Author: Opalim Lifted

A man in an electric wheelchair died on Tuesday after being hit by a car driven by Inter Milan goalkeeper Josep Martinez in the province of Como, Italy police said. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning, with police stating that the wheelchair appeared to have veered into the path of the vehicle. Authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident. “The car driven by Inter goalkeeper Josep Martinez hit a man who was in an electric wheelchair travelling on a cycle path alongside a road in the province of Como,” Italian police told Reuters. “Martinez stopped his car…

At least 21 states in Nigeria depend on allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for over 70 per cent of their total revenue, according to a new report by the BudgIT Foundation. The report also revealed that 29 states rely on FAAC for at least 50 per cent of their total revenue. Titled “A Decade of Subnational Fiscal Analysis: Growth, Decline and Middling Performance”, the State of States 2024 report was presented on Tuesday in Abuja by BudgIT’s Group Head of Research and Policy Advisory, Vahyala Kwaga. The report put the gross FAAC receipts for 35 states in…

The Federal Government has begun reviewing 170 applications from foreign nationals seeking Nigerian citizenship, warning that only individuals of “strong character and impeccable integrity” will qualify. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in Abuja after chairing a meeting of the Citizenship Advisory Committee, which vets all applications before forwarding recommendations to President Bola Tinubu for final approval. He stressed that the privilege of belonging to Africa’s most populous nation would not be granted lightly. “Anyone who holds the citizenship of our great country must be a person of strong character and impeccable integrity, reflecting the true values of Nigeria,”…

The House of Representatives has raised alarm over rising security threats to the National Assembly, including intelligence reports of a terrorist plan to bomb the legislative complex. Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Security, Hon. Garba Ibrahim Muhammad, disclosed this on Tuesday during a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish the Legislative Security Directorate at the National Assembly in Abuja. The bill, titled A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Establishment and Functions of the Legislative Security Directorate in the National Assembly (HB 1632), aims to create a specialised internal security body to safeguard lawmakers,…

A much-changed Brentford cruised into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the fourth time in six seasons after ending Grimsby Town’s memorable run in emphatic style. The League Two hosts caused one of the biggest shocks in EFL Cup history when they knocked out Manchester United two months ago. Despite making nine changes, Brentford showed their Premier League class and turned on the style to score five. Having also knocked out Premier League rivals Bournemouth and Aston Villa in the competition, they are just two rounds from a first major cup final. “The attacking play was outstanding,” said Brentford…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation have called on media professionals to uphold children’s rights and dignity in their reporting. Speaking in Ibadan during a two-day training on ethical journalism and child rights reporting, Chief of the UNICEF Lagos Field Office, Celine Lafoucriere, said every story involving a child must be handled with sensitivity and respect. Delivering her keynote address titled “Why Ethical Reporting of Children Matters in Nigeria,” Lafoucriere emphasised that children are not miniature adults but individuals still developing emotionally, mentally, and socially. “Ethical journalism builds trust,” she said.…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has launched Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia designed to compete with Wikipedia, which the billionaire has long accused of political bias. The site, branded version 0.1, went live on Monday with more than 885,000 articles — far fewer than Wikipedia’s seven million English-language entries, but already drawing global attention. Musk promised an upgraded version 1.0 would be “10X better,” declaring that Grokipedia already surpasses its established rival. “The goal of Grok and Grokipedia.com is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” Musk wrote on X, pledging to avoid ideological slant. Originally…

Residents of Bazar and neighbouring villages in Yabo Local Government Area, Sokoto State, say suspected bandits have imposed an N15 million levy on their communities and threatened violence if it is not paid. The affected settlements lie in the Sokoto South Senatorial District, represented by Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Locals told journalists the levy was announced after a raid that began around 11:40pm on a Friday and lasted until about 1:06am. “One of our villages was raided. They abducted seven people and later released our village head and five others after warning us not to report the attack,” said Dauda…

Turkish football has been shaken by revelations that hundreds of referees have been caught betting on matches. Out of 571 active referees, 371 were found to hold accounts with betting firms, and 152 had placed wagers directly on football games, according to insideworldfootball.com. The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) disclosed the findings at a press conference in Riva, led by its president, İbrahim Ethem Hacıosmanoğlu. He described the discovery as a “turning point for Turkish football,” pledging to clean up corruption within the sport. “This is the start of a new era,” Hacıosmanoğlu declared. “We have worked with police and authorities…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared that it will commence a nationwide strike from midnight on November 1, 2025, unless the government reinstates dismissed members, clears part of the outstanding arrears, and restores the value of membership certificates. Addressing journalists in Abuja, NARD President, Dr Mohammad Suleiman, said the government owes about 50,000 health workers across Nigeria over N38 billion in unpaid salaries, excluding allowances. He revealed that the country now has barely 11,000 resident doctors, down from over 20,000 a decade ago, with most working at the federal level. Suleiman directed all resident doctors in both…