2022 AWCON:Banyana Bayana Stun Super Falcons

  Banyana Banyana of South Africa defeated Nigeria's Super Falcons in the opening group C of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations in Morocco , Starnews report   The game which was played at the Hassan Moulay stadium in Rabat started with both teams trying to unsettle one another and ended 0-0 in the first half.   The South African side dominated the first stanza of the game and was able to peg back Nigeria's attack led by FC Barcelona Feminino forward, Asisat Oshoala.   The first half ended in a goalless but Banyana Banyana came out stronger in

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No Christian, Muslim is persecuted in Nigeria’, FG replies 5 US senators

The Federal Government on Monday condemned the call by five US Republican Senators asking for the redesignation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians. The Senators who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken also alleged violation of freedom of Christians’ rights to practice their religion. Responding to the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the call was based on false premise and misunderstanding of what was going on

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Gombe NNPP gov candidate cautions Yahaya on borrowing

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, has cautioned Governor Muhammadu Yahaya against mortgaging the future of the state through what he described as “borrowing spree.”   Mailantarki made this statement in an interview with our correspondent last weekend when the presidential candidate of the NNPP commissioned the party’s state office.   He revealed that the current administration had condemned borrowing during the Peoples Democratic Party’s dispensation, stressing that the current administration had borrowed more in three years. According to him, the residents were tired of bad governance, which he termed as misrule,

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Gunmen kill four, kidnap teenager in Sokoto community

The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command, has confirmed an attack on a farming community close to Gandi district of the Rabba Local Government Area on Saturday by suspected terrorists in which four persons were killed. The spokesman of the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed that the assailants attacked the farmers on their farms with dangerous weapons and in the process killed four persons.He further confirmed that the Divisional Police Officer of Rabba, in his situation report, also revealed that an 18-year-old girl was abducted during the attack that took place in broad day light.

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Kidnap suspect not Fayemi’s appointee, Ekiti govt says

The Ekiti State Government said on Monday that the community leader, Alhaji Abashe Adamu, arrested by the police in the state for alleged kidnapping was never an appointee of Dr Kayode Fayemi administration.   The Commissioner for Information, Akin Omole, said, “While it is true that Alhaji Adamu was a member of the Farmers-herders Peace Committee set up by the state government, he was never a government appointee, but was in the committee as a representative of the herders and a community leader.”   The Ekiti State Police Command said on Sunday that its personnel arrested Adamu and one Toyin

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El-Rufai best choice as Tinubu’s running mate – Group

A group, Tinubu Support Organisation, has endorsed the Kaduna State Governor, Malma Nasir El-Rufai, as the best choice of running mate for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.   The TSO said it arrived at the decision after its consultative meeting with critical stakeholders of the APC in the North-West geopolitical zone of the country.   The group noted that the APC had many outstanding individuals among its leaders that could serve as Tinubu’s running mate but the North-West, as the single largest voting bloc in Nigeria, should be allowed to produce the next Vice President.  

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JUST IN :Gabriel Jesus Signs for Arsenal

  Arsenal have signed Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City for £45m on a long-term deal.   The 25-year-old is manager Mikel Arteta's fourth signing of the summer, following the arrivals of midfielder Fabio Vieira, goalkeeper Matt Turner and Brazilian striker Marquinhos   Arteta said he was "very excited" by Jesus' arrival.   "The club has done a tremendous job to recruit a player of this stature," he said.   Arteta, who worked with Jesus when an assistant coach at City, has been trying to boost Arsenal's attacking options following the departures of forwards Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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Manchester City sign Philips from Leed United

Manchester City have signed Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips on a six-year deal. The 26-year-old England international made 235 appearances over eight seasons at Elland Road. He becomes Pep Guardiola's third summer signing after the arrivals of Erling Haaland and Stefan Ortega Moreno. "I am absolutely delighted to have joined Manchester City. City have again proved to be the best team in the country," Phillips said. City are understood to have agreed a £45m deal for Phillips, who had two years left on his Leeds deal. He said City have "an amazing squad and a manager in Pep Guardiola who

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Sunshine Stars continental hope dims following defeat in Owerri

    Sunshine Stars' push for a continental place finish in the 2021/22 NPFL season took a hit on matchday 36, following a narrow loss to relegation-threatened Heartland at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri.   The Owena Whales made a strong start to Saturday's  game and asked the hosts all the questions from the get-go, with Azeez Ajagbe grazing the frame in the first minute.   Sunshine Stars should have grabbed the opener in the fifth minute as Chigozie Chilekwu set up Samson Olasupo with a perfectly-weighted cross, however the striker's header agonisingly went off the target with the slimmest

2023: Lord, give us a criminal for president

To all intents and purposes, Nigeria shouldn’t be compared with Australia. Because there’s nothing to compare. But if a crazed member of Nigeria’s ruling feudal class or any of their serfs feels otherwise, such an unfortunate fellow should be handed an apple and a pebble.   After sinking his teeth into the apple and carving out the popular logo of the bitten apple on Apple products, the pebble should be thrust within a biting distance for the bad-governance enthusiast to clasp his teeth, and the world would witness an harrowing grimace, tears, blood and incisors clattering to the floor.  

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