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The just over a month-long 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament was undoubtedly the finest display of footballing artistry the world has seen in some time, and provided many financial benefits for the participating teams. FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, previously announced a record prize fund of $871 million for the 48-team tournament. It was confirmed that tournament champion Spain would …

With just two days to go before the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, Team Nigeria’s sprint contingent received another big boost when Favor Ashe claimed an impressive victory at the BFTAA Open in Lee Valley, England. The Nigerian sprinter claimed victory in the men’s 100m final, clocking 10.06 seconds with a tailwind of +2.6 m/s to finish ahead of Great Britain’s …

Africa’s richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, has reportedly closed a nearly $2.5 billion private equity placement for Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE, in what analysts describe as a significant milestone ahead of the company’s anticipated initial public offering (IPO), which is expected to be the largest in Africa’s history. According to a Bloomberg report, the transaction involved the sale of …

FOR three consecutive years, and now into the fourth, Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu [BAT], has been busy working furiously at creating another country out of Nigeria. It is not what you may be thinking, certainly not the trending alleged plans to regionalise Nigeria in the next three months. The entity he is working on, and he is virtually …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salaries and Wages Commission. Fayose chairs the REA board, with Alhaji Ahmadu Abubakar and Engineer Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta …

…He says the debt increase of over N40tn resulted from the depreciation of Naira …Explain to the Senate the ways and means of securitization of N33tn Daud Olatunji Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, on Monday said the sharp rise in Nigeria’s public debt from about N75tn to over N140tn under the administration of President Bola Tinubu …

The Abia State Government and other South East governments, experts, stakeholders, community leaders and civil society organizations have been urged to urgently strengthen flood preparedness and climate adaptation measures following forecasts by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) of increased rainfall and thunderstorms in several parts of the country. The appeal was made by the Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and …

“Decades of rapidly expanding space activity have shown that every launch leaves an environmental footprintand it will take a long time to fully understand its impact. This is why it is so important to consider the sustainability of these programs early on,” said Jason Jabbour, Senior Official at the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Why this is important Space debris is …

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Haiti’s future success depends on “mutually reinforcing security, political engagement and humanitarian action,” the most senior UN official in Haiti told the UN Security Council meeting in New York on Monday to discuss the future of the conflict-torn Caribbean island nation.