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Africa has made many demands of the world over the decades. Few have carried the moral clarity and political weight of the one now taking shape: a unified continental claim for reparations from Britain for the crimes of colonialism. What was once dismissed as rhetorical or symbolic is quietly becoming structured and serious. Recent deliberations by African leaders in Algiers, building on resolutions adopted by the African Union earlier in 2025, mark a turning point. For the first time, the continent is moving beyond fragmented national conversations towards a coordinated legal and diplomatic framework that seeks recognition, accountability and redress…

Following his dream start in the English FA Cup, where he registered a goal and an assist in 16 minutes for Wolves during their 6-1 thrashing of League Two side Shrewsbury Town on Saturday, Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare is looking forward to the next round. Arokodare came on in the 74th minute and got on the scoresheet as Wolverhampton Wanderers advanced to the fourth round. Jørgen Strand Larsen’s hat-trick ended his 13-game goal drought, while Jhon Arias, Rodrigo Gomes and Arokodare also found the net to complete the rout at Molineux. Following the win, the Nigerian took to social media…

New Horizons Nigeria, a leading ICT training institute, has launched a comprehensive empowerment programme aimed at taking Almajiri youths off the streets and equipping them with practical, income-generating technical skills. The initiative, tagged Almajiris-to-Tech, is a 90-day intensive empowerment scheme designed to transform Almajiri youths into skilled computer and electronics technicians through hands-on technical training combined with mindset re-orientation. The programme is also positioned as a sustainable, non-kinetic response to the long-standing Almajiri phenomenon in Nigeria. The disclosure was made in a statement issued by New Horizons Nigeria on Sunday, in which the organisation said the programme forms part of…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says his refusal to drop interest rates led to Donald Trump opening a criminal investigation over renovations to the central bank’s headquarters.Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has blasted the Trump administration over a new criminal probe, arguing it’s the latest attempt to destroy the central bank’s independence on interest rates.Powell said on Sunday that the charges are “a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”The US attorney for Washington, DC, opened a criminal investigation into…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Winter style usually asks Us to make a tough call: look polished or stay comfortable. Traditional jeans tend to fall firmly on the ‘sacrifice’ side of that equation — they’re often stiff, restrictive and the first thing we swap for sweats when we get home. But this season, that old trade-off is getting a much-needed rewrite as softer, stretchier denim takes center stage and proves you really can have both. Gap is the unexpected hero changing the denim game. The…

Renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, have issued a legal notice to the private hospital in Lagos where their 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi, died. The family had alleged Nkanu died due to medical negligence on the part of Euracare Hospital. In a legal notice dated 10 January, issued by the law firm of Kemi Pinheiro, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the couple accused Euracare Hospital, its anaesthesiologist, and attending staff of breaching their duty of care during a series of medical procedures. The toddler died in the early hours of 7 January, after…

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has said that if breaking down criminals’ doors is required to effect arrests in 2026, he would gladly do so. Olukoyede made this vow during an interview on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST. He also said that in the last two months, the anti-graft agency has carried out hundreds of arrests of internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, through sting operations. According to him, some of the suspects cannot be seen in broad daylight, adding that such operations have to be professionally…

Algeria center-back Aïssa Mandi has said that the Senegalese referee Issa Sy was not responsible for their loss to Nigeria on Saturday. Algeria were knocked out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations by the Super Eagles. In what was expected to be a tough match, Algeria had a hard time stopping the Super Eagles. The Super Eagles won comfortably by 2-0, with second half strikes from Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams. Algerian fans and some pundits claimed that the referee was not fair, and seemed to favour Nigeria. Mandi has said that the referee’s decisions did not affect his…

The Fusengbuwa Ruling House of Ijebu land on Sunday lashed out at popular Fuji musician Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde, also known as KWAM1, over his protest letter to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in which he alleged that he was being deliberately excluded from the ongoing selection process of the next Awujale of Ijebu land. In his protest letter dated January 8, 2026, written by his lawyer, Dr. Wahab Shittu (SAN), KWAM1 explained that the Fusengbuwa Ruling House, next in line to produce the new Awujale, had issued directives that were unknown to the Chieftaincy Declaration and the Obas and Chiefs…

The Kogi State Police Command has said that scores of bandits were neutralised and their networks dismantled during a fresh security operation, although the exact location of the exercise was not disclosed. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Command’s spokesperson, William Aya, said the success was recorded in an ongoing joint operation involving the police and the military, with support from the Nigeria Police Force Air Wing. “The ongoing onslaught against bandit operations in Kogi State by the joint police and military has yielded fruitful results. “Bandits were flushed out, their networks dislodged, and scores were neutralised. “The operation,…