By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr. Patrice Motsepe has announced a 33% increase in the annual subventions of the 54 CAF Member Associations and a further 20% increase for the CAF Zonal Unions. As part of the new structure, each of the CAF Member Association will now receive up to USD 700 000 annually from CAF. CAF Zonal Unions will also now receive USD 900 000 – an increase from the USD 750 000 representing a 20% increase. The announcement represents another significant increase in CAF’s financial support for its…
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By Richard Odusanya Nigerians should be allowed freely to choose their leaders. No intimidation. Intimidation is crime to democracy. Characters like Sego are not permitted in a decent democracy. This is not just our campaign anymore. Human rights legend Barr. Femi Falana, SAN, has echoed it — word for word, spirit for spirit. Two days ago, Falana, who spent years in detention fighting military so we can have democracy, warned in a viral video: “Warning to all the candidates: Get ready, form groups to defend the votes of everybody in Lagos. Because going by what happened in the last election,…
By Tony Obiechina Abuja Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $58.81 billion on October 12, 2026, their highest level since November 19, 2008, when reserves stood at approximately $58.91 billion. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the reserves increased from $55.08 billion on October 9 to $58.81 billion on October 12, representing a gain of about $3.73 billion in the latest reported movement. The latest figure extends the upward trend recorded in September and early October, strengthening Nigeria’s external reserve position amid efforts to stabilise the foreign exchange market. Nigeria’s foreign reserves had been increasing steadily…
By Olalekan Adigun The allegations raised by Premium Times’ investigation into the credentials of Anthony Kila, a self-styled intellectual and political analyst who uses the title “Jean Monnet Professor of Strategy and Development”, have once again raised important questions about the people Nigeria celebrates as public intellectuals. As far as I am concerned, many of these personalities are, at best, talking heads. They are creatures of television screens, manufactured by a media culture that often mistakes eloquence for intellectual depth and the ability to criticise those in power for evidence of exceptional scholarship. This trend gained prominence during the military…
The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has accused supporters of Bimbo Adekanmbi, governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), of vandalising billboards of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Senator Sharafadeen Alli, in many parts of Ibadan, the statecapital. A statement by SSACO’s Director of Media and Publicity, Bisi Oladele on Tuesday, said billboards of Senators Alli and his running mate Hon. Soji Adedeji have been vandalised by Adekanmbi’s supporters in Mokola, Sango, Monatan-Olodo Road, Odo-Ona and Toll Gate-Iwo Road section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, among others. The statement read: “The Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau No fewer than 14 countries have joined Morocco and Cameroon in the third round of the Los Angeles Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament African qualifiers billed for early next year. The qualifiers are Nigeria, Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Kenya, Angola, Senegal, Mali, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia. The third round of the Los Angeles Olympic Games African qualifiers double-header will hold from February 23 to March 6, 2026. LA 2028 Qualifiers: All Second Round Results: -Comoros 0–2 NigeriaNigeria 5–0 ComorosNigeria won 7–0 on aggregate-Tunisia 0–1 SenegalSenegal 2–0 TunisiaSenegal…
The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has called for a thorough investigation into the death of Nigerian national Odueze Chimezie Odueze, allegedly tortured by South African police officers in Cape Town. In a press statement dated October 13, 2026, Consul General Ninikanwa O. Okey-Uche said Odueze died on October 9 in the Parklands area of Cape Town. The consulate said the deceased was reportedly arrested at a shopping centre on suspicion of drug possession and taken to his residence for a search, where no drugs were found. It alleged that he was subjected to torture despite the search yielding no…
Senator Sharafadeen Alli Campaign Organisation (SSACO) has expressed grave concern over the outbreak of diphtheria in the states, calling on Governor Seyi Makinde to urgently strengthen the state’s response and provide a comprehensive account of its efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Campaign Organization’s concerns are heightened by Oyo State’s latest childhood immunization figures, which place it at the bottom of the six states in the South-West, despite billions of Naira in development financing received under the World Bank-supported Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project. A statement by the Campaign Organization’s…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran, on Tuesday disclosed that more than 241,000 retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) have benefited from increases in their monthly pensions under the reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.According to Oloworaran the adjustment, implemented under Pension Boost 1.0, raised the combined monthly pension payments to the beneficiaries from N12.15bn to N14.83bn. She described the increase as a landmark reform, noting that it was the first time retirees under the contributory pension scheme had received a pension adjustment across the board.She said the initiative was…
By Andrew Abah Concerned stakeholders and presidential candidates in the forthcoming Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) elections have petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over alleged grave irregularities and constitutional breaches in the electoral process for the 2026-2030 term. In a petition dated 12th October, 2026, addressed to the President and copied to the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, the stakeholders accused the outgoing President of the NBBF, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, who is also the Chairman…