Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde It was all Moroccans night at the 2025 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards as the Atlas Lions’ defender, Achraf Hakimi, emerged African best player of the year. Hakimi who helped Morocco in securing the 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket was announced winner of the prestigious award at the North African country’s capital, Rabat. The Paris Saint Germaine (PSG) player edged past Egypt’s Mohammed Salah and the Super Eagles of Nigeria’s talisman, Victor Osimehn, to win the award. However, the Moroccans heist at the CAF Awards also advanced to women’s category where the Atlas Lioness captain, Ghizlane Chebbak,…

Safiu Kehinde Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, has retained her dominance of the Africa’s women football as she emerged Africa’s best female goalkeeper for the third time in a row. Nnadozie was declared winner of the 2025 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Goalkeeper of the Year at the awards night held on Wednesday in Rabat, Morocco. She defeated Morocco’s Khadija Er-Amichi and South Africa’s Andile Dlamini to win the prestigious award. “Back-to-back-to-back! Chiamaka Nnadozie made it once, twice, then a habit!”CAF declared on its official X account shortly after the announcement which saw the 24-year-old goalkeeper set record as the…

Safiu Kehinde The Adolphus Wabara-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has accused the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, and expelled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, of invading the party’s national secretariat with armed thugs and compromised security personnel. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Wabara, PDP BoT Chairman, hours after the fierce clash between the Anyanwu-led faction backed by Wike and the newly elected members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by its National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki. NPO Reported that new National Chairman and other members of…

Safiu Kehinde A yet-to-identified Nigerian soldier has been captured in a viral video assaulting and stabbing a man with his combat knife in Ekiti state. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday at Fayose market in Ado-Ekiti, the state’s capital. As captured in the video shared on Instagram, the soldier appeared to have been invited by another person over a misunderstanding with the victim. The victim could be heard challenging the man who invited the soldier, daring the man to beat him. “Beat me na. Shebi you called soldier? Shebi you am?” He said, pointing at the soldier who was holding…

As Group Condemns Gunmen Attack on Worshippers in Kwara Church Safiu Kehinde Human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International Nigeria has charged the Federal Government to end the insecurity bedeviling the country. Amnesty gave the charge while condemning the attack on worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church Oke-Segun, in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of the Kwara State. NPO Reported that the church had on Tuesday evening came under heavy attack by a group of suspected bandits who opened fire at worshippers during a progamme. A now viral clip from the livestream video recorded during the programme showed moment the worshippers…

At least 25 people have been killed including three children in a Russian drone and missile attack on the western city of Ternopil that hit two blocks of flats, Ukrainian rescue officials say. Another 73 people were wounded, 15 of them children, officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes on western Ukraine since Moscow launched a full-scale war in 2022. Two other western regions were hit, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, and a drone attack targeted three districts of the northern city of Kharkiv, wounding more than 30 people. Photos posted online showed buildings and cars ablaze. Ukraine’s air force…

Agency Report The new Capital Gains Tax (CGT) will make the capital market more competitive and investors’ friendly, the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, says. Prof. Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the committee, said this at an online public lecture organised by the Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (CMAN) on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CGT is a tax on the profit (gain) you make when you sell or dispose of an asset that has increased in value. The tax is levied on the gain itself, not the total amount of money you receive…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced one of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years’ imprisonment. Ismaila who was prosecuted by the Department of State Sevices (DSS) for alleged terroris was sentenced in a judgement delivered on Tuesday by Justice Emeka Nwite. The convicted terrorist, also known as Mai Tangaran, had reportedly pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism charge brought against him by the DSS. In the wake of his guilty plea, Justice Nwite slammed the 20 years jail term on him. The DSS prosecution counsel…

Agency Report The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin, on Wednesday mourned Sen Okey Ezea, who died on Tuesday in Lagos. Ezea a lawyer and businessman, born on Aug. 11, 1963, was elected on the platform of the Labour Party to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections. Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, extolled the virtues of the late lawmaker, describing him as a pan-Nigerian politician. He said the late lawmaker, who until his death was the Vice Chairman of both the Senate Committee on Cooperation…

 Safiu Kehinde “The Covenant”, a star-studded Nollywood series, is set to premiere on Netflix on the 12th of December. The producer of the acclaimed series, Vincent Okonkwo, disclosed this in a post on his Instagram page. As contained in the released poster of the movie, it was directed by Dimeji Ajibola and featured veteran actors such as Segun Arinze, Walter Anga and Zubby Michael. Other cast include Gideon Okeke, Sola Sobowale, Temitope Olowoniyan, Uzee Usman, Bimbo Manuel, Ivie Okujaye, Chioma Okafor, Joseph Momodu and Chinonso Arubayi, among others. “#TheCovenant on @naijaonnetflix from December 12 @vs|mediang production Directed by @dimejiajibola DOP…