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They’ll be too good – Chris Sutton predicts Chelsea vs Aston Villa

NewsDeskNgApr 27, 2024April 27, 20240

Football pundit, Chris Sutton has predicted the outcome of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa. According to him, Villa will make the most of Chelsea’s woes and beat them on Saturday. The last time Chelsea and Aston Villa faced each other was in February in the the fourth round...

EFCC nabs 34 currency speculators in Abuja

NewsDeskNgApr 27, 2024April 27, 20240

Personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for alleged foreign exchange fraud. In a statement by EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, they were arrested on Friday in a sting...

Alia: Benue youths are not political thugs

NewsDeskNgApr 27, 2024April 27, 20240

Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them thugs, to immediately apologize and desist from such. The governor made the call in Government House Makurdi, on Friday, when different youth groups came out in their numbers to welcome...

Fire razes building housing 40 rooms in Kwara

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

A fire disaster struck in a compound housing 40 rooms in the early hours of Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred 02.40a.m at No E143, Ile Muse, off Emir’s road, in the Ilorin metropolis. Firefighters of the state fire service battled to save the fire...

14 suspected thugs arrested over attack on electoral officials

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

No fewer than 14 suspected political thugs have been arrested for attacking electoral officials and allegedly snatching ballot papers meant for election in Kajola local government area of Oyo State slated for Saturday. Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, Isiaka Olagunju, confirmed the attack on Friday. Olagunju maintained that...

Road accident claims three lives in Ondo

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

At least three persons died in a road accident that occurred along the Akungba-Ikare Road in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday. It was gathered that the crash involved a Toyota Camry car with number plate LND 592 GX and two commercial buses. An eyewitness said...

Gov Mbah mourns Ayogu Eze, says it’s monumental loss

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the death of member representing Enugu State on the Board of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and a former lawmaker representing Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Senator Ayogu Eze. Mbah, who said it had been difficult...

Lagos Govt shuts down hotels, Catholic, other churches over noise pollution

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has temporarily shut down churches, hotels, bars and other establishments in several areas of the state over alleged noise pollution. The affected areas include Ifako-Ijaiye, Abesan Estate, Abule-Egba, Alagbado, Command and Dopemu. Tokunbo Wahab, the state Commissioner of the Ministry of Environment and...

Russia hands over remains of 140 Ukrainian soldiers

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

Ukraine has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters disclosed this on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were from the Sumy section in northern Ukraine. Russia has...

Gov Ododo reiterates commitment to weed criminals out of Kogi

NewsDeskNgApr 26, 2024April 26, 20240

Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has again reiterated his administration’s commitment to weed criminal elements out of Kogi State. Ododo disclosed this on Fridayduring the unveiling of new operational vehicles for the Kogi State Vigilante Service in Lokoja. He said, “These operational security vehicles which is the first installment...