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The man at the heart of one of the most bizarre controversies to hit the Tinubu administration is back in the spotlight, and this time it is his own words, on camera, doing the talking. A video of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, who insists he is the Director-General of the disputed Presidential Foreign Intervention…
Temi Ajibade, the actress and media personality better known to many as Temi Otedola, has waded into one of the internet’s touchiest conversations with a refreshing dose of honesty, saying she will never pretend that being born into one of Nigeria’s wealthiest families did not open doors for her. Speaking on a recent episode…
Football’s governing body is facing one of its most awkward credibility tests in years, and the man raising the loudest alarm is one who once sat in its highest office. Former FIFA President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter waded into the storm on Monday over the decision to lift United States forward Folarin Balogun’s red card…
Pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies to unravel what became of the $1.5 billion sunk into the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery, with a Niger Delta advocacy group now demanding a forensic look at the spending and a wider audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s books. The South South Youths…
Brazil’s search for a sixth World Cup title has been pushed back yet again, and this time the wound cuts deeper than most. Carlo Ancelotti, the man handed the job of ending a drought that now stretches back a quarter of a century, watched his side crash out of the 2026 tournament at the…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has moved swiftly to shut down a circulating report claiming he was offered ₦500 billion to enter the 2027 presidential race and pull South-South votes away from Peter Obi, describing the entire account as a fabrication designed to drag him into a controversy he had no hand in. The rebuttal came…
Folarin Balogun will lead the line for the United States against Belgium in Seattle on Monday night, days after a red card had seemed certain to keep him out, following an intervention that has drawn FIFA into an unusual and contested episode at the 2026 World Cup. The forward’s reinstatement, confirmed by FIFA on…
A teenager who sat her first professional accounting examination while many of her peers were still choosing a career path has quietly rewritten the record books of one of Nigeria’s most demanding professions. Osasere Okundaye, aged 16, has qualified as a chartered accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, becoming the youngest person…
Political parties are moving at sharply different speeds to beat a fast approaching deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for uploading candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections, with the ruling party and the leading opposition platforms reporting smooth progress even as smaller parties wrestle with the commission’s online portal. INEC has…
The curtain has fallen on one of the most storied international careers in Brazilian football. Neymar, the country’s all-time leading scorer, confirmed his exit from the national team on Sunday, moments after Norway dumped the five-time world champions out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the round of 16. The 34-year-old came…
