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JUST IN: Premier League releases 2022-23 season fixtures
The Premier League has released the 2022/23 fixtures with Crystal Palace v Arsenal being the first encounter for the new season. Though the new EPL will begin on Friday 5 August at 8 pm Nigerian time, the Premier League said kick-offs are 15:00 for Saturdays and bank holidays unless stated otherwise. According to Premier League,
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Osun poll: Adeleke to win by 100,000 votes, ex-commissioner predicts
The immediate past Osun state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kolapo Alimi, has predicted a landslide victory for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the forthcoming poll. Alimi, who served as commissioner during the two-term tenure of ex-governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as well as his over 2,000 followers
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Overland aircraft’s engine catches fire midair, pilot declares emergency
A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane’s engine caught fire mid-air. The ATR 42 aircraft, which has 37 passengers on board, was en-route Ilorin-Lagos when the plane suddenly developed a
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Only Lagos, Delta, Kaduna, two others pay pensions – PenCom
Only five states are paying pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme as more workers retired by the end of the first quarter of 2022, findings have revealed. This development has generated concerns for the National Pension Commission because many of the states that have joined the CPS have not started making preparations or set funds
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We won 1993 election, we’ll win again – Abiola’s son
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, Kola Abiola, on Wednesday expressed optimism that he would repeat the feat achieved by his father, Chief MKO Abiola, in 1993 and win the 2023 election. According to him, he joined the PRP not because he was looking for a platform to contest the Presidency, but because
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Usyk bout: Joshua’ll lose unless I coach him, says Fury
Tyson Fury has suggested that Anthony Joshua’s new coach, Robert Garcia, will not help ‘AJ’ beat Oleksandr Usyk this summer, insisting he’s the best man to coach Joshua, The PUNCH reports. World heavyweight champion Usyk beat Joshua in front of a sell-out crowd in London last September to claim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO
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It’s been hell, students lament four-month ASUU strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities declared a comprehensive and total strike four months ago in order to compel the Federal Government to act on a variety of issues that have lingered between both parties for years. Since the strike was declared in February, there has been little progress in the deliberations. Instead, meetings continue
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Kogi man fined, jailed over Facebook post on COVID-19
A man, Habibi Rabiu, has been sentenced to two months in a custodial centre for posting false information on his Facebook page. The Department of State Services arrested Rabiu and charged him to court over a post titled, “The rate at which fever is killing people in Kogi State is alarming.” He was granted bail
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Collect your PVC and vote for who?
By now, you must have seen the viral video of Catholic priest Rev Fr. Kelas Gogwim, who stopped parishioners without their Permanent Voter Cards from entering and observing the mass in his parish. According to the priest, they must show their PVCs or not show up. He intoned, “If you don’t have your PVC, don’t
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Owo massacre: Senate demands raid on killers’ hideouts, helicopter, drones deployment
The Senate on Wednesday condemned the June 5 terrorists attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State which left about 40 persons dead and many others hospitalised. Lawmakers, who observed a one-minute silence in memory of the victims, asked security agencies to intensify efforts to investigate the matter with a view to bringing
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