Segun Adeyemi, THEWILL

Sky Sports’ supercomputer predicts Arsenal will retain the 2026/27 Premier League title with 85.24 points. Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United are projected to complete the top four. Sunderland are forecast to finish highest among the newly promoted...

Josh Kushner and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger have agreed to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers in a landmark deal reportedly worth about $12.5 billion. Kushner, the younger brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was recently...

West Africa's push for a regional refined-fuel benchmark is entering its execution phase as Nigeria's expanding refining capacity changes regional supply flows. Policymakers say pipelines, storage, ports, logistics, data and regulatory harmonisation must catch up with rising regional production. The ultimate...

The European Union has confirmed it will send an Electoral Expert Mission to Nigeria for the 2027 general elections. The mission will comprise two to four independent experts accredited by INEC. The EU rejected reports that it had...

The NUPRC says Dangote Refinery rejected about 15.5 million barrels of crude offered by producers in Q2 2026. The regulator reported that producers offered 68.1 million barrels, but the refinery accepted 52.6 million barrels. Dangote disputed the figures...

The US has clarified that the Abuja embassy will remain open despite changes to routine visa processing. Routine visa services previously handled in Abuja are being realigned to Lagos, Nigeria’s designated regional hub. The shift affects both immigrant...

Nigerians consumed 15.32 million terabytes of internet data between June 2025 and May 2026. The consumption was estimated to be worth N6.6tn, based on an average data value of N431 per GB. Monthly data usage climbed 44%, reaching...

Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has condemned remarks attributed to Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahya Jingir at a political gathering in Kano. Jingir urged Muslims to support Muslim-Muslim political tickets and was quoted as referring to non-Muslims as “infidels”. ...

Nigeria’s tax revenue surged 113% to N27.1tn by July 2026 from N12.3tn in 2023. The Nigeria Revenue Service linked the increase to tax digitisation, new tax laws and tighter revenue administration. Oil production, foreign reserves, capital inflows and...

Atiku Abubakar says 5,091 Nigerians were killed in violent incidents over three months, calling the figure an indictment of President Bola Tinubu’s government. The Presidency rejects the assessment, citing the killing of between 13,000 and 20,000 terrorists and...