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World Cup 2022
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News
11/16/2022 8:17:12 PM
Nigerians are facing up to the reality of not qualifying for the World Cup, which kicks off Sunday in Qatar, as the African football giants have to watch from the sidelines the countdown to the quadrennial global showpiece.
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Sports
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Africa
11/3/2022 12:05:29 AM
Nigerian football supporters had two reasons to celebrate on Wednesday as Rivers United and Plateau United scored nine goals between them in CAF Confederation Cup play-off triumphs.
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Business
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Energy
10/20/2022 3:55:25 PM
A major Nigerian energy company says it cannot deliver natural gas as promised in its contracts after deadly flooding hindered its operations, raising concerns about whether Africa's largest economy can meet increased local and international demands during an energy crisis provoked by Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
9/5/2022 10:06:26 PM
Nigerian striker John Ebuka left Enppi to join Ceramica Celopatra, ending speculation that he would move to one of the Cairo giants Ahly or Zamalek.
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Sports
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Africa
9/5/2022 3:31:42 PM
Nigerians Kelechi Iheanacho and Umar Sadiq were among the Africans who scored in the major European leagues at the weekend.
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World
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Africa
8/28/2022 10:27:00 AM
Adenekan Ayomide had been attending the University of Abuja for two years when the lecturers went on strike in February. The 27-year-old undergraduate student hoped he would return to school quickly but immediately took a job as a taxi driver to pay bills.
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World
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Africa
8/18/2022 8:23:30 PM
Striking electricity workers shut down Nigeria's power grid Wednesday, plunging the West African nation's more than 200 million citizens into darkness for several hours, officials said.
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Sports
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Africa
8/15/2022 2:02:01 PM
Nigerian Taiwo Awoniyi began repaying the £17.5 million ($21 mn, 20.7 mn euros) he cost Nottingham Forest with the goal that beat West Ham 1-0 in the Premier League at the weekend.
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World
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Africa
8/11/2022 2:50:59 PM
Mounting attacks from jihadists and criminal gangs, including a brazen assault close to the capital, are creating a headache for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as he sees out his last six months in office.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
7/31/2022 3:00:21 PM
Egyptian Premier League side Smouha have announced the signing of Ahly’s former Nigerian forward Junior Ajayi in a free transfer for three seasons.
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Business
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Energy
7/19/2022 6:46:02 PM
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday Nigeria's state-run oil firm would now operate as a fully commercial business without government intervention or funding.
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World
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Region
7/6/2022 10:05:06 AM
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has died, Nigerian authorities announced Wednesday.
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Sports
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Omni sports
6/28/2022 12:44:35 PM
Sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given an additional one-year ban for doping violations on top of her existing 10-year suspension, a decision that rules Nigeria out of the sprint relay at the world championships.
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Sports
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Africa
6/25/2022 12:43:57 PM
Nottingham Forest has signed forward Taiwo Awoniyi after paying a club-record transfer fee to Union Berlin, making the Nigerian its first international signing since returning to the Premier League.
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World
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Africa
6/2/2022 5:19:47 PM
Nigeria's government has directed its state-run oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to implement a deal on a gas pipeline to Europe through Morocco.
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World
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Africa
5/21/2022 9:40:33 PM
An enraged mob went on a rampage in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi over alleged blasphemy by a Christian resident, the third such incident in days in the predominantly Muslim part of the country, police said Saturday.
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Sports
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Africa
5/16/2022 6:05:37 PM
The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) named Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro as the new coach of the Super Eagles, replacing Augustine Eguavoen.
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World
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Africa
5/14/2022 9:22:57 PM
Hundreds of people in Nigeria's northwestern city of Sokoto demonstrated Saturday over the arrest of two students following the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy, residents said.
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World
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Africa
5/7/2022 9:46:16 PM
Nigerian airlines are to suspend all flights from Monday over rising jet fuel prices, an umbrella organisation of operators said on Saturday.
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World
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Africa
4/24/2022 12:24:02 PM
An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said on Sunday.
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