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12 May
What appears cheery news has come for newly appointed Super Eagles coach, George Finidi, as team captain, Williams Troost-Ekong, has returned to training after a prolonged injury layoff.
17 Feb
For some altruistic reason, far from how the generality of Nigerians felt, I believed, even before the championship started, that Nigeria’s chances of winning it were very bright. I said so severally at many fora.
12 Feb
With the game beamed onto a huge screen in a Lagos stadium, Nigerian football fans put on brave faces as they watched their side lose to Ivory Coast in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final. Some spectators though began to trickle out of the Onikan stadium even before the final whistle sounded on Nigeria's 2-1…
11 Feb
The Super Eagles of Nigeria failed in their bid to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Sunday night after losing 2-1 to the host nation, Ivory Coast. Nigeria's quest to win the AFCON trophy for the first time since winning the competition back in 2013 started on a good note courtesy of…
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Israel said Sunday it killed another senior Hezbollah official in an air strike after dealing the Iran-backed group a seismic blow by assassinating its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Israel announced the killing of Nabil Qaouq, a member of Hezbollah's central council in a strike Saturday, adding that its air force has continued to hit "dozens" more…
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A faith-based human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called for the cancellation of the proposed protest scheduled for October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day. In a statement, MURIC’s Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said that organizing a protest on a day meant to commemorate Nigeria’s independence from colonial rule would be…
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Rescue teams on Sunday resumed searching for at least 48 migrants who went messing the day before when their boat overturned just as it was being rescued off Spain's Canary Islands, killing at least nine people. Hopes of finding survivors were slim as sea rescue teams searched the waters off El Hierro, an island in…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to enforce the judgement ordering INEC to pursue cases of bribery against state governors, their deputies, and other electoral offences committed during the 2023 general elections. The judgement, delivered on 18 July 2024 by…
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The Nigerian Cardiac Society (NCS) has disclosed that 20.5 million people worldwide die of heart-related diseases annually. The NCS stated that the number of cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths is expected to rise to over 23 million by 2030. Of the number released by the NCS, over 75 per cent were recorded in low- and middle-income…
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Organisers of the October 1 nationwide protest tagged “#FearlessinOctober” have announced that all is now set. The protest is aimed at addressing issues such as the high cost of governance, the high cost of electricity, high interest rates, insecurity of lives and property, non-payment of pension obligations, debt slavery for higher education, starvation wages for…
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced plans to investigate allegations of ticket racketeering on the Abuja-Kaduna train service (AKTS). In a statement released on Saturday, the corporation's deputy director of public relations, Yakub Mahmood, said that some officials have been exploiting the challenges passengers face with the online booking platform to engage in illicit…
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The Edo State Government on Sunday said the National Communications Commission (NBC) did not withdraw the license of the state’s broadcasting television, Edo Broadcasting Service Television (EBS TV). In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, urged the public to disregard the false claims, describing them as…