Jose Mourinho has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Manchester United until at least 2020, the club said Thursday, ending rumours he is unhappy at Old Trafford. Mourinho became the first United manager in history to win a major trophy in his first season when he secured the League Cup last year, […]
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English Premier League leaders, Manchester City have reached the English Football League (EFL) Carabao Cup final, as they survived a late fightback to win 3-2 against second-tier Bristol City on Tuesday. Their efforts helped them to clinch the tie 5-3 on aggregate, as they shattered second-tier Bristol City’s hopes of a remarkable upset. Manchester City […]
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The home-based Super Eagles on Tuesday whipped Equatorial Guinea 3-1 after coming from behind in Agadir, to advance into the quarter-finals of the 5th African Nations Championship (CHAN) holding in Morocco. The Nigerian side dominated the game with many goal scoring chances being wasted as they had earlier done in each of their first two […]
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World number one tennis player, Rafa Nadal is set to face three weeks on the sideline after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarter-final defeat. The 16-time Grand Slam champion had a scan in a Melbourne hospital after he retired early in the fifth set of his match with […]
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The Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, on Monday said that the agency achieved N4 trillion as tax revenue collection in 2017. Mr. Fowler said this at the FIRS 2018 Management and Stakeholders in Lagos with theme, “Optimizing Tax Administration with Parliamentary Synergy”. The agency recorded N3.3 trillion as revenue collection in […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over the central States of the county on Tuesday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Monday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 28 to 36 and 11 to 21 degrees Celsius respectively. The agency […]
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Libya slumped to a 0-1 defeat against Nigeria and were brought back down to earth at the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The home-based Eagles edged out Libya by a lone goal through Sunday Faleye in their CHAN Group C match at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier, Morocco on Friday. The victory takes the […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusengun Obasanjo, has cautioned against sweeping the call for restructuring in Nigeria under the carpet. Obasanjo made the call while presenting a plaque to Prof. Ehosa Osaghae, the Convocation Lecturer at the National Open University (NOUN) on Friday in Abuja. “We should not sweep the quest for restructuring under the […]
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Not less than twelve people have reportedly been killed while 48 sustained injuries in multiple suicide attacks in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, information officer of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the north-east, confirmed the incident, saying it occurred around 3pm on Wednesday. Ibrahim said an emergency response team comprising NEMA, SEMA […]
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Babuga Dengi, a herdsman, has been killed in a bush between Irele and Oke Ako in Ikole local government area of Ekiti state. The killing suspected to be carried out by some indigenes of Benue state in Ekiti sparked tension. At a meeting with stakeholders from the Fulani and Benue communities, Ayo Fayose, governor of the state, said there […]
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