Category: news
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Nigeria’s men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, is beginning their 2027 FIBA World Cup African qualifiers with a crucial mindset, knowing they cannot afford another World Cup absence after the football team’s failure to qualify. The campaign starts in Tunis against host nation Tunisia, with Rwanda and Guinea also in their group. With only five African spots…
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Dangote Group has announced significant strategic partnerships to expand its fertilizer operations in Nigeria and develop a new multi-billion-dollar fertilizer plant in Ethiopia. The expansion aims to triple Nigeria’s urea production from 3 million to 9 million metric tonnes annually by adding four new production trains to its existing Lagos complex. This will position…
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Guinea-Bissau’s military has announced Gen. Horta N’TA as the new junta leader, marking a forceful takeover following the country’s presidential election. The military will oversee a one-year transition, citing political instability as the reason for intervention. While President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s whereabouts remain unknown; he claims to have been arrested, with opposition figures suggesting the…
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Senate has initiated the process of amending the nation’s Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, with the bill passing its first reading during today’s plenary session. Sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, the bill follows recent resolutions made just 24 hours earlier, during a tense debate on national insecurity, where senators agreed on the need to…
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Heartland Queens resumed their Nigeria Women’s Football League campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory, OVER Ekiti Queens in a tense and entertaining encounter. Ekiti Queens struck first after taking advantage of an early defensive lapse by Heartland, with Amarachi Okoronkwo putting the visitors ahead. Heartland Queens pushed forward in search of an equaliser and were eventually rewarded…
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The African Development Bank has approved a $500 million loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the second phase of the Economic Governance and Energy Transition Support Programme for the 2024–2025 fiscal years. According to a statement from the bank’s Communications Department, the facility will support reforms in fiscal policy, energy sector…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has on Wednesday vowed that the EU will continue supporting Ukraine and pressuring Russia until a “just and lasting peace” is achieved. She described a revised US peace plan as a “starting point” for negotiations but warned that Russia shows no real intention to end the war. Von…
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President Bola Tinubu has urged the National Assembly to review Nigeria’s laws to enable states to establish their own police forces as part of a nationwide effort to tackle rising insecurity. The call was included in a statement issued on Wednesday declaring a national security emergency. Tinubu said his administration will support states that already…
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has ordered the unsealing of the Renewed Hope Partner office belonging to Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, in Umuahia. The directive followed a formal request from Kalu, according to a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku. The government clarified that the building was…
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Former Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick has attributed the Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup partly to the new qualification format, which differed from the 2018 structure. He argued that Nigeria would have qualified under the previous system. He said this During the Big Sport Dialogue in Ikoyi, as he…
