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The 2024 JOF Under-13 Soccer Tournament concluded with a thrilling display of footballing talent, culminating in the selection of the JOF All Stars team to represent the finest young footballers in Lagos State. The team, formed from standout players across 67 neighbourhood clubs and academies, had the opportunity to face off against Ogun State’s Smart…
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has said blamed three suspects for the "suspected bomb explosion" that rocked Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, located in Kuchibuyi Village, Byazhin area of the FCT on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Josephine Adeh, said upon receiving a distress call from the Sarki of Kuchibuyi,…
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The dust over the recent appointments to the board and management of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) is yet to settle
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other ‘Lagos Icons’ will be honoured at the grand finale of the Queen of Ibile Pageant, Awards, and Reality Show on Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos. The award recognizes Governor Sanwo-Olu’s visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to the development of Lagos State…
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The Senate declared on Monday that it would suspend plenary for two weeks upon resumption on the 14th of this month as both chambers of the
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The Richard Ozobu-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo 2025 Election Committee, on Monday, announced Dr Jackson Omenazu from Rivers State as the President General, alongside other members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. In a statement signed by Ozobu and the Committee Secretary, Prof. Chibuikeya Achokawa, it was revealed that the…
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33 former members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who were dismissed in a mass layoff last year, have dragged the apex bank to court, alleging rights violations. The workers alleged that the CBN violated internal policies, Nigerian labour laws, and their contractual rights. The claimants, represented by Stephen Gana and 32…
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In the wake of a devastating gas explosion in the Oroazi axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State, the LGA chairman, Chijioke
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has described as false the claim that an awaiting trial person, Ayomide Adeleye, has been released and no more in prison. In a statement on Monday, the NCoS Public Relations Officer, Deputy Controller of Corrections, Umar Abubakar, said the 23-year-old with with Custody Number: S-1995/24 is currently in the Maximum…
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Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Council Area of Ondo,
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The Richard Ozobu-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo 2025 Election Committee, on Monday, announced Dr Jackson Omenazu from Rivers State as the President General, alongside other members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. In a statement signed by Ozobu and the Committee Secretary, Prof. Chibuikeya Achokawa, it was revealed that the new…