Messi Misses Spanish Super Cup Semi Due To Injury
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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Lionel Messi was left out of Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Real Sociedad on Wednesday due to injury. Messi was not even included on the bench for the game against Real Sociedad in Cordoba. Barca coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday the striker had felt discomfort during his side’s 4-0 La Liga win over
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SSANU Threatens Industrial Action If FG Does Not Listen To Protest Demands
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mohammed Ibrahim says the union might embark on an industrial action if the Federal Government does not listen to their demands. The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) had earlier on Tuesday
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Ex-Lagos Military Administrator, Ndubuisi Kanu Is Dead
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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A former military administrator of Lagos State, Ndubuisi Kanu, has died. Mr Kanu died on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 77. A retired rear admiral of the Nigerian Navy, he was also a one-time military administrator in Imo State. He was a pro-democracy activist and was one of the notable and prominent voices
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Presidency Faults Group Asking Bishop Kukah To Leave Sokoto
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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The presidency has faulted a group, the Muslim Solidarity Forum, over a threat it issued to the bishop of Sokoto diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah, to tender an apology over a recent comment credited to him or leave the state. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President,
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US President, Donald Trump Impeached For Second Time
Thursday, 14 January 2021
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Donald Trump became the first US president in history to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to charge him with inciting last week’s mob attack on Congress. The Senate will not hold a trial before January 20, when Democrat Joe Biden assumes the presidency, meaning the real estate tycoon will
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Why We Are Against Re-Opening Of Universities Amid Pandemic – ASUU
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday insisted Nigerian universities are not ready to re-open in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed universities to resume academic activities on January 18. But ASUU is asking the federal government to review the decision, as
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Three Officers Killed, Others Injured As Gunmen Invade Ebonyi Police Station
Monday, 11 January 2021
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Three officers have been killed and two others injured after gunmen invaded the Onueke Police Station in the Ezza Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Confirming the development, the Ebonyi State Police Command said investigations are underway to apprehend the perpetrators. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, disclosed that the gunmen invaded the police station
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17 Travellers Die In Abuja-Keffi Road Crash
Monday, 11 January 2021
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Seventeen travellers who were plying the Abuja/Keffi road between Gudi and Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State, have died following an accident on Saturday. The Federal Roads Safety Commission, (FRSC) unit Commander in Akwanga, Assistant Corps Commander Ebere Onyegbaduo confirmed their death to Channels Television via telephone on Sunday. He said, “we received a
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Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Nigeria Is Stronger Together – Osibanjo
Monday, 11 January 2021
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo believes that in spite of the religious, ethnic and political differences in the country, Nigeria is better off together. Osinbajo noted this on Sunday at the Interdenominational Church Service for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, which held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. The former Commissioner for Justice and
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Pay our lecturers, students beg Ayade
Thursday, 07 January 2021
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Students of the Cross River State College of Health Technology (CHT) have begged Governor Ben Ayade to pay their lecturers to ward off an imminent strike. A letter by President of the Students Union Government (SUG) Chima Kedemiti reads: “We join the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college in requesting that you please restore
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