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Gabon coup, Prigozhin's legacy, Spanish football scandal, Venice Film Festival

Guess who paid a call on coup leaders who have left their border open with Niger? Russia's Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov was in Burkina Faso on Thursday to offer his services to junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. It's the same Yevkurov who was in Libya simultaneously with Yevgeny Prigozhin's final tour of Africa. On that score, the Grey Zone Telegram channel Thursday published images of the late Wagner Group leader.

NPFL unveils opening fixtures for 2023-24 season

Bala Akintunde of 3SC of Ibadan challenges Reuben Bala of Enugu Rangers during the NPFL/Dozi Mmobuosi Foundation pre-season championship.

Who blinks first? France defies Niger coup leaders' ultimatum

Both France and the United States have troops stationed in Niger as part of the fight against jihadist insurgents. We ask about their differing approaches to a coup that's got president Mohamed Bazoum under house arrest. How effectively can France fight the narrative fuelled by Russia of a meddling former colonial power that's blamed for Niger’s current ills?

It’s Enyimba versus Insurance as NPFL kicks off September 9

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After Prigozhin: What next for Putin's Russia after demise of Wagner leader?

We also ask what the fall of a figurehead who for long tried to offer plausible deniability for mercenary activity and troll farming says about the Kremlin's mindset and its options as the war in Ukraine enters a new phase. Does Putin still need Wagner-type outfits?

Monimichelle congratulates Tinubu for choosing Enoh, Lokpobiri

Nigeria’s foremost indigenous stadium building and maintenance outfit, Monimichelle Group, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for choosing John Enoh as the country’s sports minister, saying the Cross River State-born politician has the right wands to effect the desired growth in the sector.

ECOWAS military force ready to intervene in Niger 'anytime order is given'

A coalition of seven political parties in South Africa has signed a pact in a bid to unseat the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the 2024 election. The alliance is urging other parties to join them in an effort to secure enough votes. The ANC is at risk of losing its parliamentary majority, and therefore the presidency, for the first time since democracy was established in 1994. This comes against a backdrop of growing discontent with corruption, an unprecedented energy crisis and high unemployment.

Octagon wins CCSF Invitational Open Taekwondo tourney

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Gabon coup, Prigozhin's legacy, Spanish football scandal, Venice Film Festival

NPFL unveils opening fixtures for 2023-24 season

Who blinks first? France defies Niger coup leaders' ultimatum

It’s Enyimba versus Insurance as NPFL kicks off September 9

After Prigozhin: What next for Putin's Russia after demise of Wagner leader?

Monimichelle congratulates Tinubu for choosing Enoh, Lokpobiri

ECOWAS military force ready to intervene in Niger 'anytime order is given'

Octagon wins CCSF Invitational Open Taekwondo tourney