Super Eagles defender Benjamin Tanimu has rejoined Tanzanian Premier League side Singida Black Stars on a two-year contract. Tanimu first joined Singida Black Stars from Nigeria Premier Football League club, Bendel Insurance, in February 2024. The 23-year-old then moved to English Football League One club Crawley Town on a two-year contract in September 2024. The…
Minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has explained that the sharp increase in Nigeria’s dept profile was mostly due to depreciation of the naira, and not necessarily from fresh borrowings by the Federal Government. Oyedele made the clarification on Monday while addressing the Senate committee on finance on the state…
France’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in Paris after two French embassy staff members were detained, interrogated and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran on Sunday evening, in what Paris described as a flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity. The French Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires on Tuesday, two…
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — eWAKA (www.eWAKA.tech) today announced the company’s Co-founder and CEO, Céleste Tchetgen Vogel, has been selected as a 2026 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow. Vogel was recognized for her work to electrify Africa’s last mile, giving riders clean vehicles they can own and a better way to earn. Chosen from…
I have, for hours now, sat diligently in front of my laptop to write this emergency ToryDiary in the wake of Burnham’s Cabinet appointments. Since his election victory in Makerfield, rumours have been afloat over who will take which brief in his rehashed Number 10 operation. Would Shabana Mahmood remain as Home Secretary? Perhaps Ed…
From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 26.5 per cent, opting to sustain its tight monetary policy as inflationary risks continue to weigh on the economy. The decision was reached at the end of the Bank’s 306th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held…
