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Super Falcons Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby, calls 30 home-based professionals to camp

France 2019: Dennerby calls 30 to camp

Head Coach of the Super Falcons of Nigeria, Thomas Dennerby, has called 30 home–based professionals to camp for preliminary camping for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Goalkeepers Tochukwu Oluehi, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Christy Ohiaeriaku all make the list, as well as defenders Glory Ogbonna and Josephine Chukwunonye, midfielders Cecilia Nkwu, Amarachi Okoronkwo and Osarenoma Igbinovia, and forwards Alice Ogebe…

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Read more about the article Nigeria expecting fifteen ship load fuel import in March – NPA
The Nigeria Ports Authority disclosed on Monday that ship load of fuel and other goods would arrive the country before March end

Nigeria expecting fifteen ship load fuel import in March – NPA

Nigeria will receive seventeen ship imports before the end, out of which, 15 of them are carrying fuel. This information was revealed by the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, in its daily publications 'Shipping Position'. The report, according to NAN, further discloses that the ships are expected to arrive between March 17 and March 29 at the Lagos Apapa/Tin Can Island…

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Read more about the article Four kids die from generator fumes in Bayelsa
Four children from one family died in Bayelsa after inhaling generator fumes, on Saturday.

Four kids die from generator fumes in Bayelsa

Four children from one family, have been reported dead in Bayelsa State after inhaling generator fumes. The incident was reported to have happened on Saturday in Aghoro II community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the oil-rich Niger Delta State. The children whose ages were not disclosed at the time of this report were said to be on recess from…

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Read more about the article Nigerian youths morally, psychologically lost – Omotola
Nollywood actress, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde says any Nigerian youths are morally and psychologically lost

Nigerian youths morally, psychologically lost – Omotola

Nigerian actress, Omotola Jolade Ekeinde has berated the country's youths as 'morally and psychologically lost. She disclosed this on twitter, in response to a request from a user that she return to her activism. https://twitter.com/Realomosexy/status/1106684320897482752 "I’m afraid I might be loosing my fire! I was so on fire here! I still feel the burner bringing the heat ... just unsure…

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Read more about the article Gbenga Daniel considering joining APC
Former Ogun State Governor and Atiku Campaign Organisation DG, Gbenga considering joining APC

Gbenga Daniel considering joining APC

Barely 72 hours after announcing his retirement from partisan politics, Gbenga Daniel, says he is considering joining the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC. Daniel who worked as the Director General of the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar's campaign, said this on Sunday after a meeting with his supporters and loyalists. He said consideration to join the ruling…

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AAC, APC kick against Rivers, Bauchi results collation

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, announced over the weekend that it will resume collation of results in Rivers and Bauchi states after elections were declared inconclusive. This decision has been faulted in the two states by the African Action Congress, AAC in Rivers State; and the APC in Bauchi State. RIVERS Rivers AAC is reportedly backed by the APC which…

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Read more about the article INEC to announce Bauchi Governor-elect on Tuesday
INEC to resume collation results for Bauchi Governorship election on Tuesday, the commission announced in a press release.

INEC to announce Bauchi Governor-elect on Tuesday

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced it will resume collation of votes in the Bauchi Governorship poll, next Tuesday. The electoral body said a winner could eventually be confirmed after it resolved matters affecting two local governments: Ningi and Tafawa Balewa This decision was revealed in a press statement on Friday night after resolving some issues around the…

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Read more about the article No lives lost in Ibadan building collapse – NEMA confirms
The Ibadan building collapse has no casualty, NEMA announced.

No lives lost in Ibadan building collapse – NEMA confirms

All eight persons trapped in the three-storey building collapse in Ibadan, on Friday have been rescued. The Nigeria Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, confirmed this on through South West Coordinator, Slakku Luggard and Director of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Akin Makinde. No fewer than six persons were rescued on Friday, hours after the accident, following emergency intervention by the…

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Read more about the article Victor Moses does not like the pressure in football
Former Nigeria international and on-loan Chelsea player, Victor Moses says he would rather enjoy football and not feel the pressure after he and Fenerbhce teammates battled to a 2-1 home win over Sivasspor

Victor Moses does not like the pressure in football

Former Nigeria international, Victor Moses says he rather would enjoy playing football without feeling the pressure. Moses disclosed this in a report by complete sports after Fenerbahce's hard fought 2-1 home win over Sivasspor in the Turkish Super Lig, on Friday. The 28 year-old is on an eighteen months loan deal stay at the club from Chelsea. His assist pulled…

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Read more about the article FRANCE 2019: VAR approved for FIFA Women’s World Cup
VAR (video assistant referee) will be used for the first time in a senior women game at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

FRANCE 2019: VAR approved for FIFA Women’s World Cup

FIFA, the international football governing body, has approved the use of VAR (video assistant referee) at this year's Women World Cup in France. The decision was reached upon recommendation by the body's Referees Committee, on Friday. The use of the VAR is to enhance decision making at the global showpiece. “CONFIRMED: The FIFA Council today ratified that Video Assistant Referees…

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Read more about the article Drama as Offa Robbery suspects indict Nigeria Police
Three suspects in the Offa Robbery attack allege threat and torture from Nigeria Police in obtaining confessional statements.

Drama as Offa Robbery suspects indict Nigeria Police

Three suspects in the Offa Robbery attack of April 5, 2018, have accused members of the police of complicity. Ayoade  Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham told a High Court of Kwara, in Ilorin that their statements of admittance for the crime and implicating president of Nigeria's senate, Bukola Saraki were obtained under duress; thus, forced to make the confessions.…

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Read more about the article Dark week as world mourns loss of over 200 lives
A mother weeps over lost lives and the wounded at Lagos building collapse on Wednesday

Dark week as world mourns loss of over 200 lives

The world recorded the darkest week in the first quarter of 2019 as lives were lost across the globe. In one week, blood, tears and death wreaked from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Lagos, Nigeria, to Christchurch, New Zealand. All incidents taking over 200 lives. On Sunday, March 10, an Ethiopian Airline ET 302 Boeing 737 Max 8 jet loaded with…

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Legacy of PDP: Nigeria loses $6bn in corrupt oil deal

Nigeria will lose an estimated $6 billion in revenue to international oil companies, Shell and Eni, over the deal on the controversial oil block, widely known as Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245. icirnigeria.org reported the new findings quoting a report by Global Witness called Take The Future. According to icir.org, leaked emails and confidential documents also showed that the oil…

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