Malawi government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million to assist in recovery efforts following a devastating drought caused by El Niño. The funds were presented during a ceremony in Lilongwe, the nation’s capital, on August 2, and was attended by President Lazarus Chakwera. The insurance payment, aimed at …

Atletico Madrid forward, Joao Felix, is set to arrive in the UK on Tuesday to undergo medicals ahead of a move to Chelsea. Both clubs on Monday, agreed a deal worth up to £46.3m for Felix, who was dropped for their La Liga clash against Villarreal. The 24-year-old will sign …

An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, …

THE Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye is dead. Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source within Ogun INEC, who spoke under anonymity, said the Ondo-born REC had …

  THE Federal Government has disclosed that sales of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries will commence October 1, 2024. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, made the announcement during a meeting with the Implementation Committee on Monday in Abuja.   …

A 95-year-old Kenyan man on Sunday wedded his 90-year-old long-time sweetheart, six decades after they first met. Ibrahim Mbogo was said to have walked down the aisle with Tabitha Wangui, his heartthrob, at a white wedding in a church on Sunday. Mbogo said outside the church in Mukurweini, a town …

LEAKED documents and extensive interviews with sources have unveiled how Africa’s biggest oil-producing country has been importing substandard petroleum products from Malta, a country with no known oil refineries. The confidential files, obtained by BusinessDay, detailed a complex scheme involving the importation of low-quality petroleum petrol from Russia to Malta …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the request by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to use 2023 dividends to pay petrol subsidy. The 2023 dividends were supposed to be paid into the federation account, which should be shared among the three tiers of government. This is coming as the …

Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido has reacted to his father’s N1 billion donation to a church. Newsextra24 reports that the singer’s father, Adedeji Adeleke, on Sunday donated N1 billion to the Centenary Endowment Fund of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church. He made the donation in memory of his mother, Esther …

Thierry Henry has left his role as head coach of the France Under-21 national team. Henry’s decision was confirmed by the French Football Federation on Monday. An official statement said his departure was due to “personal reasons.” Top football journalist, Fabrizio Romano, however claimed that Henry had “decided to terminate …