The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has denied claims that the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) opened an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Recall that last week, presidential media spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, in a statement released, said the man behind the fake agency, Prince Adeniyi…
Nigerian writer, Charles Ogbu has called on the government to declare a state of emergency on child abuse and violence against children. Mr Ogbu made the call in a Facebook post on Monday, July 6, 2026 while reacting to a video of a woman assaulting a young girl and attempting to cut her throat…
Tottenham Hotspur have signed Sandro Tonali from Newcastle United in a club-record £100m deal. The agreement between the two Premier League rivals was finalised last Wednesday, with the move officially announced on Monday morning. Spurs are understood to be paying an initial £92.5 million, with an additional £7.5 million in add-ons to take…
European football’s governing body UEFA has condemned FIFA’s decision to allow banned USA forward Folarin Balogun to play against Belgium in their last-16 World Cup showdown, describing the call ‘unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable’. FIFA overturned US star striker Folarin Balogun’s red-card ban, after a personal phone call from President Donald Trump. Balogun had…
Superstar footballer, Lionel Messi has broken his silence on rumours linking him romantically with Argentine television reporter Sofi Martinez following their encounter in the FIFA World Cup mixed zone. The 39-year-old superstar directly confronted the speculation after Argentina secured a narrow 3-2 extra-time victory over Cape Verde in Miami on Friday. Messi approached…
A young Nigerian lady has sparked a debate online after saying a man who approached her in church should have paid for her offering before asking for her number. According to the young lady, she attended church on Sunday and sat close to a guy. She said that when it was time to give…
Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe has shared details about one of the most difficult periods of his life, revealing that he struggled financially just a few months after getting married. Speaking in a recent interview on Tope Olowoniyan TV, the actor said his problems began shortly after his wedding. According to him, he got married in…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday, June 7, he questioned the football governing body’s decision to suspend US striker Folarin Balogun’s red card ban. Sources told AFP US President Donald Trump had called FIFA’s current chief Gianni Infantino to ask FIFA to review Balogun’s automatic one-game suspension. The 25-year-old is now free to…
The Nasarawa State Government has banned the playing of football matches and other games within school premises, citing repeated damage to public facilities and school infrastructure. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, announced the directive during a bi-monthly press briefing at the Nigeria Union of Journalists State Council…
Italy on Monday, July 6, criticized US President Donald Trump’s latest social media attack on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of this week’s NATO summit. Trump on Sunday published a doctored image on his Truth Social platform showing Meloni looking at him as if adoringly in a post accompanied by the words: “Restraining…
