Suspected Jihadists Kill Several Soldiers In Mali
Several Malian soldiers died on Wednesday in a large-scale attack by suspected jihadists on a military outpost in the remote west of the landlockled west African nation. “More than 100…
More Than 20 Dead In Migrant Shipwreck Off Senegal
Rescuers pulled more than 20 bodies from the sea off northern Senegal on Wednesday after a boat loaded with migrants heading for Europe sank, a regional governor told AFP. “A…
Ghana Parliament Passes Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Ghana’s parliament voted to pass a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights on Wednesday in a move condemned by activists. The bill still has to be validated by the…
Rigobert Song No Longer Cameroon Boss, Says Eto’o
Rigobert Song has left his job as Cameroon head coach, the Cameroonian football federation (Fecafoot) president Samuel Eto’o said on Wednesday. Cameroon were knocked out of the Africa Cup of…
Osimhen Bags Hat-Trick As Napoli Hit Sassuolo For Six
Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia netted five goals between them as Napoli thumped Sassuolo 6-1 on Wednesday, harking back to the thrilling attacking partnership which won last season’s Serie A…
Buhari Destroyed Nigeria’s Economy, We’re Paying For His Mistakes – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central in the Senate, Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country. Sani said that some…
Economic Challenges: I Take Full Responsibility, Says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu says his administration is working to ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency with a particular emphasis on systematically inculcating fairness and equity in all aspects…
‘Fibre Cuts Affecting Voice, Data Services’, MTN Explains Outage
Telecommunications company MTN Nigeria has explained that the network outage experienced by its subscribers for the major part of Wednesday was caused by “multiple fibre cuts”. MTN boasts of 87,038,768…
NCC Orders Telcos To Bar Subscribers Not Linked To NIN
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a directive to telecom service providers to bar subscribers who have failed to link their phone numbers to their National Identification Numbers (NIN)…
USA To Play Brazil In Copa America Warm-Up
The United States will take on five-time world champions Brazil in a warm-up friendly ahead of the Copa America, US Soccer confirmed on Tuesday. The June 12 fixture will take…