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Nigeria’s senior men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, dropped from 39th to 42nd in the latest FIBA ​​rankings released on Thursday, August 15, 2024. The drop in rankings reflects their inability to qualify for the recently concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Men’s Basketball Tournament, which was won by the USA. D’Tigers failed to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics after failing to …

  ●He has seven days to recant and apologize   Senator Adams Oshiomhole has been given seven days to retract a “malicious and defamatory statement” against Dr Asue Ighodalo and issue a private and public apology for the breach or face a N20 billion lawsuit. The contents of this letter are dated August 12, 2024, drafted by Ayo Asala, SAN …

Senator Shehu Buba Umar representing Bauchi South Senatorial District has stated that he has accepted his dismissal as Mujaddadin of Bauchi by the Bauchi Emirate Council in good faith. In doing so, he emphatically warned Bauchi Emirate to resist any attempt by political actors to drag it into the political arena thereby serving their selfish interests. The development came in …

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Presidency exposes ‘fraudulent’ actions of Chinese company that seized presidential jet and other assets The presidency said it had uncovered a plot by a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to seize Nigerian government assets abroad, including the presidential jet in Paris. Read more 2. NJC …

Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino will take over as US national team coach. The Argentine coach has agreed to become the new head coach of the United States national team. Pochettino has been out of work since leaving Chelsea at the end of last season. He is also being considered for the vacant England manager’s job, following the …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 39 cases of mpox in the country this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency following a surge in cases in Africa. The virus has hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 14,000 cases and 524 deaths have been reported this year. NCDC …

The Federal Government has intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all points of entry in response to the mpox threat. The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on Media and External Relations, Mr. Tashikalmah Hallah. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday …

  ●Says Olokola Deep Sea Port, LNG project to come soon Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said the location of the proposed Nigerian Customs Service Zonal Office and Training School at the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport would be an opportunity to enhance the state’s status as an industrial hub of the nation. The project, he added, would …

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has reshuffled his cabinet after 15 months in office. The Governor’s Press Secretary, Ukoha Njoku, who confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday in Umuahia, said the principal also assigned portfolios to six new commissioners who were sworn in on Wednesday. The new commissioners – Mr. David Kalu, Dr. Uwaoma Ukandu and Prof. Enoch …

  Gena Rowlands, the acclaimed American actress, a three-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee for her vivid portrayals of strong, troubled women in the crime dramas Gloria and A Woman Under the Influence, has died at the age of 94. Actress Gena Rowlands poses for a portrait in West Hollywood[Archive:ChrisPizzello/InvisionviaAP[File:ChrisPizzello/InvisionviaAP[Archivio:ChrisPizzello/InvisiontramiteAP[File:ChrisPizzello/InvisionviaAP Rowlands, whose death was reported Wednesday by Entertainment Weekly, citing …