Here is today’s edition of our daily newspaper summary you can’t afford to miss.
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded Nigeria a 3-0 victory and three points in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 qualifiers after ruling against the Libya Football Federation.
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has claimed a sweeping victory in the recently concluded local government elections in Kano State, securing all chairmanship and councillorship seats across the state’s 44 local government areas.
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has projected a mix of haziness and sunshine nationwide from Sunday to Tuesday, with varying weather conditions expected across different regions.
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Shortly after the Nigerian government dropped money laundering allegations against him, Tigran Gambaryan, a key executive of Binance Holdings Limited, was flown out of Nigeria by a US plane with medical facilities, according to The New York Times.
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Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State announced on Friday that the state is setting a long-term target of a N1 million minimum wage for civil servants. In the meantime, he introduced an immediate increase to N80,000 for the state workforce.
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Israel has launched “precise strikes on military targets in Iran” early on Saturday calling it a retaliatory attack against Iran.
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Iran however warned on Saturday it would defend itself after Israeli air strikes killed at least four soldiers and further stoked fears of a full-scale war in the Middle East.
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The Flamingos have crashed out of the U-17 Women’s World Cup after losing 0-2 to the US in the quarter-final on Saturday.
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The Nigeria Police Force, NPF has expressed strong condemnation over the unauthorized use of its official uniform by online critic and activist, Vincent Martins Otse, popularly known as “VeryDarkMan,” in a video posted on his social media platforms.
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Many people are believed to be trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed Saturday evening in Sabon Lugbe, a suburban community of Abuja.
