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La Liga champions Barcelona have sold out all 23,000 tickets for an open training session at the newly renovated Camp Nou on Friday, marking the team’s first appearance at the stadium since May 2023. Tickets were priced at €5 for club members and €10 for the general public, with proceeds expected to support club initiatives. […]

…as Jandor, ex-Lagos PDP candidate, roots for Tinubu’s re-election The Taraba State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has confirmed impending defection of Governor Agbu Kefas from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aeron Atimas, Taraba State Director of Publicity of APC revealed this in Jalingo, Taraba State Capital […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Department of State Services’ (DSS) request for a bench warrant to arrest Omoyele Sowore, activist and publisher of Sahara reporters. Sowore faces five charges of criminal defamation related to posts allegedly targeting President Bola Tinubu. Sowore is being prosecuted alongside Meta (Facebook) Inc. and X Corp. […]

Phil Foden scored twice and Erling Haaland struck against his former club as Manchester City cruised to a 4-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, climbing to fourth in the Champions League table. Haaland, wearing the captain’s armband for the night, continued his red-hot form, netting his 27th goal of the season for club and […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has unveiled plans to introduce a new biometric travel document known as the Single Travel Emergency Passport (STEP), aimed at assisting Nigerians abroad whose passports have expired, been lost, or stolen, to return home safely. Kemi Nandap, Comptroller-General of Immigration, announced the initiative during the Joint Thematic Meeting of the […]

‘Phenomenal’ is one word that has been used to describe the growth of the Nigerian telecom sector. The rise from under half a million lines to 165 million in 24 years is truly phenomenal by any standard. It’s not surprising, therefore, that the question on the lips of many today is whether the Nigerian telecom […]

The naira on Tuesday recovered from Monday’s losses as the foreign exchange (FX) market shrugged off the impact of sentiments from remarks made by U.S. President Donald Trump on Nigeria. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira appreciated to N1,433.65 per dollar during intra-day trading, gaining 0.2 percent (N2.69) compared […]

When Iniubong Obonguko wrote his first line of code, he wasn’t sitting behind a high-end computer in a tech hub. He was typing on a small smartphone, struggling through power cuts and unstable internet in a quiet town in Akwa Ibom. At night, when the lights went out, he practiced syntax in a paper notebook, […]

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday applauded Ademola Adenle, a Nigerian scholar and sustainability expert who recently won the inaugural World Academy of Sciences–M.S. Swaminathan Award for Food and Peace. President Tinubu, while receiving the awardee, congratulated him for winning the award and bringing glory to Nigeria. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information […]

No one can deny that South Africa has emerged as one of the most dynamic and lucrative markets for online betting in Africa. Nowadays, players can find all sorts of options and it seems like the country will continue to be a popular option for online betting. But why is that exactly? Well, let’s find […]