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Marrakech will host a high-stakes Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final on Saturday as Senegalese referee Issa Sy is set to oversee the clash between Nigeria and Algeria. The appointment comes after CAF reversed its earlier decision to assign Omar Artan, amid concerns over refereeing controversies at the tournament. Sy, who previously served as Video Assistant…
The 2026 Appropriation allocation for the State House Medical Centre places its total funding at ₦970,805,220, with the budget entirely financed from retained independent revenue and no provision for aid, grants, or external funding sources. The figures in the document show a budget structure heavily weighted toward recurrent and overhead expenditure, with comparatively lower emphasis…
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, CP Miller Dantawaye, has issued a stern warning to residents, particularly women, to avoid accepting free rides from strangers. The move is part of intensified efforts to combat the resurgence of “one chance” criminal syndicates in Abuja. CP Dantawaye delivered the advisory on Friday during a…
As preparations intensify for Canada’s 2026 population count, the federal statistics agency is moving to assemble a large, temporary workforce that will operate in communities across the country ahead of and during the census period. Statistics Canada says it plans to recruit about 32,000 temporary workers in all provinces and territories for the census scheduled…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Lucky Ehiwuogwu Monye, has urged Nigerians to seize the opportunity inherent in the resumed Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise to enlist in the voters register. Monye made the call in a brief media chat on Friday. He…
The knockout stage intensifies as eight heavyweights battle for semifinal berths in Morocco’s historic tournament The Stage Is Set: Africa’s Elite Eight Emerge Victorious The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 has reached crescendo level. Following a pulsating Round of 16 that delivered everything from last-gasp heroics to penalty shootout drama, the continental tournament’s…
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has been asked to take up allegations of financial misconduct involving a former petroleum regulator, following a fresh petition submitted by Aliko Dangote’s legal team to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The petition, filed on behalf of the Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, targets Farouk Ahmed, a former Managing Director…