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2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Aid Cuts Will Push Nigerians To Boko Haram Militants -UN

Feature

Drastic cuts to humanitarian aid in North-Eastern Nigeria could prove a boon to one of the world's most deadly militant groups, Boko Haram, aid agencies have warned. A reduction of funding in recent months has forced the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) to ration its support, and now it has completely run out. "It will be much easier for militants to lure youths to join them and spiral insecurity across the whole region," Trust Mlambo, Head of Operations in the area for WFP, told the BBC . Notorious around the world for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls from the town…

Aug

02

2025

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I’m Not A Nigerian -Kemi Badenoch

Foreign

*'I've No Nigerian Passport' *'My Now Family Are In UK, Conservative Party Is My Extended Family' *Nigeria, A Big Fandango, She Says *'No Future For You In Nigeria', She Recalls Her Parents' Words Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. The Conservative Party leader, who was born in London, but grew up in Nigeria and the U.S and did not return to the UK until she was 16, said she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in two decades. Speaking to the Rosebud podcast, Badenoch said: “I’m Nigerian through ancestry,…

Aug

02

2025

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Alleged Rape: French Prosecutors Demand Criminal Trial for PSG Star Achraf Hakimi

Sports

French prosecutors have requested that Moroccan football star and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) full-back, Achraf Hakimi, be put on trial over allegations that he raped a 24-year-old woman in February 2023; a claim the player firmly denies. In a statement to Agence France Presse (AFP) on Friday, August 1, the Nanterre prosecutor's office said it had formally asked the investigating judge to refer the case to a criminal court. “It is now up to the investigating magistrate to make a decision within the framework of his order,” the prosecutor's office confirmed. Hakimi, 26, was initially charged with rape in March 2023…

Aug

02

2025

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Liverpool’s ‘Take It Or Leave It’ £110m bid for Alexander Isak Rejected

Sports

By Andy Hunter Liverpool have had a £110million bid for Alexander Isak rejected by Newcastle and do not intend to submit a second offer for the striker in this transfer window. Despite long-held interest in the Sweden international and his desire to move to Merseyside, Liverpool’s first formal offer came in under the £120million suggested when Richard Hughes, sporting director at Anfield, made an informal enquiry over Isak’s availability a fortnight ago. Newcastle value their prized asset at £150million, a British transfer-record sum, but are reluctant to sell the 25-year-old, who was the second highest goalscorer in the Premier League…

Aug

01

2025

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How Resort To ‘Juju’ Finished My Lucrative Foreign Football Career -Under-17 World Cup Winner

Sports

*'I Sacrificed Cow, Spent Huge Sums To Destroy My Teammate' A bit of the dark practices perpetrated by some African footballers came to light as former Ghanaian footballer Awudu Issaka revealed that he turned to spiritual means in an attempt to secure regular playing time during his stint with German club 1860 Munich. Speaking in a radio interview with Accra-based Sporty FM , Issaka disclosed that he was often benched while competing for a starting spot with German legend Thomas Häßler. Frustrated by his limited opportunities, Issaka admitted to using black magic—commonly referred to locally as juju—against his teammate, even…

Aug

01

2025

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Maharaj Ji Canvasses Shettima’s Resignation As VP

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By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has called on Vice President (VP) Kashim Shettima to resign his position forthwith. He proferred reasons Shettima should quit the exalted office of the country's number two position. Maharaj Ji, in a statement, said Shettima had made comments allegedly antagonising the steps the Federal Government (FG) he is part of, had taken. "As Vice President, Kashim Shettima's comment on the alleged unconstitutionality of the Federal Government's emergency rule in Rivers State escalates matters. This is why the Founder of One Love Family and Living Perfect Master, Satguru Maharaj…

Aug

01

2025

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Boost For Oyo Farmers As Govt Okays Additional Loan Funds

News

*Ekiti Varsity VC Felicitates Monarch On Appointment By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has approved additional funds for disbursement under its single-digit administrative charges of agricultural loan schemes. According to a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Friday, August 1, the Chairman, Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oyo State (ACCOS), Sheikh Taofeek Akeugbagold, disclosed this in an interactive session with a group of farmers at the corporation’s headquarters in Ibadan,the state capital. He said the additional loan was part of continued efforts to empower farmers, promote food security, and boost agricultural productivity across…

Aug

01

2025

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Benue Bloodfests Sinister,Not Mere Herders-farmers’ Clashes -Northern CAN

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*Visits Alia, Condoles With Victims' Families *Grieving State Strengthened By Your Coming, Says Gov By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Leaders of 19 Northern States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) branches of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have again condemned the killings in Benue State, describing the spate as a national tragedy that demands honest conversation and urgent intervention by the authorities. The condemnation was contained in a statement issued today, August 1, by Northern CAN Chairman, Rev. John Joseph Hayab after a condolence visit to the crises-ridden state by a high-powered delegation of the body. The delegation, comprising CAN Chairmen, Secretaries,…

Aug

01

2025

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N180m Fraud: Appeal Court Upholds Conviction of Rochas Okorocha’s Transport Commissioner, Laseberry Anyanwu

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The Imo State Division of Court of Appeal, has upheld the conviction and three-year sentence of Prince Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, a former Commissioner of Transport in the Rochas Okorocha administration of Imo State, for fraud involving the sum of N180,000,000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira). Anyanwu was arraigned by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 26, 2020 before Justice E. F. Njemanze of the Imo State High Court on a four-count charge bordering on abuse of office and fraudulent diversion of N180 million. The convict, whilst serving as Commissioner of Transport…

Aug

01

2025

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A Coalition And Its Many Tendencies

Opinion, Politics

BY ABRAHAM OGBODO It is too early to worry about the coalition to fight Tinubu in 2027. Even if the lion is ensnarled, you do not approach it with bare hands. You give all the benefits of doubt and go very prepared for any eventuality. When the coalition was announced some weeks ago, there was some breathe of relief across the land. This was, however, not in the air-tight assurance that the days of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President could now be counted. It was more in the feeling that a ferocious tiger was being released into the jungle to…