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2018

Results of Match Day 2017/2018 NPFL

Following are the results of Match Day 20 fixtures in the 2017/2018 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), played on Sunday: Nasarawa United 2-0 El-Kanemi Warriors FC Heartland FC 1-1 Kano Pillars FC Wikki Tourists FC 1-1 Rangers…

N5.6b fraud allegation: ICPC quizzes Jang

Senator Jonah Jang (Plateau North) has been quizzed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over an alleged N5.6billion fraud. The alleged fraud was reportedly perpetrated during his tenure as…

How to identify suicide bombers, by Buratai

Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai yesterday gave tips on how to identify suicide bombers. Speaking during a visit to the Emir of Mubi in Adamawa State where suicide bombers struck last week, Gen. Buratai said the security situation…

Election tears Ohanaeze youths apart

Another crisis is brewing in Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex social cultural organisation, as allegation of fraud and breach of election guidelines continue to trail the recent election of National Executive Committee of its youth wing.…

Church protests herdsmen’s killings in Ibadan

The Word Communication Ministry in Ibadan yesterday joined other churches in the country to protest spate of killings by suspected herdsmen. Members of the church, following a directive from Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), after the…

ATM: Banks ripping us off, customers cry out

Commercial Bank customers across the country last week, lamented the excess charges imposed on them by banks through Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawals. Some of the customers who spoke to an agency reporter said they now dread…

Fresh crisis hits National Population Commission

Fresh crisis seems to be brewing at the National Population Commission (NPC) as the staff are insisting on the sack of the Commission’s Director General (DG), Dr. Ghaji Bello, over alleged incompetence. In a petition sent to President…

Bandits kill 45, burn village in Kaduna

Barely one week after the massacre of local miners at Janruwa, in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, blood flowed again in the area at the weekend as bandits killed about 45 people in Gwaska village. It was gathered that…