Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, had accepted the advice given to him regarding his disagreement with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Ortom had berated Atiku for failing to pick Wike as his running mate despite a recommendation by a party committee. […]
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An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced four men to death by hanging over the murder of a traditional chief. The court also sentenced each of the four men to seven years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman. The convicts, Sunday Aernana (30); Jonathan Elijah (19); […]
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Ese Brume produced her biggest jump of the year in Oregon, USA to become the first Nigerian athlete to win medals at two World Athletics Championships. She won the silver medal in Oregon, an upgrade to the bronze she won in Doha in 2019. The Olympic bronze medalist leaped 7.02m and finished behind Germany’s Olympic […]
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The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will deploy personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the nationwide protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities taking place on Tuesday (today). As security agencies moved to deploy their men and officers, […]
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Nigerian fans have accused track legend Michael Johnson of racism and hatred for questioning Tobi Amusan’s world record time in the 100m hurdles final at the just-concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Amusan raced to victory in the 100m hurdles final, finishing with a time of 12.12secs, shattering Kendra Harrison’s 2016 world record by 0.08secs […]
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Gold medalist Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria poses with a cheque for setting a world record in Women’s 100m Hurdles on day ten of the World Athletics Championships. Photo: AFP Fans have praised Tobi Amusan’s world record-breaking sprint at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, which saw her collect Nigeria’s first ever […]
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Three persons were killed by the recent rainstorm that also destroyed about 330 houses in seven local government areas of Katsina State. Spokesman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Umar Muhammad disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Monday in Katsina. He said that 176 houses were destroyed and three persons lost […]
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Three of the freed hostages Terrorists who abducted the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers on March 28 have freed another three hostages. It was learnt that while three hostages were released on Monday, one victim had earlier regained freedom about a week ago. The release of three persons on Monday came barely 24 hours after the terrorists, […]
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Barely 24 hours after they released a viral video where they were seen flogging their hostages and threatening to abduct President Buhari and Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train, have released four of the remaining 43 captives. Security operatives and the Kaduna State Government were yet to issue any statement on […]
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President Buhari at the scene of the attack Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola was sadly confirming what Nigerians always knew when he expressed regret last week that there was a lack of will by government to act on intelligence reports gathered prior to the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre. Terrorists’ invasion of Kuje Medium Security […]
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