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Moyinoluwa Olajide Nearly one in five chemotherapy drugs tested in parts of sub-Saharan Africa is either dangerously underdosed or overdosed, according to new research co-authored by Nigerian postgraduate student Ekezie Okorigwe at the University of Notre Dame, United States. The large-scale study, published in The Lancet Global Health, analysed 251 samples of seven commonly used cancer drugs collected from hospitals, pharmacies, and informal suppliers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Cameroon between April 2023 and February 2024. The results revealed that 19 per cent failed to meet international quality standards, with some containing as little as 28 per cent of the…

The midfielder star was one of the five players from Nigeria who played at the newly revamped FIFA Club World Cup which Chelsea won Nigerian midfielder Onuche Ogbelu has emerged as a potential transfer target for Russian Premier Liga club Rubin Kazan, Soccernet.ng reports. Ogbelu was one of the players that finished third with Nigeria at the 2022 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations. Then, just months later, he sealed a transfer to Tunisian club Esperance, and he has grown to become an important player for the club over the last two years. OGBELU ONUCHE of Esperance Tunis (Photo by Imago)…

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas (rtd), and the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) have been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to challenge the conduct of local council elections in the state.  The state government, under the leadership of Ibas, had fixed August 30, 2025, to conduct local council elections in the state.  In the suits, the plaintiffs, Fredrick Ededeh, Benita Samuel, Jane Madubuike, Boma Aggo and Comfort Agbom, all indigenes of Rivers State, said the atmosphere is not yet conducive for the conduct of the elections.  According to the plaintiffs…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has revealed that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, actually won the election. Lawal made this revelation while answering questions in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Tonight on Monday. He said that based on the facts available to him, Obi won the election that produced Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th president. The erstwhile SGF maintained that President Tinubu did not win the election, stressing that the result available to him at that time showed he did not win the election. While solidifying his clam, Lawal reiterated…

Following the successes recorded by Remo Stars and Ikorodu City in recent times, the Nigerian topflight could enjoy the inflow of more privately-owned clubs Super Eagles striker Umar Sadiq has stepped into Nigerian football ownership, joining forces with politician Hon. Bello El-Rufai to revive one of the country’s most storied clubs, Ranchers Bees FC of Kaduna, Soccernet.ng reports. The Kaduna-born Real Sociedad forward has finalised the acquisition of the famous side, once a dominant force in Nigerian football, with the ambition of restoring its glory days and returning it to the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL). Former AS Roma defender…

Farotimi backs Obi’s one-term presidency plan, says ‘Obasanjo, Buhari wasted eight years’The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has advised President Bola Tinubu to take a cue from his Argentine counterpart, Javier Gerardo Milei, to address Nigeria’s economic woes. Obi said that the Argentine leader inherited a battered economy with over 52 per cent of citizens living in poverty in 2024, with an inflation rate above 200 per cent, but has attained significant milestones through competent leadership. According to him, under Milei’s rule, Argentina’s poverty rate has fallen to 38.1 per cent from…

• Lawmaker dismisses coalition leaders’ credibility, praises Tinubu’s performance• Aiyedatiwa rules out coalition in Ondo, says APC will retain power in 2027 The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of engaging in selective investigations and operating as a political tool for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The denunciation came as the Commission yesterday detained former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, over alleged illegal withdrawal of more than N189 billion during his tenure. Last month, Tambuwal was reportedly quoted as saying, “We’re still members of PDP, and we’re going nowhere, but we…

• Pledges to ramp up infrastructure for lasting solutions• Eight dead, farmlands destroyed by flood in Ebonyi community Lagos State Government has admitted that residents would continue to experience flash flooding due to climate change and other environmental factors. The government, however, reiterated its commitment to ramping up infrastructure to provide lasting solutions across the state. The state’s Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stated this, yesterday, during an interview on television, noting that in the last two years, the ministry had cleaned over 50 kilometres of secondary collectors and dredged or maintained about 38 primary channels…

Lara Adejoro The Federal Government has forecast heavy rainfall over a five-day period that may lead to flooding across 15 states in the North and 68 locations. This comes as the National Emergency Management Agency said a total of 140,228 people in 21 states have been affected by floods so far in 2025. The heavy rainfall warning, issued on Sunday by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment, called on stakeholders and residents to take urgent precautionary measures. According to the centre’s flood prediction obtained by our correspondent, the affected areas are expected to…

Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards, alongside Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer, have predicted that Alex Iwobi‘s Fulham will struggle in the English Premier League this season, Soccernet.ng reports. The Cottagers finished 11th in the English top-flight last season whilst pulling some big results against big teams like Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Fulham players like Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey have been known for showcasing their personality on social media, publicising some of the interesting things that occur in the locker room. This even made the clash between Nottingham Forest and Fulham an interesting match-up as fans online renamed…