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Etsu Nupe hosts colloquium on agriculture, unveils endowment fund
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 28, 2025
Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, on Saturday, in Abuja, organised a ‘Colloquium on Agriculture’ and an Endowment Fund Launch of the Etsu Yahaya Abubakar Foundation. The one-day epochal...
At Ijebu Ode, Tinubu pays tribute to late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Adetona
News Diary Online
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July 20, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity, humility, culture, dedication, and service to humanity. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information &...
Martian rock that crash landed in the Sahara listed to sell for around $2M at auction
The Independent
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July 14, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Searching for General Buhari’s replacement
New National Star
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July 20, 2025
“Verily, we belong to God, and verily to Him we return.” – Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) “The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.”- Igbo proverb On Tuesday 14 July, 2025, the remains of late General Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian...
Nigerians need to rally round President Tinubu now
Modern Ghana
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The Fulani ethnic group we know in Nigeria is historically a nomadic people. But even when they can conveniently pass for a minority group in the country, they have continued to play a rather outsized role in Nigerian society and politics. Their...
Why Quality Talents Will Continue To Dump NPFL
Daily Independent
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July 20, 2025
1 In 2018, Lautaro Martinez, the Inter Milan forward, was playing for Racing Club in his home country of Argentina, a team he signed for from 2015. It was in that same 2018 that he transferred from Racing to Inter Milan after emerging the most...
The unyielding paradox: Buhari and the soul of Nigeria
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 20, 2025
“إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ” “Verily, we belong to God, and verily to Him we return.” Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) “The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.”— Igbo proverb That afternoon I spent with Bubu in 2005, years...
NDLEA Seizes Large Quantities Of Banned Drugs In 5 States, Detains 15 Suspects
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 20, 2025
News Investigators/ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recovered large quantities of banned Tramadol and opium pills during separate raids conducted over the past four days across four states. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi...
Tinubu visits Ijebu Ode, pays tribute to Oba Adetona
Prompt News Online
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July 20, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has described the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, as an embodiment of integrity, humility, culture, dedication, and service to humanity. The Awujale passed away on Sunday, July 13, and was interred the...
Final Whistle For Coach Sinclair
Leadership
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July 21, 2025
Few names in Nigerian football command reverence across generations like that of Monday Sinclair. Known affectionately in coaching circles as “The Professor”, Sinclair’s passing at the age of 88 marks not just the end of a long and impactful life,...
NDLEA seizes Pakistan-bound drug consignments, arrests drug kingpin
Punch
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July 20, 2025
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the previous week intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking, raiding a Lagos hotel, intercepting international consignments concealed in food items, and apprehending a long-wanted drug kingpin....
Buhari’s austere lifestyle earned him our respect – Govs, residents
Punch
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July 15, 2025
The Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has said that the legacies of the late former president, General (Retd) Muhammadu Buhari, will not be forgotten. Bago, who sent his condolence message to the family of Buhari through his Chief Press Secretary...
The Abiy-Isaias Feud: Prisoner of Geography vs Prisoner of History
Eritrea Digest
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July 20, 2025
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed woke up one lazy Fall in 2023 and remembered that it’s time he spoke up about the tragedy of Ethiopia’s land-locked-ness and started pining for Ethiopia’s Sea. Among other things, Abiy Ahmed referred favorably (ዊዝደም ነው)...
NDLEA raids Lagos hotel, recovers party drugs
National Accord Newspaper
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July 20, 2025
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided Sarah Sam Hotels located at 115 Ogudu road in Kosofe, Lagos where different party drugs are being distributed and sold. A statement issued on...
Help cuts leave the refugee agency incapable of shelter six in 10 by fleeing the war in Sudan
The European Times
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July 18, 2025
Worldwide, $ 1.4 billion in the agency’s programs are closed or suspended, Hcr said in a new report. “We cannot stop water, you cannot stop sanitation, but we must make decisions when it happens, for example, to shelter,” said the director of...
The world's 10 poorest countries with only one outside of Africa
Daily Express
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July 20, 2025
What determines the world's most poorest counrties isn't "as clear-cut as dollars and cents", as the research authors emphasis. However, according to Concern Worldwide's ranking, nine countries in Africa were among the 10 poorest in the world,...
Lagos butchers blame beef price hike on flooding in northern Nigeria, transport disruption
Nairametrics
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July 20, 2025
The Lagos State Butchers Association has blamed the recent spike in beef prices on severe flooding in northern Nigeria, which has disrupted cattle transportation routes and increased logistics costs. The situation has driven the price of beef in...
The Unyielding Paradox: Muhammadu Buhari and the Soul of Nigeria, By Prince Charles Dickson Ph.D.
News Diary Online
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July 20, 2025
”إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّ إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ” ”Verily, we belong to God, and verily to Him we return.” Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156) ”The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.”— Igbo Proverb That...
Ndume urges Tinubu to include South-East in appointments
The Sun Nigeria
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July 20, 2025
Commends him on more appointments of northerners From Adesuwa Tsan, Abuja Former Senate Leader Ali Ndume has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that the South-East is included in future appointments. Ndume was reacting to the latest round...
Northern youths send 100-man delegation to lobby Akpabio for Sani Musa’s APC chairman bid
Pulse
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July 20, 2025
A coalition of youth groups, comprising over 1,000 All Progressives Congress (APC) support organisations in Nigeria’s North Central region, has announced plans to dispatch a 100-man delegation to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, urging him to...