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President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the national football team, the Super Eagles, to keep its focus on winning in the on-going 33rd edition of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Cameroon. The President, who congratulated the coach Augustine Eguavoen-led team over the victory won in its opener against the Egyptian national team, the Pharaohs,…
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The Africa Cup of Nations match between Mali and Tunisia on Wednesday ended in confusion amid bizarre scenes as the Tunisian team complained that the referee had blown the final whistle too soon. The referee initially blew the final after 85th minutes before the match resumed again. Zambian official Janny Sikazwe blew for the end…
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Suspected bandits on Wednesday abducted unspecified numbers of traders travelling to Kano from Birnin Gwari Local Government of Kaduna State. A driver who witnessed the incident told newsmen that the gunmen blocked the highway between Birnin Gwari and Kaduna at Unguwar Yako forest where they abducted the traders. The source said the abducted persons were…
_Because the destiny of the region is in our hands_ *_By: Doyin Kazym_* There’s no greater responsibility than being in the control of oneself future; and the future start now! The worst thing that can happen to a region/country as well as individual life is to become cynical (pessimistic) about the future and lose hope:…
Reports has reached the Rextun City Updates desk that, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State, is dead.Alao-Akala reportedly died on Wednesday in Ibadan at the age of 72. The late Akala was born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Alao-Akala had his…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, over “their failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies fresh allegations that N4.1bn of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated or stolen”. The…
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Not less than five persons have been injured following a disagreement on grazing rights between farmers and herders, which degenerated into a bloody clash in Kwara State. A farmer, Alaparo Tunde, and his two sons, Saheed and Tunde, from Alaparo Village, reportedly confronted a herder, Haruna Adamu, who was caught grazing on their cassava farm…
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Towards abating the black soot nuisance over Portharcourt metropolis and environs, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked the Rivers State Commissioner of Police to coordinate with other security agencies, council chairmen and traditional rulers to arrest and prosecute all persons involved in illegal bunkering and operation of illegal refineries. The governor accused persons…
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ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it has not zoned its presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 election. It would be recalled that there were insinuations in some quarters that the party had zoned the ticket to the North. Specifically, the former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, was reported to…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria would clash with Egypt on January 11, 2022 in their opening AFCON Championships match in Cameroon. Some of the key players will be missing out of the tournament, given to injuries and positive tests to the COVID-19 virus. The most significant amongst them at the front line is the Edo…
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