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Barcelona and Spain star Alexia Putellas was named The Best FIFA women’s player for 2022 at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, taking the award for the second year running. Putellas, who is also the reigning Ballon d’Or, beat England’s Beth Mead and Alex Morgan of the United States to claim the award voted for […]
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The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has lost the election for the Taraba South senatorial district to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, David Jimkuta. Declaring the results of the election on Monday in Wukari, the INEC returning officer for the election Prof. Solomon Adeyeye said Jimkuta polled 85,415 votes to defeat Governor Darius […]
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Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA Men’s player award for last year at a ceremony in Paris on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina. Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the award with Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema the other contender to […]
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A Court of Appeal Judge, in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Lokulo-Sodipe has slumped and died.Lokulo-Sodipe, 67, was said to have slumped in his office while preparing to attend a court session on Monday. It was also gathered that all attempts to revive the judge proved abortive as he died on his way to the hospital. […]
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There were heavy shootings at the Nnewi North Local Government secretariat, Anambra State, as some candidates stormed the area in an alleged attempt to snatch ballot boxes. It was gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday. The secretariat serves as a collation centre for the Anambra South Senatorial District election, where there are three […]
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An official of the Independent Electoral Commission has reportedly been shot dead while some corps members sustained different degrees of injuries in Delta State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Delta State, Mr. Monday Tom, confirmed this to journalists on Monday shortly after the result of Ukwani Local Government Area was taken. He said, “There were […]
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The Lagos State Police Command says 23 persons suspected to be involved in electoral violence and other crimes were arrested during the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday in Lagos. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday. Hundeyin said the figure of arrests might […]
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Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha aka Basketmouth , has explained why he did not vote in Saturday’s elections. The comedian gave his reasons via his Instagram account on Monday. He stated that he had shows outside of Nigeria planned for a year in advance to secure a good venue and that changing venues due to the […]
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Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Rivers United, produced a gutsy away performance in their third group stage game of this year’s CAF Confederation Cup, beating Congolese side, Motema Pembe 1-0 in Angola, The PUNCH reports. Paul Acquah scored a superb winner for the Stanley Eguma side in the 53rd minute of the game after they […]
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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel elections where freedom and fairness were threatened on February 25. In a statement issued on Monday, the ex-president asked the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct another election on March 4 in areas where the process was disrupted. He also asked that results gathered […]
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