Day: August 3, 2025

Nigeria’s D’Tigress Defeat Mali, Clinch Fifth Consecutive AfroBasket Title

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, have been crowned champions of the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket after defeating Mali in the final. The Rena Wakama-led side clinched the title on Sunday at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. With the win, Nigeria made history as the first country to win five consecutive Women’s Afrobasket championships, further cementing their dominance on the continent. They also remain unbeaten in the tournament for a decade. The last time D’Tigress lost an Afrobasket game was on October 2, 2015, against Cameroon.…

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Nurses Call Off Strike After Four Days

Abibat Babalola

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has suspended its nationwide warning strike. This was disclosed to our correspondent on Saturday by the Assistant Secretary-General of NANNM, Chidi Aligwe. On Wednesday, nurses and midwives in the country embarked on a seven-day warning strike to press home their long-standing demands, including an upward review of shift allowance, adjustment of uniform allowance, a separate salary structure for nurses, an increase in core duty allowance, mass recruitment of nurses, and the establishment of a nursing department in the Federal Ministry of Health,…

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76 Oil Wells: Truth Cannot Be Burnt,By Saviour Johnbull

Abibat Babalola

The recent recirculation of an old Senate video featuring Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, has reignited conversations around the long-settled issue of the 76 oil wells legally ceded to Akwa Ibom State. While some may seek to stir emotions, the video actually offers clarity and dignity, rooted in law, patriotism, and maturity. Senator Ndoma-Egba, then Leader of the 6th Senate and a respected son of Cross River State, stated: “In many ways, Bakassi is now part of Cameroon following the judgment of the ICj . The Supreme Court also delivered its…

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‘Gbo-Gbo,’ Rabies Outbreak Hits Part of Lagos, Vet Doctors Raise Alarm

Abibat Babalola

The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has confirmed a rabies outbreak in the Ajah area of Lagos State. This announcement was made in a public health alert issued by the association’s Chairman, Dr. Ofua Mark, following laboratory confirmation by the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) in Vom, Plateau State. Dr. Mark linked the outbreak to the increasing presence of unqualified individuals posing as veterinarians and administering vaccines improperly. He expressed serious concern over the abuse of the rabies vaccine, which, though widely available, is often…

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Outrage As Nigerian Govt Closes Down Badeggi Radio Station

Abibat Babalola

. Minister calls for calm, Niger Gov gives reason for closing down private FM, Guild of Editors kicks     The Ministry of Information and National Orientation said it has taken note of concerns raised by various stakeholders in the media industry regarding the recent directive by the Niger State Government to suspend the operations of Badeggi FM, a radio station in Minna. According to reports, the Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, issued the directive during an expanded Niger State APC Caucus Meeting in Minna on August 1,…

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Aproko Doctor And The Genetically Modified Gospel Of Convenience, By Akin Olaniyan

Abibat Babalola

There is no way we can know everything but at least when it comes to social media, we know that the most harmful lies are disguised in slick but poisonous bottles of certainty – pushed by smiling charlatans pretending to be specialists. You see them mostly in dumbed-down videos with every inconvenient nuance edited out, just for one purpose – hitting maximum engagement. Take a bow, Aproko Doctor (Egemba Chinonso Fidelis), the country’s ‘sweet-talking’ medical micro-influencer, whose social media videos on TikTok and YouTube offer controversial advice in dangerously-funny ways…

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Ojulari: Inside The Extravagant Lifestyle That Landed The NNPC Boss In Trouble

ADEOLA YUSUF

    “Ojulari flew to Vienna, Austria aboard another private jet to attend OPEC Seminar in a trip that cost NNPC about $1 million. While Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum flew to same event on British Airways.” Blow-by-blow account of hot petro-political fire threatening to consume the SNEPCo’s ex-MD as NNPC GCEO   The over five kilometers distance between Aso rock – the Nigeria’s seat of power – and the Towers – the global headquaters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) – figuratively betrayed the law of…

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