Year: 2021
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List of 11 Football Teams Qualified For 2021-22 UEFA Champions League Knockout Stages
Eleven teams have so far qualified f for the 2021-22 world’s greatest football competition, UEFA Champions League. The complete field of 16 teams that will advance to the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League knockout rounds has not yet been finalized. The final round of matches will be played on December 7 and 8. Manchester City beat…
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Police Arraign Deposed Warri Chief, Ologbotsere Over Alleged Theft of Royal Crown Worth N2 Billion, Others
Delta State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned the recently deposed Ologbotsere of Warri Kingdom, Ayiri Emami, before a Warri South Chief Magistrates’ Court in Delta State over alleged theft of two royal crowns valued at N2bn. In the case with reference No: CR630/2021, the embattled Warri chief, who is a well-known billionaire businessman, was charged…
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National Assembly Picks Holes In The Proposed N5,000 Monthly For Forty Million Nigerians
The National Assembly, NASS, Wednesday, picked hole in the proposed N5,000 monthly for 40 million Nigerians as a transportation allowance in the 2022 budget. NASS stated this through a lawmaker representing Lagos who also doubles as a Committee chairman on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan while addressing journalists shortly after submitting his Committee budget proposal…
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“Even animals don’t kill themselves like the way my husband was killed, ” Widow of Slain OAU Student Speaks
Widow of the slain Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife postgraduate student, Bolatito Adegoke has narrated how her late husband, Timothy Oluwadare Adegoke was gruesomely murdered like an animal. Bolatito, who spoke with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Yoruba said “even animals don’t kill themselves like the way my husband was killed.” Recounting her ordeal and…
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ASUU Insists On Ultimatum Issued To FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has insisted that it has not backed down on the ultimatum given to the Federal Government adding that, the union has not heard anything from the government’s representatives since they both met last Thursday. The National President of the Union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, had also lamented the pressure…
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Jamb Uncovers Over 700,000 Illegal Admissions In 114 Universities, Other Institutions
By The Nation The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede on Tuesday said the agency has uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other allies. Oloyede made the disclosures at the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with Select Stakeholders in Abuja said the illegal admissions have damaged the image…
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Death of OAU Student: NANS Constitutes 3- Man Committee To Follow Up Investigation In Real Time
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has constituted a three-man Committee to follow up with the investigation in real time into the death of post graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Adegoke Timothy. The highest students’ association in the country, through its President, Mr Sunday Asefon stated this in a release on Wednesday.…
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Full List Of Artistes Nominated For 2022 Grammy Awards
Organizers of the prestigious Grammy Awards have released the list for the 2022 edition of the coveted awards. The academy also announced that, for the first time, there will be 10 nominees in each of the General Field Categories: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist.…
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CJN Swears In 22 New FCT Judges (Full List)
Chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Muhammad, on Tuesday. swore in 22 new high court judges of the federal capital territory (FCT). The judges were nominated by the National Judicial Council (NJC) in April 2020. The newly appointed judges are: Madugu Mohammed Alhaji (Oyo)Agunloye Kayode (Ondo)Enenche Eleojo (Kogi)Aminu Mohammad Abdullahi (Kano)Nwecheonwu Chinyere Elewe (Rivers)Ibrahim Mohammed…
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Abuja Court Jails Corps Member For Defrauding American Citizens of $1000
A 30- year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has been sentenced to two months jail term for posing as Dr Joshua to defraud an American citizen, Maria, of $1000 dollars. Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday while delivering the judgment did not give option of fine. The…