Hard-right British lawmaker Nigel Farage faced growing scrutiny Thursday over allegations he made racist and antisemitic comments while a youngster at an elite English school.
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Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Fermin Lopez has been ruled out for the next two weeks with a calf injury, the club announced on Thursday.
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Catholic Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Thursday, said there is no need for the Federal Government to deploy 20,000 additional policemen, insisting that Nigeria should equip the officers already on ground to effectively confront insecurity.
Military authorities in Guinea-Bissau announced the reopening of the country’s borders Thursday, one day after seizing power and derailing the electoral process following the coup-prone country’s general elections.
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The Kebbi State Government has revealed how Governor Nasir Idris played a central role in securing the safe release of the 24 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Community Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area on November 17, 2025.
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The Kano State Fire Service rescued a 65 -year-old woman, Hajiya Khadija Muhammad, who fell into a well in Gafiyawa town, near Mamuda Group of Company in Kumbotso Local Government Area.
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Arsenal winger Noni Madueke says he is eagerly anticipating this weekend’s Premier League showdown with his former club Chelsea, describing the fixture as a meeting between “two top teams.”
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President Bola Tinubu is over the moon right now, for whatever it is worth. Last week was horrible for his administration and the man-in-charge image he is trying desperately to project. In less than seven days, terrorists deflated his elephantine ego by ambushing, penultimate Friday, a military team led by Musa Uba, a Brigadier General and
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Too often, one hears that it is not Nigeria that needs restructuring, but the minds of Nigerians and their leaders. Those who hold that view try to shift the emphasis away from structure to culture. They are wrong! Of course, culture matters, and leadership matters too. But empirical studies around the world show that it is
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The House of Representatives is about to embark on a seemingly quixotic venture of recovering about 12,000 abandoned federal building projects scattered throughout the federation, particularly Abuja and Lagos which have served as our Federal Capitals. In May 2024, the Senate had kicked off the effort with a six-member committee led by Senator Lola Ashiru.
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