Aston Villa etched their name into European football history on Wednesday after defeating SC Freiburg 3-0 in Turkey to win the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League title.

India and the African Union have postponed a summit meeting due to take place next week in New Delhi after a deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, in an area under the Rwanda-backed M23 militia’s control, the armed group’s spokesman said Thursday.

By Nnasom David Abuja — Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has called for deliberate empowerment and early leadership mentoring for women in the Federal Civil Service, saying stronger Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and improved governance can only be achieved when women are fully included in leadership and decision-making processes. Speaking at the 2026 International […]

At least four Iranian footballers and one of their entourage went to the US embassy in Ankara Thursday to submit visa applications for the World Cup, an AFP correspondent said.

By John Alechenu, ABUJA Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections. Thousands of party members and supporters turned out across the 57 wards of the district to affirm her candidacy during a simultaneous exercise on Wednesday. The process […]

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency, even though the risk is high at both the regional and national levels.

The NYSC added that the swearing-in ceremony for prospective corps members mobilised for the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Stream I service year would also take place on Friday, June 12.

Ugbarajo Itsekiri Youths, UIY, has joined the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILOT, in rejecting INEC’s new proposal on the delineation of Warri Federal Constituency, saying the Supreme Court in Hon. George Timinimi &Ors vs. Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, (SC. 413/2016) did not order INEC to conduct delineation exercise that is tainted with fraud and […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose second term will expire on July 31, 2026.

“We used all legal means via the courts to get the commission to comply with court orders and stop the unnecessary delays which we believe are linked and masterminded by those who left the NNPP.

The APC National Assembly Primary Election Committee had declared Gbenga Elegbeleye winner of the Ondo North senatorial primary with 28,062 votes.

Saints admitted observing a training session held by semi-final opponents Middlesbrough earlier this month, as well as two other similar incidents during the season.

There was tight security around the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ogba, Ikeja, early Thursday as electoral officers and materials were deployed for the party’s governorship primary election.

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja An aspirant for the Cross River Central Senatorial District, Barr. Mary Ekpere, has demanded to be declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary held on Monday. Ekpere, a former Director-General of the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, now known as the Mariam Babangida National Centre for […]