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Former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that reports in some media outlets claiming he has left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the African Democratic Congress, ADC, are not true. On Friday, through his media assistant, Ajiri Daniels, Senator Dickson clearly said that he is still fully loyal to the PDP and has not joined any other political party. The Senator said he is currently grieving after the death of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. He said that, as a sign of respect, he has…

Super Eagles coach, Eric Chelle, has refused to respond to questions about the team’s bonuses before Nigeria’s quarterfinal match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The game against Algeria’s Desert Warriors is set to take place on Saturday. Nigeria’s preparations for the game was affected by a disagreement about bonuses, which made the players skip training before their trip to Marrakesh on Thursday. At the pre-match press conference, Chelle was asked about the difficulty of changing the team’s atmosphere from negative to positive, especially considering the problems the team has been facing, like conflicts with the Nigeria Football Federation.…

Leading playmaker at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Ademola Lookman, says Nigeria’s confidence continues to build as they continue their hunt for a fourth continental title in Morocco, Saturday PUNCH reports. Lookman and his teammates landed in Marrakech on Thursday as they prepare to face Algeria’s Desert Foxes in the quarter-finals on Saturday. The Atalanta forward has been Nigeria’s most influential player at the tournament, scoring three goals and providing four assists so far. He has earned two Man of the Match awards so far in Morocco, increasing his overall numbers at the competition. In two tournaments, Lookman…

The Oyo State Police Command on Friday announced the arrest of a 49-year-old man, identified as Peter Adubi, in connection with the defilement of a 13-year-old girl. In a statement issued in Ibadan, the state capital, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, said the arrest followed a report made on January 8, 2026, at about 8:50 pm by the minor’s guardian. Ayanlade explained that the guardian noticed unusual behavioural changes of a sexual nature in the minor. Upon gentle questioning, the girl disclosed that she had been sexually abused in 2022 while living with her mother in the…

Today, I recognise a special kind of bravery, and I am doing so with a story that was told to me recently. According to an acquaintance, when their father had a medical emergency and had to be rushed to the hospital, his elder brother, who was based overseas, came home within days to see their father, fearing that the inevitable was about to happen. He said that something about his brother seemed different, but he could not quite put a finger on it. Like every African parent, their father wanted to know when he was going to settle down in…

The Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is best placed to investigate alleged corruption involving the former Chief Executive of the Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, to accelerate the prosecution process. Dangote, through his legal representative, has filed a formal corruption petition against the former Chief Executive of the NMDPRA at the headquarters of the EFCC. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent by the Dangote Group media team on Friday. Recall that Dangote had earlier petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related…

Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has insisted Nigeria are not seeking revenge for their 2019 AFCON semi-final defeat to Algeria but are simply focused on winning Saturday’s quarter-final clash in Marrakech, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. “That (2-1 defeat against Algeria in 2019 AFCON) is in the past,” Simon said at the pre-match press conference on Friday. “We want to win tomorrow (Saturday), not just trying to win, and we hope we can do so.” Simon is one of eight players on the current Super Eagles squad who were in Egypt in 2019 when Algeria stopped Nigeria with a stoppage-time free-kick…

Controversial singer, Habeeb Badmus, popularly known as Portable, has publicly called out his father, Mr Olalomi, accusing him of defrauding him amid a deepening family dispute. In a series of posts and videos shared online, the ‘Zazuu’ crooner alleged that his father failed to support him while growing up, especially after the death of his mother. According to Portable, he went to meet his father in Abuja after his mother’s passing, but the dad, who had multiple wives and children, neither sponsored his education nor fully supported his upbringing. “He asked me if I wanted to learn a trade or…

X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), accusing them of attempted coercion in their ongoing battle over licensing, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. The Elon Musk-owned platform accuses music publishers of colluding with the NMPA to “coerce X into taking licenses to musical works from the industry as a whole, denying X the benefit of competition between music publishers.”In the antitrust lawsuit filed on Friday, X claims that the NMPA and music publishers “weaponized” the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with requests to take down allegedly infringing content. The lawsuit…

An industry leader said stablecoin-powered cards are shaping up to be one of the biggest crypto themes of 2026, which seek to provide the benefits of blockchain while keeping the payment experience familiar for consumers.“This is one of the big themes of 2026: crypto becomes enmeshed more deeply into how payments flow through the global economy,“ Haseeb Qureshi, a managing partner at crypto-focused venture capital firm Dragonfly, posted to X Friday.“Stablecoin cards are growing like crazy, everywhere in the world,” the VC added after stablecoin startup Rain raised $250 million in a funding round that pushed its valuation to nearly…