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Nigeria’s Federal Government has significantly expanded its borrowing plan for 2026, pushing total debt financing to N29.20 trillion, a sharp jump of N11.31 trillion from the N17.89 trillion projection that appeared in the Abridged Budget Call Circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in December 2025. The revised figure is contained…
Three young men were killed and one injured on Good Friday after suspected armed assailants ambushed a group of youths returning home from a mining site in Nyamgo Gyel, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, in an attack that has left the community in grief and renewed alarm over the state’s worsening…
The grief of Mrs Favour Ayuba has taken a form that has gripped Nigeria. Days after suspected gunmen killed her son, Promise Gideon Ayuba, in the Palm Sunday terror attack that tore through the Angwan Rukuba area of Jos North Local Government Area, the bereaved mother stood over his coffin, drew a cutlass wrapped…
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach, with the Italian manager agreeing to a five-year contract effective immediately. The appointment was confirmed on Tuesday through a post by transfer market specialist Fabrizio Romano on X. The post read, “Tottenham agree deal to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as new head…
American motorists are now paying more than $4 per gallon at the pump for the first time in nearly four years, as the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran continues to choke global energy supplies through the shutdown of the critical Strait of Hormuz. The American Automobile Association (AAA) confirmed that the national average…
Chinese authorities have moved to outlaw the practice of using residential apartments as makeshift burial spaces for cremated remains, as rising funeral costs and a struggling property market drove grieving families toward an unconventional and increasingly popular alternative. New regulations that came into force on Monday explicitly ban “the use of residential dwellings specifically…
Nigeria faces fresh scrutiny over alleged breaches of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and failure to implement Economic Community of West African States excise tax directives, according to findings presented at a stakeholder engagement in Abuja. The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance, with support from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, released…
A Cambodian appeals court has upheld 14-year prison sentences handed to two journalists convicted of treason for posting a photograph taken in a military-restricted zone during the deadly Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, deepening concerns over press freedom in the Southeast Asian nation. Pheap Phara, a reporter with TSP 68 TV Online, and Phorn Sopheap, a journalist…
The terrorism trial of nine suspects charged in connection with the 2025 Yelwata massacre was abruptly suspended on Tuesday after one of the defendants collapsed inside the courtroom, forcing an adjournment. Proceedings had barely commenced around 10 a.m. when Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, the third defendant, suddenly slumped in court. Prison officials attempted to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented a revised draft of its 2026 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, inviting contributions from party stakeholders to strengthen electoral processes before the 2027 general elections. At a consultative meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Tuesday, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan said the new regulations…
