Real Madrid knocked Barcelona off the top of La Liga by beating Real Sociedad 2-1 on Sunday as Sergio Ramos rolled in another penalty before being forced off due to injury. Karim Benzema continued his excellent form by adding a second at Anoeta and while Mikel Merino gave Real Sociedad hope with seven minutes left, […]
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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday announced 436 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total infection in Nigeria to 20,244. According to the agency in a tweet, of the new cases, 169 were recorded in Lagos, 52 in Oyo and 31 in Plateau. Other affected states are Imo with 29 cases, Kaduna […]
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Chelsea staged an impressive second half fightback to beat Aston Villa 2-1 as Olivier Giroud’s winner consolidated their place in the Premier League’s top four on Sunday. Frank Lampard’s side were rocked when Kortney Hause put Villa ahead against the run of play in the first half. But Christian Pulisic came off the bench to […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 661 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday to bring the total number of the virus in the country to 19,808. NCDC made the announcement on its website late Saturday said 6718 cases have been discharged and 506 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital […]
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has said that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, remains one of the hotspots where community spread of the virus is prevalent. The Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this known on Friday, while receiving a donation of Personal […]
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Bruno Fernandes’ penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Tottenham as the Red Devils had another late spot-kick overturned by a VAR review on Friday. Jose Mourinho was on course to get the better of his former club when Steven Bergwijn’s strike gave Spurs a half-time lead. However, United’s second half pressure finally […]
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Nigeria on Friday recorded 667 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, pushing its total infections past the 19,000 mark. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said Lagos reported the highest number of new cases with 281, Abia with 48, Oyo with 45, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 38 cases. Other states […]
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There seem to be no end in sight to the series of drama in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria. In a fresh twist to the leadership controversy of the APC, a Rivers State High Court on Friday, granted an ex parte order restraining Mr Victor Giadom from parading himself as national chairman […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement was made on the official Twitter handle of the PDP on Friday afternoon. “Breaking News! The governor of Edo State, H.E. @GovernorObaseki has defected to our great Party, the @OfficialPDPNig. The declaration was made this afternoon at the state Secretariat […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday said it plans to fund the value chains of nine agricultural commodities to the tune of N432bn in the 2020 planting season. CBN outlined the nine commodities to include rice, cotton, oil palm, tomato, cassava, poultry, fish, maize, cocoa and livestock/diary. Senior officials of the bank disclosed […]
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