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Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, have advanced to the semi-finals of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after defeating Venezuela 1-0 in their quarter-final match on Sunday.

The founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy, Prof. Udenta Udenta, has criticised emerging political coalitions ahead of the 2027 general election, saying they appear driven more by the pursuit of power than by clear ideological commitments.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to investigate suspected artificial intelligence-generated photographs and alleged alterations to personal data in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) preliminary Register of Voters.

The 14th Aké Arts and Book Festival will explore indigenous African knowledge, artificial intelligence and creativity, bringing together prominent writers, poets, publishers and filmmakers under the theme Native Intelligence.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned that anyone who attacks or threatens National Youth Service Corps members and other officials deployed for the 2027 general elections will face the full weight of the law.

Nigeria’s National Counter Terrorism Centre has been formally recognised as an African Union Regional Centre of Excellence for West Africa and the Sahel.

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says laboratory tests have ruled out Ebola disease in two people isolated in Yola, Adamawa State, following reports of suspected cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that two suspected Ebola cases identified in Yola, Adamawa State, tested negative after two rounds of laboratory testing.