Former Super Eagles Head coach Sunday Oliseh, has joined the debate on who is the better striker between Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak. Both players are crucial to their clubs and have impressive goal-scoring records in the English Premier League. While Haaland has already won two Golden Boots, Isak is yet to claim one but…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an equity investment deal worth $50 million with the Lagos Free Zone Company (LFZ) to drive Nigeria’s industrial growth. The IFC Regional Director for Central Africa and Anglophone West Africa, Dahlia Khalifa, disclosed during the official signing of the deal on Friday in Lagos. Khalifa said the investment…
A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Pat Akem-Vingir (retd), has stated that the military requires at least 500,000 personnel to effectively combat terror groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). “Our army is small. We need to have an army of at least 500,000 personnel,”…
An airplane crash in the Philippines left one U.S. military service member and three defense contractors dead on Thursday. In a Thursday press release, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command announced, “On February 6, 2025, an aircraft contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur.” Indo-Pacific Command noted that the…
Police on Friday arraigned a 55-year-old Togolese, Jimoh Yusuf, for alleged N5.3 million fraud at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State. Yusuf, a commercial bus driver, was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Cpl. Akeem Akinloye, told the…
