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Cristiano Ronaldo helped an emotional Portugal enjoy a perfect start to their World Cup qualifying campaign as Thomas Tuchel’s uninspiring England remained unbeaten on Saturday. Portugal, playing for the first time since the death of their Liverpool forward Diogo Jota along with his brother Andre Silva in a car accident, took an impressive first step […]

  A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has accepted his expulsion from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) but accused the party of a lack of fair hearing.  The member representing Kiru/Bebeji was expelled from the opposition over alleged anti-party activities and non-payment of dues. However, in a statement hours after the […]

  A lone strike from Wolves forward Tolu Arokodare was all the Super Eagles needed to see off resilient Rwanda in a crucial 2026 World Cup qualifier, keeping Nigeria’s slim hopes of reaching the competition alive.  Arokodare’s acrobatic effort from the turf in the 51st minute earned Nigeria their second victory in the qualification series, […]

  The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has expelled a member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, over alleged anti-party activities and disloyalty. Kofa, who represents the Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency, had earlier hinted that he was planning to dump the NNPP. NNPP Chairman in Kano, Hashim Sulaiman Dungurawa, said […]

  Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has advised the opposition to stop politicising the issue of insecurity, by claiming that bandits can be carpet-bombed out of existence or submit. The governor gave the caution at a public presentation of ‘’Where I Stand’’, a book written by the late Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, which was […]

Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to court documents filed Friday. “This landmark settlement far surpasses any other known copyright recovery,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Justin Nelson. “It is the first of its kind in the […]

  Captain William Troost-Ekong has been dropped to the bench while Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen will lead the line for Nigeria’s crunch 2026 World Cup qualifier against Rwanda.  The lineup shared on the team’s official social media handle showed that Coach Eric Chelle instead trusted new boy Benjamin Frederick. The 20-year-old FCV Dender EH […]

Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Friday to set up a blockbuster US Open final showdown against world number one and defending champion Jannik Sinner. Spanish second seed Alcaraz produced a ruthlessly efficient display to end Djokovic’s latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title, winning 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in […]

In the remote mountain village of Tarasin in Sudan’s western Darfur, three successive landslides struck without warning last week. “The people lost everything,” Francesco Lanino, operations director at Save the Children, told AFP via Zoom from Port Sudan after a team from the charity arrived in the devastated village in Sudan’s Jebel Marra region. Torrential […]

  At least seven persons were reportedly killed when some suspected bandits armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Magajin Wando village in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Danmusa, confirmed the tragic incident in a statement on Saturday. According to him, the incident occurred […]

    Giorgio Armani’s death leaves a vacuum at the top of his billion-dollar luxury business, an independent empire he built up over 50 years, spanning hotels to haute couture. Born into a modest family in northern Italy, Armani, who died on Thursday aged 91, became one of the richest men in the world and […]

Turkey’s main opposition party has announced it will hold an extraordinary congress on September 21 after a court ousted its Istanbul leadership on graft allegations, party officials said on Saturday. The decision comes amid growing political pressure on the Republican People’s Party (CHP) after a court this week annulled the outcome of its Istanbul provincial […]