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England manager Thomas Tuchel has warned that Jude Bellingham faces a battle to secure a place in England’s starting line-up at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Bellingham returns to Tuchel’s squad for the final World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania this week after missing the October internationals due to a shoulder injury. The 22-year-old […]

…wins backing of African nations Ethiopia is set to host the United Nation’s COP32 climate summit in 2027 after edging out a rival bid from Nigeria. Richard Muyungi, the group chair of the African Group of Negotiators, told AFP that African nations have endorsed the move for Ethiopia to host COP32. He noted that the […]

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Opeyemi Agbaje as chairman of the National Pension Commission (PenCom). Agbaje was confirmed along with several nominees who will serve as national commissioners on the agency’s newly constituted board. The confirmation followed the presentation of the nominees’ list during Tuesday’s plenary session, presided over by Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau. […]

Interesting lessons are there now for property managers in Nigeria to learn from UK property market, where the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining traction in the management of student accommodation. Though student housing in Nigeria is not as developed as it is in the UK, there are so much developers like Student Accommd8 […]

Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman is set to work under a new manager after Atalanta officially announced the sack of Ivan Juric following a poor run of results in Serie A. Juric’s dismissal came after Atalanta’s 3-0 home defeat to newly-promoted Sassuolo on Sunday, leaving the club in 13th place after 11 league matches in the […]

Employees can now save side hustles into their Personal Pension Plan (PPP), in addition to what their employers are contributing under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). This is not only going to boost retirement package, it will result in bigger playouts. The new PPP Regulation introduces greater flexibility in contributions and withdrawals, digital registration processes, […]

This is the seventh and concluding part of the series of articles on the long-term strategic imperatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The series has been canvassing the need for the privatisation of the entire NNPCL and its subsidiaries along the path of the privatisation of British Petroleum which took nine years […]

Pep Guardiola celebrated his 1,000th match as Manchester City manager in style as his side cruised to a dominant 3–0 victory over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium, climbing to second place in the Premier League table. Erling Haaland shrugged off an early penalty miss to head City in front for his 99th Premier League goal, […]

To spark a sense of optimism among women and young people globally who face limited access to opportunities, EXPOSE, an international nonprofit organisation, has hosted a fundraising gala evening. The event was held at the Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club in California, United States and it brought together celebrity champions, cultural leaders, and committed sponsors […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved four key policy initiatives aimed at attracting over $15b investments, strengthening the country’s intellectual property, digital trade, and service export sectors, in five years. The new policies are projected to create one million decent jobs in the service export sector; add $10 billion annually to the GDP; train […]