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The trio of Tobiloba “Smiling Assassin” Ijomoni, Sadiq “Happy Boy” Adeleke and Saddam “Baby Boxer” Oladipupo dominated fan conversations at GOtv Boxing Night 34 Jams Festival, delivering stellar performances on Friday at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. The event saw Adeleke and Oladipupo emerge as national champions, while Ijomoni walked away with the biggest individual honour of the night. In the headline bout, Adeleke dethroned defending champion Durotimi “Tiny” Agboola to claim the national super bantamweight title after a gruelling 10-round duel. The judges returned a majority decision in his favour, rewarding a performance built on steady pressure and…
Aaron Rodgers made sure his Pittsburgh Steelers offensive linemen had a very merry Christmas this year. On Saturday, December 27, the Steelers quarterback, 42, revealed via Instagram that he’d gifted his linemen Can-Am Maverick X3 off-road vehicles — which range in price from $19,999 to $29,000, according to Pennsylvania dealership Mosites Motorsports. Rodgers donned a “The Dude Abides” sweater from The Big Lebowski as he surprised his offensive line with the expensive gifts. “Christmas gifts for the big guys done right. 🌲 🎁Can-Am Maverick X3-X turbo’s for the boys,” Rodgers wrote in the Instagram caption. The footage showed Rodgers being…
New details have emerged regarding the tragic explosion that claimed at least seven lives on Saturday in Zamfara State. The victims were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated along the Magami–Dansadau highway in Maru Local Government Area. PREMIUM TIMES reported how residents and official sources said the explosives appeared to have targeted travellers along the Gusau-Dansadau-Magami transit route. Locals said that the blast occurred in an area increasingly targeted by bandits. The spokesperson for the Joint Task Force ‘Operation Fansan Yamma’, David Adewusi, on Saturday identified the cause of the explosion as an IED planted by terrorists. However,…
The Igbo teach that when a child washes his hands clean, he may dine with kings. That afternoon with Baba was a living expression of that wisdom, proof that nations are sustained not merely by power, but by men whose greatness is matched by humility, and whose tables remain open to merit, memory, and hope. There are few Nigerians whose existence gives me as much joy and hope as Baba Olusegun Obasanjo. There are also few Nigerians whose eventual departure from this world would fill me with as much dread as his. My friends, who know how close I am…
The founder of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministry, Chris Okafor, has bowed to public pressure and issued an apology to actress Doris Ogala. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Ogala and Mr Okafor had been in the spotlight for weeks following allegations surrounding an unfulfilled marriage pledge, among other claims. The controversy intensified after Mr Okafor married his wife, Pearl, and following the arrest of Ms Ogala, alongside an ultimatum demanding that he (Mr Okafor) retract what he described as blackmail allegations from the actress. However, during his sermon on Sunday, the cleric was seen kneeling before members of…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday said the actions of Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, suggests that he’s above the law. Igbokwe said Gumi is speaking in favour of bandits like he is their commander. Posting on X, he wrote: “Is Sheik Gumi above the law? I have heard him speaking in favour of the bandits. I have seen him having a meeting with well armed bandits. “He speaks as if he is their commander. His actions and deeds suggest that he is above the law.” Gumi had been very vocal since the airstrikes…
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, group in Oyo State, Oyo PDP-Visionaries, has criticised former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, over his claim that Governor Seyi Makinde received N50 billion from the Federal Government as relief funds for victims of the January 2024 Bodija explosion. The group described the allegation as false and misleading. DAILY POST reports that Fayose had accused Makinde of diverting part of the N50 billion allegedly received from the President. The group dismissed Fayose’s claims in a statement signed by its coordinator, Qudus Olayide, and released to journalists in Ibadan on Sunday. Olayide faulted Fayose for trying…
A 19-year-old casual worker has been arrested by the Gombe State Police Command in connection with the alleged killing of a fellow staff member within the Gombe Government House premises. A statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, explained that the incident occurred on Thursday, December 26, 2025, and involved two casual staff members working at the Government House. Abdullahi explained that the command received a distress call at about 3:50 p.m. reporting that a male adult, identified as Mallam Umar, also known as “Baba Usama,” had been found unresponsive. He added that upon receipt…
South African based goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has revealed why he was pained despite Nigeria’s 3-2 win over Tunisia on Saturday. The goalkeeper said that conceding two goals against the North Africans was not what he wished for, but something he could not control. Nigeria was outstanding in the first period of the game, scoring late to go into the break 1-0. After Osimhen’s first half goal, Wilfred Ndidi and Ademola Lookman scored in the second half to make it 3-0 for the Super Eagles only for Tunisia to fire two late goals to make it 3-2. He told journalists after…
A Peoples Democratic Party group in Oyo State, Oyo PDP-Visionaries, has berated former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, over his claim that Governor Seyi Makinde received N50bn from the Federal Government as relief funds for victims of the January 2024 Bodija explosion, describing the allegation as misleading and unfounded. The group stated this in a statement authorised by its coordinator, Qudus Olayide, and made available to journalists in Ibadan, the state capital, on Sunday. PUNCH Online reports that Fayose, during a live interview aired on a Lagos-based private television station on Friday, alleged that Governor Seyi Makinde received N50bn on…
