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The eight teams that have secured automatic qualification for the Round of 16 of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League have been confirmed following the conclusion of the league phase on Wednesday night. Under the new Champions League format, the top eight teams in the league standings advance directly to the Round of 16, while clubs that finished between ninth and 24th will contest a two-legged knockout phase play-off to determine the remaining last-16 places. Five English clubs made the cut, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur all finishing in the top eight. Barcelona and Sporting CP also…

Oyo All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to members and supporters who have encountered few challenges in their efforts to participate in the ongoing electronic registration of members across the state. The party assured that the technical hitches would be resolved in no time as they were being attended to by the relevant authorities. Reports from across the 33 local government councils indicated that large population of party faithful, consisting of old and new members, were yet to have their personal data captured by officials in their domains largely due to technical issue. The development has raised agitation for an…

Nigerians are now battling with disproportionate increases in petrol prices at the petrol stations as marketers push retail prices far above rate of increase in crude oil prices. On Tuesday all petrol stations jerked their pump prices from average N750 per liter to N850 per liter blaming the increase on a similar increase in crude oil prices in the international market which rose from average $64 per barrel to $68 on Monday. But while the crude oil price increased by 6.2 percent, the local retail price increased by 14.3 percent, indicating that the local oil companies more than doubled the…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin the process of electing its officials from the ward, local government, state congresses and national convention on Monday. This signals the beginning of preparations for next year’s general election. The party’s ongoing e-registration of members, which started at the beginning of the month, will end tomorrow. Last night in Abuja, the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) reaffirmed the dates for the crucial party elections after being briefed by the National Working Committee (NWC) led by National Chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda. Both the party leadership and the governors agreed to keep the party in…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has fixed ten fresh hearing dates to conclude the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, who is facing charges related to the naira redesign, filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The trial judge, Justice Maryann Anenih, set the dates on Wednesday following an agreement between counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), and Emefiele’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN). The hearing dates are: February 3 and 10; April 1 and 2; May 11, 12, 13, and 14; and June 9 and 10, during which the court…

The Delta Police Command has arrested 11 suspected cultists and armed robbers and recovered a locally made gun, four live cartridges and other incriminating items as part of an ongoing intelligence-led manhunt to curb cult-related violence across the state. The arrests followed recent cult clashes and killings in Ughelli and other parts of Delta State, which prompted the Commissioner of Police, CP Aina Adesola, to order intensified operations against criminal elements. In Ughelli, operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), led by ASP Julius Robinson, arrested eight suspected cultists linked to recent cult killings in the area. The suspects…

Gunmen have again abducted a pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Jesulayomi at Ayede community in Akure North council area of Ondo State. Recall that few days ago unknown gunmen abducted a proprietress of a primary school, Mrs Oladeinde Tomilola, and shot three other persons at Ilu-Abo community, in the same council area of the state. They stormed the her residence, located at Liberty Avenue, Iluabo area, at about 8 p.m., shot at her vehicle and whisked her away to an unknown destination. Her whereabouts remained unknown at the time of filling in this report. Tuesday night Meanwhile, on the pregnant woman,…

In a recent statement, former Secretary to the Kano State Government, Alhaji Abdulrahman Galadima, has openly condemned Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s decision to switch allegiance from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Galadima characterized this move as a profound betrayal of the trust and expectations of the Kano populace. Galadima, who himself transitioned from the APC to the NNPP in the wake of the 2023 general elections, expressed his disappointment, asserting that Yusuf’s defection appears to be motivated by personal gain rather than the well-being of the citizens. He emphasized that such actions undermine…

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested six suspects for allegedly hacking into a telecommunication company in Nigeria to divert airtime and mobile data worth ₦7.7 billion. Disclosing this in a statement on Wednesday, Force spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspects allegedly gained unlawful access into the core systems of the telecommunication company. Hundeyin identified the suspects as Ahmad Bala, Karibu Mohammed Shehu, Umar Habib, Obinna Ananaba, Ibrahim Shehu, and Masa’ud Sa’ad, saying police operatives recovered two mini plazas, retail outlets containing over 400 laptops, 1,000 mobile phones, and a Toyota vehicle. According to him, a “substantial” amount…

Former presidential candidate and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said he is yet to recover from the shock of the defection of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Expressing disbelief over the governor’s realignment with the ruling party, Kwankwaso said the political development still feels unreal to him, as though he were in a dream. The leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement said Governor Yusuf would eventually regret leaving the NNPP, the platform that brought him to power. “Many people I spoke to felt it was some…