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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has rejected claims that its restrictions on e-hailing operations at airports contributed to Uber’s decision to leave Nigeria. FAAN Managing Director, Olubunmi Kuku, said the ride-hailing company’s exit was a business decision and was unrelated to the authority’s efforts to regulate commercial transportation within airport premises. Speaking with journalists on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, amid renewed questions over the timing of Uber’s departure and the recent disagreement between FAAN and e-hailing operators. Uber announced on 2 September that it was discontinuing operations in Nigeria after 12 years in the…

Defending Champions of the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Edo Queens FC will face Ghanaian champions Ampem Darkoa Ladies in a mouth-watering WAFU-B CAF Women’s Champions League qualifying final on Saturday, with the regional title and a place at the continental showpiece at stake. The two West African giants set up the showdown in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, after recording emphatic victories in their respective semi-final fixtures on Wednesday. Edo Queens produced one of their most impressive performances of the tournament, thrashing Burkina Faso’s USFA FC 5-1, while unbeaten Ampem Darkoa Ladies defeated Benin Republic’s FC Dynamique 4-1 to book their…

He saw the first one on September 11 itself. “Missing”, said a hastily designed poster on the window of a bar in Tribeca providing food and water to first responders. It was a plea for information about a person who had vanished in the deadliest terrorist attack in US history.“I was like, ‘Wow, this is going to be …’” recalls Phil Buehler, an artist and photographer who had watched the twin towers collapse from his office window. “But you knew that there would be very few survivors. You knew it then.”The missing posters kept coming in the days after 9/11,…

Rivers United manager Finidi George has challenged his players to produce a positive result against San Pedro of Côte d’Ivoire as the Nigerian club begins its CAF Champions League qualifying campaign on Saturday. The former Super Eagles coach, speaking to the media ahead of the first-leg encounter in Abidjan, said Rivers United’s immediate objective is to avoid defeat and return home with a result that will give them confidence ahead of the second leg. Asked if he was hoping to “strike gold” in Abidjan this time, Finidi kept his response measured but made it clear that his team would give…

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have called for increased investment in leadership development across Africa’s public sector, saying technical expertise, sound policies and institutional systems alone cannot deliver sustainable reforms. They made the call on Thursday at a webinar organised by ACBF on ‘Leading Public Sector Transformation in Africa: Leadership Lessons from the LEAPS Programme’, where participants examined how leadership capacity could help governments overcome resistance, strengthen public financial management (PFM) and translate reforms into measurable institutional results. Executive Secretary of ACBF, Mr. Mamadou Biteye, said public-sector reform was…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a press conference on the day of the European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, Belgium Oct. 23, 2025. Yves Herman | ReutersEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Greenland’s capital on Sunday, seeking to shore up support for the Arctic island against a backdrop of repeated threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.The EU chief is widely expected to announce fresh funding for the self-governing Danish territory, when she makes her second trip to Nuuk, in the company of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.It comes shortly after Icelanders voted to…

A team of astronomers discovered a strange polygonal atmospheric structure on Saturn near the planet’s south pole. This 10-sided shape, known as a decagon, joins one of the gas giant’s most famous features: a hexagon near the north pole that was first observed 44 years ago. Images of the new decagon were captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, and the discovery was recently published in the journal Science Advances.The formations at both the north and south poles aren’t solid structures, like a wall or a rock formation. Saturn doesn’t even have a defined solid surface like Earth’s crust. If you…

By Bayo Wahab Lere Olayinka, a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has challenged the widely held perception of the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, as a politician who does not spend money to pursue elective office. Olayinka alleged that the former governor of Anambra State gave money to delegates while seeking the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 election. He made the claim during an appearance on AIT’s Democracy Today programme on Friday while responding to a question on whether politics was…

Key eventsIt’s ridiculously early but, what the heck, here’s the current Golden Boot standings after Isak’s double!3 – Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)3 – Alexander Isak (Liverpool)2 – Erling Haaland (Manchester City)2 – Cole Palmer (Chelsea)2 – Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)2 – Rayan Cherki (Manchester City)2 – João Pedro (Chelsea)2 – Anthony Elanga (Newcastle)2 – Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton)Fun fact: Isak has already matched his Premier League tally from last season.ShareBack to the WSL and here’s Tom Garry with a morning message.Sonia Bompastor says she expects a competitive, open title race this season, as she prepares to lead her Chelsea side into their…

Lee Chang-dong has finally returned to feature filmmaking.  The Korean filmmaker has been on an extended eight-year hiatus, which he blames on his “pathological timidity.”  “Unless I have that conviction, I cannot make myself begin the work, no matter the external circumstances or what others around me say,” he tells Deadline via Zoom from his office in Korea, ahead of his trip to Venice, where, this weekend, his latest film Possible Love, a title full of conviction but also comedy and sharp social critique, debuts in Competition. Director Lee helmed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oh Jung-mi.…