Homepage News from Sunday, November 23rd, 2025

Eberechi Eze made Premier League history on Sunday by becoming only the fourth player to score a hattrick in the North London Derby, leading Arsenal to a commanding 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

In a significant move to reform national security operations, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all police officers assigned to VIP security duties.

The Federal Government says Section 1 of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway will be opened to the public between December 12 and 17.

President Bola Tinubu says all 38 worshippers abducted in Eruku, Kwara State, have been rescued, following heightened security operations he personally coordinated after cancelling his trip to the G20 Summit in South Africa.

World leaders at the first G20 Summit held on African soil adopted the Johannesburg Leaders’ Declaration on Sunday, announcing wide-ranging commitments on peace, global finance, climate action, and Africa’s growing role in the global economy.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) announced on Sunday that fifty of the over 300 children abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Nigeria have successfully escaped their captors. 

After two weeks of nervous anticipation during the International Break—filled with World Cup playoff heartbreak and qualification drama—the English Premier League returned with a vengeance this weekend, delivering a host of unpredictable results that shook up the table.

Israel has launched an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, targeting what it says was a Hezbollah operative.

Nigeria has urged leaders of the world’s most influential economies to reform global economic frameworks in ways that ensure fairness, inclusivity, and sustainable development, especially for countries in the Global South.

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday reassured Nigerians of its commitment to tackling rising insecurity, as it addressed concerns surrounding the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State, and St. Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Niger State.

Calls for increased support to widows of Nigeria’s fallen military personnel took centre stage at the Golf and Tour Charity Tournament, where top security and government officials praised the event for using sports to drive social change.

The NDLEA has smashed multiple drug cartels across Nigeria, seizing meth, cocaine, “Loud,” skunk, and opioids in a sweeping week-long crackdown that brought down nine major kingpins.

Pope Leo XIV has urged the swift release of more than 300 students and staff kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic Schools in Papiri, Niger State, calling the mass abduction “a heartbreaking tragedy.”