On the 15th of August, 2018, Barcelona agreed to transfer its Brazilian defender, Marlon Santos to Italian Serie A, Sassuolo for six million euros. The Catalan giants retain the right to buy back the player, and will keep 50 percent of the economic rights on any future sale of the 22-year-old, the club said in…
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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued by Dr. Mohammed Umar, the Permanent Secretary at the ministry. While wishing Nigerians a happy Eid-el-Kabir…
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Tanzanian police said Thursday it planned to arrest all the residents of a village in the country’s south after water pipes were destroyed by a mob. The inhabitants of Ngolo village were accused of deliberately smashing pipes taking water to a neighbouring settlement in Mbeya region. Governor Albert Chalamila had on Wednesday, “ordered that all…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday presented Certificates of Registration to 23 new political parties in Abuja. Photos and videos from the ceremony were shared on the Twitter handle of the electoral body, @inecnigeria. Leave your views in comments box below. …
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The Zambian government has conducted a census on goats in the country. At the end of the census which was conducted in 2017, it was discovered that Zambia’s total goat population stands at 3, 476,790, reports The census was conducted in 2017 by the Central Statistical Office in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and…
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The All Progressives Congress has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and other anti graft bodies, to intensify efforts at recovering public assets stolen by public officials. The party said the call became necessary so as to prevent a situation where corrupt individuals use these stolen funds to gain undue…
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The leader of the out-phased Reformed All Progressives Congress, Kawu Baraje, has defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party. Baraje, during a media conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Thursday, said he will soon make a “formal and celebrational” defection in his ward, Baboko in Ilorin. He stated that he belongs…
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The House of Representatives’ Committee on Electoral Matters, through its chairperson, Aisha Dukku, queried Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the duplication of items provided in the 2018 budget for the 2019 polls. It also questioned the rationale behind the huge budget proposal. Further findings showed that details of the INEC expenditure were given, in…
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Ibafo, Ogun State on Wednesday, 15th of August 2018, lost its founder after the remains of the man, Adewale Majekolagbe, were found dangling from a rope in his house. According to information gathered, the 59-year-old had disappeared from the community on Tuesday and had also stopped taking his telephone calls only to be found dead…
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The Senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, said he is considering contesting the 2019 presidential election and promising to make the change which has eluded Nigeria. He mentioned this in an interview with Bloomberg, where he expressed concerns about the invasion of the National Assembly, by operatives of the Department of State Services. “I am consulting and…
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