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Taiwo Awoniyi scored his maiden goal of the campaign as Nottingham Forest beat Brentford 2-0 on Sunday. The Tricky Trees moved away from the relegation zone following the win. Igor Jesus gave Forest the lead after  12 minutes with Ola Aina providing the assist. Awoniyi was introduced in the 68th minute. The Nigeria international made the points save by scoring Forest’s second 11 minutes from time. The striker made brilliant individual run into the box before slotting the ball  into the net. It was Awoniyi’s first goal for the Tricky Trees since February 11, 2025 when he found the back…

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, will on Monday, formally register as a member of the All Progressives Congress, following his resignation from the New Nigeria Peoples Party last Friday. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi  Dawakin-Tofa, on Sunday. According to the statement, the governor’s decision to return to the APC was informed by prevailing realities of governance, national cohesion and development. The statement noted that Yusuf, who first joined the APC in 2014, had won the party’s primary election for the Kano Central Senatorial seat before conceding the ticket to Senator Rabiu Musa…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a man, Kehinde Olawuyi, and his wife, Eniola Olawuyi, over the death of a 28-year-old pregnant woman who allegedly died after a medical procedure at their illegal clinic in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The deceased, simply identified as Iyanu, was said to have been admitted to the facility for childbirth. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abayomi Jimoh, the suspects allegedly mishandled the medical procedure, resulting in excessive bleeding that led to the woman’s death. Jimoh said the couple were currently in…

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, traditional rulers in Akwa Ibom State have endorsed President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Governor Umo Eno for a second term in office, citing their developmental strides and records of governance. The endorsement was announced at a special rally held on Saturday at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, where royal fathers drawn from across the district converged in a rare show of unity. A statement issued on Sunday in Uyo by the Special Assistant on Media/Communication to the President of the Senate, Mr Anietie Ekong, said the monarchs…

Aston Villa closed to within four points of the Premier League summit with an impressive 2-0 win at Newcastle, while Chelsea climbed into the top four on Sunday. Leaders Arsenal can stretch their advantage over Villa and Manchester City back to seven points when they host Manchester United later. Villa bounced back from a shock 1-0 home defeat by Everton last weekend to remain on the fringes of the title race. Emi Buendia put Unai Emery’s men on course for their first win at St James’ Park since 2005 with a brilliant strike from outside the box in the 19th…

Tezos, a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain network, implemented its latest protocol upgrade, Tallinn, on Saturday, which reduced block times on the base layer to 6 seconds. The latest upgrade is the 20th update to the protocol, which reduces block times, slashes storage costs and reduces latency, resulting in faster network finality times, according to an announcement from Tezos.Tallinn also allows all network validators, known as “bakers”, to attest to every single block, rather than a subset of validators attesting to blocks, which is how validators verified blocks in previous versions of the protocol, Spokespeople for Tezos explained:“This is achieved through the…

Watch With Us loves getting our true crime fix, and HBO Max is one of the best streamers for true crime content. HBO Max has a little of everything, so pick your poison — from cults and fraud, to murder, corruption and more. We’ve added two true crime shows to our list for January. Our first pick is the brand new The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story, about a mother who fell under the spell of a rogue street preacher. We also have the second season of The Curious Case Of…, which deals with a different criminal case per episode. Need…

A Lagos-based health facility, Kelina Hospital, performed 212 prostate-related surgeries in 2025, as prostate cancer continues to rise among men in Nigeria. The hospital disclosed the figure on Saturday at a press conference held at its Victoria Island facility, noting that it also recorded 101 prostate cancer surgeries over two years, with no reported mortality. According to the hospital’s Lead Urologist, Celsus Undie, the surgeries covered both prostate cancer and benign prostatic enlargement, conditions that disproportionately affect older men and remain a major contributor to morbidity in Nigeria. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in sub-Saharan Africa…

In perhaps his most famous song after dying in a car crash in 1971, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Kalabari highlife soulful singer of the 1960s Nigeria, would seem to be passing a deeply emotive message to both the Adeleke and Labinjoh families. In a deeply philosophical song sung in Kalabari, a riverine tribe of Rivers State, Rex used the track, So Ala Temen, to preach equality of creation, irrespective of class or wealth. God made the rich –  So ala temen; both wealth – ala wolo ma – and poverty/lowliness – igoin derima – constitute a single tranche of God’s creation, he sang. God made the rich/Ori piki igoin temen and also created the lowly, Ala wolo ma, igoin derima,…

A major fire that gutted Parco Enterprises Nigeria Limited along Alaba Suru, Badagry Expressway, Lagos, on Saturday evening, has been linked to chemical materials stored at the facility, according to a preliminary report released by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA. The blaze, which erupted around 7:25 p.m., engulfed a warehouse used for chemical blending and storage within an industrial cluster. LASEMA’s report, signed by Permanent Secretary Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, revealed that the fire rapidly spread over an estimated 15,000 square metres, involving highly flammable chemical materials. “The affected facility is a warehouse and chemical blending and storage site. The…