D'Tigress unveil final 2026 FIBA W'Cup qualifying squad
Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have unveiled their final 12-player squad for the upcoming FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup …
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One killed, two injured in Benue checkpoint attack
One person was killed and two others injured when armed bandits attacked a Civil Protection Guard checkpoint in Abaji Town, …
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#EndSARS protester regains freedom after six years detention
A Lagos-based advocacy group, the Take It Back Movement, has announced the release of Rasheed Wasiu, who was detained following …
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US court jails Nigerian six years for $5m COVID-19 fraud
A United States District Court has sentenced a 34-year-old Nigerian, Adepoju Babatunde Salako, to six and a half years’ imprisonment …
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Benue to deploy two million clean cookstoves
The Benue State Government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Greenplinth Africa to deploy two million clean cookstoves across …
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Borno: Hundreds still missing after Boko Haram attack
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted more than 300 residents during a deadly attack on Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local …
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Tears in Tehran won’t dry soon
At the funeral, a woman clutched a photograph of smiling pupils—perhaps her own daughters, now dead. The Office of the …
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Senate summons ex-NNPC boss Kyari over N210tn audit queries
The Senate on Thursday summoned the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele …
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Khamenei: Controversial figure, controversial framing
In the record books of Western governments and media, the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of …
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Iyabo Obasanjo’s quiet argument
There are seasons in public life when a candidacy becomes more than ambition. It becomes a reckoning with memory. For …
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Lagos arrests 275 for open defecation despite 8,710 public toilets
The Lagos State Government has arrested at least 275 residents across different parts of the state for defecating in public …
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Nigeria’s power sector conundrum
NIGERIA’S power crisis has become a cruel national joke. A country rich in gas, sunlight, river systems and human capital …