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Ndidi targets move to Premier League top side

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

Wilfred Ndidi will only join a top Premier League club or seek a move outside England at the end of the season. Ndidi, 27, will become a free agent this summer after running down his contract at Leicester City. The defensive midfielder has attracted the interest of clubs within and...

627 PDP delegates to elect candidate ahead of guber polls

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

A total of 627 delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today elect the party’s standard-bearer ahead of the forthcoming November governorship election in Ondo State. The delegates were elected during the party’s congress held across the 18 local government areas of the state. No fewer than seven aspirants...

Pregnancy-related complications, not negligence responsible for student’s death – Ilaro poly

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

The management of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, has attributed the death of one of its students, Abimbola Ajayi, to a pregnancy-related complication and not negligence on the part of the institution’s clinic. This was in response to the allegations by some students that Ajayi’s death on Wednesday was...

Ex-NSCDC boss warns FG against merging corps with police

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

A retired Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Desmond Agu, has warned against moves to convince the Federal Government to merge the corps with the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, saying it would worsen the security challenges in the country. Agu, who until his retirement was a...

Nigeria doesn’t belong to you – Ex-CAN leader, Kadzai slams Arewa youths

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

The National Youth Leader, Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians, Engr. Daniel Kadzai, has challenged the Arewa youths to authenticate their call for the resignation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio with facts. Kadzai was furious over what he called the excessive utterance of the group, wondering what gave them the impetus...

Ondo APC guber aspirant, Akinterinwa finally honours EFCC invitation

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

An All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Wale Akinterinwa, has said he will honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday. According to reports, Akinterinwa, who contested with 15 others for the party’s governorship ticket last Saturday, was invited by the anti-graft...

Ortom – Benue currently under siege, Akume remains my leader

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

Chief Samuel Ortom, the immediate past governor of Benue State, has said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, remains his leader and mentor in politics. The former governor stated this during the celebration of his 63rd birth anniversary, organised by his former appointees in...

Passengers stranded as fuel scarcity hits Kaduna

NewsDeskNgApr 25, 2024April 25, 20240

Passengers going to work on Thursday were stranded following the scarcity of fuel across Kaduna State. Those who were fortunate to get buses paid double their normal transport fares to their various destinations. Newsmen observed that some filling stations across the Kaduna metropolis were shut while those open were filled...

I’ll vote Trump president, Biden’s leadership harming us – Israel minister

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2024April 24, 20240

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, on Wednesday said he would vote for the United States, US, Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump against President Joe Biden, if allowed to participate in American election. Chikli explained that Biden’s policies and leadership are weak and they are “harming Israel.” He explained...

Wike vs Fubara: Rivers Finance Commissioner, Kamalu resigns

NewsDeskNgApr 24, 2024April 24, 20240

Isaac Kamalu has resigned as River State Commissioner of Finance after he was redeployed to the Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment Ministry by Governor Simi Fubara. Kamalu, who served as commissioner for Budget and Economics under former Nyesom Wike and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, disclosed this on...