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Fresh rivalries ignite as new NPFL season begins
Punch
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August 23, 2025
A new dawn breaks in Nigerian football as the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League begins in earnest this weekend with an intriguing round of fixtures across the country, as teams return with fresh optimism, new signings, and old rivalries,...
House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee slam poor state of Baro Inland Port, vow revival
Alexa.ng
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The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on the Rehabilitation and Operationalisation of Baro Inland Port has criticised the standard of work carried out at the facility. Rep. Idris Wase (APC–Plateau) conveyed the lawmakers’ displeasure...
Three women, 10 men pick nomination forms for Tamale Central NDC primary
MyJoyOnline
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August 22, 2025
Three women have picked up nomination forms to contest in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries for the Tamale Central constituency, following the death of the area’s Member of Parliament. They will face competition from ten male...
M23 Massacres Undermine DRC Peace Process: Africa File, August 21, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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To receive the weekly Africa File or tri-weekly Congo War Security Review via email, please subscribe here. Follow CTP on X, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. Key Takeaways: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—M23. M23 has increased the tempo and scale of...
AEC Unity says $4bn Abuja-Lagos highway project awaiting FEC approval
The Cable
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August 19, 2025
The AEC Unity Network Limited says it has completed the initial stages of designs and studies for the 470-kilometre Abuja-Lagos greenfield super highway project. Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday, Kenny Martins, chairman of the...
Editorial: Undocumented Beggars Back On Accra’s Streets, Did We Go Or Did We Come?
The Chronicle News Online
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August 20, 2025
Only a few months after the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) conducted a high-profile deportation exercise to clear Accra of undocumented beggars, the same individuals, mostly foreign nationals from Niger and Nigeria, have resurfaced on the streets...
Nine highlights of Aradel’s half-year performance
Business Day
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August 20, 2025
Aradel Holdings Plc closed the first half of 2025 with stronger earnings despite weaker crude prices and mounting cost pressures, as rising crude output, higher refined product sales and record gains from associate companies lifted the bottom...
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naked capitalism
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August 23, 2025
What a lovely Little Lady! Kent animal sanctuary announces birth of sweet snow leopard cub Daily Mail (Li) A Size Matters: Study Reveals Snow Leopards Hunt Like No Other Big Cat Snow Leopard Trust. They are the only big cats that prefer prey two...
Auction Of World's Largest Mars Meteorite Sparks Ownership Debate
International Business Times
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August 13, 2025
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from the heavens. The hefty 54-pound...
Nigeria wins 2025 Onga jollof battle, crowned West Africa’s jollof champion
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 23, 2025
Nigeria has been declared the winner of the 2025 Onga Jollof Battle – West African Edition, settling the long-running debate over which country makes the best Jollof rice. The competition, organised by Onga Ghana, a brand under Promasidor Ghana...
A Fresh Start for Libya?
Qantara.de
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With his turban, scarf and floor-length robe, he looked like a tourist disguised as a Bedouin. His cheeks and nose were red from the Sahara sun. The patrol that stopped him in the middle of the night on a desert track recognised him immediately:...
Posterity will acknowledge your contributions – Bago salutes Gen Babangida @ 84
Daily Post
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August 16, 2025
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has described former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida as a beacon of hope and a role model for many generations, saying posterity will continue to acknowledge his contributions. Bago in a...
PDP Crisis: Mbah, Mutfwang Absent As Govs Meet In Zamfara
New Telegraph
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August 23, 2025
The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah and his Plateau counterpart, Caleb Mutfwang, were absent on Saturday as the Governors elected on the platforms of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met in Zamfara State for a power meeting. Saturday...
Flooding: FG issues alert notices to 18 northern states
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 12, 2025
The Federal Ministry of Environment has warned of possible flooding in 18 states following forecasts of heavy rainfall. In a statement issued by the Director of Erosion, Flood and Coastal Zone-Management Department, Usman Abdullahi Bokani, at the...
Insecurity: Nigeria standing on knife-edge, says coalition
Daily Trust
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August 23, 2025
A coalition under the auspices of Concerned Nigerian Leaders has condemned rising cases of insecurity in the country, saying activities of terrorists are resurging and making peace increasingly elusive. In a statement jointly signed by its zonal...
FAAN Restarts Direct Cargo Revenue Collection at Lagos Airport After 15-Year Break
Nigerian Eye
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August 23, 2025
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the resumption of direct cargo revenue collection at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, marking a historic milestone after a 15-year hiatus. The initiative,...
Benjamin Fulford — August 18th, 2025
Stillness in the Storm
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August 21, 2025
Fake Trump meets fake Putin for public show but, it won’t stop the revolution The world was presented last week with a summit meeting featuring a fake chinless Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting a short and fat fake US President Donald...
‘Why Ifeoma Okoye deserves OON award’
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 19, 2025
On behalf of the staff and management of Brent Homes, I appeal to the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Hon. Zephaniah Bitrus Jisalo MFR, to recommend Dr. Ifeoma Okoye for a national award of the Order of the Niger (OON)....
FG, NESG, Stakeholders, Dialogue On Building Nigeria’s Soft Infrastructure For Competitiveness
Daily Independent
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August 19, 2025
1 The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), through its Trade, Investment and Competitiveness Policy Commission, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, has organized a dialogue on building Nigeria’s soft...
Energy inequality: the challenge of bringing affordable, reliable access
The Financial Times
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August 19, 2025
On a blustery August morning at Medupi Power Station, South Africa’s electricity minister announced that the country was nearing a permanent end to load shedding — the rolling blackouts that have damaged economic growth in Africa’s biggest economy...