The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed an air accident involving two of its aircraft taking part in the rehearsals for the 58th Independence Day Celebrations. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made the confirmation in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ” I wish to confirm an air incident involving […]
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The Country Director, Google Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor says the social and economic tool known as Google Search has attained 20 years. Ms Ehimuan-Chiazor in a statement in Lagos said that apart from Google Search being a way of finding information, it had proven invaluable in helping people find jobs, start businesses, and even save money. […]
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Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday swept the two polling units in Ile-Ife, in Osun state, where rerun elections were ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the winner. Ife South, Oyetola got 283 votes, while the PDP candidate got 15 votes. In Ife North(Unit 2), APC […]
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun State gubernatorial election, Ademola Adeleke, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the rerun election and declare him winner of the governorship election. Adeleke accused INEC of conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said the state is currently under siege, […]
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Europe’s football governing body UEFA, has announced that VAR technology will be used in the Champions League from next season. The Video Assistant Referee technology is gaining widespread support in the footballing world after initial opposition to the idea when it was introduced. UEFA also announced that the technology will be used in the 2020 European […]
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Speaking at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari says climate change remains one of the greatest challenges faced by the West African region. According to him, it has intensified poverty, terrorism and other vices in the region. He said, “Climate change remains one of the greatest challenges […]
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Jose Mourinho was left red-faced as Manchester United crashed to a shock penalty shoot-out defeat against Frank Lampard’s Derby in the League Cup on Tuesday. Just hours after Mourinho reportedly told unsettled star Pogba that he would never captain the team again, there was a bitter pill for the United manager to swallow as second […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers. The strike will start Wednesday morning. Its sister labour group, the Trade Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday announced it would begin strike from the early hours of […]
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Comedian Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for sexual assault, the BBC is reporting. Cosby, 81, has also been categorised as a sexually violent predator, meaning he must undergo counselling for life and be listed on the sex offender registry. The actor declined to make a statement when […]
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Sani Baba-Inna, a Chief Superintendent of Police and Aide de Camp (ADC) to Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, has been detained over alleged fraud, a report has said. In a statement issued on her behalf by Suleiman Haruna, her media aide, the president’s wife said the police arrested Baban-Inna to investigate the allegations leveled […]
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