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  Aston Villa on Thursday announced Steven Gerrard as their new manager to replace the sacked Dean Smith. The former Liverpool captain has left his role as Rangers boss to take the reins at the club, who have lost five straight Premier League matches. Gerrard guided Rangers to a first ...

  Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has hit back at state governors after they criticized his office over plans to deduct $418 million from their monies to settle a debt owed to consultants by the 36 states and local governments in the country. The Nigerian ...

  There is palpable tension at the main campus of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, as suspected bandits attacked the institution on Wednesday night. Several students of the institution confirmed to THE WHISTLER that they heard gunshots in front of the school gate at about 11:30 PM ...

  Pastor Chris Simon Amadi of Shalom Mercy Ministry in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State has been arrested by the police for allegedly strangling his wife to death. It was gathered that the ugly incident happened in their home at Mbodo Community after a disagreement over school ...

  The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s External Borrowing (Rolling) plan for the Federal Government to the tune of $16,230,077,718, €1,020,000,000. The Senate also approved a grant component of $125,000,000.00 under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) plan for the Federal Government. The approval was sequel to the consideration ...

  The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on his victory at the 2021 Anambra governorship election. The President in a message on Wednesday by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina also commended the Independent National ...

  Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday protested the refusal of the Department of State Services, DSS, to allow some lawyers access into the Abuja Federal High Court. DSS brought Kanu into the court at about 9:52 am. The secret police had barred lawyers, ...

  An election analyst for the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Sam Amadi, has revealed part of the reasons why former Nigerian central bank governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, won the just concluded Anambra governorship election. Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), was declared winner of the ...

  The Governor-Elect and former Governor 9f Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Charles Soludo, has said his victory at the polls has brought joy to the people. Soludo, who dedicated his victory to three policemen shot dead by unknown gunmen during his campaign, stated this in his acceptance speech ...

  The Oniraniken of Iranike (Elewu Oku), Oba Adewale Adeniji invaded a community in Simawa area of Ogun state today with the dreaded ‘1 Million Boys’ led by popular land grabber, Sir K Oluwo to forcefully take over a 4,000 acres of land that doesn’t legally belongs to him. This ...