Senegal awards $87,000 cash, land to AFCON-winning squad

Agency Report 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: Senegal’s President Macky Sall awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad’s weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations. In a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, he also appointed team […]

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Adulterated petrol: FG may return fuel to suppliers, 100 million litres affected, say marketers

Okechukwu Nnodim and Solomon Odeniyi 9 February 2022 Kindly share this story: The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that […]

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APC govs await Buhari, Al-Makura, Musa lead in chairmanship race

Our Reporters 9 February 2022 Kindly share this story: There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress governors are waiting for the stand of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the party’s chairmanship race. It was reliably gathered on Tuesday that many APC governors had been left in the dark in the […]

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Olujimi faults Fayose on peace move, may dump PDP

Abiodun Nejo 9 February 2022 Kindly share this story: National Assembly member and Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has given on the possibility of dumping the party alongside her supporters. Olujimi said the shoddy way her faction of the party in the state was treated by the national leadership […]

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Coalition of APC Support Groups pass vote of confidence on Wammako.

Coalition of APC Support Groups pass vote of confidence on Wammako. The coalition of All Progressives Congress APC Support Groups, across Sokoto State, have restated their loyalty to the leader of Sokoto politics and leader of the party in the state, Senator Magatakarda Wamakko. The groups at an elaborate Press conference, held on Monday described […]

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ICPC recovered N166.5bn cash, assets in 30 months – Report

Adelani Adepegba 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has recovered cash and assets valued at N166.51 billion from corrupt persons in the last two and half years. This represented an increase of 378 per cent over the assets recovery target of N44bn under the Commission’s […]

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Widow faces imprisonment for cutting house help’s body with razor, Ondo keeps children

Deji Lambo and  Peter Dada 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: A house help, Joel Sunday, has been hospitalised after his boss, Opeyemi Omoyemi, tortured him with a razor blade and a knife at their residence on Adebowale Street, in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a resident, […]

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Catholic suspends Lagos priest who banned Igbo songs in parish

Sodiq Oyeleke 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: The Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu-Owa Gberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos, Rev. Fr. James Anelu, has been “suspended” for banning Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Alfred Martins, in a “disclaimer”, directed the priest to proceed on “an […]

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We’re set for indefinite strike, FG dribbling us – ASUU

Our Reporters 8 February 2022 Kindly share this story: The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said its members in universities across the country will embark on another strike soon if the Federal Government fails to implement the Memorandum of Action it signed with the union last year. The Chairman of ASUU in the Ladoke […]

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Austin Eguavoen remains Interim Manager as NFF reconstitutes Super Eagles’ technical crew

@austineguavoen remains Interim Manager as NFF reconstitutes Super Eagles’ technical crew The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and former U20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke drafted […]

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