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FG drops charges against Ibom Air passenger, Emmanson, cuts KWAM 1’s ban
The Nigerian aviation ministry has announced pardon for Comfort Emmanson and Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, (KWAM 1) over separate incidents involving them with two airlines. K1 tried to stop a ValueJet aircraft from taking off while Emmanson was involved in a fight with Ibom Airline officials. Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo, in a press statement announced that…
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Musa Kida encourages D’Tigers inspired by champions D’Tigress
Pius Ayinor The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr. Musa Kida was with the men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, at training on Monday in Abuja, even as Nigerians focused their attention on the victorious D’Tigress, who just accomplished an unprecedented 5-peat. Kida who addressed the players at the Mo Arena where they have holed…
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N712B Airport Renovation wasteful, misplaced priority – ADC
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the Tinubu administration’s plan to spend over ₦712 billion on the renovation of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. In a statement issued by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, the party questioned whether the renovation plan and its associated cost had received approval from…
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Nigeria Pitch Awards congratulates Super Falcons
Organisers of the prestigious Nigeria Pitch Awards have congratulated the Nigerian Super Falcons who emerged winners of the 2025 Women’s African Cup of Nations for the 10th time, on Saturday 26 July. They defeated Morocco in a dramatic and pulsating final. In a statement released in the nation’s capital Abuja, Dr Shina Philips, the President…
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WAFU B U20 Boys Tourney: Flying Eagles set to stop Ivorians in final
Nigeria’s U20 boys, Flying Eagles know they must be at their very best to surmount the challenge of in-form Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Wednesday’s Final match of the WAFU B U20 Boys Tournament in Accra, Ghana. The Ivorians have taken no prisoners at this tournament, winning all their four previous matches. They edged…
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Former President Buhari buried in Daura
It was a solemn moment as the lifeless body of the 82-year-old former President Muhammadu Buhari was brought out of a casket draped in sparkling green-white-green Nigerian colours, and lowered into the earth at exactly 5:50pm in the presence of grieving children, family members, and associates. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, today led a gathering of…
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World Fencing Federation wants more tournaments for Nigeria
The International Fencing Federation has praised the Nigerian Fencing Federation for its outstanding organization of the 23rd African Fencing Championships, held in Lagos from June 25 to 29 at Charterhouse. The FIE is said to have also announced its intention to consider Nigeria as a host for future international fencing tournaments. During her first official…
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President Tinubu inaugurates NNPCL Board as sports people praise Musa Kida’s appointment
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday officially inaugurated the new Board of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. The board, which is led by a renowned oil and gas technocrat, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, has been saddled with the responsibility of turning around the financial fortunes of the nation’s biggest…
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D’Tigress in homecoming Abuja tournament with Togo, others
Pius Ayinor The Nigerian national women’s team, D’Tigress, and the Nigeria Basketball Federation are gearing up for what will be one of the best basketball events held in Nigeria. For the first time, the multiple award-winning D’Tigress will play on the national soil after winning five back-to-back Afrobasket championships spearheaded by Nigerian WNBA Coach Rena…
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AFCON U20: Nigeria beat Egypt to win bronze medal
For the fourth time in the history of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria finished in third place as penalty shootout proved another sure route to a third-place on Sunday night, with hosts Egypt as victims at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo. Triumph from the shootout against Cup holders Senegal in the quarter-finals…
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