Boko Haram insurgents have again, attacked the convoy of Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. This attack, which happens to be the latest, occurred on Sunday morning some two kilometres from Baga when the governor was returning to Maiduguri. The Punch reports that the convoy, according to some of the people who returned to Maiduguri […]
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English striker Jamie Vardy scored twice from the spot on Sunday to give Brendan Rodgers’ men a 2-5 win over Manchester City in a Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium. Jamie Vardy hit a hat-trick as Leicester exposed Manchester City’s defensive flaws with a stunning 5-2 win at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Pep […]
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European champions Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat since December when their 23-match winning run was ended by a shock 4-1 Bundesliga defeat at Hoffenheim on Sunday. Hoffenheim, the current league leaders, raced into a 2-0 lead with early goals by defender Ermin Bicakcic and striker Munas Dabbur. Although Joshua Kimmich gave Bayern a lifeline […]
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Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as ‘Laycon’ has emerged winner of the fifth edition of the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality TV show. The 26-year-old was announced the winner on Sunday night after polling the highest votes of the five remaining housemates. What started off as a stiff competition between 20 housemates ended on Sunday with […]
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The meeting between the federal government of Nigeria, labour unions and civil society groups over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff, has ended without a resolution. The Thursday meeting ended hours after a court granted an interim order barring the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday cleared the air on the construction of a rail line from Nigeria to the Niger Republic. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday, announced that the Federal Executive Council approved $1.96bn for the construction of a rail line to […]
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More lights are being thrown into the reported ‘secret wedding’ between the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar which took place recently. PRNigeria gathered from reliable family sources that the marriage plans had been in the offing for some time […]
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Bayern Munich have won the 2020 UEFA Super Cup after beating Sevilla 2-1 courtesy of a Javi Martinez extra-time winner. Having equalised with a crucial 120th-minute goal seven years ago when Bayern won the 2013 Super Cup on penalties against Chelsea, Martinez struck on 104 minutes at the Puskas Arena to hand the Champions League […]
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It was a dreadful sight as traders were trapped under loads of farm produce on Wednesday, after a truck conveying them to their destination overturned in Ogun State. It was gathered that the incident occurred near the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under bridge in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to reports, men of the […]
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has blamed Wednesday’s fatal tanker explosion at the Felele axis of Okene/Lokoja/Abuja road on the deplorable condition of all federal roads across the state. At least 23 people, including seven school pupils were killed in the incident. Bello said the total neglect of the Felele axis of Okene/Lokoja by […]
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