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Year: 2026

NFF: Need for a new beginning

Nigeria’s absence from the 2026 World Cup is not fate. It is the bill finally arriving for years of reckless housekeeping at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and those responsible must be made to pay for it. Our football history shows that Nigeria rarely loses to better teams. It loses to itself. Rabat, en route…

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El-Rufai’s lawyer withdraws three applications in Kaduna corruption case

Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has withdrawn three applications filed in his ongoing corruption case after his new lawyer apologised to the Kaduna State High Court. At Wednesday’s hearing before Justice Darius Khobo, El-Rufai’s lawyer, Paul Erokoro, SAN, asked the court for permission to withdraw the earlier applications and said he had filed a fresh…

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Transfer: Nigerian youngster joins Swedish club IFK Göteborg 

Nigerian youngster Ifeoluwa Olowoporoku has sealed a move to Swedish club IFK Göteborg, DAILY POST reports. Olowoporoku, who penned a three-year contract joined the 18-time Allsvenskan champions from Tripple 44 Football Academy. The 18-year-old will be part of IFK Göteborg’s first team , and will both train and play matches with them. He will also…

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MSF aircraft lands in Gusau Airport, boosts healthcare delivery

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aircraft landed in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, for the first time following the opening of the new Gusau International Airport. This marks an important milestone in improving access to communities across the state and strengthening the delivery of healthcare and humanitarian assistance. The new airport is expected to significantly reduce…

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Lawal shares 120 free trucks of fertiliser, 200,000 litres of herbicides, 100 crop residue crushers to farmers

Governor Dauda Lawal distributed more than 120 trucks of fertilisers and essential farm inputs to Zamfara farmers. The Zamfara 2026 wet-season fertiliser programme was launched on Friday at the Trade Fair Complex in Gusau, the state capital. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, the Zamfara State Government distributed 72,000 bags…

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PenCom aims to improve police pensions, says exit from CPS not needed

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA —THE The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has moved to allay rising unrest among Nigeria Police personnel about remaining in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), saying it aims to secure improved retirement benefits for officers—not to back their withdrawal from the scheme. Director-General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran, said on Tuesday that the…

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Recruitment: Zamfara conducts CBT for nurses, midwives

The Zamfara State Hospital Service Management Board (HSMB) successfully conducted a Computer-Based Test (CBT) for applicants seeking employment as Nurses and Midwives in the state healthcare system. The exercise was organised as part of the board’s commitment to ensuring a transparent, credible, and merit-based recruitment process aimed at strengthening healthcare service delivery across Zamfara State….

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Celebrations over CTJ’s killing of bandit leader Sani Yellow in Zamfara

Citizens are celebrating the killing of a notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Sani Yellow, by a combined team of Civilian Joint Task Force, known as Askarawan Zamfara, and hunters in Zamfara State. The bandit warlord was killed in Anka Local Government Area of the State during an exchange of fire while trying to repel an attack…

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UBA Business Series enlists M.I Abaga, Chowdeck CEO, Egunjobi to speak on innovation, African Startups

Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to host the latest edition of its quarterly UBA Business Series, turning the spotlight on how businesses can transform everyday customer feedback into technology that answers Africa’s real needs,  Scheduled for Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 11:00 a.m. (WAT), the event, themed “Building for Africa’s Realities:…

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Actress Omotunde Ogundimu reveals battle with cervical cancer, solicits financial help

Veteran Nollywood actress, Omotunde Ogundimu, has cried out over her battle with cervical cancer. The actress made the revelation on Tuesday during an interview with her colleague, Biola Adebayo, on the Talk to B podcast. Speaking about her secret battle with cancer since 2025, the actress, who revealed she is a single mother of three, also said…

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