North Korea’s Sanitized Premier League: How KCTV’s Delayed, Censored Broadcasts Erase South Korean Players

North Korea’s state broadcaster, Korean Central Television (KCTV), began airing the English Premier League (EPL) in January 2026, but the matches are not shown live. Instead, the 2024‑25 season games are heavily edited before transmission, with all footage of South Korean players such as Brentford’s Kim Ji‑soo and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hwang Hee‑chan removed entirely. The Ipswich Town versus…

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Senate Green‑Lights ₦1.15 Trillion Domestic Borrowing to Close 2025 Budget Shortfall

The Senate gave President Bola Tinubu the go‑ahead to raise an additional ₦1.15 trillion on the domestic market, a move intended to close the financing gap in the 2025 national budget. After the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debt presented its findings, the chamber adopted the report, confirming that total approved expenditure for 2025 now stands at…

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Security breach at Kano State Government House leads to theft of deputy governor’s vehicle

Early Monday morning, an unidentified individual slipped through Gate 4 of the Kano State Government House at around 5 a.m. and drove away a Toyota Hilux belonging to the deputy governor’s convoy. Surveillance footage later confirmed the route taken, showing the thief exiting through the main gate without triggering alarms. The breach exposed a gap in the…

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Lagos Court Hands Nine‑Year Sentence for Fraud, Theft, and Dishonoured Cheques

Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja sentenced Obinna Kingsley Anijiofor to nine years’ imprisonment for stealing and issuing worthless cheques. Anijiofor had been arraigned on February 10 2025 by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on an amended three‑count charge involving ₦9.5 million and $32 000, part of a…

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