The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Monday hosted American basketball star Jaylen Brown and bestowed on him the traditional Yoruba name, “Babatunde”. Brown, a player for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA), arrived at the palace and was received by the Ooni. The royal father was accompanied by other traditional…
…Insist no decision on Nigeria situation for now Contrary to reports that world football governing body, FIFA and the National Sports Commission (NSC) delegation led by its chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, and the Director General, Bukola Olopade, had agreed on the proposed football reform in the country, another dimension has emerged. FIFA, in an email…
A 54-year-old Customs officer, Mr Etteng Ise, has died in a lone motor accident along the Ikom-Calabar Highway in Cross River. The accident occurred near Alesi Village in Ikom Local Government Area at about 2:56 p.m. on Monday. The Police command in Cross River confirmed the incident in a statement signed by its spokesman, ASP…
Mr Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has confirmed the collapse of a three-storey building in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, at about 7:00 p.m on Monday. Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, who confirmed the incident in a statement…
Manchester City coach Enzo Maresca said on Monday finding form early in the season “was not easy” for his World Cup players ahead of the club’s Champions League opener at Porto. “I think it’s correct that you see these kind of players that they start to be tired,” Maresca said at the Dragao Stadium before…
Nigerians in Manchester, United Kingdom, were reportedly denied access to a venue where the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, was scheduled to attend to passport applications on Monday after the Lebanese owner alleged he had not been paid. The incident was reported by Nigerians who were at the venue of the exercise, with posts shared on X alleging…
Galatasaray forward, Rafael Leao, has named the three players he spoke with before deciding to join the club. Galatasaray recently signed the Portuguese international from Italian Serie A club AC Milan. Speaking ahead of Galatasaray’s UEFA Champions League match with Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday, Leao said he spoke with Victor Osimhen, Leroy Sane and Lucas Torreira…
THE Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, Dele Oye, has said reforms by the Bola Tinubu-led administration over the past three years have improved the country’s macroeconomic stability and resilience. He, however, urged the government to take further steps to turn these recent macroeconomic gains into lower food prices, productive jobs…
By Babajide Komolafe The federal government increased its borrowing from domestic investors by 90.5 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), to N24.7 trillion in the eight months to August 2026, against N12.98 trillion in the corresponding period of 2025 (8M’25). Financial Vanguard findings from the government’s various public finance data also showed that credit to government grew…
It was bemusing to read in the news that Nigeria has joined the Red Sea Alliance, an ostensibly “maritime security” coalition cobbled together by Saudi Arabia, along with 12 other predominantly Muslim countries in tow. The announcement exposes our current approach to foreign policy: episodic, sentimental, and reactive rather than deliberate and strategic. It has…
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