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Gattuso quits as Fiorentina coach three weeks after appointment
Gennaro Gattuso and Fiorentina have agreed to part, just over three weeks after the former Italy international was appointed as coach at the Serie A club. Fiorentina and coach Rino Gattuso have decided, by common consent, not to follow up on the previous agreements and therefore not to start the next season together, the club…
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Nigeria’s rising poverty will worsen insecurity, economic instability – Experts
Economic experts have warned that the rising poverty level in Nigeria would have more adverse impacts on the economy and further worsen the security challenges in the country.
They said the Federal Government’s figure on people lifted out of poverty was not reliable.
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Kwara suspends two top officers for alleged N170m fraud
The Kwara State Government has suspended two senior officials from the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR) to allow for a probe into allegations of financial irregularities and inconsistencies in the handling of funds, a Ministry of Health statement said on Wednesday. The suspended officials are the SOML-PforR State Programme Manager, Dr Ibrahim…
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APC, PDP clash as INEC picks date for Ekiti gov poll
THE Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress and its counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, have renewed their war of words following Wednesday’s release of the timetable for the 2022 Governorship election, by the Independent National Electoral Commission. While the APC expressed confidence that its candidate will succeed the governor, Kayode Fayemi, who…
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Kano civil servant flee, another arrested over employment scam
An employee of the Kano State Agency for Mass Education, Tijjani Alaramma, has fled, while his colleague, Abubakar Jibril, 33, has been arrested by the state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly selling fake employment letters to unsuspecting jobseekers. This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer…
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Who says Buhari is not in full control?
Last week, and in commemoration of the second year of his second term, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), granted interviews to two Nigerian television channels in quick succession. The jury is still out as to the impact of these largely unprecedented conversations, but regardless of what side of the divide one stands, the…
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My wife was crying, guests shocked as Benin marriage Registrar was no where to conduct our wedding – Edo couple, Ugiagbe
Abel Ugiagbe and his wife, Avuwa Marian, whose wedding was expected to take place at the Federal Marriage Registry in Benin, Edo State, on May 28, 2021, but failed to hold and whose ordeal went viral after a television report, speaks to ADEYINKA ADEDIPE on the experience Can you explain what happened at the registry…
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PDP group demands Secondus, NWC members’ resignation
A fresh crisis may be brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party as the Concerned PDP League, also known as ‘PDP Watchdog’, demanded the resignation of the party’s Chairman, Board of Trustees, Walid Jibrin; National Chairman, Uche Secondus; Financial Secretary, Abdullahi Maibasira, and other members of the National Working Committee. The organisation said the demand became…
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T.B. Joshua: A prophet like no other
The history of religion is full of upstarts who started out making dubious claims of divine revelation but ended up shaping history in profound ways. The late Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) was one. I have severely criticised him in the past for some of his practices, and I…
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