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Former Nigeria striker, Daniel Amokachi, has picked three players that have quietly stood out so far at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Amokachi named them as Ibrahim Mbaye (Senegal), Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria) and Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco). “Coming off the bench in all three group games, he made a difference, creating chances and providing assists,” Amokachi said about Mbaye. On Onyedika, he said that despite the Club Brugge midfielder being left on the bench for the first group fixture, “he came in during the third and has really stood out.” Amokachi also adjudged that El Kaabi, who is one…
The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has directed members expelled by court rulings to move on and stop presenting themselves as party members, while reaffirming its commitment to reclaiming political power in the state by 2027. The party said it would be “fool-hardy to assume it was dead,” stressing that recent challenges had only made it stronger and more united. “Many have thought PDP was on a path to self-destruction and extinction from the political arena of the country, but suffice it to say that our challenges have made us even stronger, indivisible and committed towards fulfilling…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned Nigerians against the sale and distribution of counterfeit Kiss condoms in several markets across the country, citing serious public health risks. In a public alert issued via X on Monday (Public Alert No. 042/2025), NAFDAC said, “The information was received from the Marketing Authorisation Holder, DKT International Nigeria, a leading non-governmental organisation focused on contraceptive social marketing. “The Fake Kiss Condom has been reported to be found in Onitsha Market, Idumota Market, Trade Fair Market, and various markets in Kano, Abuja, Uyo, Gombe, Enugu, and others.” NAFDAC explained…
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele’s latest cinema release, Behind The Scenes, has crossed the ₦1 billion mark at the box office, which is N1,109,463,846, setting multiple records and consolidating its status as one of the most commercially successful films in Nigeria’s cinema history. The milestone was disclosed by FilmOne Entertainment in a post shared on its X handle on Monday, where the distributor described the achievement as historic and unprecedented within the West African film industry. According to FilmOne, Behind The Scenes is now the fastest film in West Africa to gross over ₦1 billion and also recorded the…
A camera lens, historically, can only focus on one thing at a time, just like the human eye. That could be a thing of the past, though, thanks to a breakthrough lens technology developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that can bring every part of a scene into sharp focus, capturing finer details across the entire image, no matter the distance.Traditional lenses are limited to sharpening one focal plane (the distance between an object and your camera) at a time, blurring everything behind or in front of that object. That effect can bring a sense of depth to…
The Hacken 2025 Yearly Security Report puts total Web3 losses at about $3.95 billion, up roughly $1.1 billion from 2024, with just over half of that attributed to North Korean threat actors. A report shared with Cointelegraph shows losses peaked at more than $2 billion in the first quarter of the year before falling to around $350 million by Q4, but Hacken warns that the pattern still points to systemic operational risk rather than isolated coding bugs.The report frames 2025 as a year where the numbers worsened, but the underlying story became clear. Smart contract bugs matter, but the biggest,…
Jake Reiner, the eldest child of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, was spotted out and about for the first time since his parents’ deaths. Jake, 34, was pictured shopping in Malibu, California, on Saturday, December 27, with partner Maria Gilfillan, per photos published by TMZ on Sunday, December 28. According to the outlet, Jake, who is an actor like his father, and his girlfriend visited several stores and remained close to one another while taking a stroll. Jake kept things low-key by wearing a dark blue shirt, blue jeans, sunglasses and a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap. Related: Michele…
Mattress manufacturer Vitafoam has turned the tables resoundingly on the performance woes that hammered operating profit and caused earnings to tank to its lowest in six years in 2024. Post-tax profit for the year ended September 2025 leaped more than 15 times to catapult the maker of foam products, beddings and home & workplace furniture to a record N14.5 billion, its latest financial report showed. The turnaround, more of a reward for cutting back expenses than growing sales, came about as the company trimmed down foreign exchange loss by 95.1 per cent, enabling it to post N774 million in other…
The claim by Air Peace Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema, that Nigerian domestic flight fares are among the “cheapest in the world” has sparked a heated debate across social media and the aviation sector in recent days. Mr Onyema made the remarks in an interview on Arise News on Sunday, responding to allegations that Nigerian airlines were hiking fares unfairly during the Christmas season. “It’s very painful when it’s coming from agencies that are supposed to know better. Using words like ‘exploitative’ and ‘coordinated price fixing’ is very unfair to these airlines. How did you get to that…
The 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa TikTok Awards did more than celebrate viral moments and trending sounds; it offered a rare glimpse into how Nigerian and indeed Africa’s most successful creators think, work, and grow. From entertainment and sports to tech, health and lifestyle, Nigerian creators were among the most visible faces at the awards, earning nominations, wins, and recognition for content that continues to shape online culture across the continent. But beyond the trophies and red carpets, many of these creators used the moment to share something more valuable: the principles that helped them build sustainable platforms in an increasingly competitive…
