WAFCON 2024: Nigeria’s Super Falcons To Play South Africa In Mouthwatering Semi-Final

South Africa are into the semi-final of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Their reward? A date with rivals Nigeria at the Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morroco.  The Banyana Banyana fought hard to beat Senegal  4-1 on penalties after normal, and extra time ended barren in Saturday’s quarter-final match up. Nigeria had a day…

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Stock market sustains bullish sentiment  as investors gain N3.4trn

The stock market  consolidated its positive trend as investors gained over N3.4trillion despite trading for only four days as the public holiday in honour of the late former president, Mohammadu   Buhari, took a day off the trading week. Specifically, market capitalisation, which represents the value of stocks listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, closed at…

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Putin Meets Khamenei’s Top Adviser Larijani For Nuclear Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a surprise meeting with Ali Larijani, top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader on nuclear issues, to discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme in the Kremlin on Sunday. Moscow has a cordial relationship with Iran’s clerical leadership and provides crucial backing for Tehran but did not swing forcefully behind its partner even after…

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