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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD) has set a target of investing at least $1.5 billion in Nigeria over the next three years as it expands its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The projection was disclosed by the EBRD’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms Heike Harmgart, and the bank’s Country Director and Head of Nigerian operations, Hamza Al-Assad, during the official opening of the bank’s first office in Sub-Saharan Africa in Lagos on Friday. The investment target follows the bank’s entry into Nigeria in October 2025, which highlights the financial institution’s confidence in the country’s private sector and investment…

Social commentator and institutional reforms advocate, Segun Awosanya, popularly known as Segalink, has said the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, lacks the qualities required to lead Nigeria, arguing that his politics is divisive and driven by what he described as an online “mob.” Awosanya made the remarks during an interview on Vanguard’s Politics Hub, where he spoke on the state of the nation, the 2027 general election and Obi’s presidential ambition. Describing the former Anambra State governor, Segalink said Obi had built his political appeal around public anger rather than national leadership. “It is obvious…

Researchers have uncovered a surprising side effect of artificial lighting: ordinary streetlights can lure thousands of tiny land dwelling isopods into giant synchronized “death spirals.” The newly documented behavior, observed in Israel, is the first of its kind and suggests that human made lighting can dramatically disrupt the instincts of small ground dwelling animals. The study was led by PhD student Idan Sheizaf under the supervision of Prof. Ariel Chipman at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Published in Ecology and Evolution, the research describes how land dwelling isopods, relatives of crabs and shrimp that are better known as woodlice or…

Morgan told the inquest Cusack had disclosed her relationship with Riglar at his request to everyone in his team. Justifying his request, Morgan said: “In the past, relationships have had issues within the environment. People would break up, it would cause scenarios that sort of divided the team’s opinion and make things a bit uncomfortable.”Cusack’s mother Deborah previously told the inquest that her daughter would have been “absolutely humiliated beyond belief” when Morgan called her girlfriend and teammate Riglar “Mrs Cusack” in front of other players.However, Morgan told the inquest that “never happened”, adding that he said “here come the…

Afrobeats star Davido has defended his decision to highlight the abduction of 39 children and seven teachers during his performance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, insisting that Nigeria’s image should not take precedence over the safety of innocent children. Speaking in an interview with Focus on Africa host Waihiga Mwaura, shared on Sunday, the singer explained why he wore pins bearing the names of the missing victims while performing on the global stage. Davido said he deliberately used the international platform to draw attention to Nigeria’s security challenges, arguing that remaining silent to protect the country’s reputation was unjustifiable…

Enjoying the local produce is one of the great pleasures of travel – and a trip that coincides with a food festival is a win-win. We’d love to hear about foodie festivals you’ve discovered on holiday in Europe or the UK – from tiny village affairs to well-established events that draw the crowds, tell us where you went, what you ate and why it was so good.The best tip of the week, chosen by Tom Hall of Lonely Planet wins a £200 voucher to stay at a Coolstays property – the company has more than 3,000 worldwide. The best tips…

NewsFeedUS President Donald Trump defended FIFA’s decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension, saying the striker’s dismissal was unfair and describing the referee as ‘suspect.’ FIFA suspended the one-match ban after a call from Trump, allowing the striker to face Belgium in the World Cup last 16.Published On 6 Jul 20266 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Wildfires raging across southern Europe have forced thousands to flee their homes and prompted officials to ban spectators from a stage of the Tour de France, amid warnings of “powder keg” conditions after a record-breaking early summer heatwave.Hundreds of firefighters are tackling blazes that have burned through almost 20,000 hectares (49,500 acres) in Portugal, Spain, France and Greece. Strong winds are forecast to fan the flames and temperatures are expected to rise again this week.In the remote foothills of the French Pyrenees near the Spanish border, 700 firefighters were struggling to contain an out-of-control wildfire that has ⁠scorched 5,000 hectares…

Dike Onwamaeze The Stanbic IBTC’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report for June 2026 stated that manufacturing recorded a decrease in output even though improving demand helped to support further increases in output of Nigeria’s private sector in the first half of 2026. According to the report, the health of the private sector has now strengthened in five successive months as business activity expanded across three of the four broad sectors covered by the survey, the exception being manufacturing. It said: “As has been the case in each month since December 2024, business activity increased in Nigeria’s private sector during June. The…

AI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything from abortion to climate change in ways that could snowball to reshape long-term public opinion, experts have said.As tech companies push AI tools as convenient ways to redraft and summarise the massive influx of daily messages, many inject their own political biases – some leaning distinctly rightwing, others more liberal, according to a study from Oxford and Potsdam universities.AI drafting tools completely reversed the meaning of draft posts on atheism, including in one test switching a claim that Jesus wasn’t real to “Jesus … was real”. They also…