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Against familiar rivals and seven-time champions Egypt, Eric Chelle’s side once again proved they could suffer, adapt and survive igeria closed their AFCON 2025 campaign with grit, depth and defiance, edging Egypt 4–2 on penalties to claim the bronze medal after a tense goalless draw in regulation time. Still nursing the emotional wounds of a semifinal penalty defeat to hosts …

sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened a meeting with his top advisers to discuss Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza, after it revealed the US did not include Israel in talks to do with its creation. Netanyahu’s office said it was “not coordinated with Israel and runs contrary to its policy”, following Saturday’s announcement of the committee’s Gaza …

resh political discussions suggest that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is quietly assessing four prominent northern Christian leaders as possible running mates ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Sources across print, broadcast and online media have consistently mentioned former Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Defence Minister Lt-Gen. Christopher Musa (retd), Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most …

any bank customers have frowned at the 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax(VAT) on selected electronic banking services, saying taxes are becoming too much for citizens. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday,  appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that banks did not use the guise of …

he Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a criminal charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, over allegations bordering on fraud in relation to a London property. The ICPC, in a three-count charge filed by its lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, Head, High Profile Prosecution Department, at the Abuja High Court, accused Ozekhome of complicity in the large-scale …

he National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict, female online vendor and others in raids conducted in Jigawa, Lagos, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Oyo, FCT, Enugu, and Kwara states. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Giving a breakdown, Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Edo state …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON do State Police Command said it has arrested a 19-year-old unlicensed reckless teenage driver who recently knocked down three policemen at a checkpoint in Benin City, issuing a stern warning against attacks on police officers. In a statement released on Saturday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Eno Ikoedem, the Command said the incident occurred at …

he Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the founding members of its “Board of Peace” for Gaza. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will also sit on the “founding executive board”, the White House said in a statement on …

Meanwhile, a Federal High Court had ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 assets allegedly linked to Malami and his two sons. The assets, according to court documents, are valued at ₦213,234,120,000. team of lawyers and loyalists of embattled former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, returned to the Federal High Court on Friday, reportedly seeking Justice Emeke Nwite’s …

* Restrains CJ from acting on lawmakers’ notice *Assembly members adamant, insists on ousting Fubara, deputy, say governor incorrigible *Four lawmakers backtrack *Process will not succeed, says Fubara’s aide mid rising political tension, a Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo yesterday ordered the Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly, and its clerk to temporarily …