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Eguavoen to return as Super Eagles coach
Austine Eguavoen is set to coach Super Eagles for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic and Amavubi of Rwanda. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has delayed the appointment of a new head coach for the Super Eagles after announcing it will employ an expatriate in June. The Super Eagles will begin their quest…
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Alleged Corruption: Thugs carted away Ganduje’s case file in Court during hunger protest- Kano Govt
Following the nationwide hunger protest that turned violent in Kano State, the state government has confirmed that thugs stormed and severely damaged the premises of the Kano State High Court, carting away crucial documents related to corruption charges against the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, confirmed this to journalists when he…
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BREAKING: Reps Speaker bows to pressure, withdraws controversial ‘Counter Subversion Bill’
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas has withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem. The speaker caved in to heated opposition and outrage that trailed the introduction of the controversial bill which prescribed 10-year jail term for those who refused to sing the newly reintroducted…
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Delta Police kills kidnapper, arrests 3 suspects, recovers weapons
Operatives of the Delta State Police have killed a suspected kidnapper during a gun duel in a Delta community. The operation, which also led to the arrest of three other suspects, resulted in the recovery of an arsenal of deadly weapons. The Police Public Relations Officer for Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement released in…
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Ondo Guber: LP reaffirms Olorunfemi as standard bearer
The Ondo State Labour Party has reaffirmed Dr. Ayo Olorunfemi emerged as its flag bearer for the governorship election Ondo LP disassociated itself from the Secretary General of the Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, Chief Olusola Ebiseni. Ebiseni claims to be the candidate of the party in the forthcoming November 16 governorship election in the state. The party in a statement…
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BREAKING: NELFUND clears 6 more SouthWest tertiary institutions, 16 others for Student Loan
Six Southwest state-owned tertiary institutions were among the 22 institutions cleared by the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) that could apply for student loans. The implementation of the student loan scheme is President Bola Tinubu’s flagship project in the education sector. The statement posted via @NELFUND on X said, “The Nigeria Education Loan Fund has announced that students from the…
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Half-naked women protest incessant killings by herdsmen in Ondo
Some aggrieved women in the Uba-Oka Akoko community in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest to condemn the incessant killings by suspected Herdsmen in the area, calling on the government to salvage them from the invaders. Their clamour follows the recent murder of a farmer called Sunday Ayeni on his farm in…
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Hoodlums rob BRT passengers at Orile Iganmu
Some hoodlums in the Orile Iganmu axis of Lagos State on Tuesday vandalised a BRT bus and robbed its passengers. A witness who was also a passenger on the bus, Dare Abiola, said the hoodlums, under the guise of protesting the seizure of motorcycles by the state’s task force, carried out the robbery operation around 1 p.m. Abiola explained that his…
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I earn over N21m monthly as serving Senator- Kawu
The Senator representing Kano South, Sen. Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he earns over N21m monthly as a total take-home package. This revelation countered the position of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. It would be recalled that RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu said that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in…
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75% of health workers trained last year left Nigeria to other countries- Minister laments
The Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, has said over 75% of health workers trained last year have left Nigeria to other countries as economic migrants. Pate said doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, adding that 67% of them work in the United Kingdom (UK). He made these comments on Channels Television on Tuesday. The Minister said…
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