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We’re waiting for you – Real Madrid president, Perez tells Brazil forward

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez has told Endrick that he cannot wait to have him in the squad. Endrick is a future Los Blancos player, after the LaLiga giants beat off competition from top European clubs for his signature. The 17-year-old announced himself on the international stage, with two goals...

Warri Wolves captain, Ohia upbeat on promotion target

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

Warri Wolves captain, Ekene Ohia says it’s disheartening to see the club’s supporters complain of poor results. Ohia revealed that the complaints will spur the team on to fight after a goalless draw against FC ONE Rocket in Uyo. He also assured the supporters that the team will not relent...

24 years after, Delta Assembly reverses sack of accountant

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

Delta State House of Assembly has reversed the termination of the employment of Mr Emmanuel Emenetie by the Post Primary Education Board 24 year ago. Emenetie had written a petition which bordered on the unlawful termination of his employment by the Post Primary Education Board on the 17th February, 2000,...

We may not have enough crude for P/Harcourt refinery, others

NewsDeskNgMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has expressed fear that the newly inaugurated Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Warri Refinery, Kaduna refinery and modular refineries in the country may not get enough crude oil locally for the production of petroleum products without increase in production in...

Barau, Oluwo call for commitment to Nigeria’s unity

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau and the Oluwo of Owo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, have urged Nigerians to be committed to the unity of country. They made the call when Barau stated this when Barau hosted the monarch in his office at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Tuesday....

Nigeria’s Hajj Commission battles Ramadan Umrah visa shortage

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, confirmed a shortage of Umrah visas on Tuesday. A statement signed by NAHCON’s Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, said the commission “will continue to work tirelessly in collaboration with relevant stakeholders to find a satisfactory resolution to the visa inaccessibility.”...

Okuama massacre: Spare innocent residents – Bayelsa leaders beg military

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

Chief Ayebatari Easterday of Igbomotoru, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, has appealed to the military to protect innocent residents as they search for masterminds behind the killing of 16 soldiers in Okuama, Delta State. Easterday made this appeal in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa on Tuesday. He spoke against...

Navy hands over 193 bags of Indian hemp seized from Ghanaian to NDLEA

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT, on Tuesday handed over 193 bags of seized Indian Hemp to the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, made this revelation while briefing newsmen, saying that a Naval patrol team seized the bags, weighing 38kg each from a...

Court rules Omehia not entitled to benefits of former Rivers Gov

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has delivered judgment on the contentious issue of Celestine Omehia’s entitlement to pension benefits from the state government. The court ruled against the demand by the Rivers State Government and the Rivers State House of Assembly for Omehia to refund over...

Institute raises alarm over high rate of death to Tuberculosis in Ogun

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, HVN, has raised the alarm over the high level of death caused by tuberculosis in Ogun State. The institute noted that over 300 patients out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023 died of tuberculosis. Senior programme officer of IHVN, Florinda...