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Tinubu nominates Reno Omokri, Mahmud Yakubu, Ajimobi’s widow, Fani-Kayode, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, others as ambassadors
President Bola Tinubu has sent another batch of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate, days after the first set of names was forwarded to the Chamber. The new nominations were contained in two separate letters addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement…
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Ardova Handball: Omo Ogiefo hands Safety Babes first defeat in three years
Defending champions Safety Babes suffered a stunning setback on Day 4 of the Ardova Handball Premier League 2025 Phase 2, falling 24–21 to an inspired Omo Ogiefo Academy side on Friday at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, Lagos. The defeat is highly significant, marking Safety Babes’ first loss since they were beaten by Defender…
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UniPort student gets death sentence for murder of girlfriend
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene. Justina was a 300-level Biochemistry student at the same institution. Okoligwe was found guilty of killing her in October…
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Trump says he wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries
President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status, AP reports. He is blaming immigrants for problems from crime to housing shortages as part of “social dysfunction” in America and demanding “REVERSE…
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Oshanugor hails Team Nigeria’s Scrabble masterclass at World Championship
Nigeria’s dominance of global Scrabble has once again been stamped in bold ink and one of the sport’s biggest admirers, Charles Oshanugor, is leading the applause. Oshanugor, a respected Match Commissioner with the Nigeria Soccer Federation USA (NSF-USA), hailed Team Nigeria’s historic performance at the 2025 World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) in Accra,…
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Guinea-Bissau military escorts ex-Nigeria President Jonathan out of country
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been escorted out of Guinea-Bissau by military personnel as confusion persists following the latest coup attempt in the country. Jonathan was in the West African country as part of a joint election observer mission deployed by the African Union (AU), and ECOWAS. A military coup broke out on Wednesday…
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Tinubu declares nationwide security emergency, orders army, police to recruit more personnel
President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency and ordered additional recruitment into the Armed Forces. Tinubu made the declaration on Wednesday in a statement he signed and shared on various platforms including his official handle on X (Twitter). He said by the declaration, the police and the army had been authorized to recruit…
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Police VIP withdrawal is drama, not strategy, ADC tells Tinubu
●Says Nigeria’s security challenge beyond police The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s withdrawal of police officers from VIPs as political grandstanding which will not yield any meaningful results in combating the crisis of insecurity in the country. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party criticised that…
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Terrorists abduct women, children in new attack in Kwara
Reports state that a fresh terror attack has hit Isapa, a settlement near Eruku in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. Details from the zone indicate that about 11 residents were seized by the bandits. This has happened less than a day after worshippers abducted from a church service in Eruku regained their…
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Lagos Legends are 2025 Nigeria Basketball champions, BAL reps
Lagos Legends put every game, all basics on the floor and dethroned Rivers Hoopers as Nigeria Basketball champions on their home court on Sund. November 23. They showed their readiness to be champions during the Final-8 playoffs and proved it beyond all reasonable doubts by beating the Hoopers again in the last game of the…
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