Spain have become the first World Cup team to ever keep six straight clean sheets at the tournament. This follows a 1-0 win over Portugal in the last-16 of this year’s competition on Monday night. No one has scored against La Roja at the tournament so far. Goalkeeper Unai Simon has also extended his individual World Cu…
***Oyo Police Command says FCID, Force Headquarters, Abuja, effected arrest ***Residents confirm arrest ***PFIPC has no CBN account, OAGF clarifies By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Adeola Badru IBADAN-The Police have arrested the father and family friend of embattled Director-General of the purported Presidential Eco…
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,400 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,395 per dollar last weekend. Likewise, the naira depreciated to N1,371 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate…
***Court awards N100m fine against ADC chieftain over suit against judges By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA - The Court of Appeal in Abuja will today hear substantive appeals seeking to set aside the judgment that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister African Democratic Congress, ADC, and…
By Adeola Badru IBADAN- CONFERENCE of the West African College of Physicians, WACP, yesterday, urged government at all levels to strengthen the health system or risk worsening the ongoing migration of skilled medical professionals, declining service delivery, and deepening pressures on already overstretched hospitals. …
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, said yesterday the federal government has reduced the import tariffs on used vehicles from 15 per cent to five and on brand-new vehicles from 20 per cent to 10. Adeniyi spoke when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on C…
Brazil’s football federation on Monday defended the integrity of a referee who US President Donald Trump said was “a little bit suspect”, amid a furore over FIFA’s reversal of a red card given to US striker Folarin Balogun. Trump took a swipe at Brazilian referee Raphael Claus, who showed Balogun the red card, in the l…
Solly Malatsi, South Africa's Communications Minister, has said the Starlink licencing controversy has evolved from a satellite broadband debate into a political battle over his reform agenda In a sharply worded letter, dated Sunday and addressed to Parliament’s communications committee chairperson Khusela Sangoni, Mal…
Kenya has established a framework allowing its central bank to provide emergency funding to banks during financial crises. On Monday, President William Ruto signed the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2026, into law, introducing reforms that set out how Kenya will respond to future banking crises by establishing…
$56 billion. That was the amount that flowed into Sub-Saharan Africa as remittances in 2024, according to World Bank estimates. Yet, moving money across Africa still often means routing payments through correspondent banks, delays, foreign exchange (FX) costs, and fees that can reach double digits. Ryan Kirkley, co-fou…
By Yinka Kolawole Nigeria's manufacturers are increasingly embracing local sourcing and value addition as a survival strategy to reduce dependence on imported inputs amid rising production costs that continue to undermine their competitiveness within the domestic and regional markets. Industry operators, however, warn …
The Federal Government has announced it is replacing the 6-3-3-4 education system with a linear 12-year one. This is without wide consultations with the citizenry or the major stakeholders like parents, intellectuals, teachers, students, employers and labour. Just nine months ago, government had, with immediate effect,…
The Federal Government is right to reopen the minimum-wage question, because no wage can be called fair if it is continually outrun by inflation and the rising cost of survival. The N70,000 minimum wage was agreed in 2024 at the outset of President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms. Nigerians were asked to absorb painful …
By CHIDO ONUMAH On July 2, 2026, Nigeria's defence, intelligence, law enforcement, anti-corruption, emergency response, and public safety agencies took an extraordinary step by jointly addressing the nation on the state of national security. The initiative emerged from consultations among the leadership of these instit…
Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the Lagos State Deputy Governor and 2027 APC Governorship candidate in the state, on Sunday said many politicians aspiring to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027 lacked the vision required to transform Nigeria. Hamzat stated this while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sta…
Cristiano Ronaldo admitted at the World Cup on Sunday he is not the player he once was but came out fighting against critics “trying to kill me for the past 23 years”. The 41-year-old Portugal superstar was in turns bullish, jovial and sentimental on the eve of the last-16 showdown with Spain at the home of the Dallas …
Nigerians have continued to express divergent views on the Federal Government's extension of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation course as well as other reforms it approved for the scheme. The government extended the orientation course from three weeks to six weeks. The reforms were aimed at strengtheni…
Catalyst Fund, a pan-African venture fund investing in startups building climate adaptation and resilience solutions, has announced the completion of its second close, bringing total commitments to $30 million as it advances toward a $40 million target. Led by partners Maelis Carraro, Maxime Bayen, Olúwatóyìn Emmanuel-…
***Command contradicts narrative: Officers overpowered By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The lynching of Malama Ummulkhair Muhammad in Maraban Jos, Kaduna State, has once again exposed the deadly consequences of mob justice and renewed troubling questions about the ability of law enforcement agencies to protect citizens placed in…
US President Donald Trump hailed America on its 250th birthday Saturday as the “crowning achievement” of human history, even as he used the event to renew his attack on domestic opponents he branded communists. In a speech delayed by several hours when storms forced the temporary evacuation of crowds in Washington, Tru…
By Gabriel Ewepu The Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, Umar Mohammed, says last week's devastating floods in Lagos State and some other states across the country were not a surprise. The DG added that NiHSA's forecasts and warnings were disregarded. According to …
•It's a family affair, being addressed – Party By Omeiza Ajayi A storm is brewing within the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its revised list of National Assembly candidates submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as aggrieved aspirants drag the party to court, stakeholders demand fresh …
By Dayo Johnson, Rotimi Ojomoyela, Adeola Badru, Samuel Oyadongha, Egufe Yafugborhi, Ozioruva Aliu, Ike Uchechukwu, Ochuko Akuopha, Jeff Agboddo, & Daniel Abia What began as days of persistent rainfall has quickly escalated into widespread flooding across several states, leaving a trail of destruction that has once aga…
Representatives from Tehran-backed militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas attended the funeral ceremonies of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday and met with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, state media reported. Tehran has for years provided support to Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah …
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The management of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, have berated the Nigeria Army Deport of being insensitive to the trauma of its students allegedly assaulted by its personnel. It would be recalled that some new recruit from the Army Depot in Osogbo allegedly stormed students community at Oke-B…