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Pop Queen Beyonce is officially a billionaire. According to Forbes, her net worth is now estimated at over $1 billion, after she concluded her successful Cowboy Carter Tour in 2025, which grossed over $407 million, after dropping her mega-hit studio album, Cowboy Carter, in 2024. The 44-year-old superstar received lots of opportunities after the release of Cowboy Carter, including “new commercial opportunities,” her world tour, which was the highest-grossing of the year, and more in 2025, according to Forbes. The magazine reports that the singer earned $148 million in 2025 alone. The last estimate of her net worth had her at $780 million. At…

Cristiano Ronaldo said his passion for the game remains undimmed and that he is still motivated to reach his target of 1,000 career goals ​after the Portuguese forward was ‍named ⁠Best Middle East Player ‍at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday. Ronaldo’s double for Saudi side Al-Nassr on Saturday took his ‍tally to 956 goals for club and country, and with the 40-year-old ‌set to play on for “one or two more years” ​his target ‌looks achievable. “It’s hard to ‌continue playing, but I am ​motivated,” ‌he said after receiving the award for the second consecutive year. “My…

The US has offered Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years, Volodymyr Zelensky has said, during talks on a revised peace plan with Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday. The US president said an agreement on this point was “close to 95%” done, but Ukraine’s leader has since said he would like guarantees for up to 50 years. President Zelensky outlined territorial issues and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as the last unresolved matters, with little said on the future of Ukraine’s contested Donbas region. Russia has previously rejected key parts of the plan, but a Kremlin spokesman agreed on Monday with Trump’s…

World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, narrowly escaped death on Monday after being involved in a road accident along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Makun area of Ogun State Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred at about 11:00 a.m., just before Danco Filling Station, Makun, inward the Sagamu Interchange on the Ibadan axis of the expressway. Joshua was reportedly travelling in a Lexus SUV with registration number KRD 850 HN, which collided with a stationary truck under circumstances that are yet to be fully ascertained. The Lexus was said to be part of a two-vehicle convoy, alongside a Pajero SUV conveying…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned that joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) or openly professing loyalty to President Bola Tinubu does not automatically guarantee a second-term ticket. Wike issued the warning on Tuesday while addressing supporters during a political engagement in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of his ongoing consultations across the state. The minister, who was received by the Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Chidi Lloyd, alongside traditional ruler Sergeant Awuse and other party leaders, used the occasion to reinforce his long-held position on political loyalty and…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has debunked claims that the rise in domestic airfares recorded in December was caused by government taxes. Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA, clarified in a post on his X handle on Sunday. According to him, market forces driven by high demand had caused the rise in airfares. Achimugu noted that the December fare increases were limited to certain high-traffic routes and are a recurring annual trend linked to festive travel demand. He maintained that the situation was not unique to aviation, pointing out that transport fares, accommodation…

President Donald Trump is focused on ending the slaughtering of Christians in Nigeria, US congressman, Riley Moore, has said. Moore, a member of the United States House of Representatives, said the bombardment of terrorist targets in Nigeria was meant to prevent the killing of Christians. “We did this in coordination with the Nigerian government, which is very important to point out. This isn’t the United States unilaterally doing this, we are doing this in coordination with the Nigerian government to help secure their country and end the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria,” he said in a post on X. The…

Nigeria’s state oil company is betting on a long-delayed gas pipeline to ignite an industrial revolution in the country’s north, its chief executive said after briefing President Bola Tinubu on Sunday. Bashir Ojulari, Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, told reporters that the company has completed welding the main line of the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline, including the critical River Niger crossing – a feat that has stalled progress for years. The milestone clears the way for connecting the pipeline early next year, a move Ojulari says will “bring gas in its full form into the northern part of Nigeria.” “This is…

President Bola Tinubu has departed Lagos for Europe, the Presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. From Europe, Onanuga said Tinubu would continue “his end-of-year break and ahead of his official trip to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.” “His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, has invited President Tinubu to participate in the 2026 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2026) Summit, which will take place in the emirate early in January. The weeklong summit…

The US conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against ISIS (Daesh) targets in northwest Nigeria, President Donald Trump announced Thursday on his Truth Social platform. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” he said. “I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. “The Department of War…