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![Arsenal v Chelsea : English FA Cup Final Match, Team News, Goal Scorers and Stats]()
Date :Saturday 1st Augiust,2020 Time : 5:30pm Stadium Wembley Referee Anthony Taylor (England) Goal Scorer: Team News: English football's longest-ever campaign comes to a conclusion on Saturday evening when Arsenal and Chelsea face off at Wembley in the 139th FA Cup final.The Gunners knocked out holders Manchester City in the semis an ...![.]()
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![BREAKING: "Nigerians Know My Regime Have Done It's Best About Insecurity " -Pre Buhari]()
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said his regime had done its best as far as fighting members of the Boko Haram sect in the North East and militants in the South-South was concerned.Buhari spoke in an interview he granted State House correspondents after joining his family members and some top government officials to observe the Eid El-Kabir p ...![.]()
BREAKING: "Nigerians Know My Regime Have Done It's Best About Insecurity " -Pre Buhari -
![Every Nigerian From All Tribes Received FG's COVID-19 Relief Palliative - Minister, Sadiya Umar]()
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq said all tribes in Nigeria received the the Federal Government palliatives care during the lockdown of COVID-19 pandemic.In her words, the minister said: “There is hardly anyone in Nigeria who didn’t receive the Federal Government palliatives care in this trial COVID-19 pandemic. All the ...![.]()
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![Veteran Nigerian Broadcaster Willy Thomas, Is Dead]()
A Nigerian broadcaster and founder of Cowrie FM Radio Station, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Willy Thomas, is dead, PREMIUM TIMES reports.Mr Thomas died in the early hours of Thursday.His death was confirmed by the former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lanre Ogundipe.The deceased, who worked at the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation as ...![.]()
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![Nigeria Records 481 New Cases Of Coronavirus, Total Now 42,689]()
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday night, announced 481 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the West African nation to 42,689.Ten deaths were recorded from the virus in the past 24 hours pushing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 878.According to the NCDC, out of a total 42,6 ...![.]()
Nigeria Records 481 New Cases Of Coronavirus, Total Now 42,689 -
![JUST IN: 1 Killed, 16 Injured As Explosions Rock Maiduguri]()
Borno Commissioner of Police Mohammed Aliyu has confirmed one dead and 16 injured following multiple explosions that rocked Maiduguri metropolis.Aliyu, who said the explosions occurred in Mairi, Custom and Gwange areas of the metropolis, added the actual cause of the explosions was yet to be ascertained.He however said Police teams had been dispat ...![.]()
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![More Woes Awaits Ibrahim Magu As Fresh Probe Opens Over His Asset Declaration ‘Breach']()
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is preparing charges against Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly failing to declare his assets, sources have informed TheCable.This is completely different from the ongoing probe of his tenure at the EFCC by a presidential panel.A source told Th ...![.]()
More Woes Awaits Ibrahim Magu As Fresh Probe Opens Over His Asset Declaration ‘Breach' -
![BREAKING: Donald Trump Calls For Postponement Of US 2020 Election]()
United States President, Donald Trump has called for the postponement of the 2020 election.On Thursday, the American leader made the call on Twitter.Trump expressed concern that the election would be fraudulent.His reason was the controversial universal mail-in voting.“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will ...![.]()
BREAKING: Donald Trump Calls For Postponement Of US 2020 Election -
![Lagos Court Sentence Serial Fraudster To 53 Years Imprisonment Over N17 Million]()
Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, sentenced a serial fraudster, Aliyu Zakari to 53 years imprisonment for N17.1million fraud.The convict was prosecuted by the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on six-count charges of obtaining money by false pret ...![.]()
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![Just Like Amotekun, Miyetti Allah Sets Up Its Own Vigilante Nationwide]()
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the Fulani socio-cultural association has announced the establishment of its nationwide security outfit in order to curtail security challenges confronting the country. The move was announced on Wednesday. According to Vanguard, the National President and Secretary of the association, Bello Bodejo and Saleh Alhassan, res ...![.]()
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![Burial Date Of Late Afenifere Leader, Senator Fasanmi Has Been Released]()
