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Football in Nigeria and the Teslim Balogun’s enduring legacies (1927-1972)
By Hon. Femi Kehinde Harold Macmillian, the British Prime Minister, and his wife visited Nigeria in 1960 on the threshold of it’s Independence, to bid Nigeria farewell from the Union Jack. After
Return our IDPs to their homes before ranching, Benue leaders tell FG
By Peter Duru, Makurdi The three major socio-cultural organisations in Benue State have kicked against the Federal Government’s proposed pilot ranching scheme in Benue, state, insisting that the safe return
‘Gunmen went from house to house, killing people who were sleeping’ – Survivors of Plateau night of horror
*Over 24 dead, homes burnt, farms destroyed in, Mangu By Golok Nanmwa, JOS It was another night of fear in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.As residents of Bin-Per
2027: Obi lists five critical questions that should shape polls, begins campaign in Onitsha
By Vincent Ujumadu & Henry Umoru TWO days after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, removed the lid, 2027 Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi,
Six months of Tunji Disu: Will he write his name in gold?
By Austen Yong On August 25, Nigeria’s Police Chief, Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Rilwan Disu, will clock six months in office. Six months is certainly not enough time to measure
2027: PDP, ADC battle for opposition relevance, as US-linked IRI weighs in
By Luminous Jannamike The significance of the recent engagements between the US linked International Republican Institute, IRI, and two opposition parties lies less in the courtesies exchanged than in the
2007: PDP, ADC battle for opposition relevance, as US-linked IRI weighs in
By Luminous Jannamike The significance of the recent engagements between the US linked International Republican Institute, IRI, and two opposition parties lies less in the courtesies exchanged than in the
Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activists
By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South West During last Saturday’s governorship election in Osun state, a video trended online where some residents of Ward Okerewe 3, in Ife East Local
Why Gusau-led NFF board was advised to resign
By Jacob Ajom As you are reading this story, the entire board of the Nigeria Football Federation would have turned in their resignation letters to pave way for a clean
The Osogbo Test: The election that put INEC on trial, by Stephanie Shaakaa
By Sunday morning, Osogbo had begun to look like a city coming out of a long night. Campaign posters still clung to walls. Election notices hung where they had been
