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England forward Princess Ademiluyi, who is of Nigerian descent, was consoled by Nigeria’s players and staff after the Falconets defeated the Young Lionesses 3-0 in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland. Ademiluyi started the match and was one of England’s biggest attacking threats, but Nigeria goalkeeper and captain Christiana Uzoma produced several important saves to deny her. Nigeria took the lead in the eighth minute through Tosin Rafiu, who finished after breaking into the England penalty area. Ademiluyi came close to an equaliser when she was played through by Vera Jones, but…

The warning comes from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which said that more than 57,000 children have been displaced in just the past two weeks while others have been killed, injured or reported missing.“Children in Yemen were already living through one of the world’s most grave humanitarian crises, and many have known little but conflict and displacement,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.“For children who have already endured years of hunger, displacement and disrupted schooling, this latest violence is eroding what little stability they had left.” Children killed and injuredYemeni Government forces, supported by…

If you’ve been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is your sign to stop deliberating and start applying.  Spots are filling up fast. And honestly? This is one of those rare opportunities you don’t want to miss.  Here’s what you’re walking away from if you don’t apply  With three days inside one of the most strategically important tech events of the year, you’ll see how founders pitch billion-dollar ideas. You’ll watch the best operators and VCs at work. You’ll understand the mechanics of how the startup ecosystem actually functions — the kind of insider knowledge that…

A missed loan payment is rarely the first sign of trouble. The warning signs of financial distress usually appear weeks or months before a borrower actually defaults.The challenge for traditional financial institutions is not a lack of borrower data, but rather, their existing credit infrastructure is not built to analyse continuous data flows. Most legacy decisioning engines are built for rule-based origination – highly effective at checking fixed criteria to approve a loan on Day One, but blind to the subtle, daily cash movements that signal distress. Consequently, traditional banks only react when a payment is formally missed, at which…

Ethiopian Airlines will expand its Nigerian network with the launch of scheduled passenger flights to Port Harcourt from December 1, 2026, making the Rivers State capital its fifth destination in the country. The new service will operate four times weekly on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, connecting Port Harcourt directly with the airline’s Addis Ababa hub and providing onward connections to destinations across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. According to the schedule released by the airline on Thursday, Flight ET945 will depart Addis Ababa at 9:30 a.m. and arrive in Port Harcourt at 12:25 p.m. The…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 38-year-old South African woman, Jessica Will, to 25 years in prison for importing 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria. The trial judge, Obiora Egwuatu, sentenced Ms Will on Thursday after she pleaded guilty to two counts brought against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). She was sentenced to 15 years on the first count and 25 years on the second, with the sentences to run concurrently. The NDLEA disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Thursday. How she was arrested…

By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Federal Government to suspend moves to concession the management of King’s College, Lagos, to the school’s Old Boys’ Association under a proposed Public-Private Partnership, PPP.HURIWA also demanded the immediate publication of the legal and contractual framework backing the proposed arrangement, insisting that Nigerians should know who would control the school, for how long and under what legal authority.The rights group, in a press statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, said an alumni association could not automatically assume the role of proprietor or…

News » Premier League news » Arsenal newsSeptember 16, 2026 20:45 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Arsenal transfer targets Arsenal open to Gyokeres exit Arsenal are prepared to pursue a marquee striker to replace Viktor Gyokeres in either January or at the end of the season. The Gunners were open to parting ways with Gyokeres over the summer, and he was reportedly a target for Atletico Madrid.Atletico were open to signing Gyokeres in a player-plus-cash deal for Julian Alvarez, but the latter refused to join the Gunners.Gyokeres was happy to stay with the Gunners, but he has hardly played in the Premier League…

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The National Health Insurance Authority has adopted Health Technology Assessment to guide healthcare spending and help ensure that limited resources are directed towards interventions that provide greater value to Nigerians. The Director-General of the NHIA, Dr Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this in a presentation titled “Progress of Health Technology Assessment Institutionalisation in Nigeria” at the Inauguration of the HTA Steering Committee and Official Flag Off of HTA in Nigeria on Wednesday. The event was officially flagged off by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate. Ohiri said the institutionalisation of HTA would strengthen evidence-based…

Image Source: Tenor There are many ways to get rich while working a 9–5 job. Getting millions of shares in the company you run is certainly one of the more interesting ones. Peter Ndegwa, Safaricom’s chief executive officer (CEO), and Dilip Pal, its chief financial officer (CFO), have received an additional 9.24 million shares in Kenya’s largest telecom company. The shares are worth KES 337.3 million ($2.6 million).  What happened? Ndegwa and Pal received the shares through Safaricom’s share-based compensation plan, which gives managers company stock as part of their pay. So, unlike a regular investor, they did not spend…