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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has revealed a groundbreaking investment of over $1 billion in African football since the launch of the FIFA Forward Programme in 2016. He made disclosure in his landmark address at the 47th CAF Ordinary General Assembly held Monday night in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He said the significant […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the Green Chamber must finalise electoral reforms well ahead of the 2027 general election. According to him, the Electoral Act Amendment Bill seeks not only to strengthen measures against violence, improve access for persons with disabilities, and establish clearer timelines for resolving […]
The Danish government is proposing a ban on several social media apps for under-15s, according to the country’s prime minister.
After hearing his wife scream while hiking, American scientist Fred Ramsdell thought she spotted a grizzly bear.
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Hassan Kukah, alongside a coalition of prominent Nigerians, has cautioned that the ongoing dispute between the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) could undermine investor confidence and derail efforts to revive Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity. In a joint statement […]
Three newly elected members of the House of Representatives were on Tuesday inaugurated by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, following their electoral victories in the August 16, 2025 bye-elections. The swearing-in ceremony, which took place at the resumption of plenary, saw Omosede Igbenedion (APC–Ovia Federal Constituency, Edo State) returning to the House after a previous stint […]
A United States congressman, Rep. Riley M. Moore, has called on President Donald Trump to immediately redesignate Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern (CPC)’ over what he described as the “systematic persecution and slaughter” of Christians in the country. In a letter dated October 6, 2025, and addressed to Secretary of State Marco […]
The remains of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a staff of ARISE News Channels, who died after allegedly jumping from a three-storey building as a result of a robbery attack, will be buried on Saturday, October 18, 2025. According to the FCT Police Command’s account, Sommie, as she was fondly called by family, friends and colleagues, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new regulations capping daily cash-out transactions for Point of Sale (PoS) agents at ₦1.2 million, while limiting individual customer withdrawals to ₦100,000 per day. The directive, contained in a new Guidelines for Agent Banking Operations, was signed by Musa Jimoh, the Director of the Payments System […]
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Oduduwa Students (NAOS), the Coalition of Yoruba Students, and the Yoruba Movement, on Tuesday, staged a protest in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, in solidarity with the Dangote Refinery amidst its ongoing dispute with oil workers and marketers’ unions, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff […]
