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Liberia election: Jonathan commends Weah for conceding defeat
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has lauded the show of statesmanship by Liberian president, George Weah, in the just concluded presidential election for accepting defeat to opposition leader, Joseph Boakai. Liberia’s electoral commission reported that Boakai polled 50.89 per cent after tallying the ballots from more than 99 per cent of polling stations, while Weah had
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Super Eagles arrive Kigali ahead of Sunday’s encounter with Warriors
The Super Eagles squad arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday, for their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture against the Warriors of Zimbabwe on Sunday. PUNCH Sports Extra earlier reported that the delegation of players and officials travelled to East Africa aboard a chartered aircraft that departed from the Victor Attah International Airport Friday night
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Kano gov’s sacking shocking, says NNPP founder
The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr. Boniface Aniebonam, has described Friday’s Appeal Court judgment sacking the Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, as a “rude shock.” Reacting to the court ruling invalidating Yusuf’s election victory, Aniebonam insisted that only the NNPP can determine its members, not the judiciary. He said, “I do know
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NGE inducts 39 new members, installs 14 fellows
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has inducted 39 new members and installed 14 fellows during its just-concluded conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The fellows were installed Thursday night during a gala night organised by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, while the new members were inducted on Friday. Speaking while inducting the new
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School feeding: FG targets 100,000 displaced children
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has disclosed that the Federal Government plans to feed 100,000 displaced children in the North. Adeniji revealed the plan when her delegation sought the support of the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, and the Emir of Borgu Kingdom, Mohammed Dantoro, to help
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MTN plans regular review of tower contracts
MTN Nigeria is in the process of renegotiating its tower contracts to drive periodic reviews. The firm noted that these contract renegotiations are important in mitigating the impact of forex liberalisation and higher energy costs. The firm stated this against the backdrop of its recent award of tower contracts to ATC and the imminent renewal
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Youths seek end to unemployment
African youth leaders convened in Abuja on Friday and urged greater investments in young people to address high unemployment, political instability, and economic fragility holding back the continent. Speaking at the All Africa Conference of Churches Youth Pre-Assembly, chairperson Afika Rwayi said Africa’s 19.8% youth jobless rate in 2021 is much higher than the global
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Tonto Dikeh demands MohBad’s body for burial
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has demanded that the Nigerian Police Force release the body of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, for burial, lamenting the force’s sluggishness in completing the investigation into his death. Dikeh made this known in an Instagram post late Friday night, adding that justice must prevail in the death of
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Military targeting terrorists leaders, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says the military has continued to target the leadership and chains of command of the terrorists, insurgents and extremist groups undermining the security of the country. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba, on Friday in Abuja. Buba said the ongoing counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism
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Petrol tanker falls, spills content in Anambra
A tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, fell and spilled some of its content at the Agu-Awka Junction near Awka, in Anambra State on Friday. It was gathered that the incident happened late Friday due to the tanker’s brake failure as the driver navigated the bad portions of the road. However, no
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