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Messi, Rapinoe expected to take Ballon d’Or honours
The biggest names in world football will descend on Paris on Monday for the 2019 Ballon d’Or ceremony, with Lionel Messi and USA women’s World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe tipped to leave with the honours. It would be an enormous shock if Rapinoe did not depart the Chatelet Theatre with the women’s prize as she
4 policemen, 7 drug traffickers die in bloody gunfight
A shootout in a Mexican town near the US border between suspected drug traffickers and police left at least 14 dead, including four officers, officials said Saturday. The confrontation broke out shortly before noon in Villa Union in the northern state of Coahuila when officers detected several vehicles and heavily armed passengers touring the small
NCAA introduces automation to prevent debts
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said that the agency has put in place automation to prevent emergence of new debt from airlines. Mr Samuel Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA told News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday that airlines indebtedness to NCAA was more than N10 billion. Adurogboye said that old
NIS rescues 28 from being trafficked across Katsina border
Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service Border Control at Kongolam, Katsina State, have apprehended 28 persons on the verge of being smuggled out of the country. NIS Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said 19 females and nine males were now in the custody of
Nigeria’s economy is passing through transition phase —Onu
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said Nigeria’s economy is passing through a phase of transition from being commodity-dependent to knowledge and innovation based. Onu said this at the 2019 maiden Musical Festival and Award Night organised by the Caleb Group of Schools and University, with the theme: Joyful Tidings. He said,
We’ll demolish buildings obstructing floods in Lekki —Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government says it will demolish buildings obstructing government’s Right of Way at Lekki in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this during a road assessment tour on Saturday in Lekki, saying that people had built structures without planning approval, thereby obstructing government’s RoW. Sanwo-Olu said that houses built on the
Abducted Adamawa DPO regains freedom two weeks after
Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the rescue of DSP Ahijo Muhammad, DPO of Mubi Division, who was kidnapped a fortnight ago. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, announced the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Yola. Nguroje explained that Muhammad was rescued on Saturday evening by Police Operation Puff Ader/Operation Farauta in
PHOTOS: Buhari hosts Daura title holders in country home
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received the Emir of Daura, Umar Farouk Umar; and other Daura title holders at his Daura country home. See the photographs of the event as posted by Buhari Sallau on his Instagram page:
Petrol subsidy increases by 2,000% in one year
Okechukwu Nnodim The amount spent as subsidy on petrol increased from N2.87bn in November 2018 to about N60.37bn in November 2019, representing an increase of 2,001 per cent. An analysis of the amount spent on petrol subsidy in November this year showed that every litre of the product consumed in Nigeria was subsidised by an
Kogi West rerun: Buhari’s aide taunts Dino Melaye as Smart Adeyemi wins
An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has derided Mr. Dino Melaye for his loss at the rerun election of the Kogi West Senatorial District which held on Saturday. After the election which held in selected wards, Mr. Smart Adeyemi polled a total of 88,373 votes, while Melaye polled 62,133 votes. The President’s aide, Lauretta Onochie,
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