Ekiti led with 98.3, ahead of Oyo by 0.5 points. The North accounts for 4 of the 12 states and the South 8.
NB: Scores are out of 100, higher is better. Based on 2025 conflict deaths and violent events per 100,000 people, persistence of violence and change since 2023. Coverage includes 36 states and the FCT.
Sir, the irony of this statement is lost on you. Are you really bringing up pedo where these two groups are concerned? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones you know.
MAGA (Make America Great Again) vs GAMA (Gay And Muslim Alliance)
I can understand now why MAGA lost. Nobody thought that alliance between Gays and Muslims would ever be possible in politics. It had never been tried before.
I went online and saw Somalian Muslim women in hijab and nikab dancing with transgender women and it was a shock to my system.
Republicans clearly have their work cut out for 2028.
DiamondsAreFore: O boy! This Gay & Muslim Alliance is something that nobody saw coming🤔
The massive blue wave had decidedly rainbow undertones today (4 November) as the world woke up to the US midterm results, with Democrats taking control of both houses of Congress.
Exceeding expectations and cutting deep into red territory, the story of the night was one of overwhelming Democratic success after two years of MAGA 2.0.
For the queer community in the States and beyond, the results are cause for joy. While Republican attacks on LGBTQIA+ rights will not cease overnight, this signals a powerful shift forward for the progressive cause.
At the time of writing, Democrats have flipped seven Senate seats, taking them to 54, against the Republicans' 44.
In the House, they have so far won 231 seats to the Republicans' 139. Democrats are on course for their strongest performance in the House since 1990, potentially securing their largest share of seats in more than three decades.
LGBTQIA+ candidates have also made history. Chris Pappas is the first openly gay man in the US Senate; Allison Montgomery was elected as Alabama's first openly transgender state legislator; and a number of others have won re-election despite well-funded campaigns against them that sought to smear them with anti-queer rhetoric. On 3 November, the Democrat won New Hampshire’s Senate election with 56.2 per cent of the vote, defeating Republican John Sununu, who was seeking a return to the chamber after two decades. In his victory speech, Pappas thanked his “amazing husband” Vann Bentley, saying: “He’s always been by my side. And look, tonight, win, lose or draw, I’m the luckiest guy because I’m married to a man I love. And despite all the negative attacks and lies, it’s nice to know that love and truth prevailed tonight.” During his time in the House, Pappas has supported the Equality Act, legislation to prohibit the gay and transgender “panic” defence, and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ veterans. The results brought wins for minority representation more broadly. Abdul El-Sayed has been elected as the first Muslim American to the Senate, Den Haaland became the first Native American governor of a US state, and Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected as the first Black governor of Georgia – a formerly segregated state.
These historic firsts came despite the naked racism directed at the candidates. American-born El-Sayed, for instance, was labelled a jihadist, prompting the response: “I’ll be Senator Muhammad to you, bro”.
Republicans spent an estimated $183 million on transphobic television adverts, including $58 million in Texas alone, according to data firm AdImpact.
At a campaign rally, Trump said of newly elected Texas Senator James Talarico: “He wants to keep the transgender 'mutilization' of your children, open borders. He wants to keep men playing in women's sports. Figure that one out. No politician in history has been so obsessed with turning your young boys and girls transgender.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered an illegal oil refinery allegedly operated by Chinese nationals in the Ogere area of Ogun State.
The commission said the facility was discovered on Saturday, October 31, 2026, by operatives of its Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 following intelligence and surveillance on the activities of illegal sludge oil refiners.
The EFCC disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
Oyewale said the facility was deserted when operatives stormed the premises, following an earlier crackdown on four illegal lithium processing plants in the area.
However, he said operatives discovered waste products from the refining process and underground tanks suspected to have been used for heating and processing sludge oil.
The statement read, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission uncovered an illegal oil refinery operated by Chinese in the Ogere area of Ogun State.
“The operation, conducted on Saturday, October 31, 2026, by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, followed credible intelligence and surveillance by the commission on the activities of the illegal sludge oil refiners.
“The refinery was found deserted when EFCC operatives stormed the premises, following the commission’s earlier clampdown on four illegal lithium processing plants in the area. However, waste products from the refining process were discovered at the location.”
Oyewale said during the raid, underground tanks believed to have been used for heating and processing the sludge oil were also discovered.
“Two of the underground tanks inspected contained substances suspected to be Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), otherwise known as diesel.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the operators sourced sludge oil, also known as black sludge, from Warri, Delta State, and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and transported it to the illegal facility in Ogere for processing,” Oyewale added.
He said the operators subjected the sludge oil to intense heat, allowing lighter petroleum components to pass through chambers and filters in a process believed to produce diesel for sale in the Nigerian market.
“Personnel at the facility told EFCC operatives that the Chinese operators never disclosed their identities nor the name of the company behind the facility.
“Consequently, operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC have since taken over the premises as investigations continue to establish the identities of the operators, the ownership of the facility and the full extent of the suspected illegal activities and economic sabotage,” he added.
This is not breaking news. It has been planned for the last 3 years.
