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Ardova Handball: Tojemarine, Safety Babes begin title defence
Punch
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July 8, 2025
Defending champions of the Ardova Handball Premier League, Tojemarine Academy and Safety Babes will begin their title defence on Tuesday (today) in Benin, Edo State. According to the fixtures released by the Handball Federation of Nigeria through...
NERC Report Reveals Lapses In Safety Compliance
Biz Watch Nigeria
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July 17, 2025
At least 12 people lost their lives and 14 others sustained various degrees of injuries in electricity-related accidents across Nigeria in the first quarter of 2025, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed. The...
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Sunday, 29th June, 2025
Naija News
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June 29, 2025
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Sunday, 29th June, 2025. Elder statesman and billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, has been laid to rest in Madina, Saudi...
Through an African Lens: The Israel-Iran Conflict and a Call for Peace
Black Agenda Report
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Western cameras frame this as Israel vs. Iran, but African analysts see through the script: another case of ‘rules for thee, not for me’ in a system built to punish the Global South. Originally published in Raïs Neza Boneza. The escalating...
African Innovators Win Fortify Forward Grants to Tackle Malnutrition
News Ghana
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July 17, 2025
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has named winners of its 2025 Fortify Forward Innovation Challenge, spotlighting African-led solutions using food fortification and biofortification to combat malnutrition. Finalists from East and...
Oyegun blames APC for nation’s rising insecurity, hunger, gets ADC card in Edo
The Sun Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
From Tony Osauzo, Benin Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyegun, yesterday, blamed the ruling party for the hunger and starvation in the country. He also blamed the APC led- government for its...
National Equity 3 program officially launched
CNR Citi Newsroom
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July 16, 2025
Commerce Equitable France and Agronomists and Veterinarians without Borders officially launched the third phase of the Equité Program, alongside their French and West African partners, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the French Global...
The Benue Archipelago
The News (Nigeria)
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July 8, 2025
Governor Alia The Benue Archipelago, By Dare Babarinsa It is good that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited Benue State to put special focus on the terror that has convulsed that unhappy land for many years. In this 2025, Benue has lost...
US sends deported criminals to Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy
The Indian Express
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July 17, 2025
The United States has deported five foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes to Eswatini, a small southern African kingdom ruled by Africa’s last absolute monarch. The deportees, from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, were flown to the...
Liberia’s Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria Vows to Pursue Oil & Gas Opportunities for Liberia’s Benefit
Front Page Africa
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July 8, 2025
Ballout, a former Senator of Maryland County, was recently nominated by President Joseph Boakai to serve as Liberia’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Monrovia, Liberia – The Ambassador-Designate to Nigeria, John Ballout, has pledged to prioritize economic...
2027: Eno promises to work for Tinubu, Akpabio's re-election
Punch
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July 7, 2025
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has reaffirmed his full commitment to work for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. Eno also pledged to support other All...
How Afro Fashion Association Empowers Underrepresented Designers
The Business of Fashion
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July 16, 2025
The Italian fashion industry has long faced heavy criticism for its lack of diversity and failure to support underrepresented talent. Back in 2013, designer Stella Jean became the first BIPOC designer to show during Milan Fashion Week since its...
APC Adopts Consensus Candidates For Edo By-elections
Naija News
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July 9, 2025
Naija News reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed August 16 to conduct the by-election. Ikpea is set to contest for the Senate seat in Edo Central, while Igbinedion will tackle other political parties for the...
POFON to stabilise palm oil prices year-round
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 17, 2025
The Chairman of the Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFON), Mr. Emmanuel Ibru, on Thursday expressed optimism about the forum’s plans to devise a means to stabilise the prices of crude palm oil in the country. The forum stated that the...
2027: Otuaro urges Niger Delta to support APC South South leaders’ resolution on Tinubu’s reelection bid
Eagle Online
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July 8, 2025
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the Niger Delta to support the declaration of the leaders of the South South All Progressives Congress to support President Bola Tinubu for a second...
Fireworks At 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships
New Telegraph
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July 17, 2025
The 2025 ITTF Africa West Regional Championships have been nothing short of electrifying, with thrilling displays of skill and sportsmanship lighting up the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. As the tournament progresses,...
NCAA approves commencement of Enugu Air
Premium Times
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July 8, 2025
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has officially announced the approval for the initiation of domestic flight operations by Enugu Air. This decision, the authority said, aligns with the 5-Point Agenda of the Minister of Aviation and...
Video Game ‘Relooted’ Lets Players Reclaim Stolen African Artifacts
NewsOne
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July 17, 2025
Source: Prostock-Studio / Getty A revolutionary new video game is flipping the script on colonial narratives, and gamers are eager to play it. Read more about Relooted, the game that allows players to reclaim African artifacts from Western...
Former APC Chairman Oyegun Officially Defects to ADC
Lagos Post Online
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July 16, 2025
A former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo State. Oyegun, a former Edo State Governor, received the membership card of his new party on...
Keyamo Inaugurates Enugu Air, Says Mbah Among The Best
Daily Independent
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July 8, 2025
1 …It’s Triumph Of Vision, Beginning Of Aviation Hub — Mbah ENUGU – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Monday, inaugurated Enugu Air, a state-owned commercial airline established by the Governor Peter...