Eddie Hearn promoter of the Nigerian born English boxer, Anthony Joshua on Sunday, 23 August, 2026 confirmed that the proposed blockbuster fight between the boxer and Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been signed and will go ahead, reports thegazellenews.com. It was gathered that Fury had Friday, 21 August, 2026 suggested that the long-awaited all-British showdown was unlikely to happen, but Hearn ,during an interview with DAZN on Sunday, 23 August, insisted the fight is contractually agreed. According to Hearn, neither fighter could simply withdraw from the agreement, just as he also disclosed that main issue still to be resolved is…
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Two Nigerian goalkeepers Arthur Okonkwo and Maduka Okoye on Saturday, 22 August, 2026 delivered impressive performances for their respective clubs, with Okonkwo inspiring a debut win for Charlton Athletic and Okoye earning Udinese a point in Serie A. On his Charlton debut, Okonkwo produced a man-of-the-match display making eight saves as the Championship side beat West Ham 2-1 in the EFL on Saturday, 22 August, 2026. Okonkwo, 24, joined Charlton on a season-long loan from Wrexham just 48 hours before the match, but showed no signs of unfamiliarity, marshalling his backline with composure to frustrate West Ham’s attackers throughout the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola President Bola Tinubu is set to lead a fresh continental push to stop Africa’s mineral wealth from leaving the continent largely as raw materials, as he chairs a high-level summit on critical minerals in New York next month. The meeting, convened by the Africa Minerals Strategy Group on Monday, 21 September, 2026, will be held in Manhattan on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the AMSG General Assembly, will chair the Third High-Level Roundtable on Critical Minerals Development in Africa, with the gathering expected…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Special Adviser on Security Matters to Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, Col. Ahmed Usman (retd.), has called on political leaders and other stakeholders to put aside partisan differences and unite in the fight against banditry in the state. Usman made the call on Sunday, 23 August, 2026 in a statement while reacting to recent comments by some opposition politicians on the security situation in Sokoto State, stressing that insecurity should not be politicised. He said bandits did not belong to any political party and did not discriminate between members of the All Progressives Congress, Peoples…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Oyo State Government has congratulated the Chairman of the Trade Union Congress in the state, Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, on his emergence as the President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. The Acting Governor of the state, Bayo Lawal, in a statement issued on Sunday, 23 August,2026 by the Special Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on media, Sulaimon Olarenwaju, in Ibadan, the state capital, described Olabiyi-Agoro’s emergence as a good development for the association. The Acting Governor noted that Olabiyi-Agoro’s experience, exposure and patriotism would be brought to bear in taking PENGASSAN…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has assured residents of the state that the Federal Government will not force the state or its people to accept cattle ranching against their wishes. The Governor made the clarification while speaking about the Federal Government’s planned pilot ranching programme in Benue. He said the people of Benue had already expressed their position on ranching, and his administration remained committed to protecting their interests, maintaining peace and ensuring that government programmes reflected the wishes of residents. “The Federal Government is not forcing the state to have cow ranching. Nobody…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Senator Kawu Sumaila, representing Kano South, has urged members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council to acknowledge the economic hardship facing Nigerians and assure them of reliefs as they drive President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid. The advice came 24 hours after the inauguration of the over 200-member council chaired by former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, to mobilise support for the Saturday, 16 January, 2027 presidential election. In a goodwill message he personally signed and forwarded to journalists in Abuja on Sunday,23 August, 2026 Sumaila said the assignment was critical and required strategic execution. “We…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola A former Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Goke Adeboroye, has identified weaknesses in Nigeria’s bureaucratic system that he said could have allowed an alleged fake presidential agency to penetrate the government. Adeboroye spoke on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, posted on YouTube on Sunday, 23 August, 2026 His comments followed the discovery by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission of the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, which the commission said operated with forged appointment letters and other official documents. The ICPC said the purported agency had no legal basis and…
The Ministry of Defence has hailed President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, as Deputy Director, Security and Intelligence I of the All Progressives Congress(APC) 2027 Presidential Campaign Council. In a statement issued on Sunday, 23 August, 2026 by the Chief Information Officer, Queeneth Iheoma-Hart, for the Director, Information and Public Relations, the ministry said the appointment reflected Tinubu’s recognition of Matawalle’s experience in public service, security management and political mobilisation. The ministry said, “As Deputy Director, Security and Intelligence 1, he (Matawalle) will be responsible for: Security Architecture for Campaign Activities thereby ensuring…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the expansion of advanced healthcare services in Nigeria, declaring that Nigerians should no longer need a passport to access world-class surgical care, as Redeemer’s Health Village launched the country’s latest robotic surgery programme in Lagos. The launch dinner held on Saturday, 22 August, 2026, in Lagos, where the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, said the programme represents precisely the kind of private-sector investment and technological advancement needed to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to provide specialised care locally and reverse the long-standing trend…