Toni Kroos rescued Germany’s World Cup hopes in dramatic fashion on Saturday, curling in a stunning free-kick deep in injury time to seal a 2-1 win against Sweden. The defending champions were in desperate trouble when Ola Toivonen put the Swedes ahead in the first half and even though Marco Reus equalised shortly after the […]
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The Nigerian Army, 1 Division Kaduna, says it has neutralised 20 armed bandits and arrested three suspects at Jambrini Village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Muhammad Dole, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Kaduna on Saturday. Dole said the troops of 1 Division Nigerian […]
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Former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole was on Saturday, June 23, 2018, confirmed the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Eagles Square in Abuja. He was elected APC national chairman unopposed after all other candidates for the same position dropped their interest for the position. Chief Clement Ebri, a former Governor […]
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The National Judicial Council has dismissed a petition written by the Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, against Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Chukwuma and his company with alleged forgery and stealing before the judge. But the businessman […]
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Renowned writer and a Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo as the most hypocritical leader Nigeria has produced, vowing to expose him at Freedom Park on July 3. He said this on Friday night at the gala dinner and award ceremony of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Abuja. Soyinka was […]
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A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a businessman, Ifeanyi Ezeanwu, to five years imprisonment, over importation of a container load of Tramadol and other sex enhancing drugs. The convict was sentenced by Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, after the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) had reviewed the facts of the […]
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Former Vice-President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he will remain loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even if he loses his bid to secure the party’s ticket for the 2019 presidential poll. Abubakar said this on Friday during his visit to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to notify PDP’s national working committee […]
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It now looks like a freeway for former governor Adams Oshiomhole in his bid for the chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress. The last of his rivals, Clement Ebri, also a former Governor of Cross River, announced his withdrawal from the race, leaving Oshiomhole now unopposed. Ebri’s decision to withdraw from the race was made […]
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Lionel Messi’s World Cup dream was left hanging by a thread as Croatia powered into the last 16 with a 3-0 drubbing of Argentina on Thursday. Second-half goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric, and Ivan Rakitic sealed a deserved victory as a poor Argentina were left on the brink of a humiliating first-round exit. The […]
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Barely two years to the 2020 target to reduce unbanked Nigerians to 20 per cent, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country’s unbanked population currently stands at 37 per cent. Mr Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking & Payment Systems, CBN, stated this at the third Annual Banking Security Summit organised by MAXUT Consulting in […]
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