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The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has strongly refuted allegations by the Northern Elders Forum that the Federal Government established a gold refinery in Lagos in breach of the federal character principle, describing the claims as false and misleading. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Mr Segun Tomori, Special Assistant to…
Countries across Europe, including France and Britain, are weighing whether to follow Australia’s unprecedented decision to ban children and younger teenagers from using social media platforms, even as experts remain sharply divided over the effectiveness and implications of such sweeping restrictions. The debate has intensified following Australia’s landmark move last month to become the…
Senegal have been crowned champions of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after a hard-fought 1–0 victory over hosts Morocco in the final played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on Sunday night. The decisive strike came in the 94th minute of extra time when midfielder Pape Gueye found the back of…
South Africa has declared a national disaster following catastrophic flooding that has claimed more than 30 lives and destroyed homes across its northeastern provinces, while neighbouring Mozambique grapples with widespread devastation that has displaced over 173,000 people and forced a woman to give birth on a rooftop while awaiting rescue. The head of South Africa’s…
The Supreme Court has ordered the continuation of the N1.35 billion corruption trial of former Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu, reversing a Court of Appeal judgment that had previously discharged them. In a unanimous decision delivered on Friday by a five-member panel led by Justice Abubakar…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has declared the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 the most commercially successful tournament in the history of African football, reporting a revenue increase of more than 90 per cent over previous editions. In a statement published on its website on Thursday, CAF attributed the unprecedented…
Liverpool manager Arne Slot has declared he would welcome Mohamed Salah back to the club even if he had 15 attackers in his squad, as the Egypt forward prepares to conclude his Africa Cup of Nations campaign. Salah is set to feature in Egypt’s third-place play-off match against Nigeria in Morocco on Saturday, following…
The mother of a teenage girl claiming to be the biological daughter of Nigerian Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has disputed the validity of previous DNA tests and alleged irregularities in past processes, stating she now intends to seek independent supervision from international authorities to establish the truth. In a detailed…
The National President of the Agents Association of Nigeria, Sarafadeen Atanda Fasasi, has strongly opposed the planned implementation of a 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax on bank transfers and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data transactions, describing the measure as double taxation and warning it could undermine Nigeria’s financial inclusion objectives. The controversy erupted following indications…
The Confédération Africaine de Football and its technical partner PUMA have introduced a special commemorative edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 official match ball ahead of Sunday’s final in Rabat. The specially designed ball will be used when hosts Morocco face Senegal at Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in what…
