Lionel Messi inspired Argentina to a stunning late comeback as the reigning champions beat Egypt 3-2 on Tuesday to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

“Even I cannot be scared of Peter Obi, not to talk about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or our party, the APC. What displays around Peter Obi is AI politics. It is putting something on nothing. Nobody is scared of Peter Obi. Peter Obi is not a threat to our president because Peter Obi himself knows very well that he cannot even face me, let alone face the president,” the minister said.

The firm further stated that Gbajabiamila had never met, communicated with, or had any personal or official relationship whatsoever with Prince Matthew, arguing that the absence of any prior interaction demonstrated the reckless and malicious nature of the publication.

According to a statement issued by the FCCPC on Monday, the directive was conveyed in a letter signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, requesting the commission to investigate the allegations contained in the petition.

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has announced it will, on July 23, 2026, host the 4th Lateef Jakande Memorial Lecture in Lagos.

LAGOS — United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced that its Chairman, Tony Elumelu, will retire on August 21, 2026, after completing the maximum 12-year tenure for non-executive directors as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The bank disclosed the development in a statement on Monday, stating that its Board of Directors […]

A 23-year-old Nigerian medical graduate, Nnani Adaobi Marian, has died after sustaining critical injuries in a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, just days before her graduation ceremony.

Fifteen persons, all males, have died in an auto crash at Muslim cemetery, along Ogbomoso-Oko Olowo route on Ilorin-Jebba expressway, Kwara State.

“But, to my utmost shock, I discovered that, contrary to my assumption that they had been in regular communication over the matter, Governor Seyi Makinde had not received a single call from President Bola Tinubu,” Obi wrote.

POLITICAL parties are recording mixed fortunes in the ongoing upload of candidates on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.