KANO – The Kano State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected Saturday’s by-election into Shanono/Bagwai State Constituency seat on the ground that the election was marred by intimidation, thuggery among others.
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Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson exacted a measure of revenge by beating Olympic champion Noah Lyles over 100m at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Saturday.
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It was a night of history and emotion for Mohamed Salah as he extended his Premier League record for the most goals scored on the opening weekend, while also paying tribute to his late teammate Diogo Jota during Liverpool’s 4-2 victory over AFC Bournemouth.
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Mikel Arteta has challenged Arsenal to keep digging for gold as they prepare to start their latest bid for a first Premier League title since 2004 against revamped Manchester United on Sunday.
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The by-election in the Ibadan North Federal Constituency commenced today as scheduled, but reports indicate a significant low voter turnout, with participation rates falling below 20% at various polling stations.
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The acerbic attacks of Daniel Bwala at the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its triumphant 2023 presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, resurfaced this week as the political space again reflected on the fickleness of Nigerian politicians. In a social media post that has come to symbolise the mutability of Nigerian political actors, Bwala, who before the 2023 General
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Some Nigerian female athletes recently brought continental honour home to us in two different sports in consecutive weeks almost. In doing so, they gave Nigerians some respite from the gloomy pall which now seems to hang permanently in the air like a dark cloud that is pregnant with rain. It was a joy seeing Nigerians at viewing
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Last Tuesday was International Youth Day. The 12th of August every year is a special day to draw attention to issues concerning youths worldwide, but I want to focus on Nigeria. The Nigerian youth faces clear and present dangers. Some of these dangers are societal while others are self-inflicted. Let us start from the society, which must
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Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala, aka Ajala the Traveller, was a Nigerian journalist, actor and travel writer. He was so famous for his travels across the world that he became synonymous with wanderlust. In 1952, aged 18, in a racially segregated America, he cycled 3670 kilometres from Chicago to Los Angeles in 28 days. But he did a
Is President Tinubu now an Ajala? By Ugoji Egbujo Read More »
The Naira today depreciated to N1,560 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,555 per dollar on Thursday.
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