…He had spent several months driving for a private employer, delivering vehicles and running errands. The work was demanding, but it provided a legitimate source of income. That, however, changed after he lost the job following a period of absence from work after one of his assignments, leaving him without steady employ…

…briefly restored Argentina’s lead early in extra time before Sidny Lopes Cabral’s stunning shot rocketed into the top corner. Another Argentina corner finally got the job done when Cristian Romero rose highest to head Messi’s corner, the ball going in after taking a deflection off Diney Borges for an own goal. La Albic…

…statement of the jurisdictional firewall: setting the standards is federal business; running the force, day to day, is a state matter Following the Money - How State Police Would Be Funded Of all the contested questions surrounding Nigeria's proposed State Police, funding is the one that the constitutional amendment bi…

…shown the PFIPC captured in the 2026 Appropriation Act with a budgetary allocation running into billions of naira, and that fresh reports indicating the Office of the Head of the Civil Service had allegedly approved the recruitment of over 300 personnel into the agency had changed the nature of the scandal. "Nigeria de…

…and political developments. In June, the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, stunned sections of the opposition when it set aside its December 2025 judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party, although that decision has since been overturned on…

…Brian began his football career at Arsenal's Hale End Academy, featuring for the Gunners in League Cup and Premier League 2 fixtures before joining West Brom on a one-year deal last summer, following a trial period with the club's Under-21 side. The 20-year-old goalkeeper impressed during his time with the youth team,…

…Saturday to Monday. NiMet's weather outlook, released on Friday in Abuja, predicted sunny skies with patches of cloud over the northern region on Saturday. It forecast chances of thunderstorms accompanied by moderate rains over parts of Taraba, Adamawa and Kaduna States during the morning hours. "By the afternoon and e…

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…labour in Ondo State as “false, misleading, unsubstantiated and capable of creating unnecessary tension.” According to the statement, the hospital has complied fully with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) guiding its transition from Ondo State to Federal Government ownership and challenged labour leaders to identif…

…we have not paid." The allegation comes days after the Water Board Estate house of his running mate, Alphonsus Eba, was marked for demolition, a move Archibong linked to what he described as the so-called "crushing of the opposition." Archibong said the university, which he noted employs over 500 people and has awarded…

…in Nigeria, it is our hope that this judgment will help bring to an end all the unnecessary distractions and attempts at judicial manipulation by those who are hell-bent on destabilising the opposition and foisting a one-party rule on the country," Abdullahi added. The party maintained that its attention remained on pr…

…exposed how much the model was really asking of one startup. Cooking and packing food, running logistics, marketing, and customer support are each distinct, capital-intensive operations, and holding them all together proved difficult for FoodCourt. "The restructuring is about far more than finances. It's about improvin…

…I initially fled to Cairo with my daughters. But after five months, I decided to stop running and return to Sudan, even though the war was still raging. Most business owners who left felt the same way; they were already in a safe place and wouldn’t return for any reason. But I decided to go back and reestablish. It was…

…identified and dismantled a suspected criminal camp located within Unuobasi Forest in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. "Operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit of the Command, in collaboration with the local security outfit in Umuobasi, carried out the operation on Sunday, 28/06/2026, leading to th…

…time to give Portugal the lead. But Ronaldo and his Portugal team-mates were left stunned when Josko Gvardiol prodded home an apparent equaliser in stoppage time. Yet there was one final twist when the goal was chalked off for offside after a lengthy VAR review to the disbelief of Croatia's players and their large cont…

…slow. This is because no replenishment cargoes have arrived since March and tanks are running dry," she noted.

…is critical because inaccurate interpretation of public health data can generate unnecessary fear, increase stigma and discrimination, discourage HIV testing and ultimately undermine public health interventions," she said. Animashaun added that Lagos had begun engaging relevant stakeholders to better understand the met…

…to justify job cuts. They must prove that a genuine operational change has made a role unnecessary, meaning employers will face greater scrutiny if workers challenge layoffs in court. The judgment came in a case involving Nokia Solutions and Networks Kenya, which was ordered to pay former employee Byron Otega KES 9.8 m…

…that he submitted a forged degree certificate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, and a false National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate during his ministerial screening in 2023. 5. The Naira on Wednesday appreciated to N1,385 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,390 per dollar on Tuesday. S…

…harshly judged to have stamped on the back of Muharemovic's foot. With the crowd stunned, Demirovic spurned a chance to add insult to injury, shooting straight at Freese from a dangerous position. US coach Mauricio Pochettino used the hydration break to gather his squad in a tight huddle on the field, rallying his outn…

…lending margins. The parent, Absa Group, is nonetheless pushing deeper into Kenya, running a KES 31 billion ($240 million) tender offer to raise its stake in Kenya from 68.5% to 85%, a significant parental vote of confidence that doesn’t fully square with a CEO’s departure. Chief Financial Officer Yusuf Omari steps in…

…in a happy union with America over the military partnership, I would expect our mouth-running Presidency to be the first to announce the victorious Sokoto strike, Al-Manuki's elimination and the latest erasure of 199 terrorists and seizure of their sophisticated devices which the Nigerian government obviously lacks. On…

…19 — a mark which 27-year-old Mbappe will keep chasing. He celebrated his first goal by running across to embrace coach Didier Deschamps, who missed France’s final group game against Norway to travel home for his mother’s funeral. Sweden’s English head coach Graham Potter and teammates greet fans after losing the 2026…

…mobilised equipment to the Imoniyamen Road site in Iwhrekpokpor. Within hours, an unnamed community President-General ordered work shut down. His reason: Opposition to Edafe Odiete, the CLO appointed to manage contractor-community relations. The shutdown halted man-hours and, according to project sources, triggered imm…

…as strategic partners in promoting investment, rather than becoming obstacles through unnecessary regulatory bottlenecks. According to him, "we will not be judged by the number of regulations we produce or the volume of guidelines we issue. We will be judged by the investments we attract, the businesses we enable, the…