Super Falcons interim head coach Justine Madugu has described his 2025 Ballon d’Or nomination not just as a personal achievement but as a proud victory for Nigeria and the entire African continent. At 61 years old, Madugu is shortlisted for the Women’s Team Coach of the Year award alongside prominent names like Sarina Wiegman, Emma…
Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has expressed his belief that President Bola Tinubu did not legitimately win the 2023 presidential election. In an interview with Channels TV on Monday, August 11, Lawal stated that, based on the information available to him, Tinubu was not the rightful winner of the election…
The Ondo State Government has confirmed 12 cases of monkeypox, also known as Mpox, across eight local government areas of the state. Victor Adefesoye, Director of Disease Control at the Ondo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (OSPHCDA), made the announcement on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting on Mpox vaccination in Akure. “The disease is present…
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Gbenga Daniel, has dismissed rumours that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is hospitalised in London. In a statement released on Monday, August 11, by Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, it was confirmed that Senator Daniel met with the Senate President in London during a stopover. The…
Former England and Liverpool football star John Barnes is facing a fresh bankruptcy threat after reportedly accumulating more than £1.5 million in unpaid debts. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently filed a bankruptcy petition at the High Court, following revelations that Barnes’s media company, John Barnes Media Limited, owed nearly £800,000 to the tax authority.…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four members of a suspected fraud syndicate accused of defrauding over 100 Nigerians through fake promises of Canadian and Australian work visas, with the total amount swindled exceeding ₦500 million. Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed the arrests during a press briefing on Monday, August 11. He disclosed…
Five individuals accused of masterminding the 2022 bombing of St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, have pleaded not guilty to nine counts of terrorism brought against them by the Federal Government. The suspects — Idris Omeiza, Al-Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdul Malik, Abdulhaleem Idris, and Momoh Abubakar — were arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite…
Security forces have successfully rescued the abducted family members of the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government (SSG), Malam Mohammed Abubakar Nakwada. The victims—Sadiya Nakwada, Aisha Nakwada, and Abubakar Dan Fulani—were kidnapped on July 27, 2025. Their release followed a joint operation conducted by the Zamfara State Police Command’s tactical teams and the Force Intelligence…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele, also known as Abbas Ajakaiye, founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, for masterminding multiple shipments of illegal drugs into Nigeria. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday, August 10, 2025, that the…
Zainab James, a U.S. Army officer born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1994 to a Jamaican mother, has launched a heartfelt search for her Nigerian father, believed to be Lateef Quadri. Zainab revealed that her father was not present at her birth but chose her name. She shared that her late mother, Claudine James—born December…