The Nation reports that the late elder statesman and leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, will be buried on August 4, his family has announced.The family said he will be buried at his hometown in Iye Ekiti at St. John Anglican Church, Iye-Ekiti in the same tomb with his wife, who died in 2014.One of the sons of th ...![.]()
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![Former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (Rtd.) is Dead]()
Former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (Rtd.) is dead.He died yesterday afternoon after complicated diabetic issues.He died having celebrated his 77th birthday on July 6 during which he launched his 13th book titled: “Restructuring to save Nigeria from post-oil disintegration.”The one- time Adjutant General and Comm ...![.]()
Former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (Rtd.) is Dead -
![JUST IN: Renowned Afenifere Leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, Passes on At 94]()
The Leader of Afenifere, Egbe Ilosiwaju Yoruba, Senator Ayo Fasanmi. He died on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 night after a brief illness in Osogbo. His demise was confirmed on Thursday by his son, Folabi.Folabi noted that the elder statesman died “at the ripe age of 94 years”.“Pa Fasanmi was a Second Republic Senator, a leader of the Yoruba soci ...![.]()
JUST IN: Renowned Afenifere Leader, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, Passes on At 94 -
![BREAKING: Watch Video As Hajj Begins In Saudi Arabia Amidst COVID 19 Restriction]()
Muslim pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, began arriving at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Wednesday for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic.The hajj is one of Islam’s most important requirements, performed once in a lifetime. It ...![.]()
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![JUST IN: Oyo Commissioner, Asiwaju Fakorede Test Negative After Contracting COVID 19 5th Times]()
Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Asiwaju Seun Fakorede has tested negative for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) after his fifth test.Fakorede, who is also the youngest commissioner in Nigeria’s history, had on the 26th of June announced that he tested positive for Coronavirus without any symptoms/breakdown.Special Assistant to the ...![.]()
JUST IN: Oyo Commissioner, Asiwaju Fakorede Test Negative After Contracting COVID 19 5th Times -
![BREAKING: FG Announces Oct 5 As Commencement Date For 2020 NECO Exams]()
The Federal Government on Wednesday says this year’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations for SSS3 pupils organised by the National Examination Council will start October 5 and end November 18.This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong.In the statemen ...![.]()
BREAKING: FG Announces Oct 5 As Commencement Date For 2020 NECO Exams -
![Nigerian Army Reveals They Have Limited Manpower To Tackle Southern Kaduna Killings]()
The military does not have enough manpower to tackle the killings in the southern part of Kaduna, according to Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, commander of operation safe haven in the state.Chukwuemeka Okonkwo while speaking with reporters after a security meeting presided over by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, Okwokwo said the military is strategising ...![.]()
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![BREAKING NEWS: Maina Regains Freedom After 9 Months in Kuje Prison]()
A former Chairman of Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, nine months after his arrest.Maina, who was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Oct. 25, 2019, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his son, Faisa ...![.]()
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![Court Orders Arrest Of Ex Clerk Of National Assembly, Omolori Muhammed Over Alleged N400m Fraud]()
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the former clerk of the National Assembly, Muhammed Omolori.Justice Suleman Belgore granted the ex parte motion sought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the immediate arrest of Omolori.The commission informed court that Omolori who recently retired as the cler ...![.]()
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![July 30 And 31 Declared Public Holidays To Mark Eid-Kabir Celebration]()
The Federal Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July, 2020 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir Celebration.The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola while making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians both at home and abroad on the occasion.He call ...![.]()
July 30 And 31 Declared Public Holidays To Mark Eid-Kabir Celebration -
![BREAKING: AFDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina Cleared Of Wrong Doing By Independent Probe]()
