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The stage is set for the ultimate showdown as Nigeria’s D’Tigress, on a record-chasing mission, prepare to face Mali in the final of the 2025 Afrobasket on Sunday’s evening at the Palais de Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The Nigerian team showcased their resilience by overcoming perennial rivals Senegal with a score of […]
A former Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has been appointed, together with four others as new district heads by the Katsina Emirate Council. The appointments marked a significant step in reinforcing traditional leadership across the Katsina Emirate. According to a statement signed by the Secretary of the Emirate, Alhaji Bello Ifo, who also holds […]
Fresh diplomatic ripples have emerged between Abuja and Washington as senior federal government sources accused the United States Mission in Nigeria of orchestrating what they describe as a “relentless smear campaign” against the country, violating diplomatic norms and undermining bilateral goodwill. The allegations stem from the U.S. Mission’s circulation of a report by The Africa […]
Over the past two decades, Victor Umozurike has worked closely with large organisations, telecoms, retailers, and fintechs, where he led projects involving data analytics, CRM automation, customer segmentation, and targeted marketing and he saw firsthand how large brands used data science, marketing automation tools, and paid media strategies to acquire and retain customers at scale. […]
A former prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media. After a prison visit to see detained opposition figures in July, Moussa Mara declared on X his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience”. Mara, who served as prime […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the federal government would transform the country’s agriculture sector to stimulate economic growth and be a national pride. Shettima spoke yesterday at Ijaiye in Akinyele local Government Area of Oyo State during the groundbreaking of the Oyo State Agribusiness Industrial Hub, Ijaiye. The vice president was represented at the […]
Recently, a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Clement Jimbo, called for greater clarity and consistency in judicial pronouncements across Nigeria, warning of an increasing trend of court judgments riddled with ambiguities—judgments open to multiple interpretations. Citing the legal standoff between the Senate leadership and suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Jimbo argued that judgments must […]
Anti-racism activists clashed with police and anti-migrant protesters yesterday outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed. Both protesting groups gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in wealthy Islington, north London. Anti-immigration protesters chanted under the banner ‘Thistle Barbican needs to go – locals say no’, against the use of the hotel […]
The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a “propaganda campaign”. “He is being starved purely to serve Hamas’s propaganda,” the family said on Saturday, a day after Hamas released a video showing an emaciated David in a narrow concrete […]
Some political scientists say Nigeria lacks the logistics and facilities to conduct the 2027 general elections in one day. They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka yesterday. They reacted to calls for a one-day general elections to cut costs and reduce the bandwagon effect. Prof. Jonah Onuoha of […]