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Manchester City midfielder Rodri has emerged the winner of this year’s Ballon d’Or award, beating competition from Real Madrid trio of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Dani Carvajal. The Spanish international becomes the second Premier League Player to win the coveted award in 16 years since Cristiano Ronaldo won it in 2008. This was as Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmati on Monday won her second successive women’s Ballon d’Or, after leading her club to a historic continental quadruple of titles and claiming the Nations League with her country. It was a trophy-laden season for Rodri, lifting the Premier League,…

Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has insisted that President Bola Tinubu is deeply aware of the struggles Nigerians face, countering accusations that the President is indifferent to citizens’ hardships. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday, Onanuga dismissed social media nicknames labelling Tinubu as “T-pain” as mischievous, reiterating that the President is committed to turning Nigeria’s economic fortunes around. “President Tinubu feels the pain of Nigerians and assures them that relief is on the horizon. “Some have resorted to calling him ‘T-pain’ out of mischief, but he is not that. He’s here to heal, not to hurt,” Onanuga stressed. Onanuga’s…

By Straightnews A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, is undergoing questioning by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command. The Police Command confirmed this on Monday, saying it has arrested the lawmaker for assaulting a driver in the nation’s capital. Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the Abuja Command, confirmed that Alex Mascot Ikwechegh has been arrested. Straightnews learnt that the Federal lawmaker had on Sunday, assaulted an e-hailing (Bolt) driver who went to deliver a package to him. Related posts Police Quiz two Over alleged gas plant cashier’s murder in Imo   Dowen College: Police Quiz Eight…

By Straightnews Former First Lady Michelle Obama hit the campaign trail for Vice President Harris in battleground Michigan on Saturday, blasting former President Trump of ‘‘his erratic behavior.’’ Railing against what she cast as a double standard in the high-stakes presidential race, Obama told a raucous rally crowd in Kalamazoo, Mich. “I gotta ask myself: why on earth is this race even close? I lay awake at night wondering: what in the world is going on?” The former first lady, an early endorse for Harris after President Biden’s withdrawal from the race this summer, hammered a stark contrast between the two presidential race rivals as she…

By Agency Report Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday. The superstar told the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women’s rights. The rally was set in reliably Republican Texas, to highlight the growing medical fallout from the state’s strict abortion ban, but the message was intended to register in the political battleground states, where Harris is hoping that the aftereffects from the fall of Roe v. Wade will spur voters to turn…

By Straightnews As part of its community service, the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM),  FESTAC mega axis has awarded scholarships to 48 students and offered food items to the poor.  The church has also repaired public roads and provided free medical support, including free medications and diagnosis. The Regional Overseer (MRO) FESTAC Mega Axis, Pastor Irabor Enojiasun, who announced this during the men’s deliverance and economic empowerment conference in Lagos, said 13 indigent  children of widows,  the needy  and the vulnerable as well as 35 children of ministers and workers in  the church benefitted  from the scholarships. Related news…

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded Nigeria a win and the full three points in the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier with Libya that was postponed this month. The Super Eagles and Libya were originally scheduled to play against the Libyan team at the Martyrs of February Stadium in Benina, Benghazi on October 15, in matchday four of the AFCON qualification series. However, when the Nigerian team’s flight landed at the Al Abaq airport, they were held ‘’hostage’ for over 20 hours without food and drinks. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would later announce the Super…

Participants at the just-ended first physical conference in Saly, Senegal have emphasised the need to highlight the impacts and viable solutions of climate change on African communities. The African People’s Counter Cop stated this at the end of the first physical conference in Saly, Senegal, after three years of virtual convening on the theme:  Africa United Against Systematic Oppression and Climate Injustice. This is as the African People’s Counter Cop (APCC) criticised the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC) of fueling the climate crises, while falsely claiming to…

By Ephraim-Stephen Essien, Ph.D This short piece links usoro awire (water yam festival) with the ekpo masquerade festival in Anaañ society, highlighting their significances.  Usoro Awire (Water yam festival) Usoro Awire (Water yam festival) describes an annual event in Afaha Obong (the cultural headquarters of Anaañland) when the people of Afaha Obong and the wider Anaañland assemble at the Ibaiya market (urua Ibaiya) in Ikot Inyang village to showcase their water yam produce, reunite with their kindred amidst dances and fanfare, to honour the living-dead, and to give thanks to Awasi Ibom (the supreme being) for their bounteous harvests. The…

By Agency Report As payback for the barrage of ballistic missile attacks by the Islamic Republic, Israel attacked Iran with airstrikes targeting its military infrastructure early Saturday, killing two in Tehran. Iran confirmed the deaths of two military personnel following Israeli airstrikes, according to state media, as tensions escalated between the two nations. Responding to Iran ballistic missile attacks on Israel on October 1, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaking to pilots and air crews at the Hatzerim Airbase, vows that “after we strike in Iran, everyone will understand what you did in the preparation and training process.” “Everyone who…