Tag: politics
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Youngsters ignite Lagos for 2025 ITTF African Youth Championships
As the Festival of Table Tennis continues, Lagos is set to host over 150 young talents from across the continent at the 2025 ITTF African Youth Championships. The event started off on Sunday, July 27, at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium. ITTF Africa President Wahid Oshodi has described the tournament as a showcase…
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Day 1 at Giants of Africa Festival ends with women’s community outreach
50 young women were hosted by the Giants of Africa Festival 2025 for a community outreach event in Huye, Rwanda on Saturday afternoon. Held at Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda, the event provided educational resources in a classroom setting and ended with a basketball clinic. “I’m here today at the women’s event to…
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Nigeria vs South Africa: 10 things about Super Falcons and Banyana Banyana
●Today’s match WAFCON (July 22) will kick off at 5pm. ●Nigeria is chasing the 10th WAFCON title while the South Africans are in pursuit of their second. ● The South African team has the same coach from the last WAFCON held also in Morocco in 2022 while the Super Falcons have a new coach. ●In…
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Aisha Buhari denies divorcing Buhari as Kperogi apologises
Aisha Buhari has denied reports of having divorced President Muhammadu Buhari before his death. The original writer of the divorce report, Prof Farooq Kperogi, said this and immediately offered his unreserved apologies. Kperogi who claims to have been told of the divorce by a very reliable source, noted that whether true or not that he…
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Desperate Tinubu Government exploits Buhari’s death to whitewash battered image – ADC
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called out President Tinubu’s government for what it describes as a cynical and opportunistic attempt to exploit the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gains. In a statement signed by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party criticised the choreographed Federal Executive Council (FEC)…
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Aisha and Buhari were divorced before his death – Kperogi
Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari was laid to rest in Daura, have some details previously hidden from the public emerged concerning his personal life with his wife, Aisha. USA-based Nigerian professor and popular columnist, Farooq Kperogi on his Facebook page on Wednesday, wrote that Buhari and Aisha were already divorced before…
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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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NBBF slams Nigeria’s corporate world over D’Tigress sponsorship
Pius Ayinor The Nigeria Basketball Federation is sad over what has been described as corporate Nigeria’s lack of appreciation for the achievements made by players, especially ladies. The NBBF is quite disappointed that despite the laudable achievements of the women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress great achievements acknowledged across the globe, getting quality sponsorship for the…
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Anyansi Agwu pleads govt, corporate support for Sam Okwaraji U16 tournament
The First Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, Felix Anyansi Agwu has called on various state governments and corporate organisations to support the Sam Okwaraji U16 National Football Championship. Preparation is on for the maiden edition. The late Nigerian international slumped and died at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos in August 1989, during a FIFA World…
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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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