Category: News
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Super Eagles Head Coach Speaks On AFCON Finals With Ivory Coast
Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro has admitted the Elephants of Ivory Coast were the better side following the former’s loss in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Sebastien Haller scored a dramatic late winner as hosts Ivory Coast fought back to beat Victor Osimhen’s Nigeria 2-1 in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final and…
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Super Eagles Player Named AFCON Best Player
Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong was named the best player of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations following his commanding display for Nigeria at the tournament, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ekong scored three goals at the tournament, including one in the final, which unfortunately wasn’t enough to guide Nigeria to a fourth AFCON title. The…
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Access Holdings Confirms Death of CEO, Wife, Son in U.S. Helicopter Crash
Access Holdings has confirmed the death of its Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe died in a helicopter crash on Friday with his wife, son, and a former Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Abimbola Ogunbanjo. The bank in a statement on Sunday signed by the Company’s Group Secretary, Sunday Ekwochi,…
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Access Holdings Reacts To Reported Death of CEO, Herbert Wigwe
Access Holdings Plc has on Saturday revealed that it lacks specific information regarding the crash of a helicopter, believed to be carrying, Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank Chief Executive Officer, CEO, his wife, son and three other passengers, in a Southern California desert. Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba, his son, and Ogunbanjo all died in a helicopter…
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Kwara Female Final Year Student Commits Suicide
A female final year student at Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Rashidat Shittu, has reportedly committed suicide over her poor academic status. Vanguard Correspondent reliably gathered from her colleagues that the deceased committed suicide ahead of their upcoming exams by drinking “sniper.” Shittu was said to have been pronounced dead on arrival at the University…
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What To Know About Access Bank Boss, Wigwe, His Reported Death
Vanguard News A huge unconfirmed report from the United States indicates that the CEO of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe may have died in a helicopter crash near the California-Nevada border. According to reports, the helicopter crashed on Friday night close to a border city between Nevada and California, killing five other people on board…
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Popular Prophet ‘Predicts’ AFCON Finals Between Nigeria, Ivory Coast
A Self-styled prophet, Dr Kan Ebube Muonso of the Power and Victory in Christ Church, has predicted hosts Ivory Coast will win the AFCON 2023 tournament. He stated that Ivory Coast will go home with the cup in error. However, he said that he has been interceding for Nigeria in his mountain programme by the…
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EFCC Declares Emefiele’s Wife, 3 Others Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs Emefiele, Mr Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN…
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Report: Many Undergraduates Drop Out of School, as Hardship Creates More Indigent Students
Vanguard News The economic crunch in the country that has hit all sectors is not sparing the education sector, as it has created more indigent students who are finding it difficult to cope with the situation. An investigation by Vanguard showed that many students are dropping out of school; attending classes hungry; unable to meet…
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AFCON: Super Eagles React To Death of Fans During Semi-finals
Super Eagles of Nigeria, on Thursday, mourned its fans who died during the semi-finals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations. No less than five persons had died while watching the match between Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Wednesday. The Super Eagles, while mourning the fans via its X handle wrote,…