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INEC: We’ll not conduct elections in 240 PUs
Onyekachi Eze, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said this year’s elections will not hold in 240 polling units in 28 states and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, at a meeting with leaders of the 18 registered political parties on Monday, explained
Spurs’ Bentancur suffers season-ending ACL injury
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur will miss the rest of the season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee, the Premier League club said on Monday. Bentancur was forced off the field in the second half of Saturday’s 4-1 league loss to Leicester City. He scored Spurs’ only
Polls: Kwara offers 50% transport fare for students returning home
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Following the directive of the Federal Government through the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC) to close all universities in the country between February 22 and March 14, 2023, the Kwara State Government has declared a 50 per cent transport support to Kwara state students in tertiary institutions
Presidential Poll: ‘This is decision time’, Obi declares
Onyekachi Eze, Abuja The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has said Nigerians should not sit on the fence in the quest for national rebirth. Obi, in a series of tweets on Monday, told Nigerians that this is the decision time, and called on everyone to be involved
Terrorism: Nigeria mocks US, UK over travel advisories
Onwuka Nzeshi, Abuja The Federal Government has again faulted the United States, United Kingdom and other western powers over their penchant at issuing travel advisories on Nigeria, describing the security alerts as frivolous. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who expressed government’s disdain on the action of these
Alleged Coup Plot: DSS invites Fani-Kayode
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode over allegations of a coup plot ahead of the February election. Fani-Kayode confirmed the invitation by the DSS in a statement on Monday, stating that he would be honouring the invitation this
Thousands left without power as cyclone lashes N’Zealand
Some 46,000 homes have lost power as Cyclone Gabrielle lashes the north of New Zealand. Authorities have issued warnings of heavy rain and winds, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled. Some areas have declared a state of emergency, as Gabrielle nears the North Island, reports the BBC. It comes weeks after Auckland
Again, Lagos shuts Chrisland School over student’s death
Kayode Olanrewaju The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of Chrisland School following the death of a 12-year-old student of the college. Whitney Adeniran was alleged to have slumped and died during the school’s annual inter-house sporting competition, which was held at Agege Stadium last Thursday. The parents, who alleged foul play
US military shoots down fourth flying object over North America
The US has shot down another unidentified flying object in the fourth military operation of its kind this month. President Joe Biden ordered it to be downed near Lake Huron, close to the Canadian border, on Sunday afternoon, reports the BBC. The object could have interfered with commercial air traffic as it
Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 34,000
Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful Feb. 6 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, including a pregnant woman and two children, in the disaster that killed over 34,000 people. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that
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