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Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has been named winner of the 2025 FIFA “The Best Women’s Goalkeeper” award, finishing ahead of Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie in a highly competitive field of the world’s leading shot-stoppers. FIFA confirmed the result on Tuesday night with the release of the official voting breakdown, which placed Hampton…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for the immediate release of all political detainees in Guinea-Bissau, insisting that they be allowed to fully participate in the country’s political process. The demand was made at the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Abuja,…
A Paris labour court has delivered a decisive verdict in one of football’s most closely watched financial disputes, ordering Paris Saint-Germain to pay approximately €60 million in unpaid wages and bonuses to its former superstar, Kylian Mbappé. The ruling on Tuesday marks a significant legal victory for the player following his acrimonious departure from…
The Nigeria Football Federation has lodged a formal petition with FIFA challenging the eligibility of multiple DR Congo players, a move that could dramatically overturn the result of a decisive World Cup qualifier and resurrect the Super Eagles’ hopes of reaching the 2026 tournament. This controversy stems from the African play-off final held in…
The memo went out on a Thursday morning. Subject: Internal Restructuring – Brandfair Advertising From: Regional Director One line made my heart stop. “Effective immediately, Mr. Bako has been reassigned to the training division in Abuja.” It didn’t say demoted. But everyone knew. There were murmurs around the office, eyes darting to me, quickly looking…
Fatima Buhari, daughter of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has disclosed that her father once believed his office and bedroom in the Presidential Villa were under secret surveillance. This led them to communicate through written notes during private meetings, an anecdote described in a new biography that sheds light on the hidden pressures…
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) released the 2025 Business Facilitation Act (BFA) performance report last week, assessing how ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) complied with transparency and efficiency requirements under the BFA 2022. The report reviewed progress in service efficiency, transparency, monthly reporting, complaint resolution, and service-delivery innovation across MDAs between January and…
Nigeria’s inflation rate slowed in November 2025, offering cautious optimism for households and businesses grappling with rising prices. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the headline inflation rate declined to 14.45% in November from 16.05% recorded in October, marking a notable easing in the pace of price increases. The NBS explained that the…
Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has revealed that rumours and fear-mongering within the Presidential Villa once led her late husband, former President Muhammadu Buhari, to believe she intended to harm him—a development she said triggered a chain of events that severely affected his health in 2017. The revelation is contained in a newly published biography,…
The Senate Committee on Finance has strongly criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu over what it described as the abnormal practice of running multiple budgets within a single fiscal year, driven largely by repeated extensions of capital expenditure components. The lawmakers raised their concerns on Monday during an interactive session on the 2026–2028 Medium…
