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Six countries have been eliminated from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco as the tournament moved into its first decisive phase and Nigeria now stand one win away from sending Uganda home, Soccernet.ng reports. Matchday three of the group stage delivered clarity and casualties on Monday night, with results across Groups A and B confirming early exits for several nations and tightening the race for the remaining knockout spots. Comoros, Zambia and Zimbabwe became the latest teams to bow out, joining Botswana, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, who had already seen their AFCON journeys cut short after failing to…

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike The caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Nname Ewor, has firmly dismissed recent claims by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that the PDP no longer exists in the state, insisting that the party remains solidly rooted and politically relevant. Ewor made the clarification during an interview with journalists in Port Harcourt, where he described Wike’s comments as misleading and lacking factual basis. He alleged that the FCT minister had, during a town hall engagement on Sunday, asserted that both the PDP and the…

Washington on Monday pledged an initial $2 billion for United Nations humanitarian aid in 2026 — far less than it has provided in recent years — warning UN agencies to “adapt, shrink or die”. With its pledge, announced at the US mission in Geneva alongside UN aid chief Tom Fletcher, the United States is pursuing a dramatic overhaul of how it funds UN humanitarian work. Instead of handing funds to individual agencies, the United States will funnel its contributions through the UN aid agency OCHA, headed by Fletcher, which earlier this year launched a so-called Humanitarian Reset to improve efficiency…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will collapse if he defects to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike stated this during his end-of-the-year media chat in Port Harcourt on Monday, while responding to a question on whether he would join the ruling APC or not. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wike’s supporters in Rivers House of Assembly, including Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, had recently dumped PDP and joined APC. Wike, however, insisted that he is still a member of PDP…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to face the Cranes of Uganda in their final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) Group C game tomorrow at the Complexe Sportif de Fès, Soccernet.ng reports. Heading into the tournament, the Super Eagles had waves of uncertainty above their heads as they were without three key players. William Troost-Ekong bowed out of the Nigerian National team, while Ola Aina and young Benjamin Frederick were unable to make Chelle’s AFCON 2025 squad due to long-term injuries. However, they’ve done well in their opening two games, defeating Tanzania and Tunisia, with Uganda the only…

Idowu Abdullahi The Lagos State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Babajide Saheed, has criticised the performance of the Federal Government in the health sector in 2025, describing developments at the national level as disappointing and largely directionless. Saheed said the year had been marked by a lack of meaningful initiatives and progress, particularly at the federal level, which he attributed to what he described as poor leadership and misplaced priorities within the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. “There is not much development, initiatives, and progress in the health sector in 2025, especially at the federal level,…

US aid overhaul threatens Nigeria as Washington pledges $2bn to UN The United States decision to sharply cut and restructure its humanitarian funding is set to have significant consequences for Nigeria, one of the countries most affected by reductions in US foreign aid, as Washington pledged just $2 billion for United Nations humanitarian operations in 2026. The pledge, announced on Monday in Geneva, marks a dramatic decline from previous US contributions and comes amid a broader policy shift under President Donald Trump aimed at overhauling how the United States supports multilateral humanitarian efforts. Under the new framework, US humanitarian funding…

In a last-minute mobilisation to prevent the imminent collapse of his political structure, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Monday summoned the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Jibril Ismail Falgore, to an emergency meeting. The Speaker, who arrived at Kwankwaso’s Miller Road residence at about 3pm, was locked in a closed-door meeting with the former governor for about four hours, The Guardian confirmed. Kwankwaso, who reportedly terminated his scheduled trip out of the country following the planned defection of Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf to the ruling…

British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua invovled in a Road accident in Ogun State British former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has survived a fatal car accident in Ogun State, Nigeria, which claimed the lives of two British men travelling with him. The crash occurred on Monday along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway near Sagamu, when the Lexus SUV carrying Joshua collided with a stationary truck. Police confirmed that Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries while seated in the rear of the vehicle. “The vehicle conveying Anthony Joshua, a Lexus SUV, was involved in the accident under circumstances that are currently being investigated,” said…

With just a couple of days left in 2025, there is not much worth mentioning happening in the Cardano ecosystem, unless you count Charles Hoskinson’s random tweets as updates.ADA’s current price pretty much reflects the state of the Cardano blockchain right now. Daily active addresses are sitting at around 22k, which is a huge drop and says a lot about how weak on-chain activity has become.That decline is hard to ignore. Throughout 2025, Cardano has not improved in a single meaningful metric. In fact, most of them have moved in the wrong direction. Source: Total value locked on Cardano has…