Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday demanded a bar on foreigners who express “hate” toward the Latin American country. The decree published by the presidency — which requires parliamentary approval — would bar or expel foreigners deemed to have “spread or incited hate messages” against the country or its people. …
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Barcelona have received a complaint from Atletico Madrid filed with FIFA over allegedly tapping up Julian Alvarez, a source from the Catalan club told AFP Thursday. Argentina striker Alvarez said during the World Cup it would be “the best thing for everyone” for Atletico to let him leave, amid strong …
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The English Football Association (FA) has introduced a tougher anti-discrimination policy that will see players, managers and members of technical staff found guilty of discriminatory conduct receive a minimum 10-match suspension from the start of the new season, according to the BBC. The new sanction, agreed by the FA, Premier …
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The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the release of the secretary to the state government, Mr Teslim Igbalaye, from its custody. Igbalaye was detained along with five others till Thursday afternoon for allegedly committing vote-buying-related offences, as the police recovered Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, cash sums and a voters’ …
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MTN South Africa has celebrated the graduation of 80 young people from the Western Cape who successfully completed its Digital Skills for Digital Jobs (DS4DJ) programme, equipping them with accredited qualifications in data analytics, systems development, and cybersecurity. The graduates were selected from a competitive pool of 623 applicants …
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Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto has denied allegations of sexual assault and criminal sexual conduct after a BBC documentary featured accounts from 10 women, four of whom accused him of offences allegedly committed when they were teenagers. The documentary, “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret”, released …
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The Federal Government has urged cooperative societies across the South-South to invest in the proposed Cooperative Bank of Nigeria and embrace digital reforms to strengthen the sector. The call was made on Wednesday in Yenagoa by the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi. Abdullahi represented …
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Ogun I Area Command, has strengthened collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Nigerian Army to combat smuggling, counterfeit products and other cross-border crimes. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Chado Zakari, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in …
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The Nigerian stock market reversed its previous day’s gains on Wednesday as investors lost N648 billion following renewed selloffs in large and medium-cap stocks. Market capitalisation declined by N648 billion, or 0.41 per cent, to close at N159.344 trillion from N159.992 trillion recorded on Tuesday. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI) …
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, says it has detained a security guard and three others for alleged vandalism of aluminum roofing sheets at the School of Nursing Hadejia. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse by Badruddeen Tijjani, the spokesman of the …
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