Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was the hero with two saves in the shoot-out as hosts Morocco beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties to set up an Africa Cup of Nations final showdown this weekend with Senegal after a tense last-four clash on Wednesday finished 0-0 at the end of extra time. Bounou saved from Samuel Chukwueze and […]
The Federal Government has proposed spending 3.2 trillion naira on the construction and rehabilitation of federal roads in the 2026 budget, a sharp increase aimed at completing long-delayed highways and repairing key corridors nationwide. The allocation marks a nearly four hundred and eighty-nine percent rise compared to the five hundred and forty-eight point five billion […]
Away from that, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Oyo State chapter has announced February 9th, 2026, as the start of the rotational movement of Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) machines across all three hundred and fifty-one registration areas in the state.Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Adeniran Tella, said that the exercise marks the second phase of […]
The Oyo State Police Command has assured residents of adequate security amid concerns about alleged bandit activities. In an interview with Dominion News, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Olayinka Ayanlade stated that there is no confirmed report of bandits in the state. He said the command is working with other security agencies to monitor […]
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have signed a new agreement aimed at improving the quality and stability of Nigeria’s university education system.The agreement, which replaces the 2009 pact that led to repeated industrial actions, was signed at the TETFund Conference Hall in Maitama, Abuja.Dignitaries at the event included the […]
The Federal Government has honoured serving and retired Nigerian Army personnel for gallantry and service at the 2026 Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day Gala Night in Abuja.According to the Army, the late Brigadier General Musa Uba received a Gallantry Award for leading troops during counter-insurgency operations in Borno State before he was killed in […]
New Real Madrid coach, Alvaro Arbeloa, has disclosed that his priority is to return the club to their winning ways. Speaking in a press conference ahead of today’s Copa del Rey clash against Albacete, Arbeloa stated that success is the most important thing for the record fifteen-time European champions.The 42-year-old former defender who was appointed […]
President Donald Trump has sternly posited that the United States will take very strong action against Iran if it executes protesters, after earlier telling Iranians help is on the way.It comes as relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained last week, said he was due to be executed today, tallying with over 2,400 anti-government […]
At least twenty-two people have been killed after a construction crane fell on top of a moving train carriage carrying at least one hundred and ninety-five people from Bangkok to a province in northeastern Thailand.According to official records, the disaster left at least eighty people injured. Meanwhile, the governor of the State Railway of Thailand […]
A Tunisian appeal court has reduced the prison sentence and ordered the release of a journalist, Chatha Belhaj Mubarak, who has been jailed since 2023 over a conspiracy case.She was convicted in the so-called Instalingo case, which involved politicians, media figures and other defendants accused of conspiracy and financial crimes, to which Belhaj denied. Her […]