The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Monday directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court which set aside the election into the Executive Committee of the Federation held on Sept. 30, 2014. The directive was given in a statement by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), from the custody of the Department of State Service. Delivering judgment in the suit filed by the ex-NSA in March this year, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ruled that his detention since December 29, 2015, amounted to […]
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Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is taking tough measures to protect Smart Card Readers and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from unauthorized and malicious access. INEC would therefore next week commence systematic hardware and software upgrade of all its Smart Card Readers nationwide. INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, […]
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Hosts Russia reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Sunday when they beat Spain 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Koke’s third penalty for Spain was saved by Igor Akinfeev who then saved Iago Aspas’s final shot. Spain took a 12th-minute lead when veteran Russia defender Sergei Ignashevich put into his own net […]
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Croatia are through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating Denmark in the second penalty shootout of the day A frantic start saw Denmark score in under a minute as Mathias Jorgensen latched onto the end of a long throw that caused mayhem in the six-yard-box, but just three minutes later Mario Mandzukic […]
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Rawana Goni, a former Boko Haram commander, has urged the Nigerian military to allow him convince Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists to surrender. According to NAN, Goni is undergoing rehabilitation at a military detention camp in Maiduguri, Borno state. The former Boko Haram commander is from Bama in Borno state. He surrendered […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has admonished journalists to exhibit professionalism and patriotism in their duties to save the country from collapse and the ills of bad journalism. The Sultan made the call on Saturday in Sokoto when national officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) paid him a courtesy visit […]
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Elijah Akinyemi, a visually-impaired man, who is the Director of Special Needs Education in Ogun state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has been appointed by Ibikunle Amosun, the state governor, as a Permanent Secretary in the state’s civil service. The elevation and swearing in of Akinyemi at the executive chambers at the governor’s office […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted prospects of moderate rains over the central states of the country throughout Saturday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Friday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 29 to 34 and 18 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively. The agency predicted […]
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The Naira on Friday remained stable at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N360 to the dollar, the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports. The Nigerian currency had traded at same rate for the past two days, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N480 and N421 respectively. At the Bureau De Change […]
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