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CAF Unveils Official Mascot For AFCON 2025 In Morocco

08.12.2025

The Confederation of African Football and the Local Organising Committee have unveiled the Official Mascot for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, named ‘Assad’. Assad means lion. New Telegraph reports that the tournament will commence on Sunday, December 21, 2025, and end on Sunday, January 18, 2026. According to a Monday release...

Coalition Asks IGP To Probe Allegations Against Ogah Over Constituents’ Harassment, Intimidation

08.12.2025

A coalition of Civil Society Groups in Ebonyi State has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to order an investigation into allegations that a House of Representatives member, Chinedu Ogah, uses armed thugs to harass and intimidate some of his constituents in Ikwo Local Government Area. The Prof. Joseph Agbo-led coalition said...

FG: Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Remains Non-Aligned

08.12.2025

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to a pragmatic, interest-driven foreign policy, anchored on economic growth, job creation, and strategic global partnerships. A statement by his media office quoted him as saying during a high-level panel entitled “BRICS, GCC and evolving relations for a Changing Global Order” at the Doha...

Lagos Chief Says K1 Is Not From Ijebu Amidst Throne Drama

08.12.2025

Lagos community leader, Chief Abisoye Oyeyemi Oshodi, known as Balogun Eko, has publicly called out Fuji star Kwam1 De Ultimate over his ambition to claim the Awujale throne of Ijebuland. According to the chief, a Balogun of the Epetedo Area, the musician is neither from Ijebuland nor connected to its royal bloodlines. A video making...

Atalanta Boss Rues Lookman AFCON Departure

08.12.2025

Atalanta manager Raffaele Palladino has expressed disappointment over the impending absence of Nigerian winger Ademola Lookman for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), following his team’s 3–1 Serie A defeat to Verona on Saturday. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Palladino acknowledged the challenge of losing two key players, Lookman and defender Odilon Kossounou...

Etinosa Idemudia Reacts As YouTube Removes Movie

08.12.2025

Nollywood actress Etinosa Idemudia popularly known as Etinosa, has expressed her devastation after her movie, “Secret Keeper”, was removed from YouTube due to copyright claims. In an Instagram post on Monday, the actress revealed she poured her heart and soul into the project, investing years of dreaming, months of work, and countless sleepless nights. Etinosa...

Why I Converted From Islam To Christianity – Sola Allyson

08.12.2025

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Sola Allyson has revealed that a childhood shaped by family separation, religious exposure, and personal discovery led to her conversion from Islam to Christianity. Born Rasheedat into a Muslim family, Allyson, in a recent interview on Oyinmomo TV, said she spent her early years with her maternal grandmother in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun...

Immigration Expert Cautions Nigerian Professionals On Visa Decisions

08.12.2025

Co-founder and CEO of Immigify, Emma Olorunsheyi, has cautioned Nigerians against making the common and costly mistake of choosing student visas as their default relocation route, even when they may already qualify for the highly prestigious EB-1A visa category in the United States. Speaking at the Immigify Global Leadership Roundtable at the weekend in Lagos,...

Sokoto Govt, MOFI Enhance Onion Production With Modern Cold Storage

08.12.2025

The Sokoto State Government, in partnership with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), is transforming the agriculture sector with the launch of a modern onion cold storage facility in More Area, Sokoto. Governor Ahmed Aliyu said this investment will help farmers reduce losses, improve quality, and earn more from their produce. At the groundbreaking ceremony,...

AAUA Graduates 32 First-Class At 14th Convocation

08.12.2025

The Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), has produced 32 First-class graduates out of 5,799 students at the 14th convocation ceremony of the institution. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Olugbenga Ige, who disclosed this on Monday, said 1,444 students bagged second class upper, while 3,177 students got second class lower division, and...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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