Author: Alade Adisa

The hopes of Ghana to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco were dashed after a 1-1 draw against Angola on Friday. The result ends a streak of continuous AFCON appearances dating back to 2006, marking a major disappointment for the Black Stars. Jordan Ayew provided an early spark for Ghana, delivering a brilliant free kick in the 18th minute that left Angola’s goalkeeper helpless. Ayew’s goal offered a glimmer of hope in what has been a challenging campaign for the Black Stars. Ghana maintained control in the first half, thanks in part to goalkeeper Manaf…

The Nigerian military presented Alice Loksha, who had been a health worker for the UN children’s agency, UNICEF in the northeast of the country to reporters, Thursday at a military base in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. Loksha was taken on March 1, 2018 when fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group staged a deadly raid on a humanitarian camp housing 60,000 displaced people. Three more UNICEF health workers were killed in the attack, along with eight Nigerian soldiers. Loksha was taken along with two Nigerian midwives, Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Liman, who had been working for…

Ukraine Authorities said Friday it had arrested an army officer accused of passing information about secret military operations to Russia.The SBU security services said the accused, a lieutenant colonel, was recruited by Russia before its 2022 invasion and “activated” earlier this year “to pass on plans for the Defence Forces’ combat operations behind enemy lines.”The officer, a commander of a unit in Ukraine’s special operations forces, faces life in prison on the charge of “high treason”.Since Russia invaded in 2022, both Kyiv and Moscow have arrested several citizens they accuse of spying for the other side, including for allegedly passing…

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has announced that the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma has smashed a major bandits’ enclave located within Dunya Hill and Batauna forests in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Disclosing this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Olusola Akinboyewa, said the strategic airstrikes were conducted on November 12 in furtherance of the intense air interdiction campaign in North-West nicknamed Operation Farautar Mujiya. Commodore Akinboyewa said the affected areas have long served as safe havens for bandit groups due to their dense…

Trump’s border czar pledges “shock and awe” deportations on day one, targeting millions of undocumented immigrants in a crackdown aimed at securing borders and reducing crime. Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has promised a dramatic start to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, pledging a “shock and awe” approach to mass deportations on the first day of the new administration. Homan, recently named Trump’s border czar, made these remarks during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s show on the streaming platform Rumble. The two discussed plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, with Homan…

The four bloggers standing trial for the alleged blackmailing of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTHC) and its Group Chief Executive Officer, Segun Agbaje, have been denied bail because one of them, Precious Eze, was accused of being a serial offender. Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos who denied them bail, ordered an accelerated trial of the four bloggers. Apart from Eze, others dragged before Justice Faji by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force are Olawale Rotimi, Rowland Olonishuwa, and Seun Odunlami. They are facing a 10-count amended charge for allegedly publishing false information…

Deji Adeyanju, a lawyer and activist lawyer, has told Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State that the only way to resolve the lingering political crisis in the state is to challenge the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike headlong. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the constitutional lawyer said nothing can make Wike back down in a fight, hence the need for Fubara to confront him headlong. He said, “There is nothing that Fubara would do that will make Wike back down. He’s a totalitarian who does not believe in a middle ground. He would…

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials started the distribution of materials to various units at the Registration Area Centre in Anglican Primary School in the Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday morning.Polling Unit Officers and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were on the ground to get their electoral materials. Also present were policemen and officials, who would accompany the materials. Early risers were also checking their names on the voter’s list as they waited for the exercise to commence. However, some locals made brisk business before the commencement of voting as they sold rice, water and…

Social media star, Jake Paul defeated boxing legend, Mike Tyson in a highly anticipated fight with an age difference of over three decades between the two contenders. The Friday night win for the YouTuber-turned-pro-boxer was streamed on Netflix from the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Texas. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision after the two fighters went eight full rounds, with each round two minutes long. Tyson came out strong, but faded as the fight went along, while Paul gained confidence and appeared to have Tyson on his heels for the final few rounds. After the decision was announced,…

The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, has said that the new terror group, Lakurawa, would be wiped out very soon. Laka, who spoke in Abuja while reacting to the recent wave of terror activities in Sokoto and other parts of the North-West, attributed to the new terror group, disclosed that the terror group has less than two hundred members. He said the military and other security agencies under the coordination of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, are on top of the situation and the group will be wiped out in no distant future.…