World Cup: Mexican president urges responsible celebrations after deaths following last win
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has appealed to supporters to celebrate responsibly if Mexico defeat England in Sunday's FIFA World Cup Round of 16 clash, following the deaths of at least four fans during celebrations after the team's last victory.
200 US troops still in Nigeria for joint intelligence, training – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday clarified that troops reported withdrawn from the Lake Chad Basin are different from the 200 troops deployed to Nigeria to carry out joint intelligence and training operations against ISIS and other terrorist elements within the country.
Explosion rocks Apapa tank farm; NPA, NIMASA move to curtail spread
Panic erupted at the Lagos tank farm cluster in Ibafon, Apapa, on Friday morning after a fire broke out at the Bono Tank Farm, located within the Best Energy Tank Farm complex.
Unai Simon becomes first goalkeeper to go 519 World Cup minutes without conceding
Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón etched his name into World Cup history on Thursday after setting a new record for the longest shutout streak, surpassing a mark that had stood for 36 years.
South-South deserves greater Infrastructural development, PANDEF tells Tinubu
According to PANDEF, of the 26 major highway projects approved across 15 states, none traverses the core South-South states, except the Benue-Cross River road project, which it said borders the region, and it described the development as “deeply troubling.”
How ‘Yahoo boys’ wiped N7.2m from judge’s bank account, EFCC chairman reveals
Speaking during the public presentation of two books authored by a retired high court judge, Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye, the EFCC Chairman said he was woken from sleep around 1am by a distress call from a judge in one of the South-South states who had fallen victim to scammers.
