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Coal City Blazers defeat Edo Beads 74-58 in 2026 NPBL opener

Post views: 7 By Silvernews Coal City Blazers have started their 2026 Nigeria Basketball Premier League season on a winning note after defeating Edo Beads 74-58 in their opening match at the Benin Center on the first day of the competition. The match, which was the second match of the day, saw the Coal …

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Team Nigeria secures women’s 4x400m relay gold in Accra

Team Nigeria secured gold in the women’s 4x400m relay at the African Athletics Championships held in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday. The Nigerian quartet consisting of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jecinter Lawrence and Patience Okon-George put in an impressive performance, finishing in 3:29.25 to claim first place. Nigeria crossed the finish line comfortably ahead of Ethiopia, who took silver, while Kenya …

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“Empower Nurses, Save Liberia’s Future”

TAPPITA, Nimba County, May 15, 2026 — Businessman William F. Kotee Jr. has called for increased national investment in Liberia’s health workforce, warning that persistent shortages of nurses and midwives, coupled with ongoing maternal health challenges, continue to threaten the country’s healthcare system and future development. Kotee made the remarks during the International Nurses and Midwifery Week celebration held at …

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Edwin Madunagu’s long march towards 80 years old

May 15, 2026 marked the 80th birthday of one of Nigeria’s most enduring revolutionary intellectuals, Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu: mathematician, journalist, Marxist theorist, archivist, teacher, agitator and organizer. For more than fifty years Edwin Madunagu has stood firmly on the side of workers, students, women, farmers and the oppressed. While governments changed, dictators rose and fell, and many abandoned radical politics, …

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