Military cooperation between the two countries will still continue.
FreeStuffsNG: "The left uses the $4 billion payment that everybody knows about, well it's no secret, as a signal of unfairness, and we can't allow that to happen," Trump said. Smh. He can not run away and destroy all the exhibit that link him to the genocide in Gaza.
1957: The day a son beat his father in an election, and the father paid for the next campaign..
Left is Mazi Alvan Azinna Ikoku, the man on the 10 Naira note. Right is his son, Samuel Goomsu Ikoku, popularly called S.G. Ikoku.
On March 15, 1957, father and son contested the same seat in the Eastern House of Assembly election. Alvan was running under his own party, Sam was running for the Action Group (Obafemi Awolowo's party).
Sam won by 59 votes. He became Leader of Opposition, and his father later gave him his support and even funded his re-election in 1961.
Nobody in Nigeria had ever seen a son stand against his father for office. People thought it was an insult.
On March 15, 1957, the results came.
Sam won by 59 votes.
He went on to become Leader of Opposition in the East.
Now here is the part nobody expects.
His father did not fight him. He did not disown him.
Alvan accepted the defeat, gave his son his public support, and later funded his re-election campaign in 1961.
Politics divided them at the ballot. Blood kept them together.
Sam later became Aminu Kano's running mate in 1979 Presidential Election and one of Nigeria's most fearless opposition voices.
Two men. One house. One election. Zero hatred after.
Which part shocks you most, the son beating the father, or the father funding him after?
●She was 26 and he was 11 when the relationship began in 2016
●The boy's parents would allow him to go for "tutorials" at the teacher's house where he would sometimes spend the night
●The teacher became pregnant when the boy was 13
●The 13 year old boy's father became suspicious several years later when he saw a Facebook post of the teacher and her child and noticed that the child resembled him and his 13 year old son
●The boy is now 21 and he appeared in court to plead on behalf of the. He says he was the one who initiated the relationship, but the court dismissed his evidence
A former New Jersey elementary school teacher who gave birth to a child fathered by her underage former student has pleaded guilty in the shocking sex abuse case — even as the victim insists he initiated the relationship and wants her charges dropped.
Laura Caron, 36, pleaded guilty to second degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced on Oct. 30.
The creepy ex-educator faces five years in state prison under a plea agreement.
Caron first met the boy, born in 2005, when she taught him and his brother fifth grade at Middle Township Elementary School in Cape May Court House.
The family remained close with the pervy teacher, even allowing their two sons and daughter to sleep at her home several nights a week, according to Daily Mail.
But prosecutors say twisted teacher had “inappropriate sexual relations” with her former pupil in a relationship that began when he was just 11 in 2016 and continued until he was 15.
She got pregnant when the boy was 13 and gave birth to a daughter in 2019.
The disturbing secret remained buried for years — until December 2024, when the boy’s father noticed an uncanny resemblance between Caron’s child, himself and his son in a Facebook photo.
Then all hell broke loose.
Investigators uncovered troubling details, including allegations that the victim’s brother once witnessed Caron sexually assaulting his sleeping sibling.
The boy’s sister also recalled falling asleep beside her brother, only to awaken and discover him in Caron’s bed, ABC6 reported.
But the victim, now about 21, has defended Caron and said he was the one who initiated the sexual relationship.
“They need to drop all charges. I wasn’t groomed or raped or manipulated by her. She never initiated anything,” he told the Mail. “I started everything. If it was up to me she wouldn’t have been in jail.”
After serving her prison sentence, Caron will be on lifetime parole. Cape May County Correctional Center.
Caron, a former basketball player at Pennsylvania’s Cabrini University, was charged on Jan. 15. 2025, with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Sutherland announced at the time.
She was indicted that June.
“Teachers hold a position of great trust, and the allegations in this case represent a deeply troubling breach of that trust,” Sutherland said in his announcement.
Caron must also surrender her teaching license and all future public employment.
She will also undergo an evaluation to determine whether her behavior is repetitive or compulsive, a finding that could affect her sentence.
Caron is scheduled to be formally sentenced on Jan 8, 2027.
She will also be required to register on the Megan’s Law Offender Registry and subject to parole supervision for the rest of her life.
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised four leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province, including two Arabs, a commander and several of their foot soldiers in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The Army said they were neutralised on October 31, 2026, by combined troops of the Joint Task Force deployed to Kukawa following a massive ISWAP terrorists attack on their locations.
The acting Military Information Officer, Northeast Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai, Capt Mohammed Goni, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops utilised both ground and air assets from the air component.
The statement read: “Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have dealt a significant blow to the leadership and operational capability of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), neutralising several terrorists during an engagement in Kukawa, Borno State, on 31 October 2026.”
He said the neutralised four terrorists include Abu Hajara, a high-profile member of the group’s Shura Council and Abul Walid, a prominent commander and close associate of Ba Shuwa, the overall Wali of ISWAP and 2 high ranking Arab fighters.
Goni noted that following the engagement, troops recovered scores of arms, ammunition and communication devices.
