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Nigeria senior national team coach Eric Chelle has selected 23 players who will represent Nigeria in the upcoming FIFA international window, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nigeria will participate in a four-team tournament in Türkiye, featuring Iran, Jordan and Costa Rica. It was originally scheduled to take place in Jordan, but was postponed due to escalating violence in the Middle East. Super Eagles …

Abubakar Malami The former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has expressed deep appreciation to Nigerians and political figures who stood by him during what he described as a difficult period marked by media scrutiny and public speculation. In a statement released by his media aide, Mohammed Bello Doka, Malami thanked family, friends and well-wishers for their prayers, encouragement …

Nigeria’s currency, the naira, slumped against the United States dollar at the official window on Wednesday. Officially, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange data shows that the naira closed at N1,353.90/$1, compared with N1,344.41/$1 on Tuesday. This represents a loss of N9.49 for the local currency against the dollar. On the black market, the naira rose N15 against the …

By Ayo Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has issued a sweeping directive requiring all political appointees with ambitions for the 2027 general elections to resign by March 31, 2026, drawing a clear line between governance and partisan politics. The order, announced in a presidential statement on Tuesday by Dewan Goshit, Information and Public Relations Officer at the Office of the Secretary …