Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines Thursday 20th June 2019
Here are some of the Nigeria Breaking News Today Headlines on some of the newspapers.
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target=_blank>Nations Cup special: Benin’s Mounie hits hat-trick in warm-up match
Huddersfield Town’s Steve Mounie scored a hat-trick as Benin completed their Africa Cup of Nations preparations with a 3-1 win over fellow finalists Mauritania on Tuesday. Mounie, who only managed two goals last season for Huddersfield as they were relegated from the Premier League, gave Benin a 1-0 lead at half-time and scored twice more
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target=_blank>Erupts Sports, NDDC plan summit for South-South
Erupts Sports Limited in conjunction with Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC is organizing the first Sports Development Summit for the South-South region later in the year. According to the CEO of Erupts Sports Limited, Prince Opukiri Jones-Ere, the summit is geared towards enhancing the awareness of sports as a tool for economic growth for the
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target=_blank>Sala’s plane crash: British man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter
Dorset Police have confirmed that detectives investigating the death of Emiliano Sala arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act on Wednesday. An unnamed 64-year-old man from the North Yorkshire area was taken into custody but later released and remains under investigation for potentially having a role in the untimely passing of
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target=_blank>Opeifa Cup in crucial round
The 2019 Opeifa Cup Lagos Schools Handball Championships enters it’s crucial stage on Wednesday with quarterfinal matches decided in the men’s senior category where Lagos City College edged Apapa Senior Secondary School 19-16 to move to the last four of the tournament holding at the Rowe Park Sports Complex, Yaba. Also through are Nawarudeen who
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target=_blank>Tribunal: Akpabio’s woes deepens as witnesses admit irregularities
Wednesday 19, 2019 was another nail-biting day for Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio at the ongoing National Assembly Tribunal holding at court 5 Metro Road, Uyo. The senator was all nerves, sitting uncomfortably on plastic sit watching as his witnesses – one after the other – inadvertently admitted to irregularities during the National Assembly election in
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target=_blank>Recruitment: NNPC warns against siege on its headquarters
Corporation is disability friendly – Ughamadu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday decried the blockades of its premises as people living with disabilities stormed headquarters of the corporation in protest of alleged exclusion from recruitment by NNPC. The corporation, which confirmed what it called “the incessant blockades” of its office by these protesters,
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target=_blank>Buhari lauds Diaspora Nigerians on peace
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians residing in foreign countries for living peacefully with their host communities. The President stated this yesterday when he received a delegation of the Progressive Ambassadors of Nigeria (PAN) led by its National President, Comrade Jasper Emenike, who paid a courtesy visit to the State House. The President enjoined Nigerians
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target=_blank>AFCON: It’s going to be war in Egypt – Iwobi
Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has said it is going to be a war for the team to qualify from their group at the fast approaching Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The competition which will kick off Friday will see the Nigeria side competing against two debutants, Burundi and Madagascar in Group B
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target=_blank>Presidency faults observers’ reports, insists Buhari won
The Presidency yesterday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari won the February 23 presidential elections with a clear margin. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, in a statement, expressed reservations over the joint report of the International Republic Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) on the 2019 general
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Gbajabiamila promises action on EU recommendations
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has applauded the European Union Election Observer Team for carrying a good job in the coverage and analysis of the 2019 general election in the country. Gbajabiamila stated this yesterday when he received the EU final report on the 2019 general election from European Union […]
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