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Nigeria’s Junior D’Tigress have booked their place at the 2027 FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup after a hard-fought 53-50 win over hosts Côte d’Ivoire in Friday’s semi-final at the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AfroBasket in Abidjan. The victory also sent Nigeria into the AfroBasket final for the second straight edition, while ending the hosts’ impressive run in front of their home fans. Nigeria will now face defending champions Mali in Sunday’s final, setting up a repeat of the 2024 final in Pretoria. The game was close from start to finish, with 11 lead changes and seven ties as both…

It feels inconsiderate of Ariana Grande to bring a tour called Eternal Sunshine to the UK at the tail end of the year’s fifth heatwave. Haven’t we suffered enough already?But the fans packed into London’s O2 arena on Saturday night didn’t seem to care about the heat and the sweat.They came ready to dance. Thousands of them, dressed in cat ears, bridal gowns and elaborate floral headpieces. They scream when she references rumours she’s back together with her ex, Ricky Alvarez. And they bounce in unison when she plays colourful club anthems like Into You and Break Free. It’s the…

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has proposed talks with North Korea, its northern neighbour, to end the long-running Korean War. The president made this call while speaking at a ceremony marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, the BBC reports. “Let us put down our intentions to threaten each other and begin discussions to end the long-running war as the directly involved parties,” he said. The proposal comes a few days after North Korea declared that the US-South Korea military drills set to commence on Monday were a provocation that heightens tensions on the Korean Peninsula.…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 15: Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF reacts after the first goal of Nashville SC scored by Andy Najar #31 (not in frame) during the MLS match between Nashville SC v Inter Miami CF at GEODIS Park on August 15, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. Carly Mackler/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Carly Mackler / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Lionel Messi missed yet another penalty and was booked as Inter Miami suffered a 4-1 loss at Nashville on Saturday in a top-of-the-table MLS clash. England’s Sam Surridge and Germany’s Hany Mukhtar scored second-half…

The candidate of the Accord Party, Ademola Adeleke, is set to be declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday. The final results of the 30 local government areas were announced by INEC officials at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Although a final tally of the results is still being done as of the time of this report, a PREMIUM TIMES review of the declared results shows that Mr Adeleke has over 50,000 more votes than his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji. The incumbent governor also won in a majority of the state’s…

…Spending limits increase may fuel corruption — Stakeholders With political campaigns for the 2027 general election scheduled to begin on Wednesday, political parties and their candidates are entering one of the most expensive phases of the electoral process, amid mounting concerns over where the billions of naira required to prosecute the contests will come from. The funding question is becoming increasingly contentious as the Electoral Act 2026 has substantially raised the statutory limits on election spending. Political actors, civil society groups and anti-corruption agencies have warned that the rising cost of securing political power could create room for corruption and…

British households are facing a renewed cost of living squeeze, with official figures expected to show this week that soaring energy bills drove up inflation in July to close to 3%.As the Iran war continues to send shock waves through global energy markets, economists predict the surge in UK gas and electricity bills last month will push Britain’s headline inflation rate to 2.9%.In a fresh squeeze on household budgets, the figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) due on Wednesday are forecast to show a jump from a rate of 2.6% in June.It comes as the Bank of England…

The Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered an intense transmission phase, with cases spreading rapidly across six provinces. The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a statement on Saturday, noted that as of Wednesday, DRC reported 4,665 confirmed cases and 2,184 deaths, representing a case fatality ratio of 46.8 per cent. According to the statement, the outbreak, now the largest Ebola outbreak reported in the country, has spread from Mongbwalu health zone to 54 health zones across six provinces. “Initially confined to Mongbwalu health zone in Ituri Province, the outbreak has expanded to…

Researchers from Okayama University of Science, Tokyo City University, the Natural History Museum, Kishiwada City (Osaka Prefecture), and other institutions have uncovered four fossil bones that went unrecognized for roughly three decades. The bones were found inside rock containing mosasaur remains collected in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture. One of the newly identified fossils is the premaxilla, the bone at the very front of the upper jaw. This marks the first time a premaxilla has been confirmed in a mosasaur fossil discovered in Japan. Other unusual anatomical features in the remains do not match those seen in previously described mosasaurs, suggesting…

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