FIFA’s Impossible Fiction: Iran’s World Cup Opener Proves Sport Is Never Just Sport
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, fits just over 70,000 people. Today it held a football game, a political statement, and a protest at...
Continue readingSoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, fits just over 70,000 people. Today it held a football game, a political statement, and a protest at...
Continue readingWhen Reno Omokri decided to comment on Davido’s FIFA World Cup concert appearance, he came with a Margaret Thatcher quote and a theory....
Continue readingProphet Isa El-Buba stood in Jos on Sunday at a national Christian mourning event declared by the Christian Association of Nigeria and delivered...
Continue readingAfter shaky starts from the continent’s other teams, Manchester United winger Amad Diallo came off the bench to score the only goal as...
Continue readingThe previous week we reported about Kano’s ambitious new 10-year education strategy, launched with UNICEF and EU support, and asked the question every...
Continue readingWhen audiences watch an intimate scene on screen, it is very easy to assume that emotions and chemistry unfold naturally in front of...
Continue readingThe 2026 FIFA World Cup is barely underway, but Africa’s teams have already gotten a tough wake-up call. Tunisia’s 5-1 loss to Sweden...
Continue readingProfessor Johnson Osetejovwore Oyibode Adjan, one of the most celebrated figures in Urhobo musical heritage, has died at the age of 82. Known...
Continue readingPresident Bola Tinubu has issued a strong warning to individuals and groups financing terrorism and banditry in Nigeria, declaring that they will be...
Continue readingBritish artist David Hockney has died at 88, and with him goes more than just one of the world’s most celebrated painters. It...
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