July 2025
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Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma has ruled out any possibility of leaving the club this summer transfer window. There have been speculations surrounding Donnarumma’s future at the Parisians despite winning the UEFA Champions League, French Ligue 1 and French Cup titles last season. The goalkeeper’s contract with PSG will expire on June 2026 and there…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is having his eyes on electoral fraud in 2027. According to Eze, Tinubu’s recent appointment of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as National Chairman of the APC has further highlighted this. Chief Eze also noted that the sudden activation…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Deputy Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, (FFS) Olumode Samuel Adeyemi as the new substantive Controller-General of the Service. The appointment was announced in a statement on Wednesday by the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire…
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Indications emerged recently that former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, may be considering a return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There are fears that Obi’s defection to the PDP could destabilize the emerging opposition coalition, which is gaining momentum under the African Democratic Congress, ADC’s platform. Some watchers now believe that…
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The draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place on December 5 in Las Vegas, ESPN reports. FIFA has decided on the American city after ruling out venues in Canada and Mexico. The tournament will be played across the three countries next year. There will be 48 teams participating in the 2026 edition of…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Healthcare services across Nigeria face major disruption from today (Wednesday) as 25,000 nurses, under the umbrella of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institutions Sector, embark on a seven-day nationwide warning strike. The action, which began at midnight, followed the…
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President Donald Trump wants to move on from his administration’s fiasco over the Jeffrey Epstein files, but he keeps hampering that effort by opening his mouth. The most recent instance has to do with precisely why the two men had a falling out about two decades ago. Trump acknowledged on Tuesday that the employees who…
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The Labour Party’s National Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, has said the party’s former presidential running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, can run for the presidency. Ibrahim said Baba-Ahmed is as qualified as the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He made the remark in an interview with Trust TV while expressing displeasure with Obi’s association with…
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Esther Okoronkwo has been voted Super Falcons’ Fans’ Player of the Tournament at the recently concluded 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, DAILY POST reports. Okoronkwo beat five of her teammates to the individual accolade. Captain Rasheedat Ajibade, who was named Player of the Tournament by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, Jennifer Echegini, Ashleigh…
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National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives – Federal Health Institutions Sector, NANNM-FHI, on Wednesday commenced a seven-day warning strike despite appeals by the Federal Government against proceeding with the action. The union said the strike became necessary following the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued on 14 July, 2025, demanding improved welfare, fair allowances,…
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Factional National Secretary of the Labour Party, LP, Umar Farouk, on Wednesday said Peter Obi may lose the opportunity to become the party’s presidential candidate in 2027 if he continues to hobnob with the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Farouk, who made this statement in an interview with Trust TV, stressed that the LP will give…
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Ayra Starr reacts to report she isn’t allowed to have boyfriend, start family during contract with Roc Nation Nigerian singer Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, also known as Ayra Starr, has reacted to claims that a clause in her recent five-year contract with Roc Nation barred her from having a boyfriend or starting a family during the…
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Popular Nigerian singer Ruger has called on interested women to start sending in their applications for a possible relationship. Ruger made the call on Monday evening following a threat from his mother to arrange a girl for him if he failed to bring a partner. Speaking in a post shared on his Snapchat page, the…
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Super Falcons captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, has given a strong five-point advice to young Nigerian girls following Nigeria’s triumph at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, final at the weekend. Ajibade, who won the WAFCON Player of the Tournament award, advised young Nigerian girls to hold on to their passion and work hard to…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on all 24 players of Nigeria’s victorious WAFCON team, along with a cash reward of $100,000 and a three-bedroom apartment for each player. Members of the…
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Nigerian farmers have raised concerns over the takeover of imported rice and maize in the country’s markets at the expense of locally made grains. Farmers expressed their frustration in separate statements on X, noting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policy is killing local cultivation of maize and rice. The development comes as rice and maize…
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