“The successful engagement further demonstrates the combat readiness, vigilance and superior firepower of Operation Hadin Kai troops in sustaining pressure on terrorist elements across the theatre,” Goni stated.
He said the attack on troops’ location at Kukawa came barely three days after the Buni Yadi attack where 55 terrorists were neutralised, including key commanders such as Ali Mandara Abba Gajiri (Munzir), Habu Ikkima Nakif Yana Faruk and Commander Gogore.
“The Theatre Command has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting law-abiding citizens and to continue its operations to ensure total annihilation of the terrorists and destruction of their camps within the region,” he said.
Vladimir Putin would answer the phone if Volodymyr Zelensky called, the Kremlin has said.
“I think he would answer, of course. Putin has never refused talks,” Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin aide, claimed on Sunday.
His comments come before a resumption of US-brokered peace talks due to take place in Abu Dhabi this month.
The two leaders have not held direct talks in person or via phone call since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
They last met in person in December 2019, during the Normandy Format talks mediated by France and Germany.
Kyiv, which has long pushed for a direct meeting between Mr Zelensky and Putin, has made several attempts to arrange a meeting since then.
In July, the Ukrainian president wrote an open letter to Putin calling for a face-to-face meeting to end the war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin was seeking to avoid a face-to-face meeting between the two leaders by proposing a phone call, the Kyiv Independent reported on Friday. Ukrainian officials suspect Moscow is trying to arrange a phone call that would achieve little instead of a face-to-face meeting. “They’ve already tried to do this over the phone,” one senior Ukrainian official said.
Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said on Oct 30 that Putin was “open to dialogue with everyone”.
Asked whether the Russian leader would speak with his Ukrainian counterpart by phone, Mr Peskov added that “no one has called yet”. Putin has previously ruled out direct talks, calling Mr Zelensky an “illegitimate leader” and claiming he would only meet to finalise a deal approved beforehand.
Mr Peskov added that an initial round of peace talks should be in trilateral format with Russia, the US and Ukraine.
Asked whether Russia believed any European countries should be involved in negotiations, he said: “We have working contacts with the Americans. Therefore, it is logical, of course, that at least the first rounds of negotiations should be held in a trilateral format.”
Russia would attempt to use the Abu Dhabi three-way talks this month to secure concessions that weaken Nato’s defences, diplomatic sources previously told The Telegraph. Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy aide, said Europe should be included in the negotiations between Russian, Ukrainian and American officials because the Continent would be crucial to reaching an agreement. But diplomatic sources told The Telegraph that Russia’s motive for including European nations was to use the next round of talks to win concessions over Nato expansion, which Putin had called the “root cause” of the war.
The Pentagon has reportedly urged Nato countries to tone down their warnings about the threat posed by Russia.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are among the countries that have been told to soften their rhetoric against Russia to avoid “poking” Moscow. Nato leaders were told that public statements condemning Russia risk undermining security, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, was among US officials conveying the message in bilateral meetings. It was not clear whether other European governments received similar messages.
Mr Colby reportedly cited comments by European leaders suggesting the Russian leader was “cornered like a rat” as an example of unhelpful rhetoric.
Kristen Michal, Estonia’s prime minister, used the phrase in September to describe Putin’s increasingly desperate response to setbacks in Ukraine.
In a separate meeting, Pentagon officials urged an Estonian delegation to be “measured” in its public communications.
“We are helping you. The Americans are there. Just don’t be loud. Don’t make noise,” one European official reportedly said.
The Pentagon declined to comment on the allegations, saying: “Private conversations among allies are just that, so we will not comment.”
UKRAINE has launched kamikaze drones from weather balloons in a blitz on Moscow’s busiest airport – sparking travel chaos across the country, reports say.
Incredible images appear to show a high-altitude balloon dangling a drone, as nearly 1,000 flights are grounded nationwide.
Russian pro-war channels claim Ukraine is using kamikaze drones launched from weather balloons to in a campaign of mega-disruption to airports in Moscow causing a major headache for Vladimir Putin.
Giant queues at international Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow amid major disruption with hundreds of flights cancelled or delayed due to Ukrainian drones.
Thousands of passengers were left stranded across Russia on Saturday as Volodymyr Zelensky ramps up efforts to cripple the capital’s airspace.
Pro-Kremlin war channels have confirmed the use of a new tactic, noting: “This is the device the enemy is using to target the Russian capital in an attempt to disrupt the Moscow aviation hub.'”
The inflated objects are reportedly used to fly the drones to the target area at high altitude before they are launched to cause maximum damage.
Fuming passengers at airports across the country hit boiling point on Saturday.
Smoke was seen rising close to Moscow’s major Sheremetyevo international airport amid a Ukrainian drone swarm massively disrupting air traffic.
Footage showed massive queues inside major international airport Sheremetyevo, where a suspected balloon drone strike took place.
Ukrainian national security commentator Andriy Kovalenko said: “Russians are posting videos from Sheremetyevo airport.
“The consequences of Putin’s geopolitics are manifesting in constant transportation disruptions.
“They chose this path, and they must bear the consequences.”
