Manchester City closed to within three points of the top of the Premier League as Raheem Sterling found his form in a routine 2-0 win over Fulham. Kevin De Bruyne was also on target from the penalty spot as City recorded back-to-back league wins for the first time this season to move into the top […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Abdon Dalla, special adviser on civil service and labour matters to Bala Mohammed, Bauchi governor, over alleged vote buying. Dalla was arrested on Saturday after voting during the Dass constituency bye-election in Bauchi. The EFCC operatives reportedly recovered a sum of N1.5 million from his car. […]
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) is to embark on a three-day warning strike from Dec. 7, to protest the deplorable state of access roads to seaports in Lagos State. In a communique it issued on Saturday in Lagos, MWUN said that the situation was no longer tolerable. The communique was signed by the […]
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The Nigeria Police Force, has extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic. That was where he was arrested having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. This is contained in a press statement sent […]
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Nigeria’s first female minister of finance and the prime candidate for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2020. She joins a list of eminent Africans to have received the award. Recall that In 2019, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African […]
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Real Madrid suffered a second defeat at the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk in this season’s Champions League, going down 2-0 to the Ukrainians in Kiev on Tuesday to leave their hopes of reaching the last 16 in the balance. Substitutes Dentinho and Manor Solomon both scored second-half goals as Shakhtar stunned the 13-time European champions […]
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Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, says the group is responsible for the killing of farmers in Borno state. The farmers were killed after Boko Haram attacked them at Zabarmari community in Jere local government area of the state. Babagana Zulum, governor of the state, had said 43 residents were killed while they […]
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Billionaire business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has approached the Federal High Court in Lagos with a Motion on Notice seeking the reversal of an interim court order which authorised the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to take over his property over alleged N69.4bn debt. The seizure order was made by Justice Rilwan Aikawa on November […]
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President Donald Trump’s controversial coronavirus adviser resigned Monday, while hopes for a first wave of vaccinations before the end of 2020 received a further boost with an announcement from US firm Moderna. Scott Atlas, a favored coronavirus adviser of the US president, who tweeted in October “Masks work? NO,” has submitted his resignation, effective as […]
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The 36 states governors are to hold teleconference on Wednesday to evolve a new national security order that will ensure safety of lives and property in the country. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) disclosed this in a statement by its Head, Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Monday in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo said that […]
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