Hooliganism
16 May 2024
The pioneer Vice Chancellor of Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo Town, Prof. Olanrewaju Olaniyan, yesterday, promised that the university would deal decisively with any student involved in cultism, hooliganism and violence under the institution's rules and regulations.
3 May 2024
Saturday, June 25, 2022, started like any other workday for football referee, Patience Nweke, as the Imo State-born female referee was listed as one of the arbiters in the country’s second-tier football league competition, the Nigerian National League (NNL).
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The news made the rounds recently of an acting chairman of a company in Nigeria beating up a female employee. Her offence? Tendering her letter of resignation, I guess without his consent. But the man’s account of the incident added some clarification. He was reported to have said he reacted the way he did because…
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The Police Command in Ebonyi has initiated disciplinary action against its personnel caught in a viral video brandishing rifle while operating commercial tricycle business in the state. SP Joshua Ukandu, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Monday that the officer identified as Insp.…
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The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has introduced two innovations aimed at enhancing access to support services for survivours and mandated reporters. DSVA’s Executive Secretary, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi announced this in a statement signed by the agency’s Head Public Affairs Unit Mrs Adejoke Ladenegan-Oginni on Monday in Lagos. Vivour-Adeniyi said that the…
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One of the lawyers defending American music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs in his criminal sex trafficking case has officially pulled out of the legal team. Court documents filed on Thursday revealed that attorney Anthony Ricco submitted a motion to step down from representing the embattled Bad Boy Records boss. Ricco, who was one of the…
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Vice Chancellor of Kogi State University Kabba, Professor Kehinde Eniola, has said the institution will establish its primary and Secondary School wings to develop students from a basic academic foundation. Eniola made this known on Monday during the pre-matriculation press conference held in his office Kabba. Eniola, a professor of Environmental and Public Health Microbiology,…
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A newborn baby died in Paris Monday after his 18-year-old American mother threw him out a hotel window, umbilical cord still attached, French prosecutors and a police source said. She threw the infant from the second-floor window of a hotel in the 20th arrondissement in eastern Paris, the prosecutor's office said. "The newborn was given…
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Team Nigeria has exited the 2025 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Club Championships in Tunis. The Canaan Queens of Calabar, representing the country lost 0-3 to PETROJET Women’s team of Egypt in the semi finals of the event at the El-Menzah Sports Hall on Monday. The team, who are Nigeria’s sole representatives, led by…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima, has urged Nigerians to reflect on the values enshrined in the lyrics of the new national anthem and strive
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The Katsina Police Command said it has commenced an investigation into a shooting incident involving a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF). Police spokesman DSP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement, said the incident resulted in the injury of an okada rider and the death of a 400-level student of the Federal University Dutsinma.…
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Monday announced an indefinite suspension of the senator representing the Kano South district, Senator Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, for alleged anti-party activities. The party also suspended three members of the House of Representatives from Kano for the same alleged offense. The affected members are Abdullahi Sani Rogo, a member…