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  The world footballing body, FIFA, has officially named Saudi Arabia as the host nation of the FIFA World Cup 2034. This was disclosed at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress meeting, which held on Wednesday, December 11. FIFA also confirmed Morocco, Spain, and Portugal as co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup.   The Saudi bid was the only candidate and was acclaimed …

Phyna, the one-time winner of the Big Brother Naija reality show, has shared more details about her estrangement from her family.  The actress announced weeks ago that she was dropping her family name. The announcement was not the first time she has publicly had issues with her family.    Months after she won the Big Brother Naija, her father granted …

Reno Omokri has berated Nigerians in the diaspora who travel home to stage grand funerals for their parents but never travelled to pay them a visit them while they were alive.    In a post shared on Instagram, Reno opined that life should be the uniting force in a family and not de@th. He wrote; ”How can you travel from …

The Delta State Police command’s public relations officer PRO, SP Bright Edafe, has stated the behaviour of Nigerians is the reason Nigerian Police officers are not like their counterparts in the United States.   In a post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account, Edafe wrote; ‘’We all want the Nigeria Police to be like the US police, it’s good, …

The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday,  December 11, the interior ministry said.   Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sarajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network in Afghanistan.   The Haqqani network has carried out a string of major attacks during the country’s war …

The exchange rate between the naira and dollar slid back to around N1,745/$1 on the parallel market, a sharp reverse from the N1,600 levels recorded at the end of last week.   As at Wednesday, December 11, the Naira was sold for several rates above the N1,700/$1 mark . While some platforms were said to have reported that a dollar …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s allies have confirmed for the first time today that Russia helped President Bashar al-Assad flee Syria to Moscow.   Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, claimed that Assad was transported out of Syria ‘in the most secure way possible’ over the weekend.   This comes as sources close to the Russian government said its agents persuaded Assad to flee as he would …

Six members of a family have d!ed in a fatal road accident in Jigawa State.      This comes barely 48 hours after a previous crash killed 14 people in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of the state.      The latest incident occurred along the Auyo-Adiyani road in Guri Local Government Area on Tuesday night, December 10, 2024.    …

Troops of 3 DIVISION/Operation Safe Haven raided identified criminal hideouts at Rafiki in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State and captured two notorious kidnap kingpins.     Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, Military Information Officer, Operation SAFE HAVEN, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 said the operation led to the recovery of 439 rounds of …

 West Ham are reportedly considering a move to extend Michail Antonio’s contract in a heartwarming gesture following his serious car crash over the weekend.   The 34-year-old Jamaican striker endured ‘a lower limb fracture’ after a crash in the Essex area involving Antonio’s silver Ferrari, with the forward rushed to hospital. The east London club later provided an update on the player’s condition, informing the …