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Black Starlets Face Tanzania In Friendly

The Black Starlets will take on their counterparts from Tanzania today in an international friendly at the National...

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Niger President Issoufou Says Will Not Seek Third Term

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday that he would not amend the constitution to allow him to seek a...

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Niger Court Action Over ‘fraudulent’ Uranium Deal

Students and civil society activists believe they do not get a fair share from uranium trade Activists in Niger have...

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Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak

Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...

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In Defence of 110 Ministers

Those who are making cacophonous noise about President Akufo Addo’s 110 appointed ministers have not appreciated the...

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Meningitis Outbreak Kills Nearly 270 In Nigeria

Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to...

International

South Sudan and Comoros Advance In Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Comoros will now play in the group stage of the qualifying campaign for the 2019 AFCON South Sudan and Comoros booked...

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Nigeria Could Shun London After Visa Hassle

Nigeria could avoid playing friendlies in London from now on because of problems obtaining visas for staff and players,...

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Nigerians Stuck In Libya Return Home With A Song

More than 150 Nigerians, some of them in tears, broke out in song as they touched down on home soil, after months stuck...

International

CAF Elections: Hayatou’s Defeat

The election of Ahmad Ahmad as new CAF President boosts Gianni Infantino’s power. The key question remains: Was there...

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Nigeria’s Vice-President and A Fragile Peace In the Delta

While Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari was receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed illness, his energetic...

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116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines

The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west...

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New Vaccine Against Rotavirus Could Curb Child Deaths

A new vaccine that is cheap to make and does not require refrigeration has shown promise in preventing rotavirus, a...

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Cameroon Expelled 2,600 Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram

More than 2,600 Nigerians who fled into northern Cameroon to escape Boko Haram jihadists have been forced to go home...

Business

Shippers Authority Sensitizes Shippers On WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

Shippers and trade related agencies have been urged to take advantage of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement...

International

Niger’s Parliament To Probe Sale Scandal Involving Key Government Officials

Parliamentarians in Niger on Friday unanimously voted to put in place a parliamentary committee to probe a uranium sale...

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Four Dead In NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing

Four people were killed on Saturday evening when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of...

International

Trump Quotes A Nigerian Poem, Calls It Irish Proverb

President Donald Trump sparked web derision for himself on Thursday as he tried to impress visiting Irish Prime...

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Boko Haram’s Shekau Reappears, Criticises Cameroon ‘lies’

Boko Haram's elusive leader has made his first appearance in months, claiming responsibility for a spate of suicide...