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The Confederation of African Football has published the definitive roster of 16 countries set to compete at the 2026 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, with hosts Morocco leading a field that excludes Nigeria for the second consecutive tournament. CAF confirmed the qualifiers through its official website on Sunday, finalising the lineup after Algeria secured…
The Social Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has publicly criticized the Federal Government’s handling of Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation following a deadly attack in Plateau State that claimed at least 29 lives. Adebayo visited Anguwan Rukuba, the site of the March 29 assault, where he accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed…
Former England striker Gary Lineker has dismissed suggestions that Arsenal’s season is unravelling, insisting the Gunners remain on course to capture their first Premier League title in two decades despite consecutive cup exits. The assertion comes after a turbulent fortnight that saw Mikel Arteta’s side eliminated from both domestic knockout competitions, raising questions about…
Nigeria discards roughly 38 million tonnes of food each year, the highest volume of any African nation, according to data disclosed by the European Union during this year’s International Zero Waste Day commemoration in Abuja. The staggering figure has prompted urgent calls from the EU, Federal Government, and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation for…
A 14-year-old female student has died from a stray bullet while performing household chores within the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital quarters, residents confirmed on Sunday. The incident, which occurred on Saturday in the Borno State capital, has intensified local concerns regarding celebratory gunfire and public safety in a region long affected by insurgency….
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Joemartins Uzodike, has called for the immediate resignation of the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, accusing him of bias and incompetence in handling the Commission’s withdrawal of recognition from the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the party. Uzodike, a legal practitioner, described the…
Nigeria’s electoral commission drew widespread condemnation from opposition parties, civil society organisations, and the Obidient movement before abruptly suspending publicity preparations for a nationwide voter revalidation exercise it had announced just days earlier, exposing deepening anxieties over the integrity of the country’s electoral system less than a year to the 2027 general elections. The Independent…
Cross-border onion trade between Nigeria and Ghana has ground to a halt following a suspension announced by the National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, citing persistent harassment of its members and the alleged seizure of onion-laden trucks at the Kotoku Market in Accra. The National President of NOPPMAN, Isa Aliyu, announced the…
Nigeria’s Federal Government has significantly expanded its borrowing plan for 2026, pushing total debt financing to N29.20 trillion, a sharp jump of N11.31 trillion from the N17.89 trillion projection that appeared in the Abridged Budget Call Circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in December 2025. The revised figure is contained…
A false press release claiming the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination had been postponed is circulating online, and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has moved swiftly to shut it down, warning over two million candidates not to be misled. In a statement issued on Saturday, the board described the circulating notice as malicious and…
