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BREAKING Crypto: Lionel Messi becomes first player to get fans token
Paris St Germain’s new attacker, Lionel Messi, has become the first player to get a fans token. This was announced in a statement titled, ‘Paris Saint-Germain concludes first player signing featuring fan tokens’ by the French club on its website. The statement revealed that Lionel Messi’s transfer included a payment in cryptocurrency fan tokens. The…
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Bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles exempt from new tolling policy
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that certain types of vehicles should be exempted from paying tolls. The Federal Executive Council had approved the federal roads and bridges tolling policy and regulation that will provide legal framework for its implementation. However, Fashola said that it was proposed and that the council approved…
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APC congresses: Appeal panel receives petitions from 15 states
The Congress Appeal Committee set up by the All Progressives Congress to review petitions from last Saturday’s ward congresses has so far received petitions from 15 states. It was gathered in Abuja that petitions were received from Kwara, Osun, Lagos, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Niger, Kano and Ogun among others. Of the 33 states where congresses…
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Mohammed Fawehinmi did justice to memory of late father, Buhari mourns
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has mourned human rights activist, Mohammed Fawehinmi, saying he did justice to the memory of his late father, Gani Fawehinmi. This is as he commiserated with the family of the deceased over the death of their son. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser…
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BREAKING: Adamawa businessman bags 30-month jail for calling Gov Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves’
A Yola Chief Magistrate Court II, presided over by Magistrate Japhet Basani, has convicted and sentenced a Numan-based businessman, Ali Yakubu Numan, to two-and-a-half-year jail term for calling Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri ‘Father of all thieves.’ Numan was sentenced on Wednesday to two-year jail term with option of N50,000 fine for using abusive language against…
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Mohammed Fawehinmi was a passionate activist, Sanwo-Olu mourns
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of Mohammed Fawehinmi, the eldest son of late human rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi. The Governor also commiserated with family and friends of the deceased, describing his death as a colossal loss to the civil society movement in Nigeria. In a statement signed by…
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BBNaija S6: I would have picked Peace as deputy, not Maria, says Pere
Third Head of House for the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye season, Pere, has regretted his decision of picking Maria as his deputy. In a discussion with Cross and Boma on Wednesday night, Pere said he regretted picking Maria because she has refused to heed to his advances. According to him, he thought he…
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La Liga returns without Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos
La Liga, just three years ago the undisputed monarch of European football, returns for a new season on Friday after a traumatic summer that ended with its crown jewel being given away. The free transfer of Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday drove home the financial turmoil that is eroding the power of Spanish football. …
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Net-zero emissions: Nigeria needs $400bn investments, says FG
The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, has said investments of over $400bn are required for Nigeria to achieve universal energy access by 2030 and net-zero emission targets by 2050. Jedy-Agba said this at the virtual conference of the Nigeria Energy Forum 2021, according to a statement issued by the ministry on Wednesday….
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Cholera kills 204, thousands hospitalised in 20 Kebbi LGAs
No fewer than 204 persons have died from cholera in 20 Local Government Areas of Kebbi state, a News Agency of Nigeria investigation has revealed. The investigation showed that over 2,551 persons had also been hospitalised since the outbreak of the disease in the state. On Wednesday, it was gathered from an official of the state…
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