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Manchester City struggled Juventus 5-2 in their last group match at the FIFA Club World Cup which was taking place on Thursday night. City advanced to round 16 as the winner of Group G while Juventus also passed the second place despite defeat. Rodri took action for 66 minutes at the beginning of his first since last September when he …

The Senate Public Council Committee issued a 10 -day ultimatum at the National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), CEO of the Nigerian group, Bayo Ojulari, to answer 11 critical financial questions relating to discrepancies in its controlled budgets, warning that compromising failure could attract serious constitutional consequences. The Committee, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wadada, had expressed dissatisfaction for what he described …

The police operation on Thursday raided a hiding place suspected of the OKO community, Orumba North Government Areas of the Anambra state for hard medicine and made a useful breakthrough. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed this in a statement on Thursday at Awka. He said the operators arrested six people during the raid and restored a …

By Ayo Kehinde The state government of Lagos has ordered an investigation into the controversial demolition of a property owned by the presidential brother of his brother’s brother 2023, Peter Obi. Obi had accused the state government of being complicated in the demolition exercise. Obi had said that a property Underlining that the property, owned by his brother’s company, had …

The Independent National Election Commission (Inec) will continue to registration of Sustainable Voters (CVR) nationally on August 18. Chairperson Inec, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, revealed this at the commission quarterly meeting with political parties on Thursday in Abuja. He said the commission would continue the CVR in the State of Anambra on July 17. Jacobu added that because of the November …

The head of the defense staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, on Thursday, has convened a high -level peace defense meeting with traditional sovereigns, including the Tor Tiv, the professor of HRM James Ortese Ayatse and the Och’idoma, HRM John Elaigwu Odogbo in Benue’s state. The meeting aims to find a lasting solution to the security challenges that face the state. …

The Presidential Candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, said on Thursday that sponsors of terrorism came out to discredit the current government before the 2027 election. Kachikwu, who stated this in a statement in Lagos, said that murder and kidnapping nationally were intended to describe the government as weak and unable. He …

Application of drug laws. The head of the NHRC is asking for the collaboration of the interested parties to prevent torture By Raphael Ekpang Abuja (basic reporter) as a World Cup commemorates the international drug day, the executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr. Tony Ojukwu (San) has invited agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency …

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Thursday submitted documents with the daughter of the former Minister of the Airline, and son -in -law at the High Court of the Federal Capital Region (FCT). These documents confirm that they are currently employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Upstream Oil Regulation Commission (NUPRC), each. …

Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security For a nation that once towered as West Africa’s agricultural beacon, Nigeria’s gradual slide into food import dependency was an unheralded catastrophe, largely accepted with a shrug and managed through unsustainable quick fixes. Today, however, the landscape is shifting dramatically. Under the purposeful leadership of Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Federal Ministry …