The world football governing body, FIFA on Friday, 23 January, 2026, announced the offer of record breaking $2.3 million, the largest single payout ever in women’s club football for inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup, reports thegazellenews.com. The prize structure reflects FIFA’s commitment to accelerating investment and excellence in women’s club football globally. It also follows a broader FIFA strategy of supporting women’s clubs, including $11.3 million paid out to 1,041 clubs worldwide through the FIFA Club Benefits Programme after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. With these historic payouts, the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2026 is already redefining women’s club football…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Famous Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Simi has opened up about the personal and health challenges she faced while working on her latest song, Where You Dey, featuring Chike. Simi revealed that she had initially planned to release the track last year but was unable to complete it at the time due to health-related issues that left her weak and exhausted. Sharing her experience on X (formerly Twitter), Simi explained that despite her excitement about the song, the period was physically demanding and emotionally draining. “I really, really, really wanted to drop this song last year. When I first put out the…
Tragedy has again hit the Nigerian gospel music industry following the death of gospel singer Taye Ojesina, popularly known as TJass, reports thegazellenews.com. Fellow gospel Singer Olaniyi Olusegun Peters, confirmed the sad demise of the singer on his social media platform on Friday, 23 January, 2026. “Another music minister. Taye Ojesina a.k.a TJass is dead. Oluwa saanu wa ooooooooooooo.” Peters wrote. More details surrounding TJass’ death have not been made public as at the time of filling this report TJass’ death comes barely 11 days after the gospel music industry lost another minister, Bunmi Akinaanu, widely known for her emotional worship…
Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication, has stated that President Bola Tinubu has affirmed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara remains the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, stressing that former governor Nyesom Wike has already been “adequately compensated.” The clarification comes amid impeachment proceedings against Fubara in the Rivers State House of Assembly and escalating tensions between the current Governor and his predecessor. Bwala,who stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Hard Copy programme that the APC leader in Rivers must be allowed to govern without interference, said “I agree with the National…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Friday, 23 January, 2026 expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing efforts to tackle insecurity, explaining that the challenge, though severe, is not beyond the capacity of the Federal Government to resolve. Ladoja spoke on Friday while addressing State House Correspondents in Abuja after a visit to the President, during which national security and economic concerns were discussed. While acknowledging that insecurity remains Nigeria’s most urgent problem, particularly as it continues to affect agriculture and daily economic activities across the country, the traditional ruler, fear has increasingly kept farmers away from their…
The Director, Public Affairs of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, has advocated for suspension and prosecution of deposit banks, Fintechs and micro- finance banks aiding and abetting fraudsters in defrauding Nigerians through fraudulent schemes. Uwujaren, who made the call in Abuja, on the sideline of a news briefing about negligence and compromise of the finance institutions that cost victims billion of naira, said that the commission uncovered widespread compromise within Nigeria’s financial system, involving N18.7 billion investment scam; and fraudulent transaction of N162 billion crypto-currencies. He accused one new generation bank, six Fintechs and some micro finance…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned his membership of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), citing deepening internal crises and the need to safeguard the broader interest of the people of Kano State. This was contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday, 23 January, 2026. The Governor, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of Diso-Chiranchi Ward, NNPP, Gwale Local Government Area, officially communicated his decision to withdraw from the party with effect from Friday, 23 January, 2026. “I write with a deep sense of gratitude to formally…
By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, January 23, 2026) The pigeon and the chicken are not neighbours. It is the heavy rain that fell which made them strange bedfellows. The pigeon is the priest of the air, the chicken is the scratcher on land. Long before the first corn sprouted, long before humans learnt to normalise chaos, the sky’s tear glands tore. And heavens wept! Water gushed down in torrents. The flood was heavy enough to dig up the corpse of the lazy. Lightning scribbled signatures on the sky. Thunder clapped behind the cloud. A deluge swept…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos Gentry Forum has launched a scholarship support programme aimed at assisting indigent senior secondary school students in Lagos State with funding for external examination registration. The initiative was disclosed by the Convener of the Forum, Mrs Bosede Adeniyi, during an event held on Thursday,22 January,2026 at the Medical Centre Staff Club, Lagos University Teaching Hospital. She said the programme was designed to expand access to education and support students from low income backgrounds. Adeniyi explained that the intervention would begin with ₦700,000 earmarked for the procurement of National Examinations Council (NECO) and Joint Admissions…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the commencement of commercial oil drilling at Tongeji Island in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, while also authorising the immediate take-off of the Olokola Deep Seaport project in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area. The approvals were disclosed on Thursday, 22 January, 2026 by Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, during a courtesy visit by the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abubakar Abdullahi Mustapha, alongside senior naval officers, to the Governor’s Office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. According to Abiodun, the twin initiatives underscore the President’s resolve to…