The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed its expanded National Caucus, Board of Trustees (BoT), and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings for Monday, July 17. The notice of the meeting was jointly issued in Abuja on Saturday by Sen. Ben Obi, the National Secretary of PDP National Caretaker Committee, and Amb. Aminu Wali, the National […]
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Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday with a stunning 7-5 6-0 hammering of Venus Williams. Muguruza was splendid as she ensured the American’s dreams of victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set. Spaniard won nine straight games to claim a second grand slam title to […]
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Chelsea has signed their target French midfielder, Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco at the cost of £40 million. Conte has made Bakayoko his main target for most of last summer and a five-year contract already signed, Chelsea will have no problem letting Matic leave. The deal to sign the 22-year-old defensive midfielder took a while to […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission says in the country internet users increased from 90,124,428 in April to 91,565,010 in May, an increase of 1,440,582. The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. The data indicates that internet users on […]
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The Enugu State Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has unanimously endorsed the suspension of 20 members of the party by the State Executive Committee for alleged misconduct and anti-party activities. Among those suspended were the State Deputy Chairman, Adolphus Ude; the Women Leader, Queen Nwankwo; and the Senior Special Assistant to the President […]
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Court documents filed by the US Department of Justice in Houston have revealed that Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke tried to warn Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, her business partners against lavish spending, including splashing millions of dollars on a yacht. “If you want to hire a yacht, you lease it for two weeks […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed grief over the death of another serving member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Mohammed Wamakko. Wamakko died on Friday in Abuja at the age of 50. The lawmaker represented Kware/Wamakko Constituency, Sokoto State and was serving his first term. In a statement […]
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The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf has rejected the recent directive by the Minister of Health to go on three months suspension. Yusuf was on Friday ordered by the Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole to proceed on three months suspension to pave way for an investigation following […]
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Roger Federer now has Croatian Marin Cilic as the final obstacle for his dream 8th Wimbledon crown on Sunday. The Swiss ace beat Czech Tomas Berdych in three sets to book the final spot, while Cilic ended the fairy tale run of American Sam Querrey in four sets. Two of Federer’s sets went into tie-break, […]
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The Osun Head of Service, Mr Sunday Owoeye, on Friday confirmed the abduction and killing of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Office of the Governor, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole. Owoeye, who confirmed the killing in a statement in Osogbo, said the killing of the permanent was a rude shock. It was gathered that […]
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