27-year-old Ademola Lookman was named the CAF African Footballer of the Year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, after a stellar season with Atalanta and the Nigeria national team.
Lookman scored a hat trick in the Europa League final to earn the Serie A club, their first-ever European silverware and only the second major trophy in their 117-year history.
Nigeria’s Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, was crowned the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive time at the 2024 CAF Awards.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced in a post on X on Monday, that the commission arrested 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, marking the agency’s biggest arrest in one day.
The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December 10, in a surprise operation at their hideout—a seven-storey building in Victoria Island.
The suspects included 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two people from Khazakhstan, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian, alongside their Nigerian accomplices.
EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyode said the Nigerians involved in the alleged fraudulent activities did not know the owners of the company they worked for, as they were neither offered letters of appointment nor received payments from corporate accounts.
The Guardian is reporting that former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has threatened to sue persons behind an online media outlet, Daily Excessive, over an alleged fake report targeting a strained relationship between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The online platform was alleged to have published a report quoting the former governor as saying, while in court, that he would reveal to the world how President Tinubu became Nigeria’s president.
According to Yahaya Bello’s media aide, the report was not only misleading but also a confirmation of how unintelligent some unrelenting detractors of the former governor can be.
As Christmas draws near, President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides nationwide.
The initiative is set to run from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025, offering relief to citizens during the holiday season.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the development in Abuja on Monday.
He stated that the move aims to ease transportation costs for Nigerians celebrating Christmas and New Year.
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, last week, announced a Christmas bonus of N150,000 for each worker in the state.
According to the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, the bonus will be disbursed on Tuesday, December 17.
The Arewa Group of Northern Nigeria has commended the governor’s efforts and focus on workers’ welfare, calling on other state governors to adopt similar initiatives to uplift their workforce during the festive season.
The United Bank for Africa has donated N500 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund to enhance security for individuals and businesses.
The donation was presented by UBA Chairman Tony Elumelu at the State House in Marina, Lagos, on Monday.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu praised UBA and its foundation for the significant contribution. He also commended Elumelu for championing impactful projects that support the state’s development.
A 13-year-old boy is suing his parents living in the United Kingdom, after being sent to a boarding school in Africa.
The woman who accused Grammy Award-winning musician JAY-Z and embattled music mogul Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old has acknowledged some holes in her initial allegations.
On Friday, December 13, NBC News aired an in-depth interview with the woman and discovered inconsistencies in her account of the alleged incident.
The woman, now 38 and living in Alabama, spoke with the news outlet anonymously and admitted that when she told her attorneys about the night she was allegedly raped by both rappers in 2000, she made some mistakes.
Jay-Z has responded to his accuser.
In the wake of that interview, in a post on ROC Nation, the rapper noted that the woman’s lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting but also make things worse by further peddling the “false story” in the press.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z have maintained a united front. Last week, they walked the red carpet with their oldest daughter, Blue Ivy, for the Lion King prequel film, Mufasa.
The 12-year-old, who voices Kiara in the film, was dressed in a strapless gold Christian Siriano ballgown, sparking a debate online.
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