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Cricket’s Long Road to the North is a story woven through colonial encounters, cultural exchanges, and the gradual shaping of a game that once seemed foreign to the landscape of Northern Nigeria. While the sport’s presence in the southern part of the country is widely documented, its arrival in the northern regions followed a more subtle and layered path. This journey reflects not only the spread…

Renowned Nigerian mental health advocate, Dr. Emmanuel Ahmadu, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Valeria Harper Cultural Competence in Mental Health Award by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the largest grassroots mental health organization in the United States. In a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, Ahmadu revealed that the award would…

Kaduna to renovate Ahmadu Bello Stadium

The Adoption Campaign Initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development which was introduced to serious stakeholders by the Minister, Sunday Dare in Lagos earlier in the week appears to be gaining momentum with public and private individuals keying into the campaign.

The initiative has Adopt-an-Athlete and Adopt-a-pitch and Adopt a Sports Center as the core of the campaign.

Speaking to…

Why I supported Obasanjo’s third term bid – Ahmadu Ali

[ad_1] Northern Politicians grudgingly allowed Jonathan in 2011By Henry UmoruABUJA- FORMER National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Ahmadu Ali said that he supported the presidential tenure elongation bid of ex- President Obasanjo because Nigeria as a country was in dire need of good leadership as it was suffering from what he termed, bad leadership. (l-r) Former Governor of…

Jonathan didn’t want to be Yar’Adua’s running mate — Ahmadu Ali

[ad_1] Over the years, different narratives of how ex-President Goodluck Jonathan became running mate to late President Musa Yar’Adua in the 2007 elections, have surfaced. Ahmadu Ali, National Chairman of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the time, has given his version of the story in an authorised biography. Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and late president, Alhaji Umaru Musa…

EFCC Goes After Ahmadu Bello’s Grandson, As Sultan Rebuffs Calls To Intervene

SOURCE: saharareporters.com The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an investigation into possible corrupt enrichment by Hassan Danbaba, a grandson of Sir Ahmadu Bello, a former Premier of Nigeria’s Northern Region who was also the Sardauna of Sokoto. Mr. Danbaba is accused of partaking in the illegal sharing of funds meant to go to Nigerian states as refunds from excess…