BREAKING: Achraf Hakimi crowned CAF Men’s Player of the Year 2025
The Morocco international beat Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Galatasaray’s Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen to the honour. Hakimi enjoyed an outstanding year, helping PSG win Ligue 1 and claim their first-ever Champions League title. The 27-year-old is the…
Nigeria’s Oluwafunke Adeoye wins 2025 IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
Nigerian human rights lawyer Oluwafunke (Funke) Adeoye is the recipient of the 2025 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for demonstrating a remarkable blend of legal brilliance and passion for justice. The IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee annually…
Christians in Nigeria ‘driven from their homes and killed’, Nicki Minaj says
Nicki Minaj – the US-based, multi-million-selling Trinidadian rapper – has publicly backed President Donald Trump’s allegations that Christians face persecution in Nigeria. “In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted,” Minaj said on Tuesday at a UN event organised by the US,…
Lagos postpones rehabilitation works on Lekki-Ajah corridor
The Lagos State Government has postponed indefinitely the commencement of the planned rehabilitation works on the Lekki-Ajah corridor. This disclosure is contained in a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on his official X (formerly…
Tanzania’s poll unrest has ‘stained’ the country’s global image, President Samia Suluhu Hassan says
Poll unrest has ‘stained’ Tanzania’s global image, president says. Tanzania’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that hit the East African nation during last month’s heavily disputed elections, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has acknowledged. Speaking as she…
Eswatini confirms receiving $5.1m from the US for accepting deportees
Eswatini’s government has confirmed that it received $5.1m (£3.8m) from the Trump administration for accepting people deported from the US as part of a hard-line approach towards immigration. The southern African kingdom, led by absolute monarch King Mswati III, has…
Electricity workers threaten nationwide shutdown
The nation’s electricity supply may face a major crisis as the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has threatened a nationwide shutdown, following an alleged attack on the staff of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, by armed police officers…
Kebbi Attack: Tinubu orders rescue of 25 abducted schoolgirls
President Bola Tinubu has directed security agencies to immediately rescue the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State. Gunmen attacked the school in the early hours of Monday, killing…
YouTuber Jake Paul to fight two-time world heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua next month
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will fight recent world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professional bout on Dec. 19. The heavyweight bout, which will consist of eight three-minute rounds, will take place at Kaseya Center in Miami and will be…
Philippines Protests: Hundreds of Thousands Demand Accountability for Corruption
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos protested in Manila against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration, demanding accountability for a corruption scandal involving multibillion-dollar flood control projects. The protests, organized by the influential Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) sect, marked a significant reversal…