchi State Vigilante and Youth Empowerment Agency in collaboration with the Bauchi State Police Command. Also arrested were individuals said to have attended the ceremony, an alleged imam who conducted the marriage, and an underage girl accused…

The draw for the 2026 President Federation Cup will hold on Friday, DAILY POST reports. The draw ceremony is slated for the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Secretariat in Abuja. A total of 64 teams will be drawn for the national competition in the men’s category. 32 teams will compete in the women’s competition. Four teams were eliminated from the national playoffs in the women’s category, while six teams were eliminated from the men’s category. Kwara United won the competition last year while Rivers Angels are the defending Champions in the women’s category.

The Chinese government has reiterated that Nigeria’s longstanding adherence to the one-China principle remains the foundation of diplomatic relations between both countries, while warning against what it described as attempts by Taiwan authorities to undermine bilateral ties. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the Media Salon themed “Understanding the One China Principle,” the Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria, Dong Hairong, said Nigeria had consistently upheld its commitment to the one-China policy since diplomatic relations were established between both countries in 1971. According to her, while there had been recent developments that raised questions,…

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation and the All Progressives Congress’ consensus governorship candidate in Ogun State, Senator Solomon Adeola, has promised to sustain the tradition of peaceful and consensual transition of administrations in the state. Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, made the pledge on Thursday while speaking at the APC Ogun Central Senatorial District Stakeholders and Strategic Meeting presided over by Governor Dapo Abiodun and the state party chairman, Yemi Sanusi. Abiodun, during the meeting, again presented the senator to party stakeholders and leaders in Ogun Central as the party’s consensus governorship candidate for the 2027 election. The…

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said mobile network operators and tower companies invested about N2.5tn in network infrastructure and upgrades in 2025 amid growing complaints by Nigerians over dropped calls, slow internet speeds, unstable data services, and network disruptions across parts of the country. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Nnenna Ukoha. According to the NCC, “In 2025 alone, Mobile Network Operators invested over N2.13tn in network infrastructure and upgrades, while Tower Companies invested an additional N373.8bn across the sector.” The regulator said the investments supported the addition…

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a dramatic 98th-minute penalty as Celtic defeated Motherwell 3-2 on Wednesday night to keep the Scottish Premiership title race alive and spark wild celebrations that led to a pitch invasion by supporters at Fir Park, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigerian forward converted from the spot deep into stoppage time after referee John Beaton awarded Celtic a penalty following a VAR review for a handball by Sam Nicholson. Iheanacho made no mistake from 12 yards, firing home the decisive goal to move Celtic within one point of league leaders Hearts heading into the final day of the…

OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone.Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app lets you use your phone to tell Codex on your computer to work on a task. With your phone, you can “work across all of your threads, review outputs, approve commands, change models, or start something new” in Codex, according to a blog post. “Your files, credentials, permissions, and local setup stay on the machine where Codex is operating, while updates flow back to your phone…

A US federal judge has sentenced the former chief revenue officer of defunct cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius to time served after almost three years following his arrest on fraud and conspiracy charges.In a sentencing hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, Judge John Koeltl ordered that Roni Cohen-Pavon be sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release for his role in manipulating the price of Celsius’s CEL token and fraud on the platform. The former chief revenue officer initially pleaded not guilty to four charges following his arrest in September…

Niall Horan doesn’t have any insight into Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz’s upcoming wedding. “I’ve got a couple of weddings that I’m going to coming up,” Horan, 32, said during a recent appearance on a New Zealand radio show. “We all love a wedding.” He continued, “A couple of mates of mine are getting married, so that’s gonna be very fun.” The radio hosts inquired if his wedding commitments were during a “particular month” and involved “old people you used to work with,” alluding to Styles. Horan was quick to pick up on what they were asking. “Oh, right, no,”…

President Bola Tinubu’s economic and investment drive received a further boost on Thursday, as world-class port operator APM Terminals pledged a $600 million investment in Nigeria’s maritime sector. The Regional President, APM Terminals Africa-Europe, Igor van den Essen, disclosed this when he led other executives, including Head of Investments, APM Terminals, Martijn Van Dongen, and CEO, APM Terminals Nigeria, Frederik Klinke, to meet with President Tinubu on the sidelines of the ongoing Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Mr Essen said the proposed investments will be deployed in Apapa port modernisation, logistics infrastructure, and long-term private-sector investment in Nigeria’s maritime…