The Confederation of African Football has increased the winners’ prize money for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations by 100 per cent, raising it from $1m to $2m. This is the second time CAF is raising the prize money within a year, coming just days before the 2026 WAFCON in Morocco, where 16 teams will…
Yagana Mohammed A Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri has sentenced a woman, Yagana Mohammed, to six months’ imprisonment for fraud involving ₦3.5 million. Justice B.T. Zannah handed down the judgment on Wednesday after the defendant pleaded guilty to a one-count amended charge of criminal misappropriation filed by the Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the…
MAPUTO, Mozambique, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — The Government of Mozambique, through the Ministry of Health, launched the Action Plan for Child Survival 2026–2030, launched on Monday 20 July 2026, in Maputo Province, a strategic instrument aimed at accelerating the reduction of child mortality and ensuring that all children have the opportunity to survive, grow…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lambasted President Bola Tinubu over the alleged allocation of ₦22.15 billion in the 2026 budget for the construction and renovation of 106 palaces across Nigeria. Atiku, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, described the appropriation as a constitutional aberration. He stated that…
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has surpassed the apex bank’s 2026 external reserves target five months ahead of schedule, with Nigeria’s foreign reserves rising above $52bn for the first time in more than 17 years. Latest data from the CBN showed that the country’s gross external reserves climbed to $52.02bn…
The Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) has commended President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for the unprecedented scholarships of the Presidential Amnesty Programme under Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro. The IYN, which urged the PAP boss to ignore detractors, advised him to sustain the tempo of the positive impact of the programme…
