Super Eagles defender Igoh Ogbu will undergo a scan in Lisbon, Portugal, on Monday (today) to determine the extent of the injury he suffered in training on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ogbu was ruled out of Nigeria’s upcoming friendly against Portugal after suffering a suspected rupture of…
Just when Nigerians thought things couldn’t get any harder in America, the Trump administration has served another major blow. On May 21, 2026, the United States Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memorandum that fundamentally changes how immigration officials are expected to treat Gre…
The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission has identified 38 companies operating across Lagos State that have failed to apply for licences and necessary regularisation despite repeated directives, The PUNCH reports. The firms, including MTN, Flour Mills, Golden Penny, First Global Commerce S…
Nigeria has expressed readiness to leverage the €59m West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme as part of intensified efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and strengthen the sustainable management of its marine resources. The Special Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue…
The Lagos State Security Trust Fund has equipped Divisional Police Officers, area commanders and tactical squad commanders across the state with bulletproof vests and ballistic helmets to strengthen operational safety and security response. The LSSTF disclosed this in a statement made available to …
'A World Cup for them not us': Fans' anger at US travel bans and visa restrictions When Iraq's football team qualified for the World Cup at the end of March, Abdulla Adnan bought tickets for his country's matches against Norway and France, which will be played in the US cities of Boston and Philade…
Hundreds of captives freed from Boko Haram mountain hideout At least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout. The circumstances of how they were freed are disputed. The…
'It was either killed or be killed' - ongoing nightmares of an ex-child soldier in Somalia Shopkeeper Yusuf Ali still battles with memories of his time as a child soldier fighting on the streets of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The 34-year-old became embroiled in the Islamist insurgency, which erup…
Fall in official Ebola numbers appears to be good news but it's not that simple The latest Ebola figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo appear to offer some hope after the number of cases was dramatically scaled back. At one point the authorities were talking of more than 1,000 suspected cas…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday rebuffed Moscow’s call for his country to hold a referendum on joining the EU, saying ties with Russia were in a “transformation phase.” The Kremlin has upped pressure on Armenia over its rapprochement with Brussels ahead of weekend elections, banni…
Former Kano State Governor and National Democratic Coalition Vice Presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has denied claims circulating on social media alleging plans for a protest over rising insecurity in the country. In a statement released on Monday, Kwankwaso said the message being circu…
Despite heavy rainfall on Monday, protesters under the banner of the Take-It-Back Movement stormed the Oyo State Government House in Ibadan, demanding urgent action over worsening insecurity and the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area. The demonstrators, who had earlier…
The Kano State Government has started daily transportation services for pilgrims participating in the 2026 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, fulfilling a key welfare promise to help them reach the Grand Mosque in Makkah. The initiative, which took effect immediately after the Day of Arafat, is aimed at easing …
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said residents of Abuja can feel the impact of ongoing policies and projects under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Wike made the remarks on Monday during a media chat in Abuja, where he responded to concerns about the level of …
Former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has ruled out a legal challenge to the outcome of the party’s May 25, 2026, presidential primary, despite alleging widespread irregularities and procedural breaches during the exercise. In a post-primary statemen…
UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more …
- Published Farida Khalil is not your average teenager. Last year, aged just 14, the Egyptian won every major world title in modern pentathlon - from three youth grades to the women's senior championship - in the same season. The sport's world governing body, UIPM, described it as "unprecedented" a…
Though we are in a political season with its characteristic peculiarities, governance in a complex megacity such as Lagos cannot be reduced to rhetorical comparisons or partisan nostalgia. It is an evolving continuum built on the efforts of successive administrations. Umbrage, diatribes and polemic…
Athens, Greece – Bashir is a Syrian Muslim who has lived in Greece since 2014. He married a fellow Syrian in the country, and three months ago, they had a son. After years of picking olives and oranges, learning Greek and a trade in metalwork, and finally buying his own equipment to start work as a…
Previous World Cup appearances: 16 Best performance: Winners (1966) First appearance: 1950 (Brazil) Top goal scorer: Gary Lineker (10) Most appearances: Peter Shilton (18) Player to watch: Harry Kane FIFA world ranking: 4 Fixtures: Croatia (June 17, Dallas), Ghana (June 23, Boston), Panama (June 27…
