In what is seen as the largest munitions packages sold in recent years, US federal government is set to approve a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel, with the sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs, US media reported Tuesday, 13 September, 2026 According to Washington Post, the package — funded with US taxpayer dollars — featured some of the most destructive munitions in Western arsenals, including 20,000 MK-84s, 20,000 BLU-117s, and 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads. The New York Times said the administration of US President Donald Trump had approved the sale, citing a US official. A senior administration official told AFP…
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Following the world football governing body, FIFA merging the traditional September and October windows into a single extended period from September 21 to October 6, the English Premier League(EPL) on Wednesday, 15 September, 2026 announced its first-ever 16-day international break this season. During the extended break, European countries will play UEFA Nations League fixtures, while African nations will contest Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, with each country playing two matches. CONCACAF teams will feature in a mixture of Nations League group-stage games and friendlies, while the United States and Mexico, already qualified for the quarter-finals, will play friendlies. Asian nations…
Team Lagos has sent a strong warning to its rivals ahead of the 23rd National Sports Festival after dominating the Southwest zonal elimination with five titles and seven podium finishes across five team sports. Lagos emerged tops in men’s basketball, men’s and women’s volleyball, and women’s football, while also securing runner-up finishes in other categories. The performance placed Lagos ahead of Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti at the zonal competition and gives Team Lagos strong momentum ahead of the National Sports Festival. The Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Lekan Fatodu, @lf_champ said the result reflected the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that its available data recorded 137,487 Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, ahead of the 2027 general elections, as the Commission stepped up engagement to boost their participation in the electoral process. The figure, compiled before the introduction of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, includes 13,080 visually impaired persons, 9,299 hearing-impaired persons, 30,561 persons with albinism, 19,430 persons with physical impairments and 54,941 persons under other disability categories. The disclosure was made during a strategic engagement between INEC and the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD, Organisations of…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Federal Government is targeting 95 per cent National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment coverage by December 2026 as it moves to strengthen digital identity infrastructure and drive economic growth. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday, 16 September, 2026 in Abuja at the 8th National Identity Day celebration, where he was represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. Tinubu said the government was building the digital infrastructure needed to integrate Nigeria’s identity system with its digital economy and broader economic development. “Nigeria’s digital ecosystem must power Nigeria’s digital economy and Nigeria’s digital economy must…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Popular skitmaker and activist, Mr Macaroni, has said he stopped speaking about the government after receiving repeated threats that put his family’s safety at risk. He said the situation became so serious that his mother would call him in tears over suspicious movements around their home, while efforts were made to fly him out of the country. Mr Macaroni said the threats ultimately forced him to withdraw from speaking publicly about government affairs. “I stopped speaking about the government after receiving numerous threats because my family was no longer safe,” he said. He said his mother’s…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola President Bola Tinubu has described late Nollywood actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, as a giant of the Nigerian creative industry, following his death at age 84. Jacobs’ death was announced by his son, Olusoji Jacobs, on Instagram on Wednesday, 16 September, 2026 In a statement issued the same day by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described the late actor as one of Nigeria’s most distinguished actors and a towering figure whose career spanned theatre, television and film globally. He said Jacobs contributed to the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Federal Government has described medical diagnostics as a strategic national asset, saying Nigeria must strengthen local production, quality assurance and market development to reduce dependence on imported diagnostic products. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, stated this on Wednesday, 16 September, 2026 in Abuja while declaring open the 28th Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors, GMLD. Salako, represented by the Director and Head of Medical Laboratory Services Division in the ministry, Dr Emeka Elom, said accurate and timely diagnosis was critical to…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has inaugurated a TETFund/Renewed Hope Initiative-backed ICT Experience Centre at the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete. The university is one of six tertiary institutions selected for the pilot phase of the intervention, with one institution representing each of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Represented at the event by the wife of the Vice President, Nana Shettima, Tinubu said the project reflected the Federal Government’s commitment to advancing education, digital inclusion and graduate employability. “The TETFund/Renewed Hope Initiative ICT Experience Centre we are commissioning today represents opportunity, innovation, knowledge and the future…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has pledged to collaborate with the Ministry of Power to combat vandalism and energy theft, which the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, said were costing the sector billions of naira annually. The pledge followed a courtesy visit by a Ministry of Power delegation, led by Tegbe, to the EFCC Executive Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. A statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, quoted the minister as saying that vandalism of power infrastructure and energy theft were undermining the sector, and that the…