For the second time in three years, India could be banned from world football after the world football governing body, FIFA and the Asian governing body demanded it implement a new constitution by October 30 or risk suspension. FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) sent a joint letter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF), President Kalyan Chaubey expressing “profound concern” at the continued failure to finalise and adopt the constitution. “Failure to meet this schedule will leave us with no alternative but to refer the matter to the relevant FIFA decision-making body for consideration and decision,” said the…
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A community leader in Tombu Council Ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, Joseph Anawah, has disclosed that suspected armed herders on Monday, 25 August, 2025 killed four people and destroyed properties worth million of naira in the area, reports thegazellenews.com. “Suspected Fulani marauders at about 15:00 hours burnt down many deserted settlements, including Tse Mku in Tombu Council Ward. “Two people were killed in their farmlands located at the outskirts of Ayilamo settlement yesterday (Monday). They were Mr. Kaananfam Nyamikume, a resident of Tse Jigam village and Mr. Mson of Guma LGA, as well as a medicine seller.While one…
Under a mass pardon marking the Thailand king’s birthday, a 69 year-old Thai woman named Anchan Preelert, who received one of the kingdom’s longest-ever royal insult sentences on Wednesday, 27 August, 2025, regained freedom. Preelert, a former civil servant, was jailed for 43 years in 2021 after sharing online audio clips on YouTube of an underground podcast host known as “DJ Banpodj”, a fierce critic of the monarchy. She was initially sentenced to 87 years, three for each of the 29 counts of lese-majeste she faced but the court halved it because she confessed. Preelert was first arrested in 2015…
A court in northern district of Ohio, United States of America presided over by Christopher Boyko, on Tuesday, 26 August, 2025 sentenced the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Joseph Oloyede, to 56 months in prison for defrauding the United States government of $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Boyko, who sentenced Osun monarch after he pleaded guilty to the charges ordered him to “serve three years of supervised release after imprisonment and pay $4,408,543 in restitution”. According to a statement released by the US Attorney’s office in the northern district of Ohio, the disgraced traditional ruler will forfeit his…
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, ordered the final forfeiture of several units of shares valued at N246,305,544 ( Two Hundred and Forty Six Thousand, Three Hundred and Five Naira, Five Hundred and Forty Four Kobo) linked to a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Army Properties Limited, NAPL, Major-General U.M. Mohammed(rted.), to the Federal Government of Nigeria.The judge gave the order, following a motion on notice filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through its lawyer, H.U. Kofarnaisa.Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke…
On Tuesday, 26 August, 2025 the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) announced that it has began an investigation into a derailment involving a Kaduna-bound train which occurred at approximately 11:09 am on Tuesday, 26 August, 2025, around KM49 between Kubwa and Asham stations. The NSIB in a statement signed by Mrs Bimbo Olawumi Oladeji, Director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance, stated that preliminary reports indicated that six passengers sustained injuries, with no fatalities recorded. According to the NSIB, it has dispatched a go-team to the site to collect evidence, liaise with stakeholders, and investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. NSIB…
Lagos is set to take center stage in the world of badminton as preparation reaches its peak for the 8th Lagos International Badminton Classics, scheduled to hold from Wednesday, 27 August, to Saturday, 30 August, 2025, at the Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The prestigious four-day championship which promises to be a showcase of world-class talent is organised by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) in collaboration with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) with support from the Lagos State Sports Commission. The 2025 Lagos International Badminton Classics will feature over 200 players from 31 countries across Africa, Asia,…
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), on Tuesday, 26 August, 2025 officially handed over 128 kidnap victims rescued from bandits’ camps in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State to the state government. The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, disclosed this while presenting the victims to the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, in Abuja on Tuesday, 25 August, 2025. According to Laka, the victims were freed during coordinated security operations conducted in two phases earlier in August. The first batch of 42 people comprising 14 males, 27 females, and a toddler was rescued…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has launched a robust mobilization campaign to encourage eligible residents across the state to participate actively in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In line with the party’s commitment to deepening democratic participation and consolidating its grassroots strength, the Lagos APC has directed all ward and local government leaders to immediately begin community-level mobilization to ensure that every eligible voter—especially first-time registrants, youths, and those who have relocated—is captured in the current voter registration exercise. According to the state Publicity Secretary of the APC,…
By Jeff Godwin Doki Ph.D If you must blame the hawk for wickedness, first blame mother-hen for exposing her children to danger. (African Proverb). It is becoming increasingly clear that, in very recent times, the Nigerian media has become awash with Press statements, comments, and interviews from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The careful observer would have noticed also that ASUU’s recent body language points clearly to only one thing, which…