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  • Opeyori Urges Aspiring Badminton Players to Focus on Basics, Stay Consistent

    Opeyori Urges Aspiring Badminton Players to Focus on Basics, Stay Consistent   By Oluwaseyi Ogunwomoju-Oduneye   Two-time Olympic badminton player, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, has urged aspiring players to remain focused, disciplined and consistent in order to succeed in the sport.   Opeyori, who is based in the United States, said sustained

  • AFCON 2025: Old guard endures as new stars rise in group-stage spotlight

    The group stage of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 has reaffirmed African football’s enduring balance between proven greatness and emerging ambition. Across six groups and 24 matches, decorated African Footballers of the Year and rising talents shaped results, lifted performances and fuelled debate over the continent’s

  • Legal luminary, Ndarani, SAN sponsors football competition to promote peace, unity

    By Mohammed Baba Busu Alhaji Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, has organised a football competition among youths in his community in order to promote unity and peace in Niger and the country at large. Ndarani, the Hukunchi Nupe and Hausaland, spoke in an interview with newsmen after the finals of the football

  • Rising Stars dethrone UI to win Propella Basketball Challenge

    Rising Stars dethrone UI to win Propella Basketball Challenge By Oluwaseyi Oduneye-Ogunwomoju. ‎Rising Stars on Monday defeated the University of Ibadan (UI) Basketball Club 21–18 to win the seventh edition of the Propella 3×3 Male Open Basketball Challenge held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria

Education and Youth

Gov. Eno, VHS ’81 alumni to celebrate 45 years of excellence

By Taiye Olayemi Victory High School (VHS), Ikeja Old Students’ Association, Class of 1981, has concluded plans to commemorate its 45th anniversary with a three-day programme of activities aimed at celebrating excellence and giving back to the society. Mr John Kayode, President of the association, said the anniversary, themed “Celebration

Health & Environment

Health Ministry, Prof. Ugwu felicitate health-loving Gov. Mbah at 54

Health Ministry, Prof. Ugwu felicitate health-loving Gov. Mbah at 54 The Enugu State Ministry of Health has felicitated health-loving Gov. Peter Mbah on his 54th birthday and his unprecedented infrastructure strides in the health sector in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Prof. George Ugwu, made the felicitation in a

Religion, Culture & Tourism

81 Division Chief Imam Eleje urges Nigerians to maintain peace, unity

81 Division Chief Imam Eleje urges Nigerians to maintain peace, unity   Lt.-Col. Husein Eleje, the Chief Imam of 81 Division, Nigerian Army, has called on Nigerians, especially Muslim faithful, to maintain peace, unity and good neighbourliness. Eleje made the call in a sermon on Friday during the Eid Prayer

Defense & Security

Enugu CP orders strategic deployment of personnel, operational assets for Eid-el-Fitr 

Enugu CP orders strategic deployment of personnel, operational assets for Eid-el-Fitr   The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, CP Mamman Giwa, has ordered strategic deployment of personnel, intelligence and operational assets across the state for a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Giwa gave the directive in a statement issued on his

Science & Tech

Enugu Tech Festival 2026 Surpasses Expectations, Records Attendance of 53,000 –  Commissioner Ezeh

Enugu Tech Festival 2026 Surpasses Expectations, Records Attendance of 53,000 –  Commissioner Ezeh   The second edition of the Enugu Tech Festival 2026 (ETF 2.0) has concluded with a record-breaking 53,000 physical participants, underscoring Nigeria’s accelerating push to position itself as a continental leader in digital innovation.   The festival,

Judiciary

Justice actors champion Improved multidoor courts system to resolve conflicts

Justice actors champion Improved multidoor courts system to resolve conflicts Stakeholders in dispute resolution techniques on Tuesday in Sokoto, called for improved multi door court model, as well as climate-action, aimed at achieving out-of-court settlement of conflicts. They made the call at the end of a two-day Executive Policy and

Foreign

Cuba’s president fires back at Trump over takeover remarks

Takeover Mexico City, March 18, 2026 (dpa) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has fired back at comments by U.S. President Donald Trump about a possible takeover of Cuba. On Monday, Trump told reporters he thinks he will have the “honour of taking Cuba.” “I do believe I’ll be … having the honour of

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