Kobe win J-League title five months after Iniesta’s exit

Japan’s Vissel Kobe won their first J-League title on Saturday, almost five months after Spanish legend Andres Iniesta left the club. Kobe beat Nagoya Grampus 2-1 to clinch the championship…

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Google empowers 15 Nigerian SMEs with N75m

Google has empowered 15 Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) under its Hustle Academy with the sum of N75 million.

Labour Minister Lalong may quit Tinubu’s cabinet

Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, has picked up his certificate of return as Senator of Plateau South in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Lalong, a two-term…

Actress Melissa Barrera fired from Scream 7 over Israel-Gaza posts

Actress Melissa Barrera has been fired from the next Scream film sequel after its makers said her pro-Palestinian social media posts were antisemitic. The star has posted regularly about the…

Ecuador’s youngest-ever president Daniel Noboa takes office

Ecuador’s new president, the 35-year-old millionaire heir to a banana empire, Daniel Noboa, took office Thursday as the leader of a country gripped by a bloody drug war. “You are…

Harry Maguire accepts apology from Ghana MP Isaac Adongo

Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has accepted an apology from a Ghanaian MP who mocked him. “See you at Old Trafford soon,” the defender wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Mendy…

Liberian president-elect Boakai urges unity

Liberia’s president-elect Joseph Boakai on Wednesday called for unity to rebuild the country as he delivered his first speech since a narrow victory at the polls. Boakai, a 78-year-old political…

Biden congratulates Argentine president-elect Milei

US President Joe Biden congratulated Argentine president-elect Javier Milei in a call on Wednesday, the White House said, three days after the libertarian outsider’s resounding election victory in South America’s…

Four key people to watch at COP28

King Charles III, Pope Francis and COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber might grab headlines at next week’s COP28 in Dubai, but they are not the only people who will play…

WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnesses outbreak

The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on respiratory illnesses spreading in the north of the country, but Beijing offered no public comment on Thursday. Northern China…

Toxicology Test On Mohbad’s Body Ongoing In US – Coroner

The Lagos Coroner Court sitting in Ikorodu on Wednesday heard that the most crucial aspect of autopsy to determine the cause of death of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad is being conducted in the United States (US).

JUST IN: Court Grants Emefiele N300m Bail

Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja, has granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, bail in the sum of N300 million and two sureties in like sum.

Petrol price increased to N630.63 in October- NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N195.29 in October 2022 to N630.63 in October 2023.

Argentina defeat Brazil in 2026 World Cup qualifier

Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 on Tuesday in an ill-tempered 2026 World Cup qualifying clash marred by pre-match crowd trouble that forced kick-off to be delayed. A 63rd-minute header from veteran…