By Larry Olubanjo, AbujaFemale footballers all around the world have contributed a lot to world football; they have evolved over the years and has garnered so many applauds.Lots of women have also broken the barriers of obscurity, limitations and have taken the responsibilities to change the status quo.Female football has
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A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ruled that Sir Celestine Omehia is not logically recognisable as a former governor of the state and, as such, is not entitled to the recognition, pension, and fringe benefits of a former governor.Omehia had approached the court in suit no.
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The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Audu Titus Amba, has condemned state governments for owing primary school teachers salaries that ran into several months in spite of the current harsh economic situation in the country.He, however, called on the federal government to, through constitutional amendment,
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has written to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressing its concerns over the current challenges faced by Nigerian Muslims in obtaining visas to travel to the Holy Land for lesser hajj (Umrah) in this Ramadan period.This was contained in a press statement signed
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Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into Law.Mbah, who commended the Enugu State House of Assembly for accelerating action on the processing and passage of the executive bill, said that establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital was
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Uchechukwu Okoroafor, AbujaRecently, at least 17 soldiers, including four officers, were killed in Delta State, Nigeria, while responding to a distress call during fighting between two communities.The attack in the oil-rich, riverine Delta State happened in the Bomadi council area when the soldiers, deployed to keep the peace, were allegedly
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The Police Service Commission (PSC), has fixed April 16, 2024 for the medical screening of applicants for recruitment into police constable. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, yesterday.Ani said the choice of April 16, was to allow for the completion of the
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Over 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in various camps in Cross River State need urgent assistance, the Red Cross Society has said. They were displaced by communal conflicts. A representative of the Red Cross Society in the state, Dr Asuquo Enoch, spoke yesterday on their plight when he addressed participants during
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The Nigerian Army has fixed a date for the burial of 17 soldiers killed by gunmen who were on a peacekeeping mission in Delta State.In a statement on Tuesday, the Army noted that the soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State will be buried on Wednesday, March 27,
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The Kano State High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Ummukalthuum Buhari.Recall that Quangrong allegedly killed his erstwhile girlfriend, Buhari, following a misunderstanding.UNITY TIMES reported that Quangrong was accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend,
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