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Head-to-head: How Nigeria lost 25 of 56 previous encounters against Ghana
Fireworks are expected on Friday (today) as Ghana host their arch-rivals Nigeria in one of the most anticipated matches of the first leg of the 2022 World Cup playoffs in Kumasi. This is as data obtained by The PUNCH via CAF website showed that Ghana have the head-to-head advantage having won 25 of their 56…
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Fashola restates 2nd Niger Bridge 2022 completion date, blames IPOB
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the Second Niger Bridge (now named Muhammadu Buhari Bridge) and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be completed before the end of 2022. This came as the government said there were no existing contracts to impose tolls on federal roads constructed under the Sukuk fund. The Minister of Works and Housing,…
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2023: Dickson’s re-election bid for Bayelsa-West gets N15m boost
The re-election bid of Senator Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa-West at the National Assembly, has received a boost with the voluntary contribution of N15m by some political leaders and stakeholders of the Ekeremor Local Government Area for his senatorial form. The politicians, under the aegis of Ekeremor LGA PDP Stakeholders for Ofurumapepe 2023 Project, made…
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Hand over Ajaokuta to Kogi govt, Senator tells FG
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has asked the Federal Government to hand over the Ajaokuta Iron and Steel to the Kogi State Government “if it (FG) cannot revive it”. The senator who lamented the inability of the federal government to expedite the completion of the steel said the abandoned Ajaokuta Steel…
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We spend N24,000 to supply Benue IDPs water daily – Group
The Medicines Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors Without Borders on Thursday said that it has been expending N24,000 on daily basis to supply water to one of the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps located at Otese along Makurdi/Laafia road in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The Project Coordinator in the state, Mitch Rhyner,…
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Gombe records 130 TB cases in three months – Official
No fewer than 20 patients access Gombe facilities for Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment daily, with about 130 cases recorded since January 2022. According to Abare Ayuba, the coordinator of Tuberculosis unit at the State Specialist Hospital, Gombe, the facility is equipped with drugs and requisite tools to care for patients with such cases. Ayuba made…
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APC presidential aspirant harps on recognition of public school teachers
A Presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressive Congress, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has stressed the need for recognition of public school teachers in the country, saying that they make people in the society what they are. Speaking at the launching of a book titled, “Otoge: The triumph of hope,” written by Abdulkadir Babafila, a public secondary…
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Scottish-born engineer declares for Cross River gov race
A Scottish-born engineer, Mkpang Coco-Bassey, on Thursday declared his interest in the Cross River State governorship race under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He declared his interest to run in 2023 at the party secretariat on Mary Slessor Avenue, Calabar. Coco-Bassey, who is the president of Calabar Efik Forum in the United Kingdom,…
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2023: Saraki remains best among PDP aspirants – Campaign council
Ahead of the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party’s primary for the 2023 presidential election, Senator Bukola Saraki Campaign Council has said that the former senate president is the best for the country. Many aspirants from the major opposition party in the country have shown interest in grabbing the presidential ticket of the party, but the Saraki…
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APC convention: Ebonyi aspirant lauds Buni on preparation
A frontline governorship aspirant in Ebonyi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Elias Igwe, has applauded the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee on the efforts so far made by the committee in the preparation for the national convention of the party billed for tomorrow. A statement released…
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