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Rivers United of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) are reportedly monitoring a move for former Nigerian U23 defender Isaiah Ejeh, as the club begins early preparations for the team’s rebuild ahead of the new season. Ejeh, who was previously on the books of Bangladesh giants Bashundhara Kings, is understood to be open to a return to the NPFL, with …

“Human rights are founded in times like these,” said Awa Dabo, the newly appointed Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, “when human rights are under pressure, when people need protection and principles must be translated into action.” Created to replace the UN Human Rights Commission, the 47 Member States of the new Council were urged to avoid “political gains or …

“During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, an average of one child was killed every day for more than eight months.,” said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesman James Elder. “Those are absurd and devastating numbers.” Killed while playing Briefing journalists in Geneva via video from Amman, the UNICEF aid veteran noted that children “are not being killed …

…Missing officials, faulty generators, recorded protests by NYSC members … INEC insists that the setbacks be resolved before nightfall Daud Olatunji All is set for the Ekiti State governorship elections scheduled for Saturday, with 15 political parties fielding candidates amid assurances of adequate security from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police Force, even as logistical gaps …

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A 26-year-old lawyer Sarah Araba Tettey, reportedly suffered a heart attack while celebrating Ghana’s win over Panama in the ongoing FIFA World Cup on Wednesday. Tettey, an alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Faculty of Law, was called to the Ghana Bar earlier this year and began practicing with O&A Legal Consult, according to sources …

Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, has narrated how he and other football fans had to pay $30 (About N40,000) at fan viewing areas in the US to watch matches in the ongoing FIFA World Cup competition. Ikedieze in a video he shared on his Facebook page at a fan viewing venue in Dallas, United States on Thursday …

The Federal Government is considering a policy allowing journalists to accompany military personnel on certain operations as part of efforts to strengthen public understanding of Nigeria’s security challenges and improve the quality of conflict reporting. The proposal was unveiled on Thursday by the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, at the National Security Summit hosted by the Nigerian Union of …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the mother and sister of notorious terrorist commander Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to 40 years in prison each after they confessed to supporting his terrorist operations. Judge Hauwa Yilwa delivered the verdict on Friday following guilty pleas entered by Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi to terrorism-related offenses filed against them by the Office …