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By Justice Okamgba Stakeholders have called for stronger investment in girl-child empowerment and education, saying it is critical to leadership development, national growth and the prevention of human trafficking and other forms of exploitation. The calls were made in Abuja at the graduation and award ceremony of the first cohort of the African Girl Guides’ 12-week leadership and empowerment programme. The event, themed “Leading Beyond the Programme: Sustaining Purpose, Influence and Impact,” brought together representatives of government agencies, civil society organisations, trainers, parents and young women. The Founder of Uplift International, Nelson Ogohi, said investment in the girl child should…

Victony releases his 15-track sophomore album STARLIFE featuring YKB, Blaqbonez, and contemporary Afropop sounds. Need something new to listen to this week? We have got you. From Victony’s sophomore album STARLIFE and Niniola’s deeply personal Without You EP to new music from Yemi Alade, Faith Martins and FOLA, Nigerian artists are bringing plenty of new sounds to the table. This week’s releases move between Afrobeats, Afro-house, soulful pop and more personal stories, giving you a little bit of everything depending on what you are in the mood to hear. Here are five new Nigerian songs and projects worth having on…

Institutional plumbing rarely makes headlines, but it moves targets. A new ChatGPT AI price prediction leans on exactly that, and the model predicts Ripple’s XRP price reaching $2.20 to $3.00 by the end of 2026, with $2.50 as the realistic base case.The strongest near-term catalyst arrived on August 6. XRPL 3.3.0 introduces proposed upgrades for atomic transactions and permission delegation.Sponsored fees and confidential token transfers are included. Together, they could make the ledger far more useful for institutional assets.Source: ChatGPT AI XRP Price PredictionRipple is building the surrounding infrastructure, too. August investments in ZILO and Licuido target tokenized issuance and…

Wrexham have joined Hull City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the race for Millwall winger Femi Azeez as the summer transfer window enters its final week, Soccernet.ng reports. Sports Illustrated reports that Wrexham chief executive Michael Williamson has confirmed the club wants to add another creative player before the deadline. The report also says Wrexham have an interest in Azeez, who has attracted attention after an excellent 2025-26 Championship season.The 25-year-old Nigeria international scored 11 goals and provided seven assists in the Championship last season. His form helped Millwall finish third before Hull City eliminated them in the play-off…

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the redesign and total reconstruction of the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road and other major federal highways across Edo State and adjoining corridors, as the Federal Government moves to tackle worsening road conditions that have disrupted transportation, damaged vehicles and increased the cost of doing business nationwide. The directive came on Tuesday as the Minister of Works, David Umahi, inspected the troubled Benin-Agbor-Asaba road in Edo State, while the Minister of State for Works, Bello Goronyo, visited the Ifaki-Oye-Kabba and Efon-Iwaraja roads in Ekiti State, where motorists and residents have endured prolonged delays and hardship. Umahi apologised to…

The Super Eagles’ preparations for the 2027 AFCON qualifiers have suffered another worrying setback after Semi Ajayi picked up a hamstring injury in Hull City’s 2-0 Premier League victory over Manchester United, Soccernet.ng reports. Ajayi produced a dream start to Hull City’s return to the Premier League, scoring the opening goal as the Tigers stunned Manchester United at the MKM Stadium on Saturday. The 32-year-old reacted quickest inside the box to fire Hull ahead in the 17th minute, but his memorable afternoon was cut short after he complained of a hamstring problem. The moment Semi Ajayi (32) made history by…

Arsenal and Manchester City have firmly asserted their dominance over English football, locking down nine out of the eleven spots in the 2025/26 PFA Premier League Team of the Year announced at the Manchester Opera House on Tuesday. The player-voted lineup underscores a massive power shift in the top flight, with Mikel Arteta’s tactical masterclass and Pep Guardiola’s squad depth earning ultimate respect from their professional peers. Details obtained from the PFA website confirmed this. All-North London Backline Arsenal’s near-impenetrable defensive unit was the big winner of the night, securing four out of five defensive positions. Goalkeeper David Raya takes…

By Tukur Muntari The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday called on Governor Abba Yusuf to urgently intervene in a diphtheria outbreak that has reportedly killed over 50 children in Rano Local Government Area. The call followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by the member representing Rano Constituency, Ibrahim Muhammad, during Monday’s plenary presided over by the Speaker, Ismail Falgore. Moving the motion, Muhammad said the outbreak was particularly severe in the Ridin and Sabuwar Kaura areas of the local government, resulting in the deaths of more than 50 children. “Although emergency measures had been taken, including…

Here’s what OMO bills are and what it means for your investments On August 12, 2026, the Central Bank of Nigeria quietly reversed a policy that had shut ordinary Nigerians out of one of the country’s highest-yielding, lowest-risk investment instruments for seven straight years. Individuals, companies, and non-bank financial institutions can now buy Open Market Operations (OMO) bills directly through their banks for the first time since October 2019. The timing is not incidental because days after the reopening, investors poured in ₦4.93 trillion in bids for only ₦600 billion on offer, with yields clearing above 20%. That demand shows…

XRP price trades at the $1.50 area right now, but that flat 24-hour print masks a wild three-week stretch from $1.00 to nearly $1.70 that defies bearish prediction. There’s a bigger story sitting underneath this chart, and it involves an ETF category that went from irrelevant to indispensable almost overnight.Spot XRP ETFs posted $39.78 million in net inflows last week, the strongest weekly haul since mid-May. It has pushed cumulative net inflows to roughly $1.55 billion. It’s a sharp reversal from the week ending Aug. 8, when inflows had collapsed to just $1.01 million. Zero to hero, indeed. XRP ETF…