The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a 68-member committee to oversee its upcoming national elective convention. Osita Izunaso, the national organising secretary of the party, announced this in a statement on Sunday. However, the statement did not reveal when the convention will hold or when the committee will be inaugurated. […]
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With just a week to go on the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show, three housemates — Lolu, Khloe and Anto — have been evicted. Miracle and Cee-C were the two of five nominated housemates who survived eviction night. This leaves five finalists to contend for the star prize. It is the 77th […]
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El-Kanemi Warriors recorded what is yet the biggest win of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match Day 17 games played on Sunday across the country as they pummeled Heartland FC 3-0 in Maiduguri. Two goals from striker Anthony Yeful and another from Bello Koformata gave the Warriors the commanding victory. In Port Harcourt, Nasarawa […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over central states of the country on Monday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Sunday also predicted day and night temperatures in the range of 29 to 42 and 17 to 28 degrees celsius. It added that there would […]
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Newcastle United virtually guaranteed their Premier League safety as they came from a goal down to beat Arsenal 2-1 at a spring-like St James’ Park on Sunday. Alexandre Lacazette’s stretching volley gave Arsenal the lead in the 14th minute but Ayoze Perez clipped in Newcastle’s equaliser on the half hour mark. Newcastle were the better […]
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Defence spokesman, John Agim, says the report that only 15 of the 113 missing Chibok schoolgirls are alive is meant to discourage the government. Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram sect, had said majority of the girls had died in captivity. Salkida said those still alive had been […]
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The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, says it has arrested 67 irregular migrants from the Republic of Niger. Sunday James, the spokesman of the agency, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. James said that the foreigners were intercepted by the Special Border Corps of the NIS while trying to enter the country via […]
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Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist, formerly based in Dubai, said today that only 15 out of the remaining 113 Chibok schoolgirls, believed to be with their Boko Haram abductors are alive. He made the claim in series of tweets today, in which he provided a backgrounder to the abduction, exactly four years ago. Salkida said […]
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The Police have commenced investigation into an alleged accidental shooting at an Enugu burial ceremony which led to the death of a woman and wounding of the chief mourner on Saturday. The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made this known in a statement on Saturday. Amaraizu said the incident occurred at Amanato […]
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Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, has notified the national and state leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) of his ambition to run for July 14, governorship election in Ekiti. Mr Olayinka Oyebode, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that letters had been […]
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