Another clip shows plumes of smoke rising near the major aviation hub amid suspicions a drone had crashed in the vicinity.
Vnukovo Airport – used by Russian officials and VIP guests – suffered 119 delays and ten cancellations.
Some passengers have reportedly been waiting days for their flights as planes are held at other airports, unable to fly to Moscow.
Novosibirsk – the largest airport in Siberia – suffered around 100 disrupted aircraft.
St Petersburg’s Pulkovo reported 138 delays or cancellations.
A proportion of the chaos is as a result of regular drones launched from Ukraine.
Many passengers in Moscow complained about a lack of information from the authorities.
A woman on a Pobeda Airline flight said: “There are children on board. There is no food, only water.”
It comes as the Russian Defence Ministry claims to have downed 2,690 Ukrainian drones in the past two-and-a-half days – among the highest figure of the entire war.
Ukraine says the blame lies with Putin – who refuses to halt his war – and Russians who support him.
Echoing this sentiment, Ed Miliband blasted Putin to the face of his Russian counterpart telling him: “We all know you are the aggressor.”
Confronting Russia‘s foreign minister at a heated G20 summit, he slammed the Kremlin’s relentless bloodshed in Ukraine and warned “you are not winning this war”.
EXCLUSIVE: Kidnappers Hold Two Sons Of Nigerian Military Officer For Nine Weeks, Demand Fresh N200m After Collecting N26m, 25 Phones
Two young sons of a Nigerian Air Force personnel have spent nine weeks in the custody of kidnappers in Kaduna State, with their captors now demanding a fresh N200 million ransom after the family had already paid N26 million and handed over 25 mobile phones, their mother has told SaharaReporters.
Tina Daniel Dominic, whose husband is an Air Force officer, said her sons, Derrick, who will turns 14 in December, and Damian, 12, were abducted from their home at Rimi, Kamazou, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Sunday, August 30, 2026, when gunmen broke into the house at night.
The mother, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Friday, said the family had sold their cars and other valuables to raise the first N20 million, and had also bought 25 mobile phones for the abductors, yet the children remain in captivity.
Recounting the night of the abduction, Mrs Dominic said she was unwell and had gone to bed earlier than usual when she began hearing gunshots.
“On 30th of August, 2026, I was in my home at Rimi, Kamazou. That night, I was not feeling fine, so we entered earlier than usual. We were sleeping, and then I started hearing noise, sounds of gunshots,” she said.
“So I picked my phone to call my neighbour, I’m hearing gunshots. They said yes, that it’s close, but they heard that kidnappers were in my neighbour’s house.
“I now wake up, on my way to go and wake my children to come so that we can stay together. I now realise that they are in my house. I was hearing how they were trying to break my fence.”
She said her husband, an Air Force personnel, was away at his place of work at the time.
“My husband is an Air Force personnel. He went back to his place of work,” she said.
“So I hid my children inside my kitchen pantry. Even before I finished hiding them, they had already come in through my first son’s room, Derrick’s room. They opened the burglary and came in.
“I’ve already hidden my three children, Derrick, Damian and Dominion.”
The gunmen, she said, demanded to know where her husband and the children were. She told them the children had gone to their father for the holiday, but they refused to believe her.
“They start pointing guns in my head, and they started asking me to open doors and they start checking. Then they took me outside, tied my hands, and took me outside.
“On reaching outside my house, to my other neighbour’s house, I saw my other neighbour already tied there.”
She said the abductors kept going back and forth between her house and where she was held, insisting she was lying about the whereabouts of her children.
“They said I should not lie to them, that they know everything. I should not lie, that they know my children are in the house. That I should not lie. And my husband, I said no, my husband left late. They were asking, if I do not tell the truth, they will kill me.
“I insisted that my children are not around, but they went in and came back. I think they received a call that the children are in the house. So they went back to the house, and then the only thing I saw, they brought my two sons out.
“I was asking Derrick, why did you people come out? They said, ‘No mommy, we did not come out, they opened and they checked and they saw us.’ I said where is Dominion, they said they left Dominion.”
Mrs Dominic said the gunmen marched her, her two sons and a neighbour through the bush for about two hours before deciding she was too weak to continue.
“We walked to an extent with the children and my neighbour. We followed the back of that Rimi. We are walking and along the line, like an hour to two hours’ walk, they saw that I could not go on again because I was falling, I could not walk faster. I was falling because I was not feeling fine.
“So they said I should go back. I said I cannot go back, where will I go? They said no, I should go back and look for money. And then they collected my phone and said I should go back and look for money, that they will call back.
“I said I don’t know the road of that location. They said I should go back, that I should just be going, that I will see people. So that is how I managed to reach home that day.”
Ransom: From N500 Million to N20 Million, Then N6 Million And Still No Release
The next day, she said, the kidnappers made contact and demanded N500 million.
“I reached home, and then the next day they contacted us to say that we pay N500 million. My husband told them we don’t have N500 million. That he is a soldier. They said he is a very rich soldier, he flies airplane. My husband told them no, he doesn’t fly planes. They insisted and said we bring the money.
