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Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has admitted Spain deserved to be crowned FIFA World Cup 2026 champions after La Albiceleste’s dream of retaining the trophy ended with a heartbreaking 1-0 extra-time defeat in Sunday’s final at New York New Jersey Stadium. Substitute Ferran Torres emerged as Spain’s hero, striking in the second period of extra time to finally break the hearts and resistance of a 10-man Argentina side, handing La Roja their second FIFA World Cup title. The defeat ended Argentina’s bid to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to successfully defend the World Cup, with captain Lionel…
Following the conclusion of a spectacular FIFA World Cup 2026, FIFA has unveiled the tournament’s individual award winners, with Spain’s Rodri crowned the competition’s best player after inspiring La Roja to a historic second World Cup title. The midfield maestro produced a series of commanding displays throughout Spain’s triumphant campaign, dictating the tempo of matches and serving as the heartbeat of Luis de la Fuente’s side across all eight games. His outstanding performances earned him the coveted Golden Ball, awarded to the tournament’s best player. Although France fell short of reaching a third consecutive FIFA World Cup final, Kylian Mbappe…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will visit Abia State on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, to celebrate the renowned Akwete weaving heritage. According to a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, on Monday, the First Lady will be hosted by Governor Alex Otti and his wife, Priscilla. Kanu disclosed that the highlight of the visit will be a tour of the Akwete Weaving Cooperative Society in Akwete, Ukwa East Local Government Area. The statement read, “During the visit, Senator Tinubu will interact with master weavers and witness first-hand the craftsmanship that has made Akwete textiles…
Manosphere influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, are speaking out via their lawyer following their most recent arrest for alleged sex trafficking. “Days ago, Andrew and Tristan Tate exercised their constitutional rights by visiting the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. They held meetings about their UK party, the midterms, and 2028. They also met with friends and members of Congress,” the brothers’ attorney, Joe McBride, claimed via a written statement shared with Us Weekly on Sunday, July 19, before claiming that the so-called men’s rights advocates are currently being held as “political prisoners” on “American soil” in a…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a four-count charge against Bello Abubakar, an oncology consultant at the National Hospital, Abuja, accusing him of forging a medical report used to seek bail for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on health grounds. The charges, filed on Friday, accuse the oncology consultant of knowingly issuing a false medical report to mislead a public officer and support Mr El-Rufai’s bail application in a separate case, marked KDH/KAD/ICPC/02/2026, pending before the Kaduna State High Court. According to the charge sheet, Mr Abubakar authored the report, titled “Medical Report…
Nigerian stocks depreciated slightly last week, shedding 0.1 per cent as profit-taking activities weighed on the market. Sell pressure on industrial goods stocks triggered the decline. The main equity index has returned 56.5 per cent so far this year. With the commencement of the earnings season, price movements are likely to be shaped this week considerably by the half-year financial results of companies, especially big-cap equities. PREMIUM TIMES has assembled some stocks with sound fundamentals, adopting rigorous approaches to save you the risk of picking equities at random for investment. The pick, a product of an analytical market watch, offers…
Politics, business, sports and governance dominated the headlines as political parties submitted governorship candidates to INEC ahead of the 2027 elections, while the Federal Government moved to resolve a standoff between fuel marketers and the Dangote Refinery over dollar-denominated transactions. Spain were crowned 2026 FIFA World Cup champions after edging Argentina 1-0 in the final, while a tragic eviction dispute in Lagos claimed the life of a tenant. Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, also weighed in on why President Bola Tinubu lost Lagos in the 2023 presidential election, as the House of Representatives launched a probe into…
Vice President JD Vance’s journey to the White House wouldn’t be complete without his wife, second lady Usha Vance. Long before being chosen as President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, JD developed a unique love story with Usha when they were both in law school. Their relationship, however, took on the spotlight even more when the Vance family entered the White House on January 30, 2025. In November 2025, the couple faced headlines when Usha was spotted without her wedding ring while visiting military training facility Camp Lejeune in North Carolina with first lady Melanie Trump. Related: Barack Obama and…
Kemi Pinheiro, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and legal scholar, has urged the president-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, to make reconciliation and unity the defining priorities of her administration as she prepares to assume leadership of Africa’s largest association of lawyers. Mr Pinheiro made the call in a congratulatory statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday following Mrs Badejo-Okusanya’s historic election as the first woman to be directly elected president of the NBA by the association’s membership. Describing the president-elect as an accomplished lawyer and consensus builder, Mr Pinheiro stated that her emergence…
France captain and Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappé, has become the FIFA World Cup’s all-time leading goalscorer after finishing the 2026 tournament with 22 goals. The updated all-time scoring chart, released by FIFA after the conclusion of the 2026 World Cup in the United States on Sunday, places Mbappe ahead of Argentina captain Lionel Messi, who retired from the tournament with 21 goals. Mbappé reached the milestone in just 22 World Cup appearances, while Messi scored his 21 goals across a record 34 matches spanning six editions of the tournament. Former Germany striker Miroslav Klose, who had held the outright…
