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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)’s Rasheedat Ajibade has made the final shortlist for the CAF Women’s Player of the Year. Still, compatriot Esther Okoronkwo was surprisingly missing from the three footballers named in the last three. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released the final list of players for the prize on Sunday eve...

The Super Eagles will not be at the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the US, and Mexico!This was after Nigeria lost on penalties to DR Congo in a tightly-contested African play-offs final on Sunday.The game ended 1-1 after normal and extra time.  But during ...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 21 students of Ogioma Public Secondary School, along Limit Road off Benin-Sapele Road, for suspected cult activities.The PPRO of the command, Moses Yamu, stated in a statement released on Saturday that the students were between 14 and 17 years old....

The Department of State Services says its operatives have disrupted an alleged arms supply network linked to attacks in Plateau State and neighbouring areas, arresting a suspected arms dealer.Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the secret police said the suspect allegedly manufactured and distributed weapons and ammunition to armed groups operating i...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, in the Isolo area of Lagos State.The 42-year-old Ibemesi, who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was arrested at his Daisy Garden Hotel, 66-68 Agbeke street, Ago palace way in the early hours of Saturda...

A former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki (SAN), has been elected as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Turaki emerged at the national convention of the party in Ibadan, Oyo State, where delegates from 17 states across the country cast their votes to choose national officers....

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The young Ijebu prince, banker, and business expert Prince Olaseni Oyeniyi Ottun, a proud descendant of the Adeberu lineage of the Fusengbuwa ruling house in Igboburo, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, has officially declared his intention to contest for the vacant Awujale of Ijebuland throne. This follows the formal announcement designating the next ruling house eligible to produce the next Awujale, after the glorious reign of Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, of the Anik...

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now “dead,” attributing its collapse to persistent internal crises and weak leadership.Fayose said the party’s decline has become und...