“So we started going back and forth. They now said N100 million again. After a week, we came down to N100 million. We said we cannot afford N100 million. Then after some days, they said N20 million. That it is N20 million, they are going to collect last, that they are not removing one naira.”
She said the family agreed and began selling their belongings.
“We had to sell our cars to try to raise that N20 million and other valuables. We raised the N20 million, they took the 20 million to them. After taking the 20 million, we were expecting they will release our children.
“The way they took money from our neighbour, I think about N15 million thereabouts, and they released him. So we thought after we give the money, they will release the children. They did not release the children.
“In fact, they stopped calling us for like a wek. After a week, they started calling again. We said they haven’t released the children. They said no, that the money we took to them is not complete. They said that about N1.3 million is missing from the money. Tomorrow they will say N1.5 million. Next day, they will say N3 million. They are just going up and down.
“Later, they now said we should bring another N6 million. And they gave the children phone to talk to us, that if we bring the money, they are going to release them.”
She said a released captive assured the family that the children would be freed once the additional N6 million was paid.
“Somebody in the camp that they released, they talked to that person, and the woman assured us that after we give that money, they said they are going to release the children. She heard them saying this.
“So we started looking for another N6 million and giving to them again. They still did not release the children. With other things we took to them; we took phones, like 25 phones to them. They still did not release the children.”
New Demand: N200 Million After Two Weeks of Silence
Mrs Dominic said the abductors stopped calling for two weeks before reaching out again on Thursday, October 29, with a fresh demand, this time for N200 million, claiming her husband had sent people to their camp.
“Yesterday, being 29th of October, they reached out to us and said that my husband is a military officer, that he sent people to come to their camp, that they took some people from their camp. So for that, they are not releasing the children. That we have to bring N200 million. That is the new development, that we have to bring N200 million before they will release the children, which we don’t have.
“We are crying to the government. We don’t have that amount of money to give to them. We say we don’t have. They said we should go to the government. That my husband is a government worker, that we should go, they will help us. We say we don’t have. That there is no way we can raise that amount of money.
“And since two weeks, they have not talked to us.”
The distraught mother said she had repeatedly posted about the abduction on social media and tagged the Kaduna State Governor and President Bola Tinubu, but no government official had reached out to the family.
“We are crying for help from anywhere and everywhere to secure the release of my children. The government has abandoned us. I posted the kidnap incident and tagged the Kaduna State Governor and President Bola Tinubu, but it appears nobody is interested in our case.
“We are being tortured because my husband is a Nigerian military officer. For two weeks now I have been writing and posting, tagging government officials, but no one has reached out.”
She said her children are young and one of them is in fragile health.
“I’m begging, these children are small. By December, Derrick will be 14 years, while Damian is 12 years. Damian was not strong; he had a major surgery about two years ago, and recently he came back from school and we were supposed to go to the hospital the next day, being Monday, before this incident happened on Sunday for his check-up.
“My husband is a military officer who leaves us every now and then to save this country, but no one, including his country, is ready to save his family. The government should come to our aid. These kidnappers are asking us for what we cannot afford. We have sold everything we’ve got. We bought 25 mobile phones for them, yet they are asking for another N200 million.
“I am begging the Kaduna State Government to come to our aid. As a mother, I’m begging that this situation should touch those in authority, unless they are part of the kidnapping gang. For nine weeks now, these children have been held in captivity,” she lamented.
SaharaReporters had previously reported that two children of the brother-in-law of Gurara TV Chief Executive Officer and APM candidate for the Jema’a/Sanga Federal Constituency, Ernest Thyek Maidawa, were kidnapped and had remained in captivity for two months.
The children were reportedly abducted from their residence in the Rimi area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the same area where Mrs Dominic’s sons were taken.
The incident has continued to raise concerns among relatives, residents and community members, particularly over the prolonged period the victims have spent in captivity.
The development comes amid persistent concerns over kidnapping and other forms of insecurity across parts of Kaduna State, with families frequently forced to negotiate with criminals following abductions.
Wow, so the owners of Opay previously owned Grindr? Grindr is a demonic app. That's all I will say about it.
Gotocourt: OPAY company was founded by Chinese billionaire Yahui Zhou, who also established Beijing Kunlun Tech, a Chinese gaming company that previously owned dating application Grindr.
The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will return to its traditional two-year cycle after a U-turn from the Confederation of African Football (Caf).
In December, Caf announced that the tournament would be held every four years instead, but that decision has been reversed after a review.
Under the new plans, the governing body was planning an African Nations League to replace Afcon as its biennial tournament, but acknowledged that it would take several years to generate the revenue required to become self-sufficient.
"The decision by the Executive Committee to reinstate the organisation of the Afcon every two years aims to advance, protect and promote the interests of African football and the 54 Caf Member Associations, as well as those of African players playing for clubs outside the continent," Caf president Patrice Motsepe said in a statement.
The biennial hosting of Afcon has long caused issues with the football calendar, with the vast majority of recent tournaments held midway through the European club season.
Fifa's expanded 32-team Club World Cup was held in June and July last year, which also forced Caf to opt for mid-season dates.
