Manchester United are making one thing clear as the transfer window enters its final weeks: Bruno Fernandes is not for sale. The club has opened talks with its captain over a new contract, with negotiations covering the length of the deal, his salary and the €65 million release clause attached to his current agreement. United…
Veteran Yoruba actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, is battling stage 4 cancer, with his daughters making an emotional appeal for doctors, hospitals and cancer specialists who may be able to offer further treatment options. The actor’s daughters, Kira and Haleemah, disclosed his condition in separate emotional videos shared on Instagram. They said several…
West and Central Africa are facing two very different disease threats at the same time, and both are exposing the same weakness: the cost of responding late is becoming much higher than the cost of preparing early. Cholera is spreading across six countries in West and Central Africa, with seasonal rains, flooding, population displacement and…
Plateau State’s cholera outbreak has reached 537 suspected cases and 17 deaths, but the latest figures also tell a more complicated story. While the number of people affected continues to rise, health authorities say active transmission has been brought under control in several of the areas that were previously hit hardest. The outbreak began in…
President Donald Trump has once again made Iran’s nuclear program the center of his policy, saying preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains his “number one Goal”. His statement comes at a particularly important moment because the 60-day period created by a US-Iran memorandum has now expired without a broader agreement. That makes Trump’s…
Davido entered the Osun governorship election as one of the most visible celebrity supporters of his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke. He leaves it saying he wants nothing more to do with Nigerian politics. After Adeleke defeated APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji with 511,067 votes to 444,815, Davido celebrated the victory. But within hours, his mood changed….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $60 million from Nestoil Limited and paid the money to a consortium of creditor banks, but the bigger story is what the recovery says about Nigeria’s growing problem with large corporate debts. The payment is the first stage of a structured repayment plan agreed between Nestoil and…
Two Iranian-launched drones targeting the private office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the home of a senior security official in Erbil may not have caused casualties, but the choice of targets makes the attack more significant than another drone incident. Kurdish counterterrorism authorities said the Hadid-110 explosive drones were launched from Iranian…
Ademola Adeleke’s re-election means Osun State will have political continuity for the next four years. But for residents, the more important question is what that continuity will actually deliver. Adeleke defeated APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji with 511,067 votes to 444,815, winning 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas. The result gives him a stronger…
The Osun governorship election has taken a tense turn as allegations of vote buying, ballot irregularities and confrontations at polling locations raise fresh questions about how freely voters can make their choice. Reports from across the state on Saturday show that money has become a major flashpoint. In some areas, voters and young people reportedly…
