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President Federation Cup: Four governors, Gbajabiamila, entertainment icons to grace finale
Premium Times
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June 27, 2025
Nigeria’s National Cup final on Saturday in Lagos will bring together the crème de la crème of the nation’s political, football and entertainment industries, with four States chief executives already confirmed to be in attendance. Governor...
Benin Vice President Meets Qatari Charge D'affaires
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) HE Vice President of the Republic of Benin Mariam Chabi Talata met with Acting Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar to Benin Safar bin Mohammed Al Hajri. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation...
Residents Of Erosion-Prone Areas In Benin Face Untold Hardship This Rainy Season
ITV
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June 30, 2025
Residents of flood-prone areas in Benin City are groaning under possible sack from their homes and business premises as they have been submerged in heavy floods following torrential rains. Deborah Ogbeifun, who visited some of the worst-hit...
Progressive Governors’ Forum Endorses Re-Election Of President Tinubu
ITV
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June 30, 2025
South-South Governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress at the weekend held a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The Progressive Governors’ stakeholders’ meeting endorsed the re-election of President Bola...
Niger's Prime Minister Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Country Eyes Increased Oil Exports
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference as a...
Benjamin Egbaji: Rights group raises alarm over detained Nigerian Pastor in Benin Republic
Daily Post
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June 30, 2025
The International Director of Dynamic Ambassadors for Social Transformation and Orientation Initiatives (DASTOI), Ayobamidele Kehinde, has raised an alarm over the deteriorating health and continued detention of a Nigerian clergyman, Pastor...
100 looted Benin Bronzes returned
Independent (Uganda)
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June 30, 2025
The Benin Bronzes were stolen from Africa during colonial times ART | AGENCIES | It took more than a century but they are finally home. The Netherlands have returned 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British...
Edo: 37 Arrested, 345.421kg Drrugs Recovered In June -NDLEA
New Telegraph
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July 7, 2025
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed its operatives arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. The State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, made the...
Togo’s political crisis risks spilling over into West Africa – Security Analyst warns
Joy FM
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June 30, 2025
Since August, Togo's opposition has organised regular protests against demanding the departure of embattled President Faure Gnassingbe, whose family has ruled this west African nation for five decades. By MATTEO FRASCHINI KOFFI (AFP/File) Togo’s...
Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
Newswise
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June 30, 2025
Link to Photos of Shark and Ray Species Newswise — New York, June 30, 2025 – Urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened shark and ray species that are freefalling toward extinction, including whale sharks, oceanic whitetips,...
Top 15 News Roundup For Latest Nigeria News June 30
New Telegraph
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June 30, 2025
Here is Sunday Telegraph’s news roundup of the top 15 latest Nigerian news making headlines today Sunday, June 29, 2025 Abbas Urges Youth To Embrace Entrepreneurship Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has urged Nigerian youth...
37 arrested as NDLEA busts, recovers 345.421kg of drugs in Edo
Eagle Online
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July 7, 2025
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. The State Commander of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed...
Africa’s path to economic prosperity: From raw deals to real growth
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
Bold policy reforms, strategic infrastructure investment and domestic capital mobilisation can unlock Africa’s economic renaissance. To realise the desired prosperity, HELEN OJI writes on why the time to act is now. From abandoned textile mills in...
Malawi among economies most affected by US tariffs
The Nation Malawi
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June 30, 2025
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability says Malawi will be among the worst hit economies in sub- Saharan Africa due to the US universal 10 percent tariff imposed on all its trading partners and reciprocal tariffs announced for 57...
Morocco trade push links Sahel to Atlantic via Western Sahara
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Morocco's Atlantic Initiative would concretise its control over the disputed territory of Western Sahara [Getty] A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle...
Henry Osarenoma Says He Is Alive Contrary To Erroneous News Report
ITV
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June 29, 2025
Mr. Henry Osayenoma says he is alive contrary to a report of mistaken identity in a News Broadcast by ITV and Radio, Benin City. Mr. Henry Osayenoma was at the Communications Complex of ITV and Radio, Iguosa, to debunk the News. Oluwafemi Farayola...
Auchi Poly Mass Comm Class Of 2006 Holds Maiden Reunion In Benin
Daily Independent
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June 29, 2025
1 BENIN – The Alumni Association of Mass Communication Students (AMCOS) Class of 2006, Auchi Polytechnic, has held its maiden reunion, bringing together classmates nearly two decades after graduation for a weekend of reflection, reconnection and...
Zambia's cyber laws: Safety or surveillance?
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
It has been almost three months since Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema, signed the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Acts of 2025 into law. His supporters hailed the laws, calling them progressive, and said they would help fight digital crimes...
Enugu Air: ‘You’re in PDP, but we’re scared of you,’ Keyamo tells Mbah
New Mail
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July 7, 2025
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Monday hailed Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah as one of the best-performing governors in the country, despite belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
Abakaliki FC’s Team Bus Involved In Accident After Losing President Federation Cup Final
Naija News
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June 29, 2025
The accident happened hours after Abakaliki FC suffered a 4-3 defeat on penalties in the President Federation Cup final against Kwara United at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos on Saturday, June 28. A statement from the Nigeria National League (NNL)...