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Paris Saint-Germain booked their place in the Club World Cup semi-finals with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Bayern Munich on Saturday, in a high-octane contest played out before nearly 67,000 fans at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele struck late goals for the nine-man European champions, who had…
Renowned Nigerian filmmaker and entrepreneur, Pascal Atuma, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant the entertainment sector the same level of attention and financial support it accords the oil industry. Atuma, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme on Saturday, emphasized the growing global economic significance of the creative sector…
The football world will gather in solemn remembrance on Saturday as the funeral of Liverpool forward and Portugal international, Diogo Jota, and his younger brother, André Silva, takes place in their hometown of Gondomar, near Porto. The tragic ceremony follows just 48 hours after the devastating car accident that claimed…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the 17th BRICS Summit, a high-profile gathering of emerging economies focused this year on global governance reform and South-South cooperation. The Nigerian leader’s aircraft landed at Galeão Air Force Base at 8:45 p.m. on Friday, where he…
President Bola Tinubu has departed Saint Lucia for Brazil, marking the second leg of his two-nation diplomatic tour. The Nigerian leader is set to participate in the 2025 BRICS Summit scheduled for July 6–7 in Rio de Janeiro. His departure follows a six-day state visit to the Caribbean nation, which…
Manchester United is bracing for a major squad shake-up as five first-team players — Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Antony, Alejandro Garnacho, and Tyrell Malacia — have officially informed the club of their desire to leave ahead of the new season. The bombshell was confirmed by renowned football journalist Fabrizio Romano…
The Federal Government has scheduled July 23 and 24, 2025, for a national stakeholders’ forum aimed at tackling growing concerns surrounding petrol pricing, market regulation, and fuel supply challenges within Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector. The forum, organised by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), is expected to…
The Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of one of its prominentI chieftains, Bashir Zakariya, in a car accident along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on Thursday. Zakariya, who until his death served as the SDP Chairman for Zone One…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has officially launched the third edition of its regional awareness campaign aimed at promoting and protecting the interests of small-scale women traders along the Abidjan–Lagos corridor. The high-level ceremony took place on 30th June 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and was co-chaired…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has launched a high-level training and capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening the legal framework for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) within the region. Organised through its Trade and Legal Affairs Directorates, the event kicked off on June 30, 2025,…
