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Sadio Mane, who finished second in this year’s Ballon d’Or, was named to Senegal’s World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday in spite of a recent injury. Senegal coach Aliou Cissé named the Bayern Munich forward in his 26-man squad to the relief of a nation that had …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government is monitoring Twitter closely under the new ownership of Elon Musk. The FG had in 2021 banned the social media platform, claiming it was being used as a medium to spread fake news and hate speech …

The Moroccan coach Walid Regragui unveiled on Thursday his list of 26 players for the World Cup. The Atlas Lions will rely on the attacking talent of Hakim Ziyech, the Chelsea winger who has returned to the national team after being dropped by the previous coach Vahid Halilhodzic. Another returnee …

Some soldiers of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning beat up a policeman and an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority along Eko Bridge in Lagos. According to information gathered, the soldiers were on one-way when the policeman and the LASTMA official stopped their vehicle and ordered them …

A South African court on Tuesday convicted a man of more than 90 rapes, some of which involved children of nine years. The Palm Ridge Court near Johannesburg convicted Nkosinathi Phakathi, 38, who targeted schoolgirls and also forced children to watch him commit rape for nine years between 2012 and …

Adidas said Tuesday that Bjorn Gulden, chief of rival outfitter Puma, would take over as its Chief Executive Officer as the German sportswear giant seeks to emerge from months of turbulence. Gulden will take on the role from January next year, replacing current CEO Kasper Rorsted, Adidas said. The 57-year-old …

The United Kingdom says it no longer advises against travel to the federal capital territory (FCT) in Nigeria. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) announced this in an updated travel advisory published on its website on Monday (November 7) On October 23, the UK warned of an increased …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, arrived in Minna, Niger State, on Monday to attend a town hall meeting with agro-allied and commodity groups. In a video posted on Twitter by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos …

A journalist who runs a news website critical of the government in Senegal has been taken into police custody in Dakar, accusing him of disseminating “information likely to harm” security, his lawyer said. Pape Alé Niang, who runs the private news website Dakar Matin, is famous in Senegal for his …

…Investigations reveal chemical type, multinational company’s complicity, as farmers count losses In the second of this two-part report, ALFRED OLUFEMI tracked hapless farmers that lost crops worth millions to environmental pollution caused by the spillage of toxic soap-making chemicals that affected several Oyo communities. Those allegedly liable – a national and multinational company, …