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A fierce political confrontation has broken out between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and prominent civic activist Aisha Yesufu, following the collapse of her senatorial ambition under the Nigeria Democratic Congress platform in the FCT. Yesufu, a longstanding voice in Nigeria’s civil activism space and a co convener of the…
More than 1,100 people are suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus across the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, the African Union’s continental health agency has confirmed, raising fears that the outbreak could escalate rapidly across central and east Africa. In a commentary published in the Financial Times on Sunday, the Director…
Paris Saint-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been named the UEFA Champions League Player of the Season for the 2025/26 campaign, capping a remarkable European season in which the Georgian international helped the French champions retain their continental crown and reshape the balance of power in European football. The announcement, made by UEFA’s Technical Observer Group,…
South Africa’s senior national football team, Bafana Bafana, has been forced to postpone its departure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after a sweeping visa crisis stranded several players and officials in Johannesburg, throwing the country’s first World Cup campaign in 16 years into early disarray. The squad had been scheduled to depart for…
Arsenal centre back Gabriel Magalhaes has broken his silence following his decisive penalty miss in the UEFA Champions League final, as the Gunners suffered a crushing shootout defeat to Paris Saint Germain on Saturday night, ending one of the most ambitious European campaigns in the club’s modern history. The Brazilian defender, widely regarded as one…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, has declared that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will fail to secure up to 10 percent of votes cast in Rivers State during the 2027 presidential election, while insisting that only a candidate endorsed by his Rainbow Coalition will…
Nearly seven in every ten businesses operating in Nigeria own or share private generators to stay afloat amid chronic electricity shortages, with power outages eroding about three per cent of their annual sales, according to fresh findings from the African Development Bank. The disclosure, contained in the AfDB’s 2026 African Economic Outlook report, paints…
Nigeria has activated a sweeping wave of emergency surveillance protocols at its airports and other international entry points, deploying mandatory health screening for inbound passengers and returning Hajj pilgrims, as authorities scramble to shield the country from a fresh Ebola outbreak now spreading across Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new…
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has launched a sharp attack on President Bola Tinubu, accusing the administration of deploying state institutions to frustrate opposition parties and tilt the political playing field as Nigeria edges closer to the 2027 general election. The accusation, contained in a statement issued by…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) will not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections, opting instead to pursue strategic alliances with other political parties, in a decision that signals a significant recalibration of opposition politics ahead of the polls. The announcement was made on Saturday in Abuja by the party’s National…
