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  Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca and key figures around the club have reacted following the Blues’ 1-0 win over Manchester United, a result that not only bolstered their top-four hopes but also added further intensity to the Premier League title race.   Despite the win, Maresca, in his post-match reaction ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has debunked speculations surrounding a viral video showing 89 young men arriving in Lagos and gathering in Ibeju-Lekki.   The Command confirmed that the individuals are legitimate workers recruited from Katsina State for employment at the Dangote Refinery in Lekki.   In a statement ...

  The Ogun Police Command has assured residents and visitors of maximum security in the state ahead of the forthcoming “22nd National Sports Festival, tagged “Gateway Games Ogun 2024.”   PUNCH Online had reported that the multi-sports event will run from Friday, May 16 to May 30, with the opening ...

  A former Chadian Prime Minister and opposition leader, Succes Masra, was arrested early Friday on allegations of inciting hatred following deadly clashes in the southwestern Logone-Occidental region.   Masra, who served briefly as prime minister from January to May last year, was reportedly taken from his home in the ...

  The Kwara State Government has unveiled a 70-meter flagpole, describing it as the tallest in the West African region to make a bold declaration of identity and pride.   The State Commissioner for Works, Abdulquawiy Olododo, disclosed in a statement on Friday that the erected towering structure with the ...

  The Minister of Education, Mr. Tunji Alausa, has announced that tertiary institutions with fewer than 2,000 students will no longer be eligible for funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.   Speaking on Friday at a one-day engagement with heads of institutions, bursars, and procurement directors in Lagos, Alausa ...

  Determined to clear the port corridor of congestion, the management of Nigerian Ports Authority, in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and other relevant agencies, recently embarked on a three-day clean-up and sensitisation operation at the Lagos Port Corridors.   In a statement on Friday, the NPA disclosed that ...

  The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State, Ganiyu Egunjobi, has thrown his weight behind the emergence of Lagos Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa’s son as the All Progressives Congress chairmanship candidate for the upcoming council polls, declaring that the young man “deserves to succeed me.”   ...

  The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has sought partnerships with Australia and Rwanda to enhance women’s representation in governance, security, and mining, among other areas.   Kalu made the call in separate meetings on Thursday with both countries’ embassies’ delegation led by Leilani Bin-Juda from ...

  Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, operating under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke, in collaboration with personnel from Operation Safe Haven, have neutralised two suspected bandits and recovered about 1,000 rustled cattle during a counter-banditry operation in Taraba State.   This is contained in a statement released ...