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Delta varsity gets new vice chancellor

The Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori has approved the appointment of Prof. Samuel Asagba as the new Vice Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Kingsley Emu, copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri on Tuesday. Related...
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JUST IN: PDP govs, NWC, BoT members meet in Abuja

Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party are in an emergency meeting in Abuja over the recent crisis rocking the leading opposition party. PUNCH Online gathered that the ongoing meeting is being held at the lodge of the Bauchi State Governor and the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed. The forum will also host...
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Court stops sale of late judge’s property as daughter sues church

Justice Mohammed Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja, has issued an interim injunction restraining Christ the King Catholic Church in Okene, Kogi State, and its parish priest, Reverend Father Ezekiel Awolumate, from selling properties belonging to the former President of the Abuja Customary Court of Appeal, late Justice Moses Bello. The...
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FIFA under fire over 400 players’ relief fund

More than 400 footballers have been waiting for over a year to receive payments from a FIFA-run fund designed to help players owed money by their clubs, AFP understands. The amount of $4 million was reportedly meant to be paid to 420 players by September 30 of last year. However, it has been reported that...
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Afenifere salutes Ooni at 50, urges FG to fix South-West roads

The National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, on Tuesday, congratulated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on attaining 50 years on earth, just as he urged the Federal Government to fix federal roads in South-West region. He made this known when the chieftains of the organization...
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Embrace renewable energy, FG tells manufacturers

The Federal Government has tasked local manufacturing companies to adopt renewable energy for the nation’s economic growth and development. The Director, Weights and Measures Department of the Federal Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment, Dr Adesuyi Olajide, made the call at the department’s annual surveillance visit to Cadbury Nigeria Plc on Tuesday in Lagos. The...
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MASSOB demands release of detained 89-year-old member

The Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign States of Biafra has demanded the release of one of its members, 89-year-old Moses Amaechi, who has been in police custody since October 12, 2024. In a press statement on Tuesday, the Director of Information, BIM-MASSOB, Chris Mocha, said Amaechi was arrested by the...
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