The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has sanctioned both Senegal and Morocco following a series of incidents during the AFCON 2025 final, while officially confirming Senegal as champions of the tournament. In a statement on the disciplinary decisions released on Thursday, January 29, 2026, Senegal was fined a $615,000. The fine comprises $300,000 for supporters’…
Senegal are the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations champions after a 1-0 win against host nation Morocco in a chaotic final in Rabat. The match, held at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, was decided in extra time. Villarreal midfielder, Pape Gueye, scored the only goal of the game with a powerful strike into…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won his seventh term with 71.65% of votes, according to official results Saturday, defeating the youthful challenger who campaigned for change after four decades of the same government. The musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine took 24.72% of the vote, the final results showed. Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu,…
African football’s governing body CAF, has imposed a 20,000 U.S. dollar fine and a four-game ban on Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) president Samuel Eto’o for allegedly misbehaving during his team’s loss to Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal. Eto’o was reportedly seen making an angry gesture over refereeing decisions in the presence of…
The Trump administration is placing an indefinite pause on immigrant visa processing from 75 countries, further restricting the legal routes for entering the US. The State Department on Wednesday said the administration wants to bring “an end to the abuse” of the system “by those who would extract wealth from the American people” by using…
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday, January 5. Maduro, who was removed from Venezuela by U.S. military forces, entered the plea just two days after landing in New York. If convicted, the deposed…
Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the world early Saturday morning after confirming the United States carried out a large-scale military strike against Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife. According to Trump, the operation happened overnight and targeted key Venezuelan military locations. He said Maduro and his wife were taken into custody…
The Circuit Court in Adenta has remanded Eshun Evans, popularly known as Ebo Noah, a 33-year-old private security guard, into police custody for the next two weeks. Ebo Noah was arraigned before the Court, presided over by Her Honour Angela Attachie, on the charge of publication of false news with the intent to cause fear…
A shocking road tragedy in Nigeria left the boxing world stunned after news broke that heavyweight star Anthony Joshua survived a deadly car crash that killed two people, just days after his blockbuster knockout win over Jake Paul. The incident happened on Monday morning in Ogun State while Joshua was riding in the back seat…
President Donald Trump has said the US launched a “powerful and deadly strike” against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria. The US leader described IS as ” terrorist scum”, accusing the group of “targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians”. Trump said the US military “executed numerous perfect strikes”, while the US Africa…
