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Nearly two-thirds of Nigerians are demanding a reduction in borrowing costs ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting scheduled for May 19 and 20, 2026, according to the apex bank’s own survey data. The CBN’s April 2026 Inflation Expectations Survey Report, released by its Statistics Department under the Economic Policy…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has officially declared Monday, May 18, 2026, as the first day of Zulhijja 1447AH, signalling the commencement of the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The declaration was contained in a press…
Chelsea hired Xabi Alonso as manager on Sunday on a four-year contract. The former Bayer Leverkusen coach inherits a club languishing in ninth place in the Premier League. The announcement arrived less than 24 hours after Manchester City defeated Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Alonso will officially take control at Stamford Bridge on July…
Manchester City secured the domestic cup double on Saturday as Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal to defeat Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley. The Ghanaian winger, who joined the club for £64 million in January, settled a tight contest by flicking an Erling Haaland cross past goalkeeper Robert Sanchez with his heel….
Nigerian comic and musician Lawal Michael Nasiru, known as Nasboi, has revealed a prolonged battle with depression that lasted throughout last year. The content creator disclosed that he used comedy as a survival mechanism while dealing with severe emotional exhaustion in private. His admission challenges the widely held public assumption that financial success and online…
The World Health Organisation has declared an international health emergency after a new Ebola outbreak killed 88 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Global health officials issued the alarm on Sunday because the current crisis involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, medical science possesses no vaccine or…
The long-feared northern industry of mass school abductions has arrived in the South-West. A joint security force has trapped a gang of armed kidnappers within the Old Oyo National Park corridor. The gunmen had earlier launched a coordinated broad-daylight raid on three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The state government…
The global governing body for taekwondo has elevated two Nigerian veterans to the rare rank of 7th Dan black belt. Grand Master Sunday Koffi Akani and Grand Master Dominic Asuquo Bassey received the honours from the World Taekwondo Jidokwan Federation on Saturday. The decorations took place during the national open trials at the Alake Sports…
Tobi Amusan finished third in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Diamond League season opener in Shanghai on Saturday. The Nigerian world record holder clocked a season-best time of 12.41 seconds in a highly competitive race. Olympic champion Masai Russell of the United States won the event in 12.25 seconds, setting a meeting record and…
The All Progressives Congress has cleared its deck for the 2027 general elections by asserting strict party control over its legislative nominations. The ruling party conducted primaries across all 360 federal constituencies on Saturday, rewarding key loyalists while purging dissenters. Mudashiru Obasa, the powerful Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, successfully clinched a…
