The organizers of the Ballon d’Or have warned that winning the World Cup does not guarantee a player the award. This was contained in a statement published on their website on Monday, a day after Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final. In the past, Bobby Charlton (1966), Paolo Rossi (1982) and Lothar…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has told the House of Representatives that two foreign currency accounts opened for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council have remained inactive since their creation, with no deposits or withdrawals recorded. The disclosure was made on Monday by a Director at the apex bank, Hamisu Abdullahi,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 20, 2026/APO Group/ — By Omar Ali Adib is the Senior Vice President – Middle East, Africa and Central Asia for the Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace division (www.Rolls-Royce.com). For more than 120 years, Rolls-Royce has engineered solutions to some of aerospace’s most complex challenges. Aviation has been transformed: aircraft fly further, higher and…
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a nationwide investigation into fraud involving the H-1B visa and PERM programs. It’s a long overdue step toward promoting confidence in America’s employment-based immigration system. But the H-1B visa system is only part of a much larger problem. Another visa category has operated for decades with less scrutiny and…
He’s got the job no-one wanted. VIEWS FROM MY CAB Congratulations Andy! You’ve become Prime Minister unopposed and without the tiresome chores of publishing a manifesto and winning a general election. Think about that. Not a single one of the 402 other members of the Parliamentary Labour Party, all of whom are ambitious and many…
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, led the party’s gubernatorial campaign in Ila-Orangun on Monday, throwing his weight behind the party’s candidate, Bola Oyebamiji. Addressing residents, Basiru emphasized that with monthly federal allocations to states reaching record highs, Osun is positioned for a significant developmental leap. He argued that the…
