Jose Mourinho has said he was disappointed with the Super Eagles against Croatia and will now change his prediction that Nigeria will qualify from their group, while also insisting Mikel Obi is “not a No 10”. Manchester United boss Mourinho sensationally picked the Eagles ahead of Croatia to come out of ‘The Group of Death’, […]
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THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said it has spent ₦168 billion on education projects under the Special High Impact Allocation. Its Executive Secretary, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, said the money was given to 12 universities, six polytechnics and six colleges of education. Baffa, who spoke with reporters in an interview in Abuja, said the intervention […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has indicated that a total of 563, 051 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected by registered voters in Ekiti State, 27 days to the governorship election. Spokesman of the commission in the state, Taiwo Gbadegesin told News Agency of Nigeria in Ado Ekiti on Monday that the state has […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the people of Ekiti State to cast their votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in the July 14 governorship election. Osinbajo said Ekiti people stand to benefit a lot from the APC both at the federal and state levels if they elect Fayemi as […]
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday took his 2019 presidential ambition to the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, and stakeholders of the state’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and demanded their support. Abubakar, who arrived the State Government House in Yenagoa, at about 12pm also presented a document he developed on restructuring titled, “Restructuring as a […]
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THE Aliko Dangote Foundation has inaugurated the Dangote village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The gesture has been described as another massive philanthropic gesture coming barley two weeks after the foundation donated 150 cars to the police. The Dangote village is a self-sufficient set of 200 housing […]
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No fewer than 1,500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy, Italian Ambasssador to Nigeria Stefanou Pontesilli said yesterday. Pontesilli described the number as “a big number,” adding: ”We sometimes send them back to Nigeria once they finished their terms because they have not behaved well. “ He however denied reports that […]
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IJAW leaders have appealed to their people to queue behind Mr. Chibuike Amaechi in ensuring that Ijaw produce the next governor of Rivers State. The leaders, in a communiqué by Chief Mike Loyibo, at the end of a meeting held in Port Harcourt, said their decision was not political but anchored on the spirit of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari is set to sign the ₦9.1 trillion 2018 budget of the Federal Government tomorrow after succumbing to entreaties to avoid a shutdown of the government from that day. The president, according to reliable sources, had frowned at ₦500 billion increase in the ₦8.6 trillion proposal he submitted to the National Assembly last […]
Read More A 22-year-old man, Agaezichi Ogbonna, has allegedly killed his mother over a love affair with the mother’s sister at Akpaa Mbato community, Obingwa council area of Abia State. Family sources told Vanguard that Agaezichi was having a love affair with his mother’s sister. However, his mother, Blessing, warned against the relationship, describing it as a […]
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The former Governor of Abia state, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has said a second term in office for President Muhammadu would shut looters permanently from corridors of power in Nigeria. Kalu , a chieftain of All Progressives Congress who spoke in Kano when he paid a Sallah homage to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje explained that […]
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Friday June 15, 2018 as the day to mark the Eid-el-Fitr, and the end of Ramadan fast. The Sultan announced the sighting of the new moon of the month Shawwal in a broadcast in Sokoto on Thursday. The Islamic month of Shawwal comes after the […]
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