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  • Super Eagles Coach, Eguavoen Reveals Winning Strategy Against Egypt

    Super Eagles Coach, Eguavoen Reveals Winning Strategy Against Egypt

    Super Eagles coach, Augustine Eguavoen, said Nigerian players cut Egypt captain, Mohamed Salah, off the ball to record victory. He said this during a post-match interview after Nigeria defeated Egypt 1-0 on Tuesday.Egypt depends heavily on Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah, recently shortlisted for the FIFA Best Player award. The coach commended the gallantry of the…

  • Why We Lost To Super Eagles, Egypt Coach Opens Up

    Egypt coach, Carlos Queiroz, has attributed poor performance of his team to their tactless move in the first half of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, yesterday. Queiroz let this out during a post-match interview. According to him, Pharaohs were no where to be found on the pitch in the first half. He…

  • Why You Shouldn’t Use Toothpicks In Picking Teeth, Medical Expert Warns

    A consultant family dentist, Dr Basil Ojuku, has advised against the use of toothpicks in picking the teeth because it is a bad practice and harmful to oral health. Mr Ojuku who is also the head of public health at the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health for Africa, Jos, gave the advice in an interview…

  • How Next Olubadan Will Emerge, Governor Makinde

    Punch Newspaper Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogunguniso 1, where he announced that the departed monarch will get a royal and befitting burial. The governor, while addressing the widow and family members of the late monarch…

  • OAU Lecturers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Allowance

    Punch Newspaper Lecturers at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife have concluded plans to begin an indefinite strike over their unpaid Earned Academic Allowance. This was contained in a resolution of a congress held by the Academic Staff of Universities, OAU branch on Tuesday. In a copy of the resolution signed by ASUU-OAU chairperson, Dr Adeola…

  • Woman Dragged For Naming Son, Lucifer (Photos)

    A woman has been dragged for naming her son Lucifer. Josie King was relentlessly trolled after calling into the Jeremy Vine show to share her opinions on baby names. The 27-year-old, from Plymouth, said she was not inspired by the devil when she named her little boy. She says her seven-month-old son’s name just popped into her…

  • 238 Bag First Class, as UNILAG Sets To Graduate 12,217 Students

    The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe says 238 graduating students of the institution bagged first class in various degree programmes among 12,217 that will be taking pa rt in the 52nd convocation. Also, 36 others will graduate from the faculties of Pharmacy, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences with distinctions.…

  • 2021 UTME: Fate Of Over 600,000 Eligible Candidates Hanging In Balance

    2021 UTME: Fate Of Over 600,000 Eligible Candidates Hanging In Balance

    Nigerian Tribune The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in the country to expedite action on the completion of the 2021 admission exercise.  This came as parents and some stakeholders expressed concern over delayed admissions in which case the fate of over 600,000 eligible candidates who participated in the 2021…

  • Desperate 25-year-old Man Contracts ‘Assassin’ With N110,000 To Kill Own Father

    Desperate 25-year-old Man Contracts ‘Assassin’ With N110,000 To Kill Own Father

    A desperate 25-year-old Man, Abubakar Mohammed Buba has been arrested by operatives of Niger state police command for allegedly conspiring to kill his father, Alhaji Mohammed Buba.  Spokesperson for Niger State Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect was arrested on December 29, based on credible intelligence.  According to him, police operatives…

  • American Surgeons Break Record, Transplant Pig Heart Into Dying Patient Successfully

    United States surgeons have broken a world record as they transplanted the heart of a pig into a dying patient for the very first time in the world. The operation, which took about nine hours to complete, was conducted on a 57-year-old man, David Bennett, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore on…