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Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (2nd right); Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare( 1st right) and President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick (1st left), during the presentation of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League trophy to Rivers United at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Sunday.

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Final standings in 2021/2022 NPFL

Rivers United win title, and qualify alongside Plateau United for 2022/2022 CAF Champions League
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (middle); Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare (right) and the Captain Rivers United, Festus Austin receiving the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League trophy from Governor Wike at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt on Sunday.

Football, Sports

Wike presents 2021/2022 NPFL trophy to Rivers United FC

Rivers United were confirmed as winners of the 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on June 26 following Plateau United’s…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

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FEC wishes VP Osinbajo quick recovery

Osinbajo's surgical operation, possibly related to a long standing injury associated with the game of squash, was performed by a…
Acting Executive Chairman of FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi (4th from left) during a courtesy visit to Tax Appeal Tribunal

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FCT-IRS to clamp down on tax defaulters

The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) was established by FCT Internal Revenue Service Act of 2015.
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said that enthroning Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president in 2023 would help address the problem of marginalisation of the Itsekiri nation, as he was an in-law and member of the nation.

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Delta 2023: Omo-Agege gets blessings of 24 traditional rulers

By Naomi Sharang Traditional rulers in Urhoboland in Delta, have offered royal blessings to the Deputy Senate President and Delta…
NIMASA anti piracy assets

Business

IMB confirms piracy decline in Gulf of Guinea

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its half-year report of 2022 has lauded the reduction in piracy in the globally…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Lagos thrilled participants at UN Tourism Confab to the rendition and dancing of Nigerian ace singer, Kizz Daniel’s hit song, “Buga’’.

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‘A true leader ‘ – NMA hails Osinbajo’s local medical treatment

VP Osinbajo underwent a successful surgery for a leg fracture at Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos State.
ICPC team on election monitoring duty during Saturday's Osun governorship election

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#OsunDecides: ICPC team attacked, 3 vote buyers arrested

The team, according to a statement by ICPC, was attacked at Polling Unit 1, Ward 7, opposite Polaris Bank, in…
Voters in Ede during the Osun governorship election

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#OsunDecides: Codes, coupons used to buy votes – CSOs

“There was open negotiation of buying and selling of votes well-coordinated by the polling agents in many of the polling…
A large crowd at Iragbiji Polling Unit

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Osun election: YIAGA Africa exposes how APC, PDP agents bought votes

Yiaga Africa WTV observed the early arrival of polling officials and materials at polling units across Osun state for the…
Father John Mark Cheitnum, left, and Father Denatus Cleopas, right. | Photos courtesy of Archdiocese of Kaduna

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Catholic priests Rev. Frs. Cheitnum, Cleopas abducted in Kaduna

The two priests were kidnapped on Friday at the rectory of Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu, in Lere…
President Tinubu appoints retired DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo Coordinator National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons

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#OsunDecides: DIG Kokumo reacts to reports of vote-buying

Police deployed 21,000 personnel to ensure hitch-free conduct of Osun governorship election.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

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NDDC official Kingsley Okorafor abducted in Imo

Okorafor was kidnapped close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo.
Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi, casting his vote at ward 6 unit 7, Baptist Day School, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state in the ongoing Osun election

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#OsunDecides: APC will win convincingly, says Dep. gov. Alabi

By Victor Adeoti Osun deputy governor, Benedict Alabi has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the ongoing Osun…
INEC officials in the ongoing Osun governorship election

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#OsunDecides: INEC Officials arrive at polling units ahead of time

Their official time of arrival set for the polling officers is 8.30 a.m. to enable them to settle down and…
95-year-old Adekunle Benjamin and 90-year Shabina Oladipo waiting for accreditation at Unit 7, Ward 8, Oogi Town, Ayedaade Local Government in the ongoing Osun election

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95-year-old Osun voter Benjamin: I still have faith in Nigeria

By Victor Adeoti Adekunle Benjamin, a 95-year-old man spotted waiting to vote at polling unit 7, Ward 8 in Oogi,…
Voters in Ede in the ongoing Osun election

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#OsunDecides: Massive turnout of voters in Oyetola, Adeleke hometowns

The 2022 Osun governorship election, according to INEC, is taking place in all the 30 local government areas of the…
Voters in ongoing Osun governorship election

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#Osundecides: Voting begins in Osogbo

Richard Elesho Osun governorship election started on a peaceful and expectant mode Saturday morning in Oshogbo, the state capital. As…
voters on queue to cast their ballots in the ongoing Osun governorship election

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#Osundecides: 12 facts on Osun governorship election

15 political parties are participating in the election in which incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC…
Suspected vandals, Abdullateef Abdulrahim and Aliyu Lawan; arrested with a pile of already cut crash barriers in Lagos

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Crash barrier vandals Abdulrahim, Lawan nabbed in Lagos

According to RSS, the crash barriers were vandalized from the sides of overhead bridge around Lagos State Trade Fair.
Planned voter revalidation: Good policy, wrong timing – Yiaga Africa

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#OsunDecides: Yiaga Africa vows to expose INEC

Yiaga Africa’s data said its data centre in Osun will receive 4,500 text messages containing approximately 54,500 individual pieces of…
The death of Justice Bamidele Adeyeye was announced ‎by Ayodeji Akinsanya, the Chief Registrar of Ondo State High Court in Akure

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CJN to earn N10m monthly as court orders increment of judges’ salaries

The court also ordered a minimum monthly salary of N8 million for the Chief Judge of Federal High Court, and…
Ogar Osim, Chairman of the Labour Party t (LP) in Cross River (rigt): Battles NLC and TUC over selection of candidates for 2023 election

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2023: Cross River LP chair Ogar Osim battles NLC, TUC over candidates

Osim told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River that its mandate was to mobilise workers to support Labour…
Abduallahi, Tinubu, Lawan, others rally support for Oyetola

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AD declares support for Oyetola, Tinubu

AD, one of the de-registered party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is not allowed to field candidate for…
Police confirm kidnap of 2 farmers in Osun

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Tight security as Osun prepares for governorship poll

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, had said that 21,000 police officers would be deployed for the Osun…
Olawale Mogaji: Sacked Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Services Commission (LAHASCOM),

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Lagos Assembly Commission: Magaji protests sack, opens up on Speaker Obasa

Mogaji said recently, Speaker Obasa appointed Mr Olalekan Onafeko on GL- 15 as Clerk of the House whereas, to be…
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun inside the first fibre optic cable manufacturing factory in West Africa, the Coleman Wire and Cable Fibre Optic Company he inaugurated on Thursday.

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First W/Africa’s first fibre optic factory takes off in Ogun

The company, the first optic cable manufacturer in West Africa and the fifth in Africa was situated at Arepo area…
Adamawa

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How police battled 4 gunmen, foiled bank robbery in Umuahia

By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Eyewitnesses have narrated how a crack team of anti-robbery police squad from the Abia Command foiled attempt…
ICPC Secures 24-Year Jail Term for Dismissed NECO Staff Over Certificate Forgery*

Metro

Lagos man Michake Ogbar bags 3 life sentences for raping 3 daughters

The judge said it was disheartening that Michake Ogbar defiled and raped his daughters for years in the absence of…
State Lead facilitator, Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn, Mr-Istifanus Akau addressing participants at Kaduna State education sector budget trend analysis

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Kaduna govt spends N158.1bn on education in 5 years

The analysis showed that N64.8 billion was allocated to Kaduna education sector in 2017 of which N14.6 billion was spent,…
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