Public Service Games
1 Nov
The Rivers State Government said it is ready to host the 43rd Public Service Games christened "Simplified Rivers Games 2024" from November 27 to December 5, 2024. Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Danagogo, while giving updates on the event in Port Harcourt on Friday, said, Governor Siminalayi Fubara is excited about the tournament and has…
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Yagba Action Group (YAG), a non-partisan socio-political body consisting of professionals and technocrats from Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State has commiserated with the member, Federal House of Representatives for Yagba Federal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon Leke Abejide over the demise of his Senior Legislative Aide, Barrister Kunle Adeniyi. Adeniyi,…
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Eintracht Frankfurt overcame the imminent departure of in-form Omar Marmoush to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home on Friday, heaping more misery on the slumping visitors. Frankfurt, who cut Manchester City target Marmoush from the matchday squad just hours before kickoff, were clinical and controlled. Striker Hugo Ekitike put Frankfurt in front early and Dortmund…
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BARELY 72 hours to his inauguration, the United States of America's President-elect, Donald Trump, has declared that the nation would resolve its differences with China to foster development and global peace. Trump, on his X Handle on Friday, revealed that he was on a mutual phone conversation with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, adding that…
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Justice M. A Hassan of Federal high court, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), division, has restrained the Boniface Aneibonam led faction of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) from conducting local, state, and zonal congresses as well as state convention in the name of the party. In an exparte motion instituted by NNPP, National Chairman Dr. Ajuji…
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Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Friday in connection with a graft scandal that sparked an economic crisis in his home country. Chang, 69, was convicted in a US court in August for his role in the so-called "hidden debt" scandal that saw the Mozambican…
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The First Lady of Kwara State, Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRasaq, has urged equal access to quality education for every child, irrespective of socio-economic background. AbdulRasaq made the appeal at a lecture organised by the Havilah Foundation in collaboration with Chidimma. titled: “The Need for Girl-Child Education.” The event, held at Tanke Secondary School Ilorin, saw the…
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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Bishop Stephen Adegbite has paid a condolence visit to the widow of late Jerusalem Pilgrim, Pastor, Magistrate Olasanmi Ogunkanmi at their Ikorodu residence in Lagos on Friday, 17th January, 2025. The Executive Secretary sympathised with Mrs Ogunkanmi over the sudden demise of her husband, Magistrate…
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US law enforcement agents carried out exercises using barbed wire and concrete blocks Friday at a crossing on the border with Mexico as tensions crept up ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Vehicle crossings on an international bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas were halted for about 40 minutes while US Customs and…
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Calabar Municipal Council in Cross River State has introduced a new payment system for revenue collect and other payments to the local council. The new automated payment platform is to make payments easier and revenue collection more convenient. This was introduced barely a week after the council chairman, Apostle James Anam, terminated all revenue collection…
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Citizens' Gavel Foundation for Social Justice (GAVEL) and Asabe Waziri Justice Advocacy Initiative (AWJAI) have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun demanding transparency over the investigation into the alleged killings of three persons by one Inspector Wilson Collins in Abuja. The incident, which occurred on August 26, 2024, involved Collins allegedly shooting and…