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Sports
CHAN: Home-based Eagles intensify Training as more players arrive in Ikenne
Five additional players have joined the home-based Super Eagles camp in Ikenne as preparations continue for the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN), which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The team’s media officer, Promise Efoghe, confirmed the new arrivals on Tuesday. The players are Musa Zayad (El-Kanemi Warriors), Aminu Adam (Kano Pillars), Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United), Godwin Obaje…
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Sports
Pedro brace sends Chelsea into FIFA Club World Cup final
By Olaolu Joseph – Joao Pedro scored a brace as Chelsea outclassed Fluminense 2-0 to book a spot in the final of the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup. A crowd of 76,556 fans watched from the stands of the MetLife Stadium in New York as the Blues swept past the Brazilian side. Pedro’s first goal of the night came in…
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Business
Customs Intercepts N654m worth of foreign currency at Kano Airport, hands over 3 suspects to EFCC
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, has recorded another major breakthrough in the fight against illicit financial flows with the interception of over N653 million worth of undeclared foreign currencies at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). The seizure was announced on Tuesday, during a press briefing held at the Customs House, Bompai, Kano, where the intercepted…
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Politics
Osun 2026: Ogunbiyi faults Adeleke’s leadership style, to declare governorship bid
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – A governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, is set to officially declare his ambition on Thursday, while criticizing Governor Ademola Adeleke’s governance. In a statement issued by his media team, Ogunbiyi accused Governor Adeleke of turning the state into a family enterprise and hijacking the structure of…
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Business
Dangote Refinery cuts fuel price again, ex-depot price now N820 per litre
Dangote Refinery has again within a week interval reduced its ex-depot the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N840 per litre to N820 per litre, effective immediately. It would be recalled that the company last week reduced its ex-depot price from N880 to N840 per litre. With assurance of steady supply of petroleum products, more…
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Health
Oyo First Lady leads measles, rubella vaccination campaign in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga – The First Lady of Oyo State, Engr. Tamunominini Makinde, has intensified advocacy for measles and rubella vaccination, urging communities to take greater responsibility for protecting children from preventable diseases. She made the call on Tuesday during a sensitization program held at the Local Government Staff Training School, Agodi, Ibadan. The event brought together stakeholders from the…
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Politics
Wike’s aide accuses Ireti Kingibe of alleged immorality, unpaid salaries to aides
By Kunle Sanni – Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, of alleged immoral conduct and failure to pay her legislative aides. In a strongly worded statement issued on Tuesday, Olayinka alleged that many of Kingibe’s aides had resigned due to…
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Politics
APC fires back at ADC, denies intimidation claims
By Kunle Sanni – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has responded strongly to allegations made by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing the opposition party of fabricating claims of political intimidation and destabilisation. In a press statement signed by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Tuesday, the ruling party described the ADC’s claims as “poorly imagined” and “a…
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Sports
Flying Eagles arrive in Ghana for 2025 WAFU B U-20 Championship
Nigeria’s U-20 national team, the Flying Eagles, have arrived in Ghana ahead of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B U-20 Championship, which is set to kick off on Thursday, July 10. The team traveled via Africa World Airlines and landed in Accra on Monday night after a one-hour flight from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Flying…
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Crime & City Diary
Two AAUA students reported missing, community on edge
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), in Ondo State has been thrown into anxiety following the mysterious disappearance of two second-year students. The missing students, identified as Andrel Eloho Okah of the Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, and John Friday Abba of the Department of Economics, were last seen over two weeks…
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