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Tension mounts in South Korea as Yoon's security chief resigns
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Trump sets up meeting with Putin amid Ukraine conflict
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UPDATED: Trump fails at S’Court to stop hush money sentencing
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I was 'poisoned' before 2022 Australian Open deportation-Djokovic
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Aruna ousts British champion at WTT Star Contender Doha
Shake-up as sports commission reassigns 57 federation secretaries
The National Sports Commission has approved reposting 57 Secretary-Generals and officers to various National Sports Federations, strategically repositioning the sports sector. The Director, Federation...
10th January 2025
Tension mounts in South Korea as Yoon's security chief resigns
South Korea’s presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and investigators prepared to m...
10th January 2025
Trump sets up meeting with Putin amid Ukraine conflict
US President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wanted to meet and that a rendezvous between the pair was being arranged. He made the statement just a week and a half ...
10th January 2025
UPDATED: Trump fails at S’Court to stop hush money sentencing
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush money case. The top court, which includes three justices appointed b...
10th January 2025
I was 'poisoned' before 2022 Australian Open deportation-Djokovic
Novak Djokovic has claimed that he was “poisoned” by lead and mercury in his food while he was briefly held in Melbourne in 2022 before being deported on the eve of the Australian Open. Th...
10th January 2025
Aruna ousts British champion at WTT Star Contender Doha
Quadri Aruna kicked off 2025 with a significant victory on Thursday, January 9, by defeating British champion Liam Pitchford to advance to the third round of the men’s singles at the WTT Star Conten...
10th January 2025
Nigerian Eguaoje to address 10,000 coaches in Chicago
The Head of Education, Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Babatunde Terry Eguaoje, will present a paper on match analysis at the 2025 United Soccer Coaches Convention holding in Chicago, United States o...
10th January 2025
Adesanya gets UFC rival’s backing
Israel Adesanya has long been accustomed to the view from the top. But what happens when a main eventer like Izzy takes a tumble from the summit? Well, he takes a fresh approach which is exactly the c...
10th January 2025
Hearn discusses potential Fury, Joshua bout
Many expected Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to clash at the pinnacle of their careers in a world title unification bout. But both fighters now find themselves navigating the aftermath of recent losses...
10th January 2025
Otu signs bills establishing Cross River varsity, college
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has signed into law two bills establishing a University of Education and Entrepreneurship in Akamkpa and a College of Agriculture in Obubra. The laws titled, “Cross Ri...
10th January 2025
FG calls for peace as Abia, C’River boundary dispute lingers
The Federal Government, through the National Boundary Commission, has called for peaceful coexistence among border communities in Abia and Cross River states amid escalating tensions over a boundary d...
10th January 2025
Council approves N20,000 monthly palliative for workers
The Chairman, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Usman Hamzat, has approved a N20,000 monthly palliative for members of staff of the council from January 2025. Hamzat, while giving his...
10th January 2025
Zulum condemns Borno attack, mourns troop loss
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has condemned the recent attack on the Sabongari community in Damboa Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for...
9th January 2025
28 Beninese soldiers killed in attack near Burkina Faso border
Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed on jihadists based in neighbouring countries increases. The high-ranking of...
9th January 2025
Morocco shattered tourism record in 2024, hits $10bn revenue mark
Morocco welcomed more than 17 million tourists last year, authorities announced Thursday, breaking its yearly arrivals record and logging a 20 per cent increase from 2023. The North African kingdom ha...
9th January 2025
Jimmy Carter unites US presidents as Biden, Obama, Trump grace funeral
Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor’s moving state funeral in Washington’...
9th January 2025
Germany opposes Trump's call for NATO members to up defence spending
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced opposition Thursday to US President-elect Donald Trump’s call for NATO members to raise defence spending to five percent of GDP. “That’s a lot of...
9th January 2025
Venezuelans chant 'We’re not afraid' during peaceful anti-Maduro protest
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday emerged from hiding to lead last-ditch protests against the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro for a third term as president after elections...
9th January 2025
China reports five cases of new Mpox strain
China said on Thursday it had recorded five cases of a new Mpox strain, but that the “outbreak has been effectively handled.” Mpox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by animals but...
9th January 2025
NAPTIP rescued 285, arrested 22 human traffickers in 2024 -Kano Commander
The Kano Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons says it rescued 285 victims and apprehended 22 human traffickers in 2024. The Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi ...
9th January 2025
NAFDAC laments manpower shortage
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday said the agency is extremely under-staffed. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a new...
9th January 2025
Army chief Joseph Aoun emerges Lebanese president
Lebanon’s lawmakers elected on Thursday army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy of the position, in a step towards lifting the war-battered country out of financial crisis. ...
9th January 2025
Danish PM, party leaders to meet over Trump's Greenland comments
Denmark’s prime minister has called party leaders to a meeting on Thursday, a government source said, over US President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland. Trump, ...
9th January 2025
ICPC expresses worry over proliferation of unregulated herbal drinks
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has urged the Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency to address the proliferation of unregulated herbal drinks in the cou...
9th January 2025
Junta air strike kills 40 in Myanmar
A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state, a rescue worker and ethnic minority armed group told AFP on Thursday. The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a f...
9th January 2025
Russia denies taking down Azerbaijani plane
The Kremlin on Thursday declined to say Russian forces accidentally shot at an Azerbaijani plane that crashed last month, despite Baku repeatedly urging it to accept responsibility for the fatal disas...
9th January 2025
Epe attracted over 100 local, foreign tourists in 2024 -Tourism expert
A tourism expert, Mr Sultan Teslim, on Thursday said that more than 100 local and foreign tourists visited Epe for sightseeing in 2024. Teslim disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Ni...
9th January 2025
Lekki-Ajah buses to undergo transformation as Lagos expands bus reform
The Lagos State Government said it is ready to integrate mini and midi buses (Korope and Danfo) operating on the Lekki-Ajah axis into the state’s Bus Reform Initiative. The Special Adviser to Govern...
9th January 2025
US mission in Nigeria closes operation to honour Jimmy Carter
The United States mission in Nigeria has said it will close its operation on Thursday to honour former President Jimmy Carter. The US mission stated this in a post on its official X handle on Thursday...
9th January 2025
Celebrity homes destroyed, Hollywood events cancelled amid Los Angeles wildfires
A-list actors, musicians and other celebrities were among the tens of thousands of people affected by deadly wildfires in Los Angeles Wednesday, as the entertainment industry screeched to a halt. Mult...
9th January 2025
Leverage opportunities in food, energy sector, expert urges start-ups
An economic expert has advised business start-ups to capitalise on the vast opportunities present in the nation’s energy, food, and manufacturing investment deficits to create wealth in 2025. The Fo...
9th January 2025