Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:59
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A prominent figure in Nigerian basketball, Mr Igoche Mark, has commended the Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Hon Bukola Olopade, for taking bold steps to address the lingering crisis in the country’s basketball family. ...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:45
Some 2,000 people have been killed in Iran since protests erupted at the end of last month, US-based activists said on Tuesday. An anonymous Iranian security official appeared to confirm the count.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:42
Senegal and Ivory Coast were among the countries added in December to the list of states with partial restrictions on entry to the United States. Both have qualified for the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:30
Global growth ‘downshifted’ since Covid pandemic and sub-Saharan Africa particularly affected, report says
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:27
Eritrea are included in the preliminary qualifying round draw for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations despite being unranked by world governing body Fifa.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:22
...Darkness Has Finally Paved Way For Light After Abuja Meeting – Ahmedu
By Maxwell Kumoye
Nigeria basketball has taken too many hits off the court, in boardrooms, and in the hearts of players who only want to hoop.
But now, after years of turbulence, a...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:20
Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has raised £1-million through a placing of 25-million new ordinary shares at a placing price of £0.04 apiece.
Participants in the placing will be issued one warrant for each placing share, exercisable at $0.08 per ordinary share, which is valid for three years...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 15:04
Museveni came to power with the sense that violence is critical to politics, and especially critical to liberation politics.
Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:44
Niger has revoked the licenses of around thirty transport operators and truck drivers for refusing to transport fuel to neighboring Mali, which is facing shortages due to a jihadist blockade.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:41
By Hussaini Hammangabdo Yola
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri
has reiterated the government’s support for the Nigerian Legion and the families of the fallen heroes, describing their sacrifices as fundamental to the peace and survival of Nigeria.
Fintiri spoke at the...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:25
Archaeologists working in northern Malawi have uncovered evidence of the oldest known intentional cremation in Africa – a discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about when complex ritual practices emerged on the...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:25
Gunmen attacked three industrial sites and kidnapped civilians in western Mali over the weekend, local sources told AFP on Monday, as jihadists seek to disrupt the economy.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:24
The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The trade programme gives more than 30 sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to American markets.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 14:04
Gold and silver's upward run has reignited, with bullion topping $4 600 an ounce for the first time and big brokerages predicting $5 000 as a range of factors intensify, boosting the metal's safe-haven cachet.
Spot gold traded as high as $4 629.94 per ounce on Monday, while silver climbed to a...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:32
A refugee who blew the whistle on human trafficking argues that the refugee system prefers silence.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:20
For nearly three years, the administration has operated from its wartime base in Port Sudan.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:12
Portable was brought before the court on Monday to answer to a nine-count charge filed against him by the Ogun State Police Command.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:11
Aim-listed gold exploration and development company Lexington Gold has received updated independent Joint Ore Reserve Committee- (Jorc-) compliant mineral resource estimates (MREs) for the Jones Keystone and Loflin deposits on the Jones Keystone-Loflin (JKL) project, in the US, prepared by Pivot...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:11
TSX-V- and Aim-listed Thor Explorations produced 23 719 oz of gold in the quarter ended December 31, 2025, bringing its full-year total to 91 910 oz, from the Segilola mine, in Nigeria.
The company announced a special dividend payment of C$0.015 apiece for the fourth quarter of the year, in...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 13:02
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