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Sports Minister Unveils Finidi George as Super Eagles’ Head Coach

13 May 2024

The Minister unveiled the former Super Eagles forward at an event in Abuja attended by the leaders of the Nigerian Football Federation.  The unveiling ceremony will kick-start Finidi’s reign in charge of the three-time African champions.The  53-year-old former Ajax and Real Betis winger was an assistant to former handler of the team, Jose Peseiro for […]

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Nigeria’s Manufacturing Export Plunges By 166% To ₦778bn- World Bank

13 May 2024

A newly published report ‘Africa Pulse’ by the World Bank  said the trend since 2019, has been downwards recording a significant decline to ₦960.7bn attributed to COVID-19 in 2020, while a minor recovery was recorded in 2021 at ₦1.15trn.  However, in 2022 a huge drop to ₦781.1bn was recorded and another significant drop to ₦778.4bn […]

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Labour Begins Picketing Of DisCos Offices Over Electricity Tariff Hike

13 May 2024

The action of the workers follows a joint directive from the leadership of both the Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC, and the Trade Union Congress ,TUC, at weekend to their members to picket these offices in protest of the tariff hike.Leading members of the labour unions in the protest at the headquarters of the Nigerian Electricity […]

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Prince Harry, Meghan End Nigeria Tour With Visit To Lagos

13 May 2024

The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja where they visited a school event on mental health, in a trip that also saw the prince meet wounded Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northwest.On day three of the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan took part in a basketball event with […]

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Ondo varsity sacks deputy vice-chancellor over false petitions

11 May 2024

The Assistant Registrar, Public Relations Unit of the institution, Temitope Oluwatayo, who made this known in a statement explained that Loto was sacked after the adoption and ratification of the Senate decision by the Governing Council of UNIMED at its 22nd Statutory meeting held at the Council Chamber, Medical Village Campus, Ondo.The statement said, “The […]

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NIMC uncovers syndicate selling fake NIN

11 May 2024

It said some suspects had been arrested and were undergoing prosecution with relevant security agencies.The NIMC Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this at a press briefing  in Abuja, noting that the commission got wind of the issue after a customer complained that she had paid N120,000 to modify her birth certificate.Odusote at the briefing also […]

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LAUTECH student stabbed to death in Ogbomoso

11 May 2024

Olamilekan, a 200-level student of the Department of Information Science, was said to be running a business outfit known as Dcrown Unisex Salon at Under G before he was murdered by his assailants during an argument.He was reportedly stabbed by yet-to-be-identified colleagues and later rushed to a nearby hospital, where he gave up the ghost.One […]

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Govt announces six-month traffic diversion on Lagos roads

11 May 2024

According to a statement from the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the diversion aims to facilitate the repair of deteriorated asphaltic sections of the roads.The repair work is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 13, 2024, and is expected to last until November 7, 2024.The commissioner urged motorists to exercise patience as the partial closure […]

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Tinubu Confers GCON On Awujale At 90

11 May 2024

Tinubu made the announcement at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye during the commissioning of the Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona School of Governance Studies and the presentation of a book titled; “Reinventing Governance in Nigeria: The Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona Model.”Represented by the Vice President,  Kashim Shettima, the President said the monarch deserves the second […]

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Fuel scarcity will soon be over, Senate leader assures Nigerians

11 May 2024

Bamidele who gave this assurance in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the Oil Technology Conference in Houston, Texas said the legislature is working tirelessly to ensure that fuel scarcity and frequent queues at filling stations are resolved.He said there were plans to involve more private-sector players in the construction of new refineries […]

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