The next Afcon will take place in 2027, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda jointly hosting the tournament, followed by editions in 2028, 2031 and 2033. There will be no tournament in 2030 because of the World Cup.
The dramatic 2025 Afcon final saw Senegal crowned champions before they were stripped of their title three months later in favour of Morocco.
A Will can only be made by someone who is adjudged to be of sound mind at the time of making the Will.
And since he owns a lot of landed property, under Nigerian law landed property can only be transferred by a title document which can only be in written form.
It is clear that this young man was depressed and labouring under a huge psychological load.
I would humbly advise his family to carry out an autopsy on his body before he is buried to certify that there was no foul play at work.
His wife and children can still inherit his property if they apply for Letters of Administration, but it is a long process, much longer than would have been the case if he had simply prepared a written Will in the manner contemplated by the nation's laws on succession.
I don't know what exactly he did wrong and I don't want to speculate, but I pray his troubled soul finds rest.
As my Jewish friends say: "May his memory forever be a blessing"
The Sleepers of Ephesus was a Christian fairy tale about a group of young Christian men who were persecuted by pagans.
They ran into a cave and the pagans pursued them into the cave and were about to kill them, but the leader of pagans decided instead to seal the cave so the young Christian men would be locked in the cave and never escape.
Then God caused them to fall asleep for hundreds of years and when they woke up Christianity had become the religion of the land and all the descendants of the same pagans who had been trying to kill them had become Christians.
The legend was so popular in Christianity that a few Christians actually began to believe that it had happened until the Church intervened and set the records straight that it was a myth and legend which had never happened.
Till this day, no muslim has ever been able to explain how a Christian myth/legend came out of allah's mouth in the koran.
4djustnation: Very inspiring and assuring. Jazakum llah khairan
4djustnation: Very inspiring and assuring. Jazakum llah khairan
Look at the world around you today. There is pressure to compromise, pressure to follow trends, pressure to abandon religious values just to be accepted.
But the story of these young men reminds us that we do not have to follow the crowd to be successful.
You may stand alone in the eyes of people, but you are never beyond the care and protection of Allah.
Be among those who choose Allah even when the world chooses otherwise.
May Allah strengthen our faith, bless our children and young people with righteous companions, protect us from the trials of our time, and make us steadfast upon the truth.
Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany has been discharged from hospital and is "doing well" following his collapse at the club's training ground.
Kompany, 40, was rushed to hospital last Friday after taking ill as he watched the club's second team train.
The cause has been identified as meningeal irritation - an inflammation of the protective membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
"Given the circumstances, he's doing well," Max Eberl, the club's board member for sports, told German broadcaster ARD on Wednesday.
"He was discharged from the hospital today. That is the biggest and best news for all of us."
No timeline has been set for Kompany's return and Bayern said on Saturday that it would be a matter of "weeks, not days" until the former Manchester City defender returned to the dugout.
English assistant coach Aaron Danks has taken over in Kompany's absence and oversaw a 3-1 win at Freiburg on Sunday.
Kompany had been nursing a virus in the days before his collapse and missed some team training sessions.
The Belgian missed a pre-match news conference prior to Bayern's Champions League game against Arsenal last Tuesday, but was subsequently on the touchline for the match on Wednesday.
"It's a meningeal irritation that caused this incident on Friday. He will now rest and take medication," said Eberl, speaking before Bayern's German Cup tie against Magdeburg.
"I am very confident that he will be back on the touchline, operating at 100% very soon."
Current leaders Bayern face title rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
A former NHS worker, Emmanuel Nbanga, 46, who stole medical supplies from a hospital and sold them back to the same trust in a £279,000 con has been jailed for eight years.
He had stolen supplies from Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, for Ultimate Medical (UK) Ltd to sell back - in some cases repeatedly - to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
During a Worcester Crown Court hearing on Friday, company owner Solomon Adeyemi, 57, from Birmingham, was also jailed for seven years for fraudulent trading.
Remilekun Olusesi, 40, from Solihull, was given a 30-month prison sentence, suspended for 36 months, for money laundering.
Nbanga took supplies from the hospital's operating theatre stock rooms between October 2016 and September 2019, the NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) said. The trust then spent almost £233,000 buying back its own stolen stock.
Adeyemi's company also supplied substandard warm-up jackets, needle containers and drug labels sourced from China. The trust could not be assured of their quality and safety for use on patients so existing stock was destroyed and replaced.
The trust first became suspicious after noticing unusually low prices for the medical supplies. Hospital staff then found that identification numbers on some deliveries matched those of its previous orders.
An investigation found that money paid into Ultimate Medical's business account was redirected to Lawyis Medical UK Ltd, a shell company set up by Olusesi - who the NHSCFA said was a healthcare assistant at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - and to personal accounts in the defendants' names.
More than £16,000 worth of stolen NHS stock was recovered during searches, the NHSCFA said.
Ben Harrison, head of operations and engagement at the NHSCFA, said Nbanga "abused his trusted position to systematically steal vital medical stock and arrange for it to be sold back to the very trust he was employed by".
