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Imagine being born in a Soweto hospital. Your mother hugs you. The state assigns you an identification number. You grew up playing on the streets of Johannesburg. You go to school. You learn isiZulu and English. You believe with all your soul that South Africa is your home. Now imagine twenty-three years later, the same government that issued that identification …

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The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, and the general secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, resigned on Thursday, in the wake of a wave of national disenchantment over recent poor performances by national teams. It is learned that all members of the NFF executive committee have also thrown in the towel. Gusau’s resignation comes 34 days before …

Post views: 181 By Silvernews The Organisation’s National Coordinator/Spokesperson for the Renewed Hope Gender Initiative, Comrade dcn Martins Chibuzor Opara (JP), has congratulated the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, on his election as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election campaign council secretary. Opara, in a congratulatory message, described the appointment as a well-deserved recognition of Uzodimma’s loyalty, commitment and …

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has vowed to resist any attempt to grab community land under the guise of the new National Livestock Policy introduced by the federal government. The forum advised the government against handing over land to herders, who they accused of killing and displacing thousands of farmers in their communities. The forum explained that …

Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the Federal Government is reviewing overseas scholarships and bilateral education arrangements with other countries. According to him, the government can no longer justify spending limited public funds to send students abroad to undertake study programs that are already available in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. This, he said, was part of …

There were emotional scenes at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, August 27, 2026 as Ibrahim Musa Gusau formally addressed members of staff and announced his resignation as president of the federation. Gusau, who had been at the center of mounting pressure on the Nigerian football administration, reportedly informed staff of his decision during a farewell …

Grace Adeleke Social Democratic Party presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has accused President Bola Tinubu of running what he called a “false government”, while acknowledging that the president was legitimately elected. Adebayo made the allegation on Wednesday during an interview on Frontline, a current affairs program on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State. He was reacting to the alleged proliferation …

Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar has challenged the Bola Tinubu administration to investigate and prosecute him if the administration has evidence linking him to the alleged spending of $16 billion on the country’s power sector under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Atiku, in a Wednesday statement issued by Senior Special Assistant for …

The Presidency slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for what it described as conflicting positions on petrol subsidies, saying the different explanations coming from him and his aides in the space of one week showed a lack of clarity in his policy proposals. This was stated by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement …