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Argentina came into the tournament on a 36-match unbeaten run and were one of the favourites to win the entire tournament, let alone Tuesday’s Group C opener against the Asian minnows. “We fully respect Saudi Arabia as we do with…
The murder victim, a 43-year old civil servant for the tax authorities, was found dead on Monday, killed “most likely by repeated stabbing”, the prosecutors’ office in the northern French city of Arras said. The suspected killer, a 46-year-old antiquities…
The 37-year-old prince — widely known as MBS — has been at the centre of diplomatic turmoil with the United States and other powers since the grisly 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. President Joe Biden visited…
The response of popular Nigerian crossdresser Okuneye Idris, often known as Bobrisky, to the murder of Davido’s son Ifeanyi Adeleke has drawn criticism from online users. On social media, a number of sympathy messages have been spreading as Nigerians grieve…
Adigun Agbaje, a political science professor and former deputy vice chancellor at the University of Ibadan, thanked Nigerians for their worries before kidnappers freed him. “Today is a fresh day, and I’m grateful to be alive. I was held captive…
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate for the African Action Congress, has responded to the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group Afenifere’s backing of several presidential contenders. Both of the group’s “teams A and B” erred, according to Sowore, because “they can not decide…
The nation’s security network is now being reviewed and strengthened at meetings between the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired), and security chiefs. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the president postponed a number of his official events, including…
In some areas of Lagos, the cost of transportation has increased on Monday as several drivers discontinued their services. The cost of a minibus ride from First Gate bus stop to Orile along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway has increased from 150…
After the navy and the pipeline owner also started surveys this week, Swedish prosecutors announced Friday that they would launch a fresh, complementary crime scene examination of the Nord Stream leaks. Public prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist issued a statement saying, “I…
The Federal Government must “return Nnamdi Kanu to his status quo by June 19, 2021,” according to an order from the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Evelyn Anyadike. She also ordered the government to pay N500m in damages…