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The national 3×3 teams departed Abuja Thursday for Kampala, Uganda aboard a Rwanda Air flight for the 2019 FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup. Kano Pillars duo of Godwin David and Lucky Subel alongside Agu Ibeh (Gombe Bulls) and Victor Koko (Rivers Hoopers) made the final men’s team released by the Team’s …

Players and officials of the beach soccer national team, Supersand Eagles, will jet out of the country on Friday to Paraguay for this year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals. The two-time African champions picked a ticket for the 10th edition of the global finals after finishing second behind Senegal …

The Secretary, Media Committee, APC Kogi State Governorship Campaign Council, Mr. Tom Ohikere has revealed the commencement of house-to-house voters education and sensitization programme which will run from Thursday, November 7 to Sunday, November 10 in the five local government areas of Kogi Central Senatorial district. A statement issued by …

Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan was conspicuously absent yesterday at the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Bayelsa State. The absence of Jonathan, who failed to send either a written message or a representative, at the rally attended by some PDP governors, further lent …

In a surprise move wednesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the prefix “His Excellency” should no longer be attached to his name officially. The governor, in a statement he signed renouncing the prefix, said “in the last five months that I have been privileged to exercise the …

Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has met the conditions set by the court for his bail. His counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), revealed this in court Wednesday. The Federal High Court had on October 4 granted Sowore and the second defendant, Olawale Bakare, bail on conditions they had applied to be …

The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), on Wednesday in Kano, indicated its preparedness to explore the possibility of accessing the $70 billion package of the Nigerian Communications Sector market, so as to improve the competitiveness, which abounds in the African continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), initiative. In his speech, the Executive …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will present year 2020 budget to the House of Assembly on Friday. It will be his inaugural budget presentation since he assumed office in May. Stakeholders from all walks of life, including the private sector, members of the diplomatic missions, political groups and other dignitaries …

Police in Enerhen Divisional Headquarters on Wednesday arrested a suspected thief (name unknown) after passing the night inside Sterling Bank’s restroom with the intention of stealing, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect was found inside one of the bank’s restrooms when workers …

  Total is seeking to sell its 12.5 per cent stake in a major deepwater oilfield off the coast of Nigeria, industry and banking sources have said. The plan is reportedly an effort to adjust the energy company’s Africa portfolio amid a broad expansion. Reuters reports that the stake in …