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…
Ann-Katrin Berger is on top of the world after her saves on Saturday helped send Germany past France and into the semi-finals of Women’s Euro 2025. Berger, a two-time survivor of thyroid cancer, saved Alice Sombath’s penalty to decide the shootout 6-5 in Germany’s favour after a gruelling match ended 1-1 after extra time. The…
By Folorunso Fatai Adisa What role will you play in Lagos’ fight against filth and disorder? Lagos is waking up. Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab’s bold leadership is transforming Lagos from a city weighed down by complacency into a model of urban discipline. From clearing notorious illegal dumpsites in Ketu to shutting down markets that defy sanitation…
There are indications that the downstream segment of Nigeria’s petroleum sector has began to reap full benefits of subsidy removal as their financial records show huge rise in revenue and profit in 2025. Also the operators have significantly reduced their reliance on banks for funding, a development which has boosted their profitability margin. The financial details…
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…
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…
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud, popularly known as Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince,” has died at the age of 36. His death comes about two decades after a devastating car crash in London left him in a coma. The prince, who was just 15 years old at the time of the accident in 2005, suffered a…
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday said he had ordered the withdrawal of a senior UN humanitarian official’s residency permit, accusing him of spreading lies about the war in Gaza. “I have instructed not to extend the residency permit of the head of the OCHA (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)…
The Kano state Judicial Service Commission, JSC, has sanctioned two judiciary staff over separate cases of gross misconduct. This was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by Baba Jibo Ibrahim, spokesperson for the Kano state judiciary, following the commission’s 84th meeting held on Friday, 18th July 2025. One of the sanctioned officials, Adamu Salisu,…
The 2025 Nigeria Manufacturing and Equipment (NME) and Nigerian Raw Materials (NIRAM) Expo is set to focus on the adoption indigenous technology to drive local manufacturing and align with the ‘Nigeria First’ policy of the federal government. The theme of the expo, which is being jointly organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the…