"The involvement of multiple individuals and two shell companies shows the calculated and organised nature of this fraud," he said, adding that "substandard and unsanitary goods entering hospital theatres could have had serious consequences" for patients' health and safety.
Stephen Collman, managing director of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, previously described the fraud as an "extensive and sustained programme" that cost the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds.
He also said it was "made all the worse by the fact that it was carried out by NHS staff members abusing their positions of trust".
China said it has taken an apology from Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe seriously after comments he made poking fun at Mao Zedong caused a social media storm and saw Spanish football yanked off state TV.
Mocking former leader Mao — blamed by historians for millions of deaths — is taboo in China and the French player’s remarks saw him become the latest foreign sports figure to anger Beijing.
The clip of the video interview with French show The Bridge — since taken down — saw Mbappe talk about being amused by an internet meme of his face digitally altered onto “some guy, think he’s a Chinese dictator”, an apparent reference to Mao.
“My comment was ill-judged and I now understand that it hurt many people in China and in Chinese communities around the world. I apologise to everyone my words have upset,” the France captain said in a statement in French, Chinese and English on Tuesday.
Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a regular briefing on Wednesday: “We take seriously the apology the individual concerned has made.”
But that may not be the end of the matter.
La Liga, which has seen the broadcast of its matches suspended in China, said it “deeply regrets the offence that Kylian Mbappe’s recent comments have caused among Chinese fans”.
Chinese beverage giant Dongpeng, which during this year’s World Cup ran advertisements with AI-generated images of Mbappe, said on Tuesday it had scrapped its partnership with the player, as did dairy firms Mengniu and Milkground.
CMG, which oversees public broadcaster CCTV, said it had decided to suspend broadcasts of the world’s second-richest football league after England’s Premier League.
The 27-year-old continued to face a torrent of criticism from Chinese web users on Wednesday, some of it racist.
“His remarks were hurtful toward China and the Chinese people, so they cannot be translated,” wrote one user on social media platform Weibo.
Mbappe’s original joke about Mao was not reposted — or had been scrubbed — from China’s tightly controlled social media.
Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu had meanwhile frozen Mbappe’s account, where he has more than a million followers.
The same was done on the Weibo app, with a notice stating that “the user has been banned from following due to violating laws or the Weibo Community Convention”.
Some Chinese media reports said global brands like Dior and Hublot had removed their Mbappe-related content on Weibo.
An AFP search on Dior and Hublot’s Weibo page with Mbappe’s Chinese name produced no results.
‘Essential lesson’
Offline, too, the Mbappe brand appeared to be under threat.
When AFP visited the Adidas flagship store in Beijing’s Sanlitun shopping district, Real Madrid shirts were available for sale, but none bearing the striker’s name.
Mbappe merchandise, including unofficial jerseys, beanies and caps, remains available on retail app Taobao.
Chinese state media have previously praised Mbappe as a “footballing sensation” and “talent”, with the forward well-loved by fans in the country.
His face is plastered on billboards, on soft drinks and across social media.
Mbappe is also sometimes affectionately referred to as “Guigui”, meaning “turtle” in Chinese, for his resemblance to a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Other major overseas sports leagues have previously angered China.
China suspended sponsorship deals with the NBA while the state broadcaster pulled NBA games off Chinese television for a year in October 2019.
This followed Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey tweeting “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong”, referring to protests Beijing called separatist and seditious.
“In this era of economic globalisation, an increasing number of celebrities are stepping onto the global stage, engaging with fans and business partners from diverse cultural backgrounds,” the official People’s Daily said in an opinion piece this week.
“Learning how to respect different nations and cultures is an essential lesson.
“Respecting the history, culture, social customs and national sentiments of others is a fundamental principle for cross-border interaction, a standard of conduct widely upheld by the international community.”
A 29 year-old man, Yusuf Ajisafe was on Wednesday docked in a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan for allegedly beating up and inflicting injuries on his girlfriend who terminated their relationship.
Ajisafe pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge of malicious damage, assault and escape from lawful custody. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ayodele Ayeni told the court that the defendant committed the crime on Oct. 15, at about 4.30 p.m., at Idiaro area in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Ayeni stated that Ajisafe allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, Titiloye Balogun after she informed him that she was no longer interested in the relationship.
The police alleged that the defendant also inflicted injuries on Balogun using a sharp object and also destroyed goods in her shop worth N300,000.
Ayeni explained that Ajisafe escaped from police custody where he was being held, but was rearrested after an intense search.
He noted that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 451 and 249 of the criminal code cap 38 vol. ii laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.
The court’s President, Mrs O.E. Owoseni, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum. Owoseni said that one of the sureties must be a relative. She adjourned the matter until Dec. 10 for trial.
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has threatened to deal with those who rig elections in Nigeria, declaring that his administration would ensure electoral offenders face jail terms if he wins the 2027 presidential election.
Obi spoke on Wednesday at an NDC town hall meeting in Nasarawa State, where he addressed party supporters on electoral integrity and the need to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral system.
Responding to a question about election rigging, the former Anambra State governor said the party would not allow electoral manipulation to go unchallenged in the next general election.
