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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Nigeria’s spot at the next AFCON was confirmed after Libya defeated Rwanda 1-0 on Thursday at the Amahoro stadium in Kigali. The Eagles qualified for the competition with two games to spare. The team is billed to play the Benin Republic less than 30 after the match involving the other two teams in the group. Nigeria are the leaders in Group D of the qualification with 10 points, followed by the Benin Republic with six points. Only the top two teams qualify for the group.…

The leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly took a new turn on Thursday as ousted Speaker Mudashiru Obasa forcefully resumed office, despite his removal on January 13, 2025. The Assembly has been thrown into disarray by Obasa’s unexpected return, which occurred around 11:30 AM. He was reportedly escorted by heavily armed security personnel, creating a tense atmosphere, especially as the current Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, was not present. Despite the Assembly being on an indefinite recess, reports indicate that Obasa forcibly opened the doors to the Speaker’s office. Obasa declared his resumption as the parliament’s leader, stating…

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The All Progressives Congress on Monday slammed a former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, for attacking President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The National Vice Chairman of the APC (South East), Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu, described El-Rufai’s criticism of the President and the NSA during a Monday night interview on Arise TV as pathetic. El-Rufai, in the interview, criticised the president’s economic reforms, saying the sequencing was wrong. “I support some of (Tinubu) policies; most of the economic policies are the right orthodox policies, but the sequencing is wrong, and the quality of the people implementing…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, warned students in Oyo State to avoid alcohol and substance abuse, warning that drug abuse can lead to death, mental health disorders and other adverse effects. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the call during the “Catch-Them-Young” inauguration of the NAFDAC Consumer Safety Club (NCSC) for secondary school students at Ajibode High School, Akinyele Local Government, Oyo State with the theme “Your Future Counts! Say No to Illicit Drugs and Yes to Life”, Adeyeye expressed concern over the widespread use of alcohol and substance abuse among…

Janet Ogundepo The World Health Organisation has embraced a new approach by leveraging crowdfunding to diversify funding sources and support its ongoing Investment Round while strengthening community engagement. The initiative, One Dollar One World, comes amid the funding gaps created by the recent withdrawal of the United States of America from the WHO. PUNCH Healthwise reports that the 47th US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order directing the USA to withdraw from the WHO, a body he has repeatedly criticised over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The US is the largest donor to the Geneva-based organisation and provides…

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, was never a member of the group. IPOB said Ekpa was not a registered member of the group’s chapter in Finland and cannot be the leader of the group. On Thursday, Ekpa, a Finland-based secessionist, was arrested by law enforcement agents in the northern European nation. He was subsequently sent to prison by the district court of Päijät-Häme for “spreading terrorist propaganda on social media”. Ekpa was said to have committed the crime in 2021 in Lahti municipality. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) also…

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English Football League Championship side Burnley have set their sights on Nigerian striker Dominic Daniel Udoh and have entered direct negotiations with his club, Wycombe Wanderers, over a potential summer transfer, Soccernet.ng reports. The forward, who previously donned the colours of Shrewsbury Town, has piqued the interest of Burnley who are currently vying to make a return to the English Premier League with 68 points, which places them in the third place of the EFL Championship standings. Meanwhile, should they successfully make a return, Burnley has added Udoh to their priority list for the summer transfer window. Daniel Udoh 11…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed MTN Nigeria, Airtel and other telecommunications firms to fully bar phone lines without National Identity Numbers and those whose NINs have not been verified. This was disclosed in a corporate notice that MTN Nigeria filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited revealing the directive from NCC and the attached deadlines for the barring. In the statement signed by its Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, MTN Nigeria said, “This is part of an industry-wide directive that requires phone lines for which the subscribers have not submitted their NINs to be barred on or before 28 February…