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England produced one of the most resilient performances of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, overcoming the weight of expectations, a hostile Mexican crowd and the disadvantage of playing with ten men to eliminate the hosts in a pulsating round of 16 match. This was more than a football match. It was a tactical war. For Mexico, pretty much everything seemed …

Nigeria’s government said on Tuesday it would evacuate a number of its citizens from South Africa following a new wave of xenophobic attacks against other Africans in the country. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this in a statement posted on her official X account on Monday morning. “Another evacuation flight will depart for Johannesburg tomorrow, Tuesday, July …

An energy expert, Dan D. Kunle, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take what he called one of the most decisive decisions of his administration to privatize four Nigerian government-owned refineries, arguing that the facilities had become a crippling burden on the country’s economy. In an open letter addressed to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Kunle described …

Key stakeholders on Sunday unanimously endorsed the governorship aspiration of Dr Jamil Isyaku Gwamna, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, describing him as their first choice candidate for the 2027 governorship elections. The approval was made at a high level meeting of Gombe State stakeholders held in Abuja and chaired by the Special Adviser …

Dangote Cement Plc has unveiled an ambitious sustainability roadmap, announcing plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 20% and expand its installed production capacity to 80 million tonnes per year by 2030 as part of efforts to strengthen its position as Africa’s leading cement producer. The company disclosed the objectives at its 17th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos, where …

Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday admitted that he is not the player he used to be, but noted that he has given his best, and is still giving his best in the game. The Portugal international hit back at critics who he said had “tried to kill me for the last 23 years”. The 41-year-old superstar was optimistic, jovial and sentimental …

Governments, technology companies, academia and civil society will spend two days at the summit Global Dialogue on AI Governance grappling with how to regulate a technology that is evolving faster than the rules meant to limit it. AI, if used responsibly, can bring transformational benefits to societies around the world, but there are also concerns that this revolutionary technology will …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu A coalition of Nigerian youth organizations has warned the federal government against giving in to what it described as growing international pressure to preserve a foreign company’s dominance of Nigeria’s airtime lending market. In a statement released on Monday, the groups’ coordinator, Kazeem Akinlolu, said recent efforts to internationalize the dispute represent an attempt to influence …

By Ayo Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to promoting inter-religious dialogue as a key strategy to address Nigeria’s security challenges, while extending a formal invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the country. The President made the declaration on Saturday, receiving at his residence in Abuja Monsignor Paul R. Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied reports that he was offered N500 billion to contest the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi and split the South-South vote in the upcoming 2027 elections. The Special Media Adviser to Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, described the publication as completely false and baseless. …