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COVID-19 forces D’Tigers star Eric out of Olympics
D’Tigers star, Michael Eric, has ruled himself out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after recovering from COVID-19, The PUNCH reports. The 33-year-old was one of the 49 players invited last week to camp by coach Mike Brown for preparations in the United States. Eric, who made his debut for the team at the 2019…
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Nollywood star Shan George loses mother
Popular Nollywood actress, Shan George, is currently mourning her mother. The actress, via her verified Instagram account, announced that her mother died this morning. Eulogising her mother, the actress described her mother as the strongest woman she knows. She wrote, “I lost my precious mother this morning. She is the strongest woman I know. Rest in…
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Gunmen abduct Igboho’s wife, others
The wife of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has been abducted by the gunmen who attacked his house in the early hours of Thursday. This is according to the leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye. He said this in a statement personally…
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281 UNILAG graduates bag first class, says VC
University of Lagos, Akoka, will be producing 281 First Class graduates at its forthcoming 51st Convocation Ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday to intimate the press on the activities lined up for the ceremony, Ogundipe said the Faculty of Engineering which had 70 First Class graduates…
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BREAKING: Two killed in attack on Sunday Igboho’s house –Aide
Two persons have been killed during an early morning attack on the residence of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, has said. “The situation now is very bad. Two Yoruba sons have been killed in the house of Chief…
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Police, hunters rescue abducted victims from kidnappers in Ibadan
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Tuesday stormed the Kulum Quarry Road off Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Road and abducted three persons. It was gathered that the gunmen abducted their victims from a Toyota Sienna Bus and whisked them away into the bush. However, some persons who saw how the three persons were kidnapped were said to…
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Nnamdi Kanu: UK can’t get nationals out of prison abroad, says document
The hopes of Kingsley Kanu, brother of detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, that Britain secures the release of his sibling may have been dashed with a British document indicating that the United Kingdom can’t get nationals out of prisons abroad. Kanu, who was born on September 25, 1967, is…
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Pictorial: Gunmen attack Igboho’s house 72 hours to Lagos rally
Gunmen have attacked the residence of a Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. One of his media aides, Dapo Salami, who confirmed the attack to our correspondent said the residence was attacked early Thursday morning. He, however, said he was on his way to the place to see things for himself. He…
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NDPHC constructs 33kV line to end Osun community 10-year blackout
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria on Wednesday announced the flag-off of construction work on a 15km 33kV power supply line from Ile-Ife Transmission Substation to Garage-Olode Town, Ife South Local Government Area, Osun State. It said the project when completed would restore power supply to the area, which had been without electricity…
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FG added 22 transmission substations to 25,000MW deal —Siemens
The Federal Government wants 22 transmission substations in the country to be fixed, in addition to 11 new ones to be built under the Presidential Power Initiative, the Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Energy Limited, Mr Seun Suleiman, has said. Suleiman said on Wednesday that the pre-engineering phase of the project would be completed in 10…
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