Felix Duru Mbah

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UPDATE! Okoronkwo Engineers Super Falcons’ Rally To 10th WAFCON Title

UPDATE! Okoronkwo Engineers Super Falcons’ Rally To 10th WAFCON Title

*Hosts Morocco Thought It Was Over After 2-0 First Half Lead *Nigerian Resilience Pays Off The Super Falcons came back from two goals down at halftime on Saturday, July 26, to claim a 3-2 victory over the Atlas Lionesses of Morocco in the final of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Having lost to South Africa in the last final, also on home soil, it’s heartbreak for Morocco once again. The Atlas Lionesses’ wait for their first WAFCON title goes on. The match was played at Stade Olympique de Rabat. Given the quality of football that both teams had…
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Enugu Commissioner Okoh Takes Over, Otiji Bows Out

Enugu Commissioner Okoh Takes Over, Otiji Bows Out

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has entered a new phase of leadership with the official handover from outgoing Commissioner, Engr. Gerald Otiji, to the new one, Engr. Ben Osy Okoh. In his address, Engr. Okoh paid glowing tribute to his predecessor, describing Engr. Otiji as both a brother and a friend. He credited more than 80% of the developmental strides recorded by the administration of Governor Peter Mbah to the Ministry under Otiji’s leadership. “Engr. Gerald Otiji’s leadership has laid a solid foundation. If Nigerians regard Dr. Peter Ndubisi Mbah as the best governor…
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Dangote Steps Down As Chair Of Cement Conglomerate

Dangote Steps Down As Chair Of Cement Conglomerate

After bowing out as Chairman of Dangote Sugar, Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has retired as Chairman of Dangote Cement. He is the founder and majority shareholder of the conglomerate. The Board of Dangote Cement quickly appointed Emmanuel Ikazoboh, an independent non-executive director, as new Chairman. The company’s Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed news of the retirement in a statement issued on Friday, July 25. Chiejina said Dangote quit the position to devote more attention to Dangote Petroleum Refinery. His tenure transformed Dangote Cement into Africa’s largest cement producer and a leading exporter in Sub-Saharan Africa,…
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For Love Of Community, She Risks Her Health For 10k/Monthly

For Love Of Community, She Risks Her Health For 10k/Monthly

By Sarah Johnson Every Monday and Tuesday morning, Bosede Oluwaokere, 48, wakes up at home in Ilorin city in west Nigeria, gets dressed and walks to a nearby stream. She sits beneath a tree and pulls her skirt up around her thighs. For the next six hours she stays in the same spot waiting for a specific type of fly to land on her, so she can catch it using a small plastic tube. Oluwaokere is a human flycatcher – or human landing catch, as the World Health Organization (WHO) terms it – which is considered the “gold standard” for…
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Ganduje To Yilwatda: You’ll Do Well As APC National Chair

Ganduje To Yilwatda: You’ll Do Well As APC National Chair

As substantive National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, assumed office today, his immediate predecessor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has thumbed up the appointment. According to Ganduje, Yilwatda will perform well,though he is taking office at a critical time, describing his accession to the position, however, as strategic. In a statement he personally signed, which contained these, Ganduje added that he has confidence in Yilwatda’s ability to lead APC forward. The new Chairman became the party's top official during APC's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, the country's capital, on Thursday, July 24. Ganduje, a former…
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50 Nigerians, Landlord Nabbed In Ghana For Alleged Involvement In ‘Yahoo Yahoo’, Human Trafficking

50 Nigerians, Landlord Nabbed In Ghana For Alleged Involvement In ‘Yahoo Yahoo’, Human Trafficking

*Some Were Trafficked, Then Forced Into Crime Fifty persons identified as Nigerians and a landlord have been arrested by Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) during a dawn operation at McCarthy Hills in the Ga South Municipality of Accra over alleged involvement in cybercrime and human trafficking. In Nigeria, cyber crime is known in the streets as yahoo yahoo. A report in Ghana Graphic Online said the operation took place on Thursday, July 24, 2025, following intelligence reports that some foreign nationals were unlawfully residing in the area and may have been trafficked into the country and forced into online fraud. “This…
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Nigerian Singer, Tems, Makes History As Africa’s Best-selling Female Artiste

Nigerian Singer, Tems, Makes History As Africa’s Best-selling Female Artiste

Singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, is now the best-selling female African artiste. Tems, who launched her music career in 2018, has now surpassed industry veterans like Angelique Kidjo, Tiwa Savage, and Yemi Alade to become the most commercially successful African female artist, going by charts’ data, according to a report in today's edition of Ghana Graphic Online. From available data, the Grammy-winning singer has sold over 25 million units worldwide. Some of her certifications include ‘Essence’ 5x Platinum in USA (5 million units), ‘Wait For U’ 3x Platinum in USA (3 million units), ‘Free Mind’ 2x Platinum in…
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Oyo Bans Sunday Trading At Bola Ige Int’l Market

Oyo Bans Sunday Trading At Bola Ige Int’l Market

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has announced its readiness to enforce ban of Sunday trading at the Bola Ige International Business Complex, popularly known as Gbagi Market, Ibadan. The State Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives and Industry, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, stated this on Thursday in his office at Secretariat Ibadan. According to a statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Adebisi explained that the ban would curb rising insecurity and restore order at the market, adding that the enforcement would take effect from Sunday, 27th July 2025. He hinted that the enforcement was a culmination…
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WAFCON Loss To Nigeria: Banyana Banyana Make Excuses

WAFCON Loss To Nigeria: Banyana Banyana Make Excuses

Former Banyana Banyana captain Portia Modise believes the team paid the price for not having Thembi Kgatlana in the squad for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. Banyana failed to defend the title they won in Morocco in 2022 after they lost 1-2 to Nigeria in the semifinal on Tuesday, becoming the first team to fail to defend the title. Kgatlana was not selected for the WAFCON squad due to “personal reasons” and Modise is of the view that Banyana would have done far better if she were part of the team. “First, leaving home without Thembi…
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