Nigeria’s Flamingos to face Algeria in Women World Cup final qualifying round
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team, the Flamingos will face their Algerian counterpart in the final qualifying round of Morocco 2025. The Flamingos qualified to the final round after a 5-1 aggregate scoreline over South Africa’s Bantwana, winning 3-1 in Pretoria and 2-0 in Ikenne last Saturday. Algeria booked their place in the round after recording a […]
Rwanda Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Belgium
Rwanda has severed its diplomatic relations with Belgium effective immediately, citing Brussels’ “pitiful attempts to sustain its neo colonial delusions. Announcing this in a statement, Rwanda foreign ministry said its decision was taken after careful consideration of several factors, and gave Belgian diplomats 48 hours to leave the East African country. Reacting, Belgium Deputy Prime […]
Jandor Joins APC After Quitting PDP
Former Lagos State PDP Governorship candidate in 2023 general election, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly called Jandor, has officially returned to the All Progressives Congress. At a press conference yesterday in Lagos, Jandor said he needed a party that has the capacity to win an election and deliver the heart desires of the people, whether his name is […]
Nigeria’s Inflation drops to 23.18% in February 2025
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 23.18 per cent in February 2025. The drop, according to NBS, was due to the drop in the prices of some food items, including beans, maize, cassava, among others. In its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for February 2025, which […]
Lagos NYSC Corper Raises Threats to life After viral Criticism Of Government
A Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps member, Ushie Uguamaye, has alleged threats to life following her now viral video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s government over inflation and economic hardship. In the video shared on her TikTok account #talktoraye, Uguamaye expressed frustration over Nigeria’s worsening economic conditions, openly criticised President Tinubu by also calling him a […]
Newcastle Defeat Liverpool to Clinch Carabao Cup
Dan Burn and Alexander Isak fired Newcastle to a League Cup final 2-1 victory over Liverpool last night. Although Federico Chiesa pulled one back for the Reds in stoppage time, the Magpies held on to beat Liverpool for the first time in 18 attempts. It is Newcastle’s first domestic trophy since the 1955 FA Cup. […]
Reps Recover N28.7b from Oil Firms
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recovered $19,241,109.35 (N28.7 billion) from two oil companies indebted to the Federation Account. The panel has also successfully recovered N199.3 million out of an outstanding N6.8 billion, comprising excessive charges levied between March and October 2015 and unremitted Value Added Tax (VAT) on transactions processed via […]
Manchester United Qualify For Quarterfinals
Manchester United came from behind to beat 10-man Real Sociedad 4-1 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate, to reach the Europa League quarter-finals last night. United’s quarter-final opponents are Olympique Lyon, whose Georges Mikautadze and Ernest Nuamah also got two goals each in a 4-0 demolition of Romania’s FCSB for a 7-1 aggregate success. […]
British Prime Minister Announces NHS Abolishment
British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has announced that NHS England will be abolished and brought under “democratic control” in an attempt to cut bureaucracy and duplication. In a speech in Hull today, the prime minister said the move would free up money for front-line services. Cue In: Starmer NHS The government expects about 50% of […]
President Trump Threatens Increase In Alcohol Tariff
US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a massive tariff on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against his steel and aluminum tariffs. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said his administration would impose a 200% tariff on alcoholic beverages from the EU unless it rescinds the 50% tariff the European […]