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16 May
World champion N'Golo Kante will make a surprise return to international football as France coach Didier Deschamps announced Thursday the 25 players that will make up the French squad at Euro 2024. Kante left English side Chelsea last summer to join Saudi club Al Ittihad and has not represented France since June 2022. "He played…
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President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Elizabeth Abdul, wife of Otunba Aderemi Abdul, Chairman of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP), at 70. The president, in a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said Abdul was a remarkable woman whose life was defined by grace, compassion, and commitment to…
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The Benue Government has sealed City Bay Park, belonging to Rep. Asema Achado (APC/Gwer East/Gwer West), for non-payment of prescribed tax. Achado confirmed the sealing of the recreational park to newsmen during a press briefing on Thursday in Makurdi. The lawmaker said that the leisure park and event centre was sealed on December 23 by…
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Gabon's defence ministry said Thursday that eight officers suspected of torturing to death a young soldier accused of stealing had been detained, in a case that has rocked the junta-led country. Two generals will also be questioned after an emergency meeting presided by coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, according to a ministry statement read…
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has reaffirmed that Nigeria will not allow its borders to be used as a base to
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Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday. India "mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders," Modi posted on social media platform X shortly after news broke of Singh's passing.…
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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou blamed an injury crisis for his side's poor form after a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest on Thursday. Spurs sit 11th in the Premier League after their ninth defeat in 18 games this season. Postecoglou's men have fared better in other competitions as they have progressed to the League Cup semi-finals…
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Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday ruled out negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump over control of the Panama Canal, denying that China was interfering in its operation. Mulino also rejected the possibility of reducing tolls for US vessels in response to Trump's threat to demand control of the vital waterway connecting the…
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Airstrikes by Nigerian military forces targeting suspected jihadists in the northwest Sokoto state killed 10 civilians and injured six others, local officials said Thursday. The strikes were aimed at positions of the Lakurawa jihadist group in a forest in Silame district but instead hit Gidan Bisa and Runtawa, two villages on the edge of…
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Manchester United's miserable season suffered another Boxing Day blow as captain Bruno Fernandes was sent-off in a 2-0 defeat at lowly Wolves. Fernandes saw red for the third time this season early in the second half for a second bookable offence. Wolves took full advantage to make it two wins in two games…
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Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has condoled with his Jigawa counterpart, Gov. Umar Namadi, over the death of his eldest son, Abdulwahab Namadi, who lost his life in a tragic auto crash. The incident occurred after the passing of Hajiya Maryam Namadi, Abdulwahab’s paternal grandmother, on Wednesday. Malam Sunusi Tofa, the governor’s spokesperson in…