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The Nigerian Air Force has paid compensation to victims and families affected by the accidental airstrike that occurred on December 25, 2024, in Sokoto State. The victims are residents of Gidan Bisa and Rumtuwa villages in Silame Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, on Sunday in Abuja. In his remarks, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, represented by the Chief of Civil Military Relations, AVM Edward Gabkwet, expressed gratitude to the state government for fostering a strong…

A Yoruba maxim, Isàlè òrò ò lè gbín, meaning, the foundation of wealth is never spotless, gained new urgency on December 16, 2025, when Nigeria’s most powerful industrialist turned his own megaphone toward the very system that underwrites his empire. Aliko Dangote’s public indictment of a senior regulator was not merely a personal grievance; it was a stark reminder that in the Nigerian imagination wealth functions simultaneously as shield and sword, and that the sword can be turned inward. On that harmattan‑laden morning, the press gallery overlooking the sprawling Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki was unusually full. Reporters shuffled notes, cameras flickered, and…

Africa Law Practice International Group (ALPi Group), a Pan-African corporate and commercial law firm, has announced the opening of a new office in Luanda, Angola, marking its first entry into a Lusophone African jurisdiction and a major milestone in its continental expansion strategy. The new office, ALPi Angola, according to a statement on Sunday, is strategically located in Maculusso, central Luanda, at Travessa Rodrigo de Miranda. The firm said the office was established from the ground up in partnership with leading Angolan lawyers, reinforcing its commitment to local expertise and regulatory compliance. The launch follows ALPi Group’s strong footprint across…

Egypt’s coach, Hossam Hassan, has said Mohamed Salah is not affected by the uncertainty surrounding his future at Liverpool as he prepares to lead the Pharaohs into the Africa Cup of Nations, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The seven-time champions take on highly unfavoured Zimbabwe on match-day one in Group B, but their talisman is coming into the competition off the back of an outburst after being dropped by the Premier League champions. He had since apologised to his teammates and reintegrated before proceeding to the AFCON. “Salah’s morale in training is very high, as if he were just starting out…

The highly-anticipated Uniswap protocol fee switch, dubbed “UNIfication,” is set to pass and go live later this week, having reached the 40 million vote threshold needed to trigger one of the biggest upgrades in the decentralized exchange protocol’s seven-year history.As of early Monday, nearly 62 million votes have already been cast in favor of the UNIfication governance proposal since voting opened on Dec. 20, with voting set to close on Thursday, Christmas Day.Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams said on Thursday that a successful vote would follow a two-day timelock period in which Uniswap v2 and v3 fee switches would flip…

Kate Beckinsale and her daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, had a courtside mother-daughter date night over the weekend. The Underworld actress, 52, and Lily, 26, attended the basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Intuit Dome on Saturday, December 20, in Inglewood, California. Beckinsale wore her hair in a ponytail with a black crown-style headband, a strapless top and dangling bow earrings. Lily wore a leather jacket with her reddish locks down and parted in the middle. Both women rocked full beats. Lily is Beckinsale’s only daughter, whom she shares with ex Michael Sheen. Lily,…

The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, NICRAT, has called for the integration of cancer prevention screenings into family planning services across Primary Health Centres, PHCs, in Nigeria. The appeal was made at the weekend during a three-day training programme on integrating cancer prevention into family planning services at PHCs, organised by NICRAT in collaboration with the Ebonyi State Ministry of Health. The training was held at Centenary City, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Speaking at the event, the Director-General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, represented by Senior Scientific Officer, Mr Musa Mutiu Terere, said the programme, currently…

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Kaduna-based businessman Kailani Mohammed, demanding a public retraction and apology over allegedly defamatory statements, warning that failure to comply will trigger a N100bn libel suit. The demand was conveyed in a letter dated December 20, 2025, authored by Dangote’s lawyer, Ogwu Onoja (SAN), and served on Mohammed. The letter accused Mohammed of making “false, reckless and malicious” statements questioning Dangote’s source of wealth and alleging involvement in “unclean business” activities in Port Harcourt during the 1980s. The disputed remarks were reportedly made by Mohammed during a TrustTV…

A Lagos-based lawyer and Notary Public, Ifenyinwa Christopher, has narrated how she was almost blinded by a shuttle driver who also robbed her of her possessions, including her mobile phone and money, along the Asaba–Benin Expressway in Delta State. Christopher recounted her ordeal in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Metro on Sunday. The lawyer said she had travelled to Asaba to attend a burial ceremony scheduled to be held on Saturday. She explained that she had gone out to buy some items on Friday when she chartered the shuttle bus in the airport area of the state, unaware that the…

The current issue between the legislative tax document and the executive tax document can be referred to as tax padding, in the absence of a new lexicon. Through ingenious actions and activities of our politicians, a new addition has been made to our political lexicon. During my years of studying economics, I had never encountered budget padding until Nigerian politicians introduced it a few years ago. If K.O. Mbadiwe were around, he would have adorned these new words with appropriate adjectives. Real budget padding started during President Goodluck Jonathan’s days, where legislators started adding items not included in the draft…