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Bayer Leverkusen held to 1-1 draw by Brest

Bayer Leverkusen were held to an entertaining 1-1 draw at Brest in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Germany starlet Florian Wirtz netting for the visitors. A third goal in three outings in the competition for Wirtz handed Leverkusen the advantage, but Pierre Lees-Melou crashed home a volley to level matters in the first period....
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Reps deny summoning FCT minister, DSS

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Ahmed Satomi, has stated that the Green Chamber did not summon the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike and the Director General of the Department of State Services,  Oluwatosin Ajayi over the spike in crime rate in the nation’s capital. Recall that...
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Over 3,000 North Korean troops training in Russia, says US

At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia and are training there, the United States said Wednesday, warning that they would become legitimate targets for Kyiv if they engage in combat in Ukraine. Russia and North Korea have boosted their political and military alliance amid the Ukraine war, with Pyongyang facing long-standing...
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Canadian lady bags 11 years for importing drugs into Nigeria

A 41-year-old Canadian lady Adrienne Munju was on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos State for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing 35.20 kilogrammes into Nigeria. Munju was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at...
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APC challenges Adeleke over Osun flyover safety concerns

The All Progressives Congress in Osun State has questioned Governor Ademola Adeleke’s directive to restrict heavy-duty trucks from using the Olaiya Flyover in Osogbo, describing it as unnecessary and demanding evidence to support claims that the bridge is unsafe. Some selected leaders of the party, who spoke on behalf of APC in Osogbo on Wednesday,...
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Sacked ministers to hand over October 30

President Bola Tinubu has ordered redeployed and sacked ministers to hand over to their successors on or before October 30, 2024. Tinubu noted that in ministries where there are no ministers to hand over to, the outgoing Ministers should hand over to the Permanent Secretaries. Earlier, the president in a statement after the Federal Executive...
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Student loans: NELFUND disburses over N10bn – MD

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, on Wednesday, said the fund has disbursed over N10bn to successful applicants since the commencement of the scheme in August 2024. He dismissed the fears in some quarters that the student loan scheme may be discriminatory against some applicants. He...
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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

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Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...