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KSM: Abuja Metropolitan Council inducts 115 Knights

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Abuja Metropolitan Council, Knights of St Mulumba (KSM), has inducted 115 of its brothers and sisters to the honoured Order. The honour Order involves a Knight moving from second degree to third degree. The investiture ceremony, which took place in Abuja, had the Worthy Metro Chaplain and Abuja Archdiocesan Worthy...

Owen, Martin Keown blames Arsenal star for missed chance

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Arsenal legend, Martin Keown and former Bayern Munich midfielder, Owen Hargreaves have criticised Gabriel Martinelli for a missed chance in the Gunners’ defeat against the Bundesliga giants. Arsenal travelled to the Allianz Arena to face Bayern in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash on Wednesday..The first leg...

Juventus releases statement after order to pay Cristiano Ronaldo’s unpaid wages

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Italian giants Juventus have released a statement after being ordered to pay their former player, Cristiano Ronaldo his unpaid wages. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, ordered the Serie A giants to pay Cristiano Ronaldo his unpaid wages. The court gave the verdict following a dispute arising from pay...

Al-Nassr picks 20-year-old star as Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Al-Nassr has chosen to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with a 20-year-old star striker, Meshari Al-Nemer for the next two games. This is following the red card the 39-year-old got in the Saudi Super Cup game against Al-Hilal. Al-Nassr’s appeal was rejected, which means the Portuguese megastar will not be available for...

Group storms PDP secretariat, demands Damagum’s resignation

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Reform Vanguard on Thursday stormed the party’s secretariat in Abuja to demand the immediate resignation of the party’s acting National Chairman, Amb. Iliya Damagum. The protest came hours to the PDP National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting scheduled for later today. There are indications that Damagum...

Nigerians want PDP to rescue them from APC – BoT chair, Wabara

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says Nigerians want the party to put its house in order and rescue the country from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Wabara said PDP needs to undergo repositioning to takeover power in 2027, despite...

NSCDC impounds seized petrol, warns smugglers in Akwa-Ibom

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

The Akwa-Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has impounded 8,400 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, being smuggled out of the country en route to Cameroon. The state Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, made this disclosure at a press briefing in Uyo on Thursday, saying...

Court fixes April 23 to rule on substituted service on Yahaya Bello

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Thursday, fixed April 23 for ruling in an application by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking a substituted service of the charge filed against the immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the EFCC,...

Rights group, ERC kicks as University of Ibadan increases school fees

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Education Rights Campaign, ERC, University of Ibadan branch has kicked against the increment of school fees for the new students of the university. The new fees for the students admitted for the 2023/ 2024 academic session seen in the portals, range from N230 to N412, N230,000 and N412,000 depending on...

Gov. Ododo swears-in two new Commissioners

NewsDeskNgApr 18, 2024April 18, 20240

Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sworn in two new Commissioners into his cabinet. The Commissioners were sworn in during the maiden State Executive Council meeting held at the government house in Lokoja. Dr Helen Aderibigbe will serve as the Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology while Atuluku Victor...

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Peter Obi: I Will Be A One-Term President If Elected, Regardless Of Pressure

KSM: Abuja Metropolitan Council inducts 115 Knights

Owen, Martin Keown blames Arsenal star for missed chance

Juventus releases statement after order to pay Cristiano Ronaldo’s unpaid wages

Al-Nassr picks 20-year-old star as Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement

Group storms PDP secretariat, demands Damagum’s resignation

Nigerians want PDP to rescue them from APC – BoT chair, Wabara

NSCDC impounds seized petrol, warns smugglers in Akwa-Ibom

Court fixes April 23 to rule on substituted service on Yahaya Bello

Rights group, ERC kicks as University of Ibadan increases school fees

Gov. Ododo swears-in two new Commissioners