Messi Nets 900th, Miami Exit Champions Cup

  Argentine football legend Lionel Messi scored the 900th goal of his illustrious career but could not prevent Inter Miami from exiting the CONCACAF Champions Cup after a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC saw the visitors advance on away goals in their last-16 clash on Wednesday night. The 38-year-old superstar reached the historic milestone just…

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Naira Holds Steady as Reserves Hit 13-Year High

  The Nigerian Naira sustained a stable performance against the United States Dollar on Thursday, maintaining its position within a narrow trading band as the foreign exchange market continues to benefit from surging global crude oil prices and a historic accumulation of external reserves that has reached levels unseen in over a decade. Data from…

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CBN Slashes Ways and Means to N2.8 Trillion

Cardoso Signals Shift to Economic Growth

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has announced that Nigeria’s economy has successfully transitioned from a period of stabilisation to one of capital mobilisation. Speaking on Wednesday at the Africa Capital Forum in London, held on the sidelines of President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom, Mr. Cardoso…

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Soldiers Kill 50 Terrorists in Yobe Base Attack

Troops Recover ISWAP Ledgers Detailing Fighter Roles and Weapons

Nigerian troops have recovered operational notebooks from slain Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters, revealing a startlingly bureaucratic approach to insurgency. Following a failed pre-dawn assault on a military base in Mallam Fatori, Borno State, soldiers discovered ledgers that meticulously document fighter names, weapon assignments, and ammunition allocations. The discovery suggests that ISWAP has…

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Trump Announces Direct Talks Between Israel and Lebanon

Trump Threatens Destruction of Iran’s South Pars Gas Field

President Donald Trump has threatened to “massively blow up” the South Pars gas field, the world’s largest natural gas reservoir, unless Tehran ceases its strikes on Qatari energy infrastructure. The ultimatum follows extensive damage to Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG facility on Thursday, which sent global crude oil prices surging by 5%. While Mr Trump claimed…

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Saudi Arabia Declares Friday as Eid al-Fitr

  Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has declared that Friday will mark Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival celebrating the conclusion of Ramadan, following confirmation that Thursday represents the 30th and final day of the holy month. “The Supreme Court has decided that tomorrow, Thursday, is the completion of the 30th day of the month of Ramadan….

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WHO Raises Alarm Over Vaccine Misinformation

  The World Health Organization has identified rising misinformation and uncertain research funding as critical threats to global vaccine programmes, warning that public trust in immunisation is eroding amid coordinated campaigns spreading false information about vaccine safety. The warning came Wednesday from the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation, which concluded its biannual…

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Court Affirms Nigerians’ Right to Record Police

  The Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, has delivered a landmark ruling affirming the constitutional right of Nigerians to record police officers performing their duties in public, while declaring the practice of anonymous policing unlawful and unconstitutional. Justice H. A. Nganjiwa, delivering judgement on Tuesday in Suit No. FHC/WR/CS/87/2025, ordered police officers to…

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