The holders Argentina advanced to the Copa America semi-finals, beating Ecuador 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in Texas. Lionel Messi missed Argentina’s first penalty but was reprieved by goalkeeper Emi Martínez, who saved Ecuador’s first two efforts. Lisandro Martínez had given Argentina the lead 10 minutes before half-time, but Kevin Rodríguez equalised with a…
Britain woke Friday to the scene of a political earthquake. The opposition Labour Party, after 14 years in the political wilderness, has handed a brutal defeat to the ruling Conservatives. Party leader Keir Starmer is now certain to become prime minister in the coming hours, replacing his Conservative Party counterpart, Rishi Sunak, who has presided over one of the worst electoral…
A federal appeals court last week reversed a lower court decision that had thrown out a lawsuit by a student who was duped by a fake university set up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, court documents show. The ruling handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 25 opens the door for Teja…
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets towards Israel Thursday in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander amid growing fears of a new escalation in fighting on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. In one of the largest attacks in recent months, the Iran-backed militia said in a statement that it had fired over 200 rockets…
Brenda, daughter of Paul Biya, the president of Cameroon, has shared a photo of herself kissing another woman. In a recent social media post, the president’s daughter revealed that she is in a relationship with Brazilian model Layyons Valença. In the accompanying caption, Brenda openly expressed her love for the model and declared her lesbian status….
A group of suspected cult members disrupted an exam to lynch a final-year student at the Tai Solarin University (TASUED) in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. The murdered victim has been identified as Fabiyi Hammed Ayinla, a 400-level student of History and Diplomatic Studies at TASUED. Fabiyi is also said to be the general governor for TASUED’s…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that it will embark on a nationwide industrial action tomorrow, Thursday, July 4, along with sister union, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities Associated Institutions if the four months salaries withheld by government were not paid to members. In a communique issued at the end…
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to investigate the reported stagnation of promotion in civil service between 2013 and 2023, in a move aimed at ensuring efficient and effective public service delivery. The House took the decision sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by the member representing Ijumu/Kabba-Bunu Federal Constituency,…
The Federal Government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, at a workshop organised by the Bureau for Public Service Reforms in collaboration with the Office…
Donald Trump has asked the New York judge who presided over his recent hush-money trial to set aside his conviction as he seeks to capitalise on Monday’s supreme court ruling granting him broad immunity from prosecution. In what is probably just the first real-world impact of the controversial ruling from the conservative-dominated court, which said…
