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  LASTMA inducts media mayors to improve traffic 25th September 2025 The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has inducted no fewer than 12 media practitioners drawn from the print, broadcast, and digital media as traffic mayors in its efforts to improve vehicular movement across the state. The induction was held at the agency’s headquarters in Oshodi, Lagos State, on Wednesday. Speaking at the induction, the LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, noted that the Media Traffic Mayor idea was an initiative designed to fortify and complement the efforts of LASTMA officers, ensuring traffic order, safety, and mobility across the state. According to him, the cosmopolitan nature of the state and its small land size had made traffic management a Herculean task. He stressed that due to the high commercial activities in the state and the high vehicular movement, it was necessary to inculcate the mayors in the state’s traffic management. According to him, the inductees were selecte...

  Police reject N4m bribe from Bayelsa murder suspect Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa State Police Command and Nigerian Immigration Office, Festac Town, Lagos, have rejected a bribe of N4.0m from George Idumangi, who has been arrested for the murder of Richard Ekpebu, a Bayelsa estate agent. On Wednesday, Idumangi allegedly offered the N4.0m bribe to immigration officers so they would not hand him over to the police, and later offered the police N3.0 million to delete a certain file from his phone. It was gathered that Idumangi was arrested on Monday by men of the NIS in Lagos when he went to collect his procured passport. His arrest was due to inter-agency collaboration between the NIS and the Nigeria Police Force, particularly the Operation Puff Adder and the Area E Police Command in Lagos. A senior police officer, who pleaded anonymity  because he was not authorised to speak to the media, disclosed in Yenagoa that Idumangi, in his desperation to evade arre...

  Ballon d’Or: Nigeria’s Nnadozie ranked fourth-best goalkeeper in the world Super Falcons goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie , has earned global recognition after being ranked the fourth-best goalkeeper in the world at the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards held in Paris. England and Chelsea shot-stopper, Hannah Hampton, made history on Monday night by claiming the inaugural Women’s Yashin Trophy, following a standout year in which she played a starring role in the Lionesses’ Euro 2025 triumph and Chelsea’s domestic treble. Nnadozie, who has steadily built a reputation as one of Africa’s finest goalkeepers, was named among the top five in the final ranking released by the organisers. Spain’s Cata Coll finished in third place, while Germany’s Ann-Katrin Berger came second, just behind Hampton. The Super Falcons star, who plays her club football with Paris FC in France, continues to be recognised on the global stage. She first caught worldwide attention at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, where she won...

  Breaking: Dembele wins 2025 Ballon d’Or France international and PSG winger, Ousmane Dembele has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious individual award. The announcement was made on Monday night at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, where the world’s biggest stars gathered to  celebrate  the best players of the past year. Dembele, 28, pipped Barcelona and Spain teenage sensation Lamine Yamal to the prize and succeeds Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri, who won the trophy in 2024. The former Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona winger, who was part of the France team that won the World Cup in 2018, scored 35 goals in all competitions as PSG won a French league and cup double as well as the Champions League for the first time in their history. “I really don’t have the words. It was an incredible season with PSG,” said an emotional Dembele, who said his club coach Luis Enrique had been “like a father”. “It is an individual trophy bu...

  Current Super Eagles lack passion, commitment – Opabunmi Femi Opabunmi, the youngest Nigerian footballer and the third youngest in the world to play at the FIFA World Cup, shares with FELIX OLOYEDE his experiences coping after his early retirement from football and discusses what improvements are necessary for the Super Eagles At  the peak of your career, you were linked with a lot of the top European clubs. Did you feel fulfilled, or do you feel you didn’t actualise your full potential? At the peak of my career, after the under-17 World Cup, Saint-Étienne, Lyon of France and Manchester United were after me. When you started making it in your career, your manager will advise you. He advised me to go to a lower team where I can play regularly, and from there, I will get to the biggest team. This is because if I go to a big team, they will just put me on the second team without giving me regular playing time. I followed by manager’s advice, and that was why I went to the Grass...

  ‎How Nigerian man hacked US varsity, stole $235,000 – Officials 19th September 2025 A Nigerian living in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested by British authorities following a request from the United States government after he was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud. ‎According to US prosecutors, Adepoju hacked into the email system of a Pennsylvania construction company working for a university, then created fake accounts to impersonate staff and divert payment. ‎The US Department of Justice, in a statement on its website on Thursday, said Adepoju, who was arrested on September 15, 2025, is awaiting extradition to face a seven-count indictment in the Western District of Pennsylvania. ‎ ‎The indictment, unsealed on Thursday, alleged that between March and April 2023, Adepoju remotely accessed a protected computer belonging to the construction company. ‎He allegedly altered email rules, set up a spoofed domain, and used it to send fraudu...

Hilda Baci cooks largest pot of jollof rice in second shot at world record 13th September 2025 Who is Hilda Baci cooking the biggest pot of jollof rice? In May 2023, the name Hilda Baci became a household one across Nigeria and beyond, as she embarked on an extraordinary culinary journey – cooking for over 100 hours to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. But behind the fame, and the record-breaking feat, many still ask: who exactly is Hilda Baci? Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, is a Nigerian chef, content creator, and entrepreneur from Akwa Ibom State. Born on September 20, 1996, Hilda has always had a passion for food, which she nurtured into a career. She studied sociology at Madonna University but followed her love for the culinary arts to establish “My Food by Hilda,” a Lagos-based restaurant and catering business. Her big break came when she set her sights on breaking records and pushing the boundaries of African ...

  Nigerians in S’Africa cry out: Women are giving birth on bare floors over Xenophobia 13th September 2025 Nigerians living in South Africa have raised the alarm over a fresh wave of xenophobic threats by an anti-migrant group known as Operation Dudula. Leaders of Nigerian communities are calling for urgent diplomatic intervention following reports of attacks and harassment allegedly spearheaded by the group, which has been accused of blocking foreigners from accessing public hospitals. The outcry comes amid sustained harassment that began earlier this year, fueling fears of another round of xenophobic violence. In a viral video clip seen by  Saturday  Nigerians living in South Africa have raised the alarm over a fresh wave of xenophobic threats by an anti-migrant group known as Operation Dudula. Leaders of Nigerian communities are calling for urgent diplomatic intervention following reports of attacks and harassment allegedly spearheaded by the group, which has been acc...