Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu has celebrated players and the technical team of Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, following their historic fifth consecutive victory at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship.Speaking during the presidential reception held at the Presidential Villa on Monday in their honour, President Tinubu, who was
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for school-based candidates, with data showing poor performance in English and Mathematics.According to the Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, Amos Dangut, there was a decline
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaInternationally celebrated and award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said that she supports the Labour Party’s Peter Obi to become Nigeria’s president because he cares about the nation.Speaking on Channels Television’s Amazing Africans programme on Monday, Adichie stated that Obi has remained consistent and humble despite criticisms and
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by Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu has celebrated the National Women’s Football Team, Super Falcons, following the historic victory at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco.At the presidential reception held in their honour, President Tinubu conferred national honours of Officer of the Order of the Niger
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By Donald AgbavoborThe days when the game of Table Tennis played second fiddle to other sports in the country will soon be long gone, as a candidate in the upcoming zonal elections into the board of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Dr. Shaibu Mohammed has promised to ensure more competitions
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By Donald AgbavoborA presidential candidate in the upcoming Nigeria Handball Federation elections, Mr. Jubril Saidu has spoken of his plans to revitalize the game of handball in the country and take it to another level.Speaking during an online media forum on Saturday, Jubril, who is currently the secretary general of
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe federal high court in Lagos has ordered the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to pay N10 million damages for breaching the fundamental rights of #EndSARS protesters.Justice Musa Kakaki accused the police of violating the fundamental rights of the protesters who had gathered at the Lekki tollgate on October
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe European Union has allocated €1.5 million to provide humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in Benue State, including victims of the Yelewata killings.According to the EU, more than 1.5 million people have been displaced from their homes since 2018.A statement by the EU also noted that between
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has been named the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) held in Abuja on Thursday.Yilwatda, born on 8 August 1968, is a Nigerian politician
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaPresident Bola Tinubu on Thursday promised to build a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress in Abuja.“We’ll look for an appropriate land to build a befitting secretariat,” Tinubu declared at the 14th APC National Executive Committee meeting held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja.However, Tinubu
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