The President of the African Development Bank (AFDB), Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina has been cleared of all wrong doing by an independent panel set up to probe allegations of abuse of office and corruption against him.Adesina had been probed initially by the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank and was found innocent of the whistleblower alleg ...![.]()
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![BREAKING: Federal Govt. Lifts Ban Placed On Private Arline That Flew Naira Marley To Abuja]()
The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on the private airline, Executive Jet Services, which flew musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert in June.The Federal Government had suspended the flight that conveyed singer to Abuja for a concert on the ground that the airline had acted in contravention of the restr ...![.]()
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![BREAKING! FG Announces New Resumption Date For Students in Exit Classes & WAEC Date]()
The Nigeria Ministry of Education has announced that exit classes in Secondary schools across the nation will reopen for academic activities on August 4.A statement released this afternoon July 27, by the Director of Press, Ministry Of Education, Ben Bem Goong, says students in exit classes are to resume immediately after the Salah breaks so they ...![.]()
BREAKING! FG Announces New Resumption Date For Students in Exit Classes & WAEC Date -
![Couples To Pay More As Ikoyi Registry Suspends 4,000 Weddings Over COVID-19]()
Over 4,000 couples who have applied to be wedded at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry in Lagos State will have to wait for some time to put a legal seal on their union.The punch learnt that the Ministry of Interior, which runs the marriage registry, had ordered the suspension of weddings since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.However, findings by ...![.]()
Couples To Pay More As Ikoyi Registry Suspends 4,000 Weddings Over COVID-19 -
![Federal Government to Release Conditions For Schools Reopening]()
Representatives of the Federal, state governments and other relevant agencies will be meeting today to review the level of compliance with the conditions for schools to reopen across the country today. While the Federal Ministry of Education has released a 52-page document which highlighted ways pupils in exit classes can write their external exam ...![.]()
Federal Government to Release Conditions For Schools Reopening -
![N81bn Theft At NDDC Is Mere Pickpocketing - Asari Dokubo]()
Asari Dokubo has likened the current probe of the agency as that of a man calling the police to report a pickpocketing case he witnessed while armed robbers are breaking into his house.Asari Dokubo, the Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, has expressed his disappointment following the alleged mismanagement of N81 billion by the inte ...![.]()
N81bn Theft At NDDC Is Mere Pickpocketing - Asari Dokubo -
![Fresh Trouble For Ex EFCC Boss, Magu As He is Mentioned in $153 Million Diezani's Loot]()
A former Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Dauda Lawal has testified against suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel on Saturday. According to Punch, Lawal is currently standing trial before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allege ...![.]()
Fresh Trouble For Ex EFCC Boss, Magu As He is Mentioned in $153 Million Diezani's Loot -
![EXPOSE: Alleged Fraudster, Huspuppi Reveals To Be A Father Of 3 Children From Different Women]()
For years, not much was known about the love life of Ramon Abbas, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity accused of fraud.Popularly called Hushpuppi, Mr Abbas was arrested for wire fraud in Dubai in June and extradited to the U.S. on July 3.Before his arrest, the 37-year-old was resident in Dubai and known for flaunting extravagant lifestyles on his Ins ...![.]()
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![Exposed: Tope Owoeye AKA Wyclef, Who Molested Ibadan Lady In Viral Video Is Just A 'Police Informant']()
The identity of the man who was loudly heard in a viral video molesting a lady in Ibadan few days ago has been exposed. He is Tope Owoeye, a police informant.Tope Owoeye, whom many people thought was a police officer in the viral video, was seen on camera harassing the lady, who claimed to have graduated from the University of Ibadan.Unknown to ma ...![.]()
Exposed: Tope Owoeye AKA Wyclef, Who Molested Ibadan Lady In Viral Video Is Just A 'Police Informant' -
![There Are Over 80,000 Nigerian Sex Slaves Abroad - Hon. Tolu Sadipe]()
With the ambition of travelling out of the country being top of most Nigerian's list, the trap of getting stuck in the Middle East and Lebanon has been saddled on many Nigerias as Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Tolu Akande-Sadipe recently disclosed that there are over 80,000 Nigerian sex slaves abroad.Akande ...![.]()
There Are Over 80,000 Nigerian Sex Slaves Abroad - Hon. Tolu Sadipe
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