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Vanessa Obioha MultiChoice Nigeria, a Canal+ company, has announced the 11th season of the popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, with a record-breaking prize. This season’s winner will walk away with N160 million grand prize, which includes a cash sum of N100 million and a brand-new SUV. The prize is the highest in the show’s history so far, raising the stakes for what is expected to be another landmark season. Speaking on the new season, Atinuke Babatunde, Executive Head, Content and Channels, West Africa, MultiChoice, said:“Big Brother Naija has consistently redefined entertainment in Africa by bringing together authentic storytelling,…

Ebere Nwoji The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), has said that implementation of the Defined Benefit Scheme Pension Harmonisation was a reform meant to advance and enhance pension payment equity in the country.  The Executive Secretary/CEO, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Tolulope Abiodun Odunaiya, said the initiative was a landmark reform designed to restore fairness, improve retirees’ welfare and strengthen confidence in the administration of the country’s legacy pension system. Odunaiya said the harmonisation exercise, approved under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marked one of the most significant policy interventions in the DBS since PTAD was…

Mere moments after Argentina lost to France in a Round of 16 match during the 2018 World Cup in Russia, commentators were already predicting it would be his final time on a World Cup pitch. “This was Lionel Messi’s final World Cup match, surely,” one stated, “and maybe his final game for his country.” Messi was 31 at the time, and many assumed they had just watched his last appearance on soccer’s biggest stage.They were wrong.Instead, Messi came back four years later to lift the trophy in Qatar. Then he came back again this year at 39. However, Messi is…

Employers will have to publish salary information in job adverts under government plans to rewrite anti-discrimination laws.Details of other job conditions could also have to be disclosed to candidates, under the draft proposals.Ministers argue greater transparency will help people navigate the jobs market and could prevent future pay discrimination claims.However, details of exactly what salary information will have to be shared are yet to be hammered out. Officials plan to consult on whether exact salaries will have to be displayed, or potentially a pay range or “benchmark rate” for open roles.They also plan to ask industry groups whether information beyond…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has confirmed eight cases of rabies and two related deaths in the territory. Residents are being urged to vaccinate their dogs and cats and report any animal bites immediately. The Director of Veterinary Services at the FCTA Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Karnak Dandam, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Dandam said the two fatalities occurred in Gwagwalada and Kwali Area Councils after rabid dogs bit the victims. Of the eight confirmed cases, five were recorded in Gwagwalada Area Council and three in…

Dramatic video shows a freight train in Canada surrounded by wildfire flames and workers requesting an emergency rescue as they report being “encased” in fire.”This could potentially overtake us here, this has gotten a little scary,” a crew member says as the train rushes past burning trees near Armstrong, Ontario. There are more than 100 wildfires burning in the province, with several northwestern communities under threat. Smoke blanketed Toronto, which woke up to hazy skies and some of the worst air quality in the world. The wildfires have led to concerns smoke will drift into US cities over the next…

The MLB Draft, All-Star Game and related festivities are in the books and the Aug. 3 trade deadline is only two weeks and five days away. Now that the draft is complete, front offices will shift their focus to the deadline, so expect the trades to begin soon. Here are our top 25 trade candidates and here are Wednesday’s deadline rumors. Padres will be ‘open-minded’ at deadline At 48-48, the Padres are 3 ½ games behind the third NL wild card spot with four teams ahead of them. They’re right on the buy/sell fence with the trade deadline less than three…

On paper, writer Jonathan Caren’s Hit Machine has all the makings of a chart-topping smash. Featuring the London stage debuts of Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and Noah Galvin (Dear Evan Hansen), with direction from Daniel Bailey (Red Pitch) and music by Grammy-winning bluesman Ben Harper, the three-hander tackles the topics of masculinity, appropriation and buried family trauma through the prism of the creative process.Set in the louche, soft-furnished home of music mogul Wes (Radnor), the play begins promisingly. Wayward younger brother Alex (Galvin) arrives and throws a plaid-shirted bomb into Wes’s carefully manicured and minimalist life. We…

Ebere Nwoji Warrior Mums Global, a growing international community committed to equipping mothers for intentional parenting and generational impact, is set to host the inaugural edition of the Warrior Mums Conference 2026.The conference scheduled for Saturday July 18, 2026, will take place at The Dome, 1 Freedom Way, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, at 9.30 am.“Founded in 2019 by family and holistic life coach, counselor, and leadership consultant, Sola Oguche-Agudah, Warrior Mums Global was established with a clear mission to equip mothers to raise children who become ethical leaders, nation builders, and world changers. Over the years, the…

Another person has died in federal immigration custody this week in Georgia, officials announced on Wednesday, His is the 22nd death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody this year.Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old Venezuelan man, died on Monday morning while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia. In a press release, ICE said Arenas-Silva was arrested last Thursday and had been detained at the Irwin county detention center, a privately run facility in Georgia. He was being transferred to another ICE facility, the Folkston ICE processing center, when he was found “unresponsive” in a transport bus. ICE said the…