Nigeria’s Super Eagles delivered a commanding performance to defeat Algeria 2-0 in a thrilling 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarter-final clash on Saturday evening in Marrakech, setting up a highly anticipated semi-final showdown with tournament hosts Morocco. The Super Eagles displayed clinical finishing and resolute defence, leaving the Algeria’s Desert Warriors with no answers….
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated retired General Christopher Gwabin Musa as the newMinister of Defence, forwarding his name to the Senate for screening and confirmation.The nomination, announced on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, comes immediately after the resignation ofthe former occupant of the office, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Monday, December 1, 2025. The presidential…
Eight days after resuming office following the lifting of a six-month emergency rule in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has dissolved the State Pension Board constituted by the former Sole Administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ikot Ette-Ibas. The dissolution was announced in a statement signed by the State Head of Service, Dr….
The Kogi State Executive Council has reaffirmed its commitment to grassroots development, economic sustainability, and infrastructural growth following its latest meeting held at the EXCO Hall, Government House, Lokoja. Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo charged government officials to remain close to the grassroots and ensure constant engagement with the people, noting that such connection is key…
Former Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party during the 2023 general election, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has dumped the party. Jandor announced his resignation at a press briefing held at Liberty Place, Ikeja, in Lagos on Monday. According to him, his reasons for leaving the party are not unconnected to…
National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said he would not join issues with former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai, who alleged that Ribadu was behind his current ordeal with the anti-graft agencies and the Kaduna State House of Assembly because the NSA wants to be President in 2031 and was determined to…
Former Kaduna State Governor and a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir el-Rufai yesterday responded to a plethora of issues, especially relating to his relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declaring that the president pointedly rejected him as a minister, and not the stage-managed National Assembly’s security report. Speaking with Arise Television, in…
Ademola Lookman has responded to Gian Piero Gasperini’s criticism of his penalty miss during Atalanta’s champions league defeat to Club Brugge, saying that being singled out by his coach “not only hurts but feels deeply disrespectful.” The Atalanta coach squarely blamed the Super Eagles forward for the team’s exit from the Champions League at the…
Nigerian singer Portable has finally surrendered himself to the police. He turned himself in at the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department at Yaba. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this. “Portable just turned himself in at the SCID Yaba. We have contacted Ogun State Police Command to come pick him up,” Hundeyin…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, called on President Bola Tinubu to warn the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, against unleashing mayhem in the state, starting from today (Monday). But in a swift response, Oyetola, in a press statement on Sunday, refuted Adeleke’s claim that he was plotting to destabilise Osun…
