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2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

WCQ: Though Ahead On Points, Close To Qualifying, Fear Still Grips S/Africa Over Nigeria (READ WHY INSIDE)

Sports

By Felix Durumbah There is concern, even some fear, in South Africa over the national football team, Bafana Bafana's possible ill-fate in the final run-in to 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. Bafana sit on 17 points atop the Group C pile, which includes,among others, Nigeria's Super Eagles (who are third), but South Africans keep looking over their shoulders at the star-studded Nigerians due to FIFA's seeming silence on Bafana's use of an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in the March 0-2 away win versus Lesotho. Mokoena should have been suspended for that match. Now, panic has gripped South Africans over the…

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2025

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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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2025

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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…

Sep

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2025

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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…

Sep

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2025

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Changing The Narrative From Partisanship To Performance I. The Peter Mba Way

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In less than three years in office, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has emerged as one of Nigeria’s most visionary and results-oriented State leaders. Through a blend of innovation, technology, fiscal discipline, and bold reforms, Mbah is steadily transforming Enugu State from a once “civil service economy” into a thriving hub of productivity, smart economy driven by technology, and inclusive growth. His leadership style which is rooted in measurable goals, performance-driven governance, and technological disruption of the status quo has redefined what it means to govern in the 21st century. A Governor with a Vision and a Plan From the onset,…

Sep

10

2025

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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…

Sep

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2025

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CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy

Health

*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…

Sep

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2025

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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…

Sep

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2025

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

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*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…

Sep

10

2025

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

Sports

*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…