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Nigeria’s Super Eagles have suffered a setback at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after striker Cyriel Dessers was ruled out of the tournament with a thigh injury and returned to his club side, Panathinaikos, in Greece. Team officials confirmed on Friday that medical assessments showed Dessers would be unable to recover in time to play any part in the knockout stages, prompting a decision for him to leave the squad’s base in Morocco and begin rehabilitation with his club. The 31-year-old forward is yet to feature at the tournament, having struggled with the injury since Nigeria’s group-stage campaign began.…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday declared that he would not allow himself to be politically buried ahead of 2027. Wike explained that if he repeats past mistakes regarding the governorship in Rivers State, he would be buried politically like others, adding that he would not allow that to happen. The minister spoke while addressing the people of Okrika during his thank-you visit to local governments in Rivers State. He also reiterated his earlier stance that “agreement is agreement” regarding the governorship position in the state. According to Wike: “We have taken a decision…
The leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has responded to reports that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf may defect to the All Progressives Congress, describing such a move as a betrayal after the struggle to reclaim Kano from the party. “This is a lesson to all of us. We thought everyone had understood. We never expected betrayal,” he said. “As you also heard, they were supposed to decamp on Monday. I also heard that it has now been postponed,” Kwankwaso added. “We want to give you an assignment: continue praying for them. Secondly, if any of you…
Troops of the Nigerian Army 63 Brigade/Sector 1, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe, have arrested a 13-member gang of criminals and recovered 13 pump-action rifles from them. The troops busted the criminal gang in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. The 13 suspects, Nwaokonta Elvis, Obi Victor Woke, Uba Elijah, Nonso Ibiora, Dumbili Ezefili, Ndefu Ifeanyi, Ozemene Richard, Broderick Patrick, Nwaokonta Afamefile, Kelvin Ejiani, Victor Ogochukwu, Ogadi Kelvin Ikechukwu, and Ndibuisi Obiogonna (a native doctor), were arrested during follow-up operations. This was contained in a statement signed and released by Captain Iliyasu Bawa-Rijau, Acting Assistant Director,…
Nigerian singer and entrepreneur, Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has claimed that he coined the phrase m, ‘Detty December’, which has become synonymous with funfair during Christmas holidays in the country. Speaking at his Detty Rave concert in Accra, Mr Eazi claimed that he coined the phrase while working as a show promoter in Ghana. He, however, admitted that ‘Detty December’ is bigger than him or anyone else. “While working as a show promoter with my friends, I suggested that we call our December event ‘Detty December.’ Hashtag Detty December. “So in 2016, me and my guys…
Former Cameroonian international Joel Epalle has named four countries he believes will progress from the Round of 16 stage of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco to the quarter-final stage. Epalle insisted that countries like Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, and Cameroon will advance to the tournament’s last eight. Speaking to CAF TV, the 47-year-old also stated that Cameroon’s AFCON Round of 16 tie with South Africa will be one of the best matches in the knockout phase. “There might be a few surprises, but given the matchups, logic will probably prevail, with Morocco, Egypt, Ivory Coast, and…
Nigeria’s banking industry shut 229 physical branches in one year as customers increasingly turned to Point of Sale terminals for their daily transactions. This is according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s 2024 financial sector statistical bulletin. The data showed that the number of Deposit Money Bank branches across the country fell from 5,373 in 2023 to 5,144 in 2024, even as electronic payments, particularly through POS channels, surged sharply. The statistics cover branches and cash centres of commercial, merchant and non-interest banks across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The total number of licensed banks rose from…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with a suspected arson attack on a residential building in Ilorin, the state capital, following allegations of threats linked to religious differences. In a press release issued on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the command had commenced a full investigation into the fire incident, which occurred in the Isale Koko area of Ilorin. According to the statement, the incident was reported on January 2, 2026, at about 10pm by the occupant of the house, Mrs T. A. Olorisha. She alleged…
May you have a prosperous New Year. May the New Year bless you with health, wealth and happiness. What have we not talked about in our quest to live a healthy lifestyle on this platform? There is almost nothing that can aid the achievement of optimal health that we have not discussed. We have talked about hydration, the role of nutrition in achieving optimal well-being, how not to live a sedentary lifestyle, diseases and how to manage them, spices and their benefits, probiotics, fermented foods, and lots more. On this note, I just felt that since it is the beginning…
Once Nigeria’s most dominant political force, the Peoples Democratic Party has seen its grip on power steadily weaken amid internal crises, leadership battles and mass defections that have reshaped the country’s political landscape, ISMAEEL UTHMAN writes In December 2008, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, declared that the party would rule for 60 years. “The PDP is a party for all and it is set to rule Nigeria for the next 60 years. I don’t care if Nigeria becomes a one-party state. We can do it and the PDP can contain all,” he said. That…
