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Twice in World Cup history, FIFA has overturned a red-card suspension. Both times, a head of state made a call. The question is not simply whether the reversals were justified, but how far sport’s justice system can be pushed before it stops looking like justice. Folarin Balogun, sent off for a foul on Bosnia and […]

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has progressed and spread to his bones and other parts of his body, according to his son, Hunter Biden, who described his father’s condition as painful and increasingly debilitating. Speaking in an emotional interview with the BBC broadcast Friday, Hunter Biden said watching his father cope with the […]

Sunbeth Energies Limited has introduced what it describes as Nigeria’s first self-service fuel station, opening the new facility at its Ogba outlet in Lagos as part of efforts to modernize fuel retailing and improve transparency for motorists. The new system allows customers to manage the fueling process themselves, from starting a transaction and selecting the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for political parties to submit the names of their candidates for the 2027 governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. The deadline, which was originally set for Saturday, August 8, 2026, has now been moved to Tuesday, August 11. INEC disclosed the development in a […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged all 19 presidential candidates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publicly declare their assets and liabilities ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The organisation also called on the candidates to disclose the legitimate sources of their significant assets, including business interests, investments, real […]

 Governor Abdullahi Alhaji Sule of Nasarawa State has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for implementing what he described as bold and necessary economic reforms, saying the policies have increased the state’s monthly allocation from the Federation Account from about ₦4.5 billion to approximately ₦16 billion. Sule made the disclosure in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, […]

Three weeks ago, I argued that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission was not really investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council; it was investigating itself. The question I wrote was whether Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies could apply to the highest offices in the land the same rigour they routinely apply to clerks, […]

The Yoruba axiom, bi a ba fi owo ra ibo, a fi owo gba ijoba – he who buys a mandate with silver will surely recover his investment with gold – is not merely a moral injunction. It is the algebra of Nigerian politics, a grim arithmetic in which democracy is reduced to transaction. As […]

FIFA has accused some of its critics of carrying out a coordinated campaign to weaken the organisation and force out president Gianni Infantino. The governing body issued the statement after a report by the *Daily Telegraph* made allegations concerning Infantino’s private life. The newspaper reported that a woman allegedly involved in an affair with Infantino […]

The Osun State Police Command has arrested the state Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mayowa Adejoorin, in connection with a shooting incident that occurred during an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ilesa on Saturday. The incident reportedly left at least four people injured, including a 14-year-old boy identified as Ilesanmi, who was allegedly struck […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the interim findings of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) concerning the alleged fraudulent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), arguing that the report leaves critical questions about the scandal unanswered. The party said the ICPC’s findings failed to explain how an organisation that […]

Jorge Messi, the father and longtime representative of football superstar Lionel Messi, has died at the age of 68 in Rosario, Argentina, following a prolonged illness. According to Argentine media reports, Jorge passed away at a sanatorium in Rosario at around 10 p.m. on Friday. His death marks a deeply personal loss for Lionel Messi […]