Sporting his Mexico team jersey, soccer fan Alan Romero got up at 4 am on Sunday to drive from Tijuana to Los Angeles, just so he could cheer for Iran in its World Cup match against Belgium.

The Catholic Bishops of the Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have criticised the reintegration of so-called repentant bandits into society and security structures, describing the practice as unjust and a disservice to victims of violent crimes across Nigeria.

Defender Nico Schlotterbeck is out of the World Cup after injuring a left-ankle ligament, the German Football association (DFB) announced on Monday.

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was handed a four-year suspension on Monday for refusing an anti-doping test.

…NCDC flags growing concern over infections, delayed treatmentBy Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, (NCDC) on Monday disclosed that the country’s Lassa fever outbreak has claimed 214 lives so far in 2026, with the fatality rate rising to 25 per cent. The report for Epidemiological Week 23, covering June 1 to […]

The trial of detained former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai continued before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, as the Federal Government called another witness to testify.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The owner of Shepherd-in-Charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, CCC, Olaiya Bethel Parish, Oko Agbon, Iwaya, Makoko area of Lagos, Prophet Olanrewaju Olaiya, has called on State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for intervention over what he termed unlawful demolition of property by state agents. Olaiya accused officials of the Lagos State Building […]

Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, has stirred public debate after attributing his success to luck rather than merit or effort alone.

If Iranian funds are ever unfrozen under a deal to end the Middle East war, Washington can make sure that the money does not finance terrorism, US Vice President JD Vance insisted Monday.

The country, one of Africa’s largest and most industrialised economies, has been on edge following weeks of sometimes violent xenophobic unrest that has left at least two people dead.

A human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, on Monday, testified in the ongoing trial of former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, charged with alleged breach of national security.

By Golok Nanmwa JOS — The death toll from Sunday night’s attack on Kawel village in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 22, with health workers, patients and security personnel among those killed. Residents said armed attackers stormed the community late Sunday night, opening fire on residents and […]

According to him, Starmer’s decision followed growing public dissatisfaction over economic challenges, rising living costs and unmet campaign promises.

Britain will have its seventh prime minister in a decade this year after Labour leader Keir Starmer was ousted on Monday by his own party.

Tehran has agreed for inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog to return to the country, Vance said, a year after Iran suspended some cooperation and blocked inspectors from key nuclear sites bombed by the US and Israel in 2025’s 12-day war.