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23 Jan
Mauricio Pochettino said he has been handed a welcome selection headache after watching his youthful United States squad wrap up their January training camp with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica in Florida on Wednesday. Goals from Major League Soccer-based players Brian White, Caden Clark and Patrick Agyemang completed a confident win for Pochettino's side…
27 Feb 2024
The international friendly game between world champions Argentina and Nigeria's Super Eagles billed for March 26 in Los Angeles, USA, has been called off. According to BBC sports journalist, Oluwashina Okeleji, the game was called off due to the short time to process visas for the Nigerian delegation. Okeleji said the US promoters for the…
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The Police command in Ogun on Friday said they are on the trail of the truck driver that crushed three automobile technicians to death at Kemta, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Odutola explained that the driver escaped from…
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The UK government announced Friday an imminent ban in England on "bird gatherings" such as fairs, markets and shows, seeking to stop the spread of a highly contagious avian influenza. From midday on Monday, "bird gatherings... are banned in England. This includes ducks, geese, swans, pheasants, partridge, quail, chickens, turkeys and guinea fowl," the…
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The Edo branch, Heavy Trucks Owners, Marketers, and Suppliers Association of Nigeria has appealed to the state government for a trailer park at Ehor to check accidents on Benin-Abuja Expressway. The association called for it when its delegation visited the Coordinator, Office of Edo Governor’s Wife, Mrs Edesili Okpebholo-Anani, on Friday in Benin City. The…
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An anti-graft group, the Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), has challenged Vice Chancellors (VCs) of Nigerian universities to expose National Assembly members who demanded bribes from them before passing their 2025 budgetary proposals. The call from SHAC followed allegations that the lawmakers demanded N50 million from universities to approve their budget proposals. SHAC’s coordinator,…
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The Cross River State Government has formalised an agreement with Arise IPP, a United Arab Emirates-based company, granting the firm an 80% stake in the Bakassi Deep Seaport project, a key infrastructure initiative aimed at boosting trade in West Africa. The agreement, endorsed by the State Executive Council, also includes a restructuring of Bakassi Deep…
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The Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has expressed concerns over the 36 percent drop in the proposed 2025 agriculture budget despite the 40 percent food inflation rate. The organisation noted that despite an overall increase in the national budget from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion, the allocation for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…
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Some commercial drivers plying the Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway have called on the relevant authorities to allow cash payments at the Garaku Toll Plaza, rather than the electronic mode being adopted. The commercial drivers made their feelings known in separate interviews with newsmen in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday. The News Agency of…
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Sylvester Onoja, has warned the federal government against scrapping the 6-3-3-4 system of education in Nigeria. Onoja SAN, a Fellow of the National Teachers Institute, said the proposed scrapping of the 6-3-3-4 education system in favour of a 12-year basic education model could create more problems than it…
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The decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to relieve three INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from Adamawa, Sokoto and Abia states of their jobs is a step toward restoring public trust in the electoral process in the country. The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Center in Africa (PAACA), which made this stance known in a…
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The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) are collaborating to enforce the car third-party insurance policy. Speaking during the partnership meeting in Abuja, the Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of NAICOM, Olusegun Omosehin, said the two organisations will also work closely to ensure safer motoring, road safety, and…