Wednesday’s incident occurred early in the morning, moments after Spain completed their 2-0 victory over France in Texas to qualify for the World Cup final.

Six days after he was remanded in prison custody, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, on Wednesday granted bail to the former chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar, to the tune of N100 million.

The government said it was considering stricter measures, including sanctions for parents who fail to enrol their children in school, as part of efforts to reverse the trend.

The Lagos State Government has kicked off the Project Management, Operations and Design, PMOD, Consultancy for the Omi Eko Project, in what officials described as a major milestone toward transforming water transportation in the state.

The United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, after Washington reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the foes.

Rice has been struggling with illness and came off at half-time in the quarter-final victory over Norway.

As England and Argentina prepare to renew one of football’s fiercest rivalries in Wednesday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final, memories of Diego Maradona’s unforgettable performance in Mexico 1986 have once again taken centre stage.

Samsung has equipped its flagship and premium smartphones with some of the most powerful mobile processors available, delivering faster performance for gaming, multitasking, photography, video editing and artificial intelligence features.

The groups also appealed to the Federal Government to deploy more operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, to vulnerable communities, saying the agency’s intelligence-driven operations had yielded positive results in curbing attacks.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy and thundery weather from Wednesday to Friday across the country.