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Former Manchester United winger, Angel Di Maria has shared his thoughts on an aspect of football where Al-Nassr captain, Cristiano Ronaldo outshines Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi. As a player who has shared the field with both Ronaldo at Real Madrid and  Messi with the Argentina national team, Di Maria holds a different viewpoint about the duo. In an interview with AS, he stated that Ronaldo stands out above all other players in terms of professionalism and dedication. “Absolutely. When it comes to professionalism, Cris [Cristiano Ronaldo] is number one by far,” said Di Maria. “His work ethic to maintaining…

The Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, has said as a result of the new tax laws, Nigerian employees are beginning to experience a rise in their take-home pay due to the reduction in Pay As You Earn deductions. Oyedele, who said this via his official X handle based on feedback from employees who had received their January 2026 salaries, noted that early responses indicated that the revised tax framework was already delivering tangible relief to salary earners, particularly those whose income taxes are deducted at source. He said the decline in PAYE deductions reflected…

The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has rescued an 84-year-old man after he fell into a deep well in the Aboru area of Lagos State. The Controller-General of the agency, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the incident occurred at No. 35A, Fadeyemi Street, Pipeline, Aboru, under the Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area. She said the agency received a distress call at about 10:09 a.m. and immediately mobilised responders, including personnel from the Abesan Fire Station, to the scene. The rescue team arrived at about 10:20 a.m. and discovered that the man had…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved a temporary window allowing importers to use expired National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control licences for import documentation, offering short-term relief to businesses affected by system changes in Nigeria’s trade processing framework. In a circular issued on January 26, 2026, by its Trade and Exchange Department and published on the bank’s website on Tuesday, the CBN said authorised dealer banks may continue to process Form M applications with NAFDAC licences that expired on December 31, 2025. The approval, which takes effect immediately, will run for two months and lapse on…

With few months to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which Mexico will co-host with the United States and Canada in June, a deadly attack at a community football game that left 11 people dead has reignited fears about security in one of the tournament’s host nations. The murder of 11 people at a football game has sparked deep anger in the central Mexican town of Loma de Flores, where sport is promoted as a way of keeping young people safe from drug cartels. A ‘caution’ tape surrounds the football field where at least 11 people were killed and 12 more…

The use of centralized crypto exchanges for laundering illicit funds is on the decline, with Chinese-language money laundering networks now being used more than ever, according to Chainalysis.Chainalysis said in a report on Tuesday that informal service-based networks offered through Chinese-speaking channels have a wide variety of laundering-as-a-service businesses that use money mules, informal over-the-counter trade desks, and gambling platforms to mix and swap crypto.The networks emerged during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, and now “dominate known crypto money laundering activity.”Centralized crypto exchanges have made strides to beef up customer checks and security in the last…

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Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, spent over £2 million at Harrods, a luxury store in London, buying high-end accessories with money gotten from a government contractor, a prosecutor told a UK court on Tuesday. The accessories were purchased with a payment card owned by a Nigerian businessman, Kolawole Aluko. Some purchases were also made with his company’s debit card, Tenka Limited. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the case prosecutor, Alexandra Healy, told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that Mrs Alison-Madueke “lived a lavish lifestyle in London.” He declared that she was staying there at the expense of individuals…

President Recep Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye, on Tuesday in Ankara, said his country targets a $5 billion trade volume with Nigeria, adding that discussions to actualise this have already commenced. President Erdogan stated this during a joint press briefing with President Bola Tinubu during the Nigerian President’s State Visit. At present, the trade volume between the two nations is about $2 billion. Turkey exports planes, helicopters, machinery, iron and steel, and chemical products to Nigeria. Nigeria exports crude oil and agricultural products to Türkiye. Mr Erdogan said the establishment of the Joint Economy and Trade Committee between the…

Former Director of Voter and Publicity Education of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, says there is evidence that the Senate is delaying the passage of the Electoral Act. Osaze-Uzzi made this allegation on Tuesday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television. He said that the consequence of the delay would me make Nigeria to fall back on the Electoral Act of 2022,  which he said has flaws. “Evidence shows the Senate is deliberately delaying the passage of the Electoral Act. I think the circumstantial evidence seems to be that it’s a deliberate ploy. “When you…