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Famous Nigerian musician Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Face or 2Baba, has made a public confession. 2Baba, who is widely documented as having children with multiple baby mamas outside his marriage, made the confession in Benin City during the MC EdoPikin Undiluted with StarBoy and Legends show. Speaking before his performance, the musician, who said he had a confession to set the record straight, revealed that he had stopped impregnating women. “But see, I get confession. I dey make this confession everywhere I go now to set the record straight. I don stop to dey do that kind of thing,…

Manchester United head coach, Ruben Amorim, has admitted Harry Maguire and Casemiro may not be at the Premier League club beyond next summer. As it stands, Maguire and Casemiro could sign pre-contract agreements with other clubs in January, before they eventually become free agents in the summer. Amorim has now hinted that a decision could be determined by if United get European football next season. “No, there is no decision,” Amorim told journalists. “We have a lot to do. We need to understand what is going to happen in the next season, because we need to understand if there is…

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday of abusing his power to plunder millions from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and launder the proceeds. His sentencing, expected later on Friday, is likely to heap years onto the six-year term he is already serving for a separate case related to the now-defunct state investment vehicle. Presiding Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah convicted the 72-year-old former leader on all four counts of abuse of power, as well as all 21 counts of money laundering, involving around 2.28 billion ringgit ($554 million) from the fund. Najib, dressed in a navy…

Panic gripped residents of Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday night after explosions rocked parts of the town, destroying properties and raising security concerns, barely hours after the United States announced airstrikes against ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria. The incident, which occurred around midnight on Christmas Day, was said to have happened at two separate locations within Offa. Residents told The PUNCH that the first explosion affected several buildings around the Eid praying ground area, while the second occurred near Solid Worth Hotel, located about a five-minute walk from the initial site. It was further gathered that an undetonated explosive device…

International Money Transfer Operator inflows into Nigeria fell by 11.78 per cent in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period of last year, according to new figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s latest Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. An analysis of the data showed that IMTO receipts totalled $2.07bn between January and June 2025, down from $2.34bn recorded in the corresponding period of 2024. This represents a decline of about $275.93m year-on-year, showing pressure in an important non-oil foreign exchange source at a time the monetary authorities are banking on remittances to support market liquidity. A monthly breakdown…

Ambition and continental pride will be at stake on the pitch as Egypt and South Africa prepare for a highly anticipated Group B showdown at the Grand Stade d’Agadir in Morocco. The match promises to be a thrilling chapter in one of Africa’s most enduring football rivalries, CAF Online said in a preview on its website on Friday. Hugo Broos, head coach of South Africa during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations South Africa Press Conference at Adrar Stadium in Agadir, Morocco on 25 December 2025 | CAF website The last time these two heavyweights met on the AFCON stage,…

February: The Bybit theft recenters the market on operational risk On Feb. 24, the crypto industry faced a renewed security reckoning after about $1.4 billion was stolen from Bybit, making it one of the largest exchange-related thefts on record.US authorities publicly attributed the attack to actors linked to North Korea and warned that the stolen assets would likely be laundered through a network of addresses and intermediaries.For operator-led businesses, the takeaway was not “don’t use crypto.” It was that counterparty exposure and custody decisions, including exchange risk, wallet providers, signing flows and withdrawal assumptions, can become severe operational risks overnight,…

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce has already secured his legacy as one of the greatest tight ends of all time, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to walk away from his NFL career. “I know I’m 34 years old, about to be 35, but I have a love to do this right here in the middle of the heat in June,” Kelce said ahead of the Chiefs’ minicamp session in June 2024. “I love coming to work every single day and doing this.” According to a study by RBC Wealth Management, the average retirement age for an NFL player…

Governor Uba Sani has renamed the Centre For Qur’anic Science of Kaduna State University after Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, the late Islamic cleric that died on November 27. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa, said the Governor made this known at the Maulid celebration of Fityanul Islam. The statement further said that the Centre will now be known as Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Centre Of Excellence For Qur’anic Sciences and Memorisation. It will be recalled that the Governor had promised to immortalise the name of the late Sheikh, when he led a 30-member delegation to…

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has fined Egypt $5,000 after the players and technical staff failed to  engage the media following their clash with Zimbabwe, DAILY POST reports. Hossam Hassan’s side won the thrilling contest 2-1. The players and their officials shunned  the media in the mixed zone after the game. The action, according to CAF was a clear violation of their media obligations. CAF warned Egypt that will face heavier sanctions if they repeat same action in subsequent games at AFCON 2025. The seven-time champions will face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in their second group game…