Benue youths force Governor Ortom to turn back on trip to Abuja and abandon APC for PDP

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has finally dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)  and joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after local youths threatened to kick him out of office if he did not.

 

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Muslim cleric divorces his wife after she reverts back to Christianity and becomes a prophetess

LAGOS Muslim cleric Imam Rabiu Olayiwola has asked the Igando Customary Court to dissolve his 21-year-old marriage to his wife Rachael after she converted to Christianity and became a prophetess in the church.

 

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Everton striker Ademola Lookman says he is ready to consider playing for Super Eagles

EVERTON striker Ademola Lookman has agreed to consider switching his allegiance from England to Nigeria asking for more time to ponder over his international future after being approached by Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr.

 

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Government to submit Fly Nigeria Act to National Assembly compelling public servants to use Nigeria Air

AVIATION minister Hadi Sirika has revealed that the federal government is considering sending a bill called the Fly Nigeria Act to the National Assembly that will compel government officials to use the new proposed carrier Nigeria Air.

 

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Two Oyo senators meet with Governor Ajimobi in Ibadan to affirm their loyalty to the APC

OYO State senators Adesoji Akanbi and Abdulfatai Buhari have visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi to pledge their loyalty to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after it was alleged that they had both left the party along with several of their colleagues yesterday.

 

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NFF disciplinary committee recommends that Super Eagles coach Yusuf be sacked

MEMBERS of the Nigerian Football Federation's (NFF) disciplinary committee have recommended that Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf be dismissed after he was recorded receiving money from undercover reporters posing as player agents.

 

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Theodore Orji threatens legal action over claimed he forced Inec to reverse result at gunpoint

FORMER Abia State governor Senator Theodore Orji has threatened to drag ex-gubernatorial candidate Alex Otti to court over allegations that forced the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) to reverse election results at gunpoint.

 

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Zenith Saint Petersburg and Lokomotiv Moscow to storm Nigeria next month in search of players

RUSSIAN clubsides Zenith Saint Petersburg and Lokomotiv Moscow are expected to send a team of scouts to Nigeria next month as part of an aggressive programme to seek out and recruit local footballers.

 

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Pensioners take to the streets in Osun claiming they are owed 18 month arrears and 2,000 of them have starved

HUNDREDS of pensioners in Osun State have taken to the streets of the capital Osogbo to protest the non-payment of their gratuities and pension arrears pointing out that thousands of their colleagues have died as a result of hunger.

 

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Coach Salisu Yusuf in trouble after being caught on camera accepting cash from undercover reporters

SUPER Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf faces being sacked by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) after he was caught on tape receiving taking N360,000 ($1,000) from undercover reporters posing as agents trying to influence him to select players.

 

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