Today’s Headlines:2026 U-17 WWC: Tinubu rewards each Flamingos player with ₦100m ;Former BBC Radio Presenter, Danny Kelly is dead

Each player in Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football squad, the Flamingos, is set to receive ₦100 million from President Bola Tinubu, after the team’s landmark FIFA World Cup triumph in Morocco.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, made the announcement on Wednesday, in Abuja, when the players and their coaching staff visited the Presidential Villa.

She explained that the funds, would be placed in trust for the young athletes in selected banks.

Under the reward package, the head coach Busari Hakeem, will also receive ₦100 million, while every member of the technical crew will get ₦50 million.

Danny Kelly, a former BBC radio presenter, has died at the age of 69.

He was remembered as a “broadcasting titan”, after his death was announced on Wednesday.

Kelly, had stepped away from his long-standing role at Talksport following a throat cancer diagnosis in March.

Before joining Talksport in 2007, he presented a sports radio programme on BBC London.

The Nigeria Police Force, has launched an investigation into a viral video showing armed police officers escorting businessman Linus Williams, popularly known as Blord.

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, described the escort, as “unlawful and illegal” in a statement posted on his official X account on Wednesday.

Reacting to the video, he wrote, “Unlawful and illegal. Investigation, has commenced into this incident please. We say #notoimpunity.”

The video, posted by Blord on his Instagram page on Tuesday, shows him arriving at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu.

Nigeria’s opposition Social Democratic Party, SDP, has officially unveiled its presidential campaign council ahead of the 2027 election.

The chairman of the party, Abubakar Sadiq Gombe, unveiled the council at an event in Abuja, on Wednesday.

Gombe, who also serves as the chairman of the council, said Nigeria stands at a defining moment, when citizens need to unite to unseat incumbent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on January 16, 2027.

He charged members of the SDP campaign council to deliver electoral success for the party.

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