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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:56:20 +0000
Wenger congratulates Ozil on Fenerbahce move
Former Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger, hailed the talent of Mesut Ozil after he secured a move away from the club. Ozil has been sidelined by Gunners boss Mikel Arteta practically since his arrival midway through last season. He was unable to reach a...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:30:08 +0000
Eight Ogun teachers died during holiday, says union
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Eight teachers in public secondary schools in Ogun State died during the first term holiday, which began on December 18 and ended on Monday, with schools resuming across the state. The Nation learnt that their pupils and ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:23:30 +0000
Sexual ritual: Ibadan chief saved from mob
By Bisi Oladele, Ibadan A 60-year-old traditional chief in Ibadan has been arrested for allegedly abusing two female minors. The suspect was said to have caused the two minors, who are siblings, to shave off their pubic hair, and also inserted his fi...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:13:34 +0000
BREAKING: A’Ibom PDP chairman feared dead
By Bassey Anthony, Uyo The Akwa Ibom state chapter chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Mr. Udo Ekpenyong, has been feared dead. Ekpenyong was reported to to have passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from suspected Covi...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:07:01 +0000
BREAKING: Newly elected Kano council chair dies
By Fanen Ihyongo, Kano A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and newly elected chairman of Bebeji local government council of Kano state, Ali Namadi, had died on Tuesday. He was 57. APC Publicity Committee Chairman of Bebeji local govern...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:40:46 +0000
Unveiling Nigeria’s envoys-designate
After months of delay, President Muhammadu Buhari endorses ambassadorial postings, which include the country’s first female ambassador to the U.S., Dr. Uzoma Emenike. As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is expected to expedite actions on their resum...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:29:00 +0000
Eight US Presidents who lost second term bid
By Samuel Oamen with Agency Reports Donald Trump has failed to win a second term after Democrat challenger Joe Biden was declared the 46th president of the United States. The office of the US president was established in 1789, and out of all the men ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:18:14 +0000
EXCLUSIVE: Full list of Ambassadorial posting
Our Reporter The Non-career Ambassadors 1. Dr Uzoma Emenike (United States) 2. Ambassador Tijani Muhammmad-Bande (UN) 3. Adeyinka Asekun (Canada) 4. Yahaya Lawal (Saudi Arabia) 5. Ibrahim Kayode Laaro (France) 6. Modupe Irele (Hungary) 7. Eniola Ajay...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:13:41 +0000
JUST IN: Scores injured as tanker falls in Ogun
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta Many were feared injured on Tuesday morning in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when a tanker fell on ever busy Kuto – Okemosan road, The tanker fell after grazing through a Lexus jeep at the GTBANK stretch of the ro...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:10:39 +0000
Jonathan’s romance with APC triggers anxiety in PDP
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are fretting over the growing rapport between former President Goodluck Jonathan and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in recent times. GBADE OGUNWALE reports that some of the oppos...



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