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BREAKING: Chelsea sack manager Thomas Tuchel
Chelsea Football Club on Wednesday parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Blues suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat in Tuesday’s Champions League opening match. This was revealed in a statement issued by the club on its website. The Premier League team said Chelsea’s coaching staff would take
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Indian mum fights tiger to save son
An Indian mother fought off a tiger with her bare hands to save her toddler from its jaws, an official said Wednesday. Archana Choudhary stepped out of her house in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night as the 15-month-old boy wanted to relieve himself. A tiger believed to have strayed from the
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Ooni marries new wife months after Naomi’s exit
Mariam Anako, the new wife of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, late on Tuesday arrived at the palace of the monarch in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The new wife was ushered into the palace after brief rites at the entrance to the premises. She was thereafter led into the inner court of the palace to
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NITDA trains eight startups, gives $45,000 grant
In line with implementing digital innovation and entrepreneurship, The National Information Technology Development Agency has trained eight Nigerian startups to create business ideas that will provide technological solutions to problems facing the country. The startups were trained in an i-hatch startup incubation programme in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency. The training featured a five-month
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Truss to meet cabinet members, face MPs Wednesday
Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss convenes her senior ministers for an inaugural cabinet meeting on Wednesday on her first full day in office before she faces a barrage of questions in parliament. Truss, who officially became leader Tuesday at an audience with head of state Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland after the resignation of
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Sanctions: Russia can’t be isolated, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was “impossible” to isolate Russia, as the country faces unprecedented Western sanctions over its military operation in Ukraine. “No matter how much someone would like to isolate Russia, it is impossible to do this,” Putin told the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Pacific port city of Vladivostok. The coronavirus
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Atiku names third campaign spokesperson
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has named the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, to serve as his presidential campaign spokesperson in the 2023 presidential election. Aniagwu will join Daniel Bwala and Dino Melaye as campaign spokespersons for the former Vice President. A statement on Tuesday signed by Atiku’s Media
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Abeokuta as Buhari’s Achilles heel
Let’s say it as it is: Mr President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is a very selfish man. On the face of it, he comes across as a fair-minded, patriotic leader. Patriotic he arguably is, but fair-minded he definitely is not. He probably would fail the Four-Way Test of Rotary International to wit: Is it
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Diarrhoea kills 124,000 infants annually – Minister
At least 124,000 children under the age of five die annually in Nigeria due to diarrhoea and other toilet infection associated diseases. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, made the remarks during a visit to Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in Cross River State. The minister, who was represented
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Heavy security as Tinubu, Shettima storm APC secretariat
Security has been beefed at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in preparation for the visit of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. Several patrol vans were parked by the entrance of the secretariat with stern-looking officers moving around the premises. Tinubu and Shettima are
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