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From Lagos boardrooms to Benin City stadiums, Nigerian sports authorities are dismantling age restrictions and mobilizing resources to revitalize athletic participation, while the nation's football stars shine on European stages.
A wave of leadership changes sweeps across Nigerian higher education institutions as new vice chancellors take office, bringing fresh perspectives to universities grappling with funding challenges, quality assurance demands, and the imperative to maintain academic standards in a competitive regional landscape.
From free examination forms for indigent students to debates over private university inclusion in loan schemes, Nigeria's education stakeholders deploy multiple strategies to democratize access to tertiary institutions amid persistent infrastructure challenges.
Despite major infrastructure spending including a R7-billion dam in Lesotho and emergency tanker contracts in Johannesburg, residents across southern Africa continue facing severe water shortages amid governance failures and tender irregularities.
A carbon monoxide explosion at an artisanal mining site in Plateau State has killed more than 30 workers, while communal clashes in Ebonyi State left four dead, prompting emergency curfews and highlighting Nigeria's dual security and mining safety challenges.
The Gunners' Premier League championship hopes suffered a devastating blow after surrendering a commanding position to draw 2-2 with bottom-placed Wolves, while losing Bukayo Saka to injury.
As Nigerian states grapple with varying inflation pressures and UK manufacturers buckle under energy bills, the global cost-of-living crisis reveals itself as fundamentally an energy story—one that determines where people can afford to build their lives.
From coaching reshuffles at the Sharks to cricket's financial windfall and Bonko Khoza's awards dominance, South Africa's sporting and entertainment landscapes reveal a nation recalibrating ambition across multiple stages.
As corruption allegations swirl at the Madlanga Commission, former police official Sibiya has defended the controversial directive to disband the PKTT unit, claiming Police Commissioner Masemola knew the elite team was never meant to be permanent.
Nigeria's Eniola Bolaji has ascended to the top of the world badminton rankings, prompting celebration from the National Sports Commission and signaling a breakthrough moment for a sport long overshadowed by football in the nation's athletic landscape.
Edo State in Nigeria recorded 47 disasters affecting over 10,000 people in 2025, while Kenya's government issued land title deeds to resettle 105 families displaced by Maai Mahiu floods, highlighting contrasting approaches to disaster management across the continent.
The veteran activist, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and spent decades fighting for racial and economic justice, leaves behind a legacy that shaped modern American politics and inspired liberation movements across continents.
As wars rage and institutions falter, Kenya's President William Ruto confronts the African Union's deepest crisis in decades, pushing sweeping reforms while navigating regional tensions and a shifting global order that increasingly sidelines African voices.
President Bola Tinubu has unveiled Nigeria's Industrial Policy 2025, introducing factory construction as the primary measure of success for the nation's industrial transformation agenda.
South Africa recorded a 0.5 percentage point decline in unemployment to 31.4% in Q4 2025, while Britain's jobless rate climbed to its highest level in over a decade outside the pandemic period, highlighting divergent labour market trajectories across major economies.