Former Holland coach, Louis van Gaal, has announced retirement from football management three years after he was sacked by Manchester United. Van Gaal spent two years at Old Trafford, before being relieved of his duties after winning the FA Cup in 2016. He led United to fourth and fifth place finish during his tenure before […]
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NOVA Merchant Bank Limited has declared a profit after tax of N1.15 billion for the year ended 31st of December 2018, a significant increase from N510.6 million achieved in 2017, marking a 125% increase. The result is achieved as it begins to reap the benefits of its investments in its operations, technology and people. The impressive […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki is not returning to the upper legislative chamber having lost his reelection bid to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808, Saraki who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), trailed with 68,994 votes, leaving a margin of 54,814 votes. The results were […]
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The election collation centre in Damaturu, has received results of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections from five of the 17 LGAs of Yobe, putting the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the collation was being presided over by Prof. Abubakar Gundiri, Vice […]
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Manchester City successfully defended the League Cup after defeating Chelsea on penalties in a game where Blues goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to be substituted. Pep Guardiola made one chang from the win over Schalke as as Zinchenko replaced Illkay Gundogan, while Gonzalo Higuain was surprisingly left on the bench for City. Unlike the […]
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A woman, Cordelia Ojuromi, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court after she allegedly hit her neighbour, James Idehin with a pressing iron thereby inflicting serious injury to his face. It was gathered that Ojuromi and another accused at large, committed the alleged crime on the 13 of February, 2019 in Ikeja area […]
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Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its first folding handset as part of an effort to rev up demand in the slumping smartphone sector. The South Korean giant’s Galaxy Fold, unveiled at a San Francisco event, services as a smartphone with a 4.6-inch display and unfolds to become a tablet of 7.3 inches. “We are giving you […]
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Some men suspected to be herdsmen have killed 16 persons during an attack on Ebete community in Agatu local government area of Benue state. The herders were said to have attacked the community at 1am on Wednesday, opening fire on residents and setting houses ablaze. Adeyemi Yekini, force commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, an army task […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of 12 permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The redeployment was announced in a statement signed by Mrs Olawumi Ogunmosunle, Director Communication, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), on Wednesday in Abuja. The Circular conveying the redeployment was signed by the […]
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Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, says snatching of ballot box can be charged as treason or treasonable felony, which he says is punishable by death. Keyamo, in an attempt to defend President Muhammadu Buhari’s position, on making ballot box snatchers pay with their lives, said those quoting the electoral act are […]
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