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Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:53:27 +0000
Former Plateau Senator dies at 72
Agency Reporter   Former Senator Sati Gogwim of Plateau died on Tuesday after a protracted illness, a family source has said. Mr Williams Gogwim, a younger brother of the deceased disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:47:31 +0000
Olubadan honours Okorocha for free education to indigent children
By Okodili Ndidi Abuja The Olubadan Oba Saliu Adetunji (Aje Ogungunniso I) and the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) will on Saturday honour former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha with an award as ‘The outstanding friend of Ibadan...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:33:35 +0000
Zidane replies to Klopp’s ‘strange’ remark about ‘proper’ stadium
Agency Reporter   Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane has replied to Jurgen Klopp’s “strange” stadium remark after Liverpool’s humbling loss on Tuesday. The Reds’ season is hanging by a thread after an error-strewn 3-1 Champions Lea...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:30:18 +0000
Oshoala undergoes surgery
Agency Reporter Super Falcons skipper Asisat Oshoala will be out of action for some time due to injury, her Spanish club Barcelona have confirmed. The surgery was to correct the defect on her right foot. “The player had been suffering from discomfo...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:25:32 +0000
We should have scored more against Dortmund, says De Bruyne
Agency Reporter Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne admitted his side should have scored more after securing a narrow 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday. De Bruyne opened the scoring in the first half before Marco Reus grab...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:10:10 +0000
Suspected drug baron, 100 bags of hemp held in Nasarawa
By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja A suspected drug baron said to be on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been apprehended in Nasarawa State. The Agency said Sami Ashoko, 39, was arrested when operatives raided his warehous...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:00:44 +0000
Six suspects arrested with pistol, SUV in Anambra
By Emma Elekwa, Onitsha Six persons have been arrested in Ihiala, Anambra State in connection with unlawful possession of firearms, stealing and cultism, police said. Spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu said on Tuesday that one locally-made pistol with two liv...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:57:10 +0000
‘Nigeria-Brazil relationship deserves economic boost’
By Ozolua Uhakheme, Assistant Editor (Arts) Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that it is high time Nigeria gave its century old heritage relationship with Brazil an economic boost through cultural tourism. He stated th...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:50:38 +0000
Herders’ gunshots cause panic in Ebonyi community
Our Reporter There is apprehension in Ameta-Ozizza, Afikpo North Local Area of Ebonyi State over a suspected plan by herders to attack residents of the community. The anxiety began building hours after herdsmen killed 25 people in Egedegede and two o...

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 07:48:11 +0000
Locomotive driver who drove three Nigerian Presidents
By Adeyinka Aderibigbe How does it feel to have driven three Nigerian Presidents at different times on the nation’s railway? Abiodun Johnson Olokun is perhaps the only Nigerian in recent history, who have the record under his hat. And he may yet br...



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