Agege Stadium
11 Dec
A prosecution witness in the trial of Chrisland School on the death of Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student, said he did not interview any staff member of Agege Stadium during the investigation. The witness, Mr Wahab Ariyo, a Lagos State Safety Commission officer, disclosed this before an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday. He was being…
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Gunmen have killed a family of five in Lighitlubang village in Bungha District of Mangu local government of Plateau State. Our correspondent gathered that the family consisted of a man, his wife, and a child with another man and wife all slaughtered. There is currently high tension in Mangu local government over the development as…
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The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said 50 Palestinian patients, including 30 children with cancer, went through the Rafah crossing to Egypt on Saturday as the key gateway reopened as part of a ceasefire deal. Egyptian state-linked channel Al-Qahera News showed footage of the first of 50 evacuees, including a child with an autoimmune disease,…
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Normalcy has returned to Kuje Area Council of the FCT after a violent clash on Friday that claimed one life through suspected accidental discharge by police personnel. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the area on Saturday reports that residents were seen going about their businesses. Some of the residents…
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The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious diseases. The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 has vowed to march on the capital Kinshasa after capturing eastern DR Congo's biggest city of Goma earlier…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says trafficking in persons and irregular migration are now endemic across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by Ganiu Aganran, NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Benin. Aganran stated this on Friday during a courtesy visit by…
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Mohamed Salah's controversial penalty put Liverpool on course for a 2-0 win at Bournemouth as the Premier League leaders moved nine points clear on Saturday. Arne Slot's side took the lead in the first half when Salah netted with a penalty awarded after Cody Gakpo appeared to trip over his own feet rather than go…
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Daniel Maldini, the son of Italian football icon Paolo Maldini, has signed for Atalanta from Monza, his new club announced on Saturday. "Atalanta are happy to announce the permanent signing of Daniel Maldini from Monza," the Bergamo-based team said in a statement. Italian media report that Atalanta paid around 11 million euros for attacker Maldini,…
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Israel on Saturday demanded information from mediators who brokered the ceasefire in Gaza about the fate of three family members of freed hostage Yarden Bibas. "Yarden has returned home. But his wife Shiri and his children Ariel and Kfir have not. We have been searching for them for a long time, tracking their traces and…
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The Federal Government says it has empowered 27,302 farmers in Niger to encourage agricultural productivity and enhance food security. The programme is being implemented in partnership with International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD-VCDP). Mrs Hadiza Isah, the State Programme Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
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US Democrats choose a new flagbearer Saturday who will be tasked with rebuilding a party still reeling from last year's crushing presidential defeat and figuring out how best to oppose Republican Donald Trump. Meeting in a large hotel near Washington, members of the Democratic National Committee, the party's governing body, are carrying out a postmortem…