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Janet Ogundepo The MTN Group Foundation and the Gates Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to launch the Nigeria Maternal Health Multiplier, a digital initiative that will deploy artificial intelligence-enabled tools to improve maternal health outcomes for 500,000 women in Nigeria by 2030. The four-year partnership, according to a statement sent to PUNCH Healthwise, begins with an initial investment of $25 million between 2026 and 2030, comprising direct and in-kind contributions from both organisations. The announcement was made at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion event on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York…

Share Fact Checked by CryptoNews Editorial Team Author CryptoNews Editorial Team Part of the Team Since Sep 2018 About Author The CryptoNews editorial team is composed of seasoned writers specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Their expertise ensures comprehensive, accurate, and insightful content for… Last updated:  September 23, 2026 The Sam Altman-led OpenAI ChatGPT AI predicts that in a blow-off top bull market, XRP could reach $8+ by January 1, 2027. It puts the plausible bull-market range at $4.50–$7.00, with $8+ possible in an extreme altcoin blow-off.At roughly $1.57 today, $5.50 would represent an approximately +240% gain from current levels.…

Former Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has converted to Islam after reciting the Shahada in Qatar, Soccernet.ng reports. A video showing the Nigerian defender reciting the two testimonies of faith has since circulated on social media. The report by Al-Arab said Troost-Ekong declared his conversion while in Doha, where he currently plays for Qatar Stars League club Al-Ahli. The footage shows the 33-year-old saying the Shahada in Arabic, in what is a major personal moment away from the football pitch. Troost-Ekong’s move to Qatar followed a career that has taken him through several European leagues and, later, the Middle East.…

The EFCC has declared former pension reform task force chairman Abdularasheed Maina wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property. Davido’s sister, Sharon Ademefun, has revealed how she manages the singer’s finances and tries to limit his spending on luxury items. A Nigerian man has admitted withdrawing N1.4m from his sick mother’s account to fund betting before losing the money. PETROAN has ordered fuel station operators nationwide to check their dispensing meters following an NMDPRA warning over alleged under-dispensing. JAMB has introduced a process for candidates who have lost access to their registered phone numbers or email addresses to…

Alverca defender Isaac James is one of the new players in Eric Chelle’s 24-man squad for the upcoming 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, and he has given fans a taste of what to expect from him, Soccernet.ng reports. ​The 22-year-old defender has enjoyed a steady rise over the last four years. He moved to Lorient from Garden City Academy in Nigeria in 2022, and he worked his way up to the senior team. ​The Kogi native then joined Alverca in Portugal in 2025 on a free transfer, and after a tough first season where he was more of a squad…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected drug traffickers and recovered 69 blocks of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in the state. The command also arrested four suspects over the alleged murder of a 45-year-old farmer, Garba Abdullahi, in the Gadau area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, saying the arrests were part of the command’s sustained operations against crime and criminality across the state. Habib said that on September 21, 2026, at about 3pm, operatives attached to the Gadau Division, acting on…

Samuel Omotere Professor Obi Davies-Ekwenna, the Managing Director of Robo Medics and founder and Chief Executive Officer of RoboMed Global Inc., is a professor of urology and transplant surgery who has been involved in pioneering robotic surgical programmes in Nigeria and West Africa. Davies-Ekwenna led the team that performed Nigeria’s first tele-robotic surgery, remotely operating on a patient in Abuja from Redeemer’s Health Village in Mowe, Ogun State. The landmark procedure, announced on Saturday, involved a robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy to remove a kidney affected by a cancerous tumour. Davies-Ekwenna performed the operation from a Toumai robotic surgical console at…

Share Last updated:  September 23, 2026 Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, a 35-year-old Uruguayan national, is jailed in Alexandria, Virginia, fighting federal charges of money laundering, high-seas cocaine smuggling, and narco-terrorism as the alleged leader of the Primer Cartel Uruguayo.U.S. prosecutors say roughly $4 million in cryptocurrency turned up on devices seized after his arrest, a figure that has fueled the “crypto kingpin” framing now attached to his name. The evidence as reported, however, describes crypto as one alleged channel for drug proceeds, not proof that Marset built a crypto-native criminal enterprise.Who Is Sebastián Marset? What Does the U.S. Case Allege…

Super Eagles defender Ola Aina has reacted to coach Eric Chelle’s decision to call up new left-back Isaac James for Nigeria’s upcoming games against Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau, Soccernet.ng reports. ​Aina is returning to the Super Eagles fold for the first time since last September, when he sustained a severe hamstring injury that troubled him throughout the remainder of last season’s campaign. ​In his absence, coach Eric Chelle rotated the right-back position among Benjamin Fredrick, Bright Osayi-Samuel, and Abdullahi Bewene. But now that he is back, he is the odds-on favourite to man the right-back spot for the upcoming games against…

England winger Bukayo Saka admits the national team is still carrying the emotional “scar” of their heartbreaking 2026 World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina, even as they prepare to launch a new Nations League campaign. Thomas Tuchel’s side came within minutes of reaching a first men’s World Cup final since 1966, before two late goals from Argentina condemned the Three Lions to a devastating 2-1 defeat. Despite bouncing back to claim third place with a thrilling 6-4 victory over France in the bronze medal match, marking England’s best World Cup finish in six decades, the disappointment of missing out on…