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5 Jun 2024
Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been linked with a potential takeover of Championship club Watford. According to The Athletic, financial experts working with Joshua reportedly held talks with Watford about a deal worth £150 million. Watford, owned by Italian Gino Pozzo since 2012, has been looking for new investment for several years. Joshua’s…
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The Nasarawa State Police Command said it has arrested a gang of kidnappers and has rescued the victim. The police said it also found correctional service and Nigerian Immigration Service uniforms in their custody. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Nansel Ranham, made this known in a press statement made available to newsmen…
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Policy Alert, an organisation focused on improving economic development and environmental justice, has raised alarm on the impacts of methane emission on extractive communities in the Niger Delta region. The organisation noted that the region, over the years, has become a theatre of environmental degradation and economic deprivation for its inhabitants. According to them, the…
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Travelling abroad for the first time is an exciting yet daunting experience. From visa applications to cultural adjustments, every step requires careful planning. For Nigerians, who perhaps have not crossed the borders before, it even more essential to know all about navigating this phase before you get abroad. Guardian Life curated ten important tips to…
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The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the December 22, 2024, majority judgment of the Court of Appeal in Enugu, which sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A five-member panel of the apex court, presided over by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, was unanimous in a judgment on Friday…
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Security forces in Kogi State have launched an extensive search operation to rescue passengers abducted along the Obajana-Kabba highway, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) for Zone 8, Abubakar Zubairu, and the Kogi State Commissioner of Police (CP), Miller Dantawaye, have confirmed. Dantawaye stressed the police are doing everything possible to locate the 18-seater…
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A Nigerian national, Lotenna Chisom Umeadi, 35, has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in a United States federal court, admitting his role in an international cyber fraud scheme that led to the loss of $158,400. This is according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Erin Keegan, Special…
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A former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticised the vote of approval given by the National Assembly concerning the state of emergency declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Obi said the vote clearly demonstrated that democracy, in its true sense, does not exist in Nigeria, adding that where…
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Nigeria has dropped three places in the latest World Happiness Report (2025), ranking 105th globally and 12th in Africa. This means there are 11 African countries where people feel happier than Nigerians. So, what makes them happier? And what can Nigeria learn from them? The 11 African countries happier than Nigeria According to the report,…
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British Airways has canceled flights from Nigeria to London due to the fire incident at the London Heathrow Airport. This was disclosed by the Director, National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, who cited a report from the airline. On its website, British Airways said, "Due to a power outage in the London Heathrow area,…
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A fire outbreak at the Munna Albadawi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State has destroyed ten makeshift shelters and claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy, identified as Abubakar Gargar. The camp chairman, Babangida Mahmud, told Zagazola Makama that the fire started at around 3:00 a.m. on March…