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I’ve Enough To Survive Another Eight Years Of Bad Leadership, Aisha Yesufu Boasts

NewsDeskNgDec 9, 2022December 9, 20220

Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu, has boasted that she has enough passive income to survive another eight years of bad leadership in Nigeria. She said this via her Twitter handle on Thursday. Yesufu, who supports Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was responding to critics who said the presidential candidate of...

Be transparent, shun fake news in 2023 general election, Rector tells journalists

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

Media practitioners have been told to guard against fake news during the 2023 general election to avoid causing confusion or heating the polity during the general election. The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Dayo Oladebeye, gave the charge yesterday during a lecture he delivered at the NUJ Press Week, Ekiti...

Presidency: Kwakwanso takes presidential campaign to Ogun

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso, on Thursday stormed Ogun State for his presidential campaign. According to reports, Kwakwanso had on his arrival to the Gateway State, visited Ogere, where he was received by a crowd of people. Our correspondent gathered that the...

FG not sincere to end insecurity in the country – Gov Ortom

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says the Federal Government is not sincere to ending insecurity in the country. Governor Ortom spoke Thursday, December 8th, 2022 when he paid a sympathy visit on his Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Ekpe Ogbu who was recently kidnapped by herdsmen but...

Troops neutralize nine bandits in fierce battles in Giwa LGA

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

The Kaduna State Government on Thursday said the feedback received from the army high command indicated that troops during a fierce battle with bandits, neutralized nine of them. Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State in a statement confirmed also, that several bandits’ den were...

NSCDC arrests three persons for fuel diversion in Kwara

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, has arrested three suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy and fuel diversion. The Commandant, Ibrahim Tukur, disclosed this at a press briefing in Ilorin on Thursday. He said the fuel tanker driven by one Buhari Joda, (37), with 33,000 litres...

Chris Sutton predicts England vs France, Morroco vs Portugal, others

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

Chelsea legend, Chris Sutton, has predicted the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-final games taking place on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is in its quarter-final stages. Brazil will face Croatia in the quarter-final on Friday evening while the Netherlands will clash with Argentina....

U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles thrash Zaura Boys 8-1 in test game

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

The Flying Eagles were at their imperious best again as they trounced AA Zaura Boys of Kano 8-1 in a test game on Thursday. It was the Flying Eagles’ fourth friendly since they set up camp in Abuja last week Monday ahead of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations....

Ghana may have used juju to stop Nigeria from qualifying for World Cup – Balogun

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

Nigeria defender, Leon Balogun, has alleged that Ghana may have used ‘juju’ to stop them from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Super Eagles played their West African rivals in the African qualifying playoffs. The first leg ended goalless in Kumasi, while the reverse fixture in Abuja...

Obi, Datti will be held responsible for Obidients’ hate speech in 2023 – APC

NewsDeskNgDec 8, 2022December 8, 20220

Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council, has said the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate would be punished if the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu emerges winner of the forthcoming election. The former Aviation Minister who stated this in...