President Julius Maada Bio has called on the G20 to establish a G20–Africa Compact on Critical Minerals, during his address at the 2025 Summit in Johannesburg. The compact, he said, would ensure fairness, value addition, and transparency in the global clean-energy transition. President Bio stressed that Africa holds nearly one-third of the world’s critical minerals,…
Armed men have killed a teacher and abducted at least 25 students in an attack on a girls’ secondary school in north-western Nigeria, police say. The gang invaded the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, at around 04:00 local time (0300 GMT) on Monday, they said. The attackers “engaged police personnel on…
Nigeria fans are coming to terms with the fact the three-time continental champions will miss successive World Cups after a disjointed qualifying campaign which included two changes of manager and players boycotting training. A squad boasting talents such as Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and Alex Iwobi could not clinch one of the 48 places at…
Bangladesh’s former prime minister has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests which led to her ousting. Sheikh Hasina was found guilty of allowing lethal force to be used against protesters, 1,400 of whom died during the unrest last year. Hasina, 78, was tried in absentia by the…
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight YouTube star Jake Paul in a professional bout next month. Britain’s Joshua, the 36-year-old former two-time unified heavyweight champion, will take on the YouTuber-turned-boxer at Kaseya Center in Miami. The fight, which will be streamed live on Netflix, will take place on 19 December and consist of…
Norway have all but qualified for a first World Cup in 28 years as doubles from Erling Haaland and Alexander Sorloth sealed a comfortable win against Estonia. A seventh win out of seven in qualifying has them sat top of Group I, six points ahead of Italy in second place and 19 goals better off….
Nigeria advanced to the final of African play-offs for the 2026 Fifa World Cup following a dramatic 4-1 win over Gabon after extra time. Chidera Ejuke and Victor Osimhen struck in the first period of added time after the match in Rabat had ended 1-1 after 90 minutes. Osimhen ripped off his protective face mask…
Jeffrey Epstein appears to have confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed with Virginia Giuffre, according to a newly released email. The message sent by Epstein – who is alleged to have taken the photo – reads: “Yes she [Giuffre] was on my plane and yes she had her picture taken with Andrew.” Epstein’s account appears…
The Nigerian government has announced it is cancelling a controversial policy that mandated the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the earliest years of schooling instead of English. Education Minister Tunji Alausa said the programme, introduced just three years ago, had failed to deliver and was being scrapped with immediate effect. Instead, English will…
A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse to be broken. After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined with Republicans and voted in favour of an agreement. The vote is a procedural first step towards passing a compromise…
