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Wilfried Zaha proved his class at Selhurst Park against Wolverhampton

Ivorian forward Wilfried Zaha once again proved his class at Selhurst Park as his well-taken winner capped Crystal Palace's terrific turnaround against managerless Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adama Traore's header earned the visitors a deserved half-time lead that was almost doubled when Ruben Neves hit the post right on the stroke of half-time but Palace never looked back once Nigerian-born midfielder Eberechi Eze nodded them level from Michael Olise's pinpoint cross just […]

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Sports

CAF Releases Draws For The Confederation Cup Playoffs

The Confederation of African Football CAF yesterday released the draws for the playoffs round of the Confederation Cup, with the qualified teams set to go straight into the group stage of the competition. Teams who failed to make it to the group in the Champions League including Nigeria's representative Rivers United and Plateau United were among the teams that have been drawn. Rivers United who lost to the defending champions Wydad […]

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Foreign

A female Iranian climber said she competed with her hair uncovered because her hijab fell off involuntarily.

A female Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who competed with her hair uncovered said she did so because her hijab fell off involuntarily. 33-year-old Rekabi was praised by those protesting against Iran's dress code after a video showed her violating it at an Asian Championships in South Korea on her Instagram account. The Instagram post yesterday apologized for getting everybody worried and said she was flying home. She said due to […]

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Politics

High Court Sitting in Abakaliki remanded LP Candidate for Ebonyi South Senatorial Election.

A High Court sitting in Abakaliki yesterday remanded the Labor Party Candidate for Ebonyi South Senatorial election Linus Okorie, in the correctional center after he was arraigned on a five count-charge, bordering on fake news, murder, harboring drug traffickers, and two other charges. The police prosecutor, Chinagorom Ndubuaku, who brought the charges against the former member of the Federal House of Representatives, said the defendant has been on the police […]

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Crime

EFCC Arrest 12 Bankers In Enugu Over Fraud Allegation.

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested 12 bankers in Enugu over alleged fraud. The anti-graft agency in a statement explained that their investigations revealed that the bankers allegedly stole different amounts of money from some dormant accounts in a branch of an old-generation bank in Enugu and transferred the funds from various beneficiaries, with the principal beneficiary already identified. The agency identified the […]

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Economy

Oil Theft in Nigeria, is not a New Development in the Country-Ken Robinson.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum Pandef, Ken Robinson has said the incidence of oil theft in Nigeria, is not a new development in the country. Robinson, who was featured as a guest on the breakfast political program of Urban Radio, The Parliament asserted that crude oil theft, was not carried out by Niger Deltans, but by highly placed political officials who have the means to conduct […]

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News

Traditional Rulers and Clergies Call for Nnamdi Kanu’s Release.

Traditional rulers and leaders of religious organizations in the South East zone have made a strong call for the release of the Leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu after the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja last week Thursday discharged him of charges preferred against him by the federal government. Prominent personalities in the zone under the aegis of The South East Council of Traditional […]

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National

INEC Reassured Nigerians that there is no Plan to Discard BVAS and the Electronic Transmission of Results.

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC yesterday reassured Nigerians that there is no plan to discard the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the electronic transmission of results. The Chairman of INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu while addressing participants in Abuja at the training of master trainers on technologies for the 2023 general elections, said the commission is determined to deploy the BVAS technology for the conduct of […]

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National

President Buhari Warns Cabinet Members To Remain Focused Despite Election Campaigns.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of government agencies not to leave governance for electioneering with campaigns for next year’s elections on the way. Buhari who issued the warning in Abuja yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, warned that any infraction would be viewed seriously, adding that all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and Heads of Agencies must remain focused on the […]

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Entertainment

MTF West Africa has Awarded the Best Graduating Student of the 2022 Cohort.

Multichoice Talent Factory MTF West Africa has awarded the best graduating student of the 2022 cohort, Adedamola Akapo, an all-expense paid two-month scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Akapo was awarded the prize at the graduation ceremony of the 2022 cohort of the Academy which took place recently at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Other prizes awarded included an internship in South Africa with a South African production […]

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