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  Jose Peseiro, the newly appointed Super Eagles coach, has asked Nigerians to give him enough time to build a ‘formidable’ team, after Nigeria’s 2-1 win against Sierra Leone in the opening fixture of the 2023 AFCON qualifiers. The Portuguese has had a difficult start after losing his first two ...

  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has rejected N50 million cash intervention to end the ongoing strike. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February over funding of the revitalisation of public universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears ...

  El-Rufai Reveals Why Northern Governors Dumped Osinbajo For TinubuBola Tinubu, Nasir El-Rufai and Yemi Osinbajo Days after the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Abuja, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why the Northern governor backed Bola Tinubu over Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Naija ...

  Algeria and USM Algiers midfielder Billel Ben Hamouda has passed away. The 24-year-old died in a tragic car accident while he was on his way back home after featuring in a friendly game for the Desert Foxes against DR Congo. In a post on Twitter by Algerian Football Association, ...

  The Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, on Friday said although some suspects were arrested in the bush by security agents on Thursday, authorities are “not sure” if they were the ones behind the terrorists’ attack on a Catholic church on Sunday. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that a Punch correspondent ...

  The Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has directed the filing of criminal charges against former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, over alleged N96b fraud. Wike, on Friday, ordered the state Attorney General to commence legal action against his predecessor following a Supreme Court judgement that dismissed the latter’s appeal against ...

  Reports have emerged claiming various caucuses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have commenced intense push to produce the running mate for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was gathered that eight names have been penciled down as possible running mate for the former Lagos State governor but northern ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reportedly offered Governor Nyesom Wike the position of Petroleum Minister if he wins the 2023 elections. A source close to the negotiation told Premium Times that Atiku also offered the Rivers governor the opportunity to nominate one ...

The mark the 2022 Democracy Day celebration, the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has declared Monday, 13th June 2022, as a public holiday. Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement on Thursday by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.   While congratulating Nigerians on the 2022 Democracy Day ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed all political parties to submit the names of candidates that emerged from their respective presidential and national assembly primary elections within the next seven days. The political parties were also mandated to submit the names of running mates of all presidential ...