“You didn’t ask about what we are going to do if people rig election next year. Let me assure you, number one, this coming election, we will rig those who rig it,” Obi said.
He added that, if elected president, he would ensure that election rigging became impossible under his watch by strengthening political parties and reforming the electoral process.
“And let me assure you number two, if I’m elected the President of Nigeria, nobody will rig election in this country again because the first thing we need to do is to strengthen our parties, strengthen the process,” he said.
Obi also called for stricter laws governing eligibility to contest elections, arguing that candidates should be required to demonstrate that they had attended primary and secondary school.
“Our laws will be strict. For you to contest election, you must have attended a primary school, you must have attended a secondary school and it will be visible, it will be clear,” he said.
He warned that anyone who forged academic certificates or falsely claimed to possess the required qualifications would face imprisonment.
“If you didn’t attend any of them or forge your certificate, you go to jail,” Obi said.
The NDC candidate extended the warning to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others involved in election administration, saying anyone found guilty of rigging elections under his government would be prosecuted.
“Any INEC official, anybody who is involved with elections under my watch that rigs elections will go to jail,” he declared.
Obi said his proposed approach would be anchored on the rule of law, insisting that no individual, regardless of position, should be exempt from accountability.
“Under my watch, Nigeria must be a country that has a law, and both from the number one person to the last person must obey the rule of law,” he said.
“Nobody must be above the law; nobody will behave rascally.”
He said his political ambition was driven by a desire to change the country and build a system in which electoral rules were respected.
“That’s why we are doing what we are doing. We want to change Nigeria. A new Nigeria is possible, and that new Nigeria will be OK,” Obi added.
Despite the narrow lead for Netanyahu's opponents, Likud (Netanyahu's party) is projected to remain Israel's largest individual party, setting the stage for potentially difficult coalition negotiations once the official results are known.
FreeStuffsNG: "The initial results indicate a complete vote of no confidence in Netanyahu and the government of October 7 by the Zionist majority and the majority of Israeli citizens,".
The big story, however, was the huge gain for Israeli Arabs, who make up about 25% of the population.
By this time next week, Trump, his fellow butcher of Gaza would have been politically sacked too.
Mr Thomas Hayes is the i9 Sports youth league director who called the Police during a viral dispute at the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Winter Park, Florida.
The incident involved 3-year-old soccer prodigy Nevada Pierre, who was playing up in a league designed for 5-year-olds. The clash has sparked immense internet debate, with two entirely conflicting narratives surrounding why the police were ultimately called.
The Two Sides of the Dispute
• The Parents' Account:
The child's mother, Martasia Griffin, and father, Don Pierre, claim that their son was being unfairly targeted and kicked out of the league simply because he was "too good" at soccer. They shared videos online showing Nevada effortlessly dominating the pitch and scoring multiple goals, arguing that other parents grew frustrated because their children couldn't take the ball away from him. They felt the league was penalizing a toddler for his natural athletic talent.
• Thomas Hayes' Account (The League):
Hayes told dispatchers and responding officers that the call had nothing to do with the child's talent, which he openly admitted was "very advanced" and "great." Instead, Hayes stated that Nevada was repeatedly pushing and playing too aggressively with the other children. Because the recreational league prioritizes beginner fun and equal rotation,
Hayes tried to substitute the boy. According to Hayes, Nevada's parents became "really, really disruptive" and "unruly," followed him around, called him names, and created a large scene in front of other families.
The Resolution
The Police arrived at the scene and officially classified the incident as a civil matter. No one was arrested, ticketed, or formally forced to leave. The family left voluntarily after the game concluded, and the league issued them a refund.
The child's mother has since shared full unedited game clips on Instagram to challenge the league's claims of pushing, stating that her son was traumatised by the event. She noted that he will be moving to a youth training program run by former pro soccer player Eddie Johnson.
Listen to recording of Mr Thomas Hayes' call to the police:
Thomas Hayes a black man was the one who made the call on a 3 years old because he was so good at football.
It's a consulate to house America's embassy in Nigeria. How is this supposed to be a benefit for the South West?
Gpropertys: Trump’s America Is Investing $537 Million In Lagos — Will The South-East Ever Get This Kind Of Project?
The United States is building a massive new Consulate General in Eko Atlantic, Lagos, in a project initially reported at $537 million.
Beyond its diplomatic purpose, the project raises questions about foreign investment, regional development and Nigeria’s ability to attract major international infrastructure projects across all its geopolitical zones.
Lagos continues to attract major international attention, but what would it take for the South-East—with its commercial hubs, manufacturing businesses and entrepreneurial population—to attract investments of comparable scale?
Is the challenge infrastructure, security, government policy, investor confidence or a combination of these factors?
The United States maintains active bilateral extradition treaties with several African nations—including South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria.
You can't blame the United States if those African countries are too cowardly to enforce their rights under those treaties.
Afrobasic: Why are Africa nations extraditing their citizens? Do Americans extraditie their citizens to Africa? Take the Binance guys that escaped for instance. Did America ever try to send them back for trial?
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