Jubilant football fans poured onto the streets across Senegal, while social media went into overdrive to celebrate the West African nation’s historic and maiden Africa Cup of Nations triumph. A public holiday was declared in the country after Senegal beat seven-time winners Egypt with Sadio Mane converting the decisive penalty in the final at the…
Celebrations erupted across Dakar on Sunday night after Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title in a penalty shoot-out over seven-time winners Egypt. It was Sadio Mane who stepped up to make history for the West African nation in Cameroon’s Olembe Stadium, scoring the penalty that secured his team’s 4-2 victory in the…
Oil prices continued their surge on Saturday, sending one of Nigeria’s most valued grades, Bonny Light to $95 and Algeria’s Sahara Blend to $97.48, in an obvious push towards the $100 mark.The increase represented a 3.70 per cent for the Nigerian grade and 4.29 per cent for the North African grade, the highest level they…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the stakeholders in the southern region would soon take a position concerning the 2023 presidential election.Wike spoke on Saturday at a reception organised in his honour by the Kalabari people.“The day the South will speak, Nigeria will shake,” the governor said.“We believe in the unity of this country,…
Russia has assembled at least 70 percent of the military firepower it likely intends to have in place by mid-month to give President Vladimir Putin the option of launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials say.The officials, who discussed internal assessments of the Russian buildup on condition they not be identified, sketched out a…
Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa, the capital. The “Freedom Convoy” began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers, but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures and…
The Emir of Daura in Katsina State, Dr Umar Farouq Umar, on Saturday stated that the emirate does not confer chieftaincy titles on personalities within and outside the country because of their financial status or political positions but based on merits.This is even as the monarch urged Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari to…
After a long break due to a frosty relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria, the Emirates Airline on Saturday resumed operations in Nigeria with its Flight EK783 landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.The flight, which departed Dubai at 1030hrs landed in Nigeria’s busiest commercial city at 03.30 pm.Another…
The COVID-19 pandemic could reverse decades of global progress in stamping out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), UN agencies warn ahead of the International Day to eliminate the harmful practice. International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM is a UN-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on Feb. 6 as part of the UN’s efforts to…
