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2026 FIFA World Cup: Who Has Qualified, Who At Risk

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*Tunisia Yet To Concede In 8 Qualifiers, Morocco, Have Qualified By Louise Taylor Forty-eight teams will participate in next summer’s World Cup, with the hosts, Canada, Mexico and the United States (US), granted automatic entry. A further 43 places are determined by qualifying competitions from the six global confederations and the remaining two will be decided at March’s six-team intercontinental playoffs in Monterrey and Guadalajara. After this month’s internationals, 18 counties have places booked. The draw is due to take place on December 5 this year at Washington’s Kennedy Center. Africa The winners of the nine qualifying groups gain automatic…

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I Suffered Greatly As Vice-President Under Biden -Kamala Harris Explodes

Foreign

*Describes His Move At Re-election ‘Reckless' All is not well between the two top leaders in the immediate past government of the United States (US) as Kamala Harris has opened up on her time under then President Joe Biden. She set the ball rolling by terming Biden’s decision to seek re-election in 2024 as “recklessness” in her new memoir. Harris questions the former president’s judgment while revealing her own frustrations about being marginalized within the administration. In passages published by The Atlantic today, September 10, from 107 Days, her memoir chronicling her presidential campaign, Harris breaks on certain points from…

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Unstable Electricity: Again, National Grid Collapses (See Effects On Businesses, Individuals)

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By our reporter The national electricity grid collapsed today, sparking widespread economic panic as blackout hit many businesses, homes and offices in what appears,like the raging insecurity, another unresolved problem by government. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) indicated that power generation dropped sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (mw) to a mere 1.5mw between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Recall that last year alone, by December 11, the grid had collapsed 12 times. Recall too that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had stated that there was no grid collapse throughout the first quarter of this year (2025). Nigeria is presently…

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UPDATE! Man Who Allegedly Killed American Dream-seeking Female Ukrainian Refugee Faces Death Penalty

Foreign

The US Justice Department on Tuesday, September 9, charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. The case has become latest flashpoint in the debate over whether cities such as Charlotte are adequately addressing violent crime, mental…

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CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy

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*Again, Urges Higher Excise Duty On Sugary Drinks By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu A body, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has commended the Federal Government (FG)'s decision to develop a draft policy to earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. In a statement signed by its Media and Communication Officer, Robert Egbe, CAPPA described the decision as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Tinubu administration to leave a legacy of sustainable funding for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system and to protect the health of Nigerian citizens. Speaking at a recent national…

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Strike: Moses Adasu Varsity VC Explains Moves To End Action

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*Threatens To Withdraw Certificates Of Graduates Who Falsely Attack Alma Mater By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Acting Vice Chancellor (VC), Rev Fr Moses Orshio Adasu University Makurdi (MOAUM), Professor Simon Terver Ubwa, has assured that the Benue State Government and the university management were doing everything possible to meet the remaining demands of the institution's striking unions. The unions embarked on strike few days ago following their claims that the university management had not paid staff the new national minimum wage. Interacting with the Forum of Investigative Journalists in Benue State in his office, Professor Ubwa revealed that some issues affecting…

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How African Job Seekers Are Tricked Into Slavery In Asia’s Cyberscam Compounds

Feature

*Promises Of Legitimate Jobs Turn Hellish *Passports, Others Instantly Confiscated *Beatings, Starvation, Sex Abuse Rife Note: People&Politics is publishing this piece as a social responsibility initiative to enable potential Nigerian immigrants make proper, informed choices. Within hours of landing in Bangkok from Nairobi, Kenya last December to start a job as a customer service agent, Duncan Okindo knew something was wrong. The 26-year-old had sold his cattle, borrowed money from friends and used his savings to pay a recruitment agency 200,000 Kenyan shillings (£1,150; about N2.3m). “I felt it would be good to go outside [the country] and look for…

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WC Qualification On Cliffhanger: Super Eagles Coach Promises Fight To The Finish, As Nigerians Express Anger

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*Call For Chelle's Sack Head coach of Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, has said his team will not lack motivation ahead of their final two fixtures in the 2026 World Cup qualifying series. Chelle was addressing the media following a 1-1 draw away to South Africa on Tuesday, September 9. Bafana Bafana took the lead through William Troost-Ekong’s own goal, before Calvin Bassey headed in the equaliser before half-time. Nigeria need to win all their remaining fixtures to stand a chance of qualifying even as only the top team in each group automatically qualifies with the runner-up navigating a playoff. South…

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History-Equalling Rout: Ruthless Haaland, Norway ‘Gift’ Each 11 On-Field Moldovan Player A Goal

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*Norway 11 Moldova 1 *Last Such Margin 29 Years Ago Erling Haaland scored five goals and set up two more on Tuesday, September 9, as Norway thrashed Moldova 11-1 to edge closer to qualifying for a first World Cup in 27 years. Norway's goals effectively meant,in acrid jokes among fans, that "each Moldovan on the field went home with a goal to their name" in reverse logic. The victory equalled the record for the highest winning margin in a European World Cup qualifying match, with Macedonia beating Liechtenstein 11-1 in the 1996 qualifiers. The Manchester City striker set up Felix…

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Agric Boost: FG Empowers 20 Benue Women With N20m

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*100 Others Receive N50,000, Items By Samuel Tyav, Makurdi No fewer than 20 women farmers have been empowered with N20 million to boost their agricultural activities in Benue State. Besides, the Federal Government (FG), which handed them the incentive, also gave 100 other Benue women involved in small-scale businesses the sum of N50,000 each to expand their ventures. FG also presented 400 bags of rice, 10 bags of clothes, 200 ladies' cloth-wrappers, four grinding machines, and four sewing machines to female victims of gender-based violence (GBV). Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who disclosed these interventions…