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FIFA Agrees 26-Man Squads for Qatar 2022.

FIFA has approved 26-man squads for this year's World Cup in Qatar in line with recent national competitions and an expansion on the 23-man squads that had been used before the coronavirus pandemic. FIFA also said up to 15 substitutes can be named for a game, meaning no player misses out, something the Head Coach of England Gareth Southgate had called for. The deadline for all 32 countries competing to submit their final squads is 20 October, 30 days before […]

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Foreign

The United State Senate has passed a gun control bill, the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.

The United State Senate has passed a gun control bill, the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33, following mass shootings last month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left a combined 31 people dead. The bill will next have to clear the House of Representatives before President of the United […]

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National

NDLEA Arrest Over 218 People for Drug-Related Offences In Imo State.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA says it arrested over 171 males and 47 females allegedly involved in drug-related offences in Imo state. The commander of NDLEA in the State, Reuben Apeh, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri yesterday, to mark international day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drugs trafficking, said so far, 51 suspects had been convicted and 146 cases are still in court. Apeh, said the month of June 2021 – June 2022 marks a year […]

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Politics

Ebonyi Central PDP senatorial candidate named a member of the state house of assembly Oliver Osi, as his running mate.

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and the senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial zone in the national assembly, in Ebonyi State, Obinna Ogba yesterday named a member of the state house of assembly representing IVO constituency, Oliver Osi, as his running mate. There has been a crisis rocking the main opposition party PDP, in Ebonyi State, wherein the party is currently divided into two factions, one of Ifeanyi Odii, a business mogul, who emerged as the gubernatorial […]

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Politics

The trial of the former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu has been adjourned to July 7

The trial of the former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Ekweremadu has been adjourned to July 7, after the London Metropolitan Police earlier yesterday said it had arrested and charged the duo for conspiring to bring a child to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting. At the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, they pleaded not guilty to the charges, but Magistrate Lois Sheard remanded them into custody ahead of their hearing next month, because of the […]

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Politics

Enugu West PDP Senatorial Candidate Urges Citizens to Be More Security Conscious.

Following the incessant killings and abduction in Nigeria, particularly in the southeast zone, the candidate of the People Democratic Party PDP, for Enugu west senatorial zone, Osita Ngwu has called on citizens to be always vigilant and security conscious. Ngwu, during a chat with newsmen in Enugu, reiterated that security remains every man’s business, hence the need to look out for suspicious persons and activities. On the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration CVR, Ngwu expressed satisfaction on the recent turn out […]

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Politics

President Buhari Restates Decision to Maintain Two Terms Of Government.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his decision to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution, saying that the person that tried seeking a third term in office did not end well. In a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of United Kingdom Boris Johnson, on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Chogm in Kigali, Rwanda, Buhari was asked if he would seek another term in obvious. The President also reacted to the trials of […]

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