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EPL: Man City pip Newcastle to maintain 100% start after Spurs beat Man Utd

Manchester City made it two wins in two games this league season as they defeated Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. City sealed a 1-0 victory over the Magpies in a thrilling encounter to maintain a perfect start, having won their opening league game against Burnley. Julian Alvarez’s brilliant first-half strike proved enough for the Pep Guardiola …

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Tinubu ready to take tough action to resolve Rivers crisis —Presidency

The Presidency says President Bola Tinubu was ready to wield the big stick and take a tough action to resolve the political crisis that had rocked Rivers State in the past few weeks if the impasse had not been resolved and an agreement reached at a meeting held on Monday between the President, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Minister of the FCT, …

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Falana wades into dispute between Wike, Kingibe on FCT affairs

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana intervened in the dispute between Ireti Kingibe, a senator who represents the Federal Capital Territory, and Nyesom Wike, the minister in charge of that territory. In a statement released on Monday, Falana underlined that the FCT minister’s performance of duties was not subject to Kingibe or the National Assembly’s oversight. The FCT legislator had …

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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Tuesday, September 19, 2023

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Tribunal affirms Lawal as Zamfara Gov, throws out Matawalle’s petition The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which was in session in Sokoto, on Monday, validated Dr. Dauda Lawal’s election as the legitimate governor of the state.Read more 2. Drama as Gov Obaseki locks out deputy, Shaibu, from …

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‘Kudos to an incorruptible judge,’ Kate Henshaw reacts to conviction of doctor for defiling wife’s niece

Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has reacted to the conviction of a medical doctor, Olufemi Olaleye, for sexual assault by the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja. On Tuesday, Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced the medical doctor to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece. Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, was convicted for …

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4 terrorists commanders, 45 others surrender to MNJTF troops – Blueprint Newspapers Limited

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) weekend disclosed that four key Boko Haram commanders, 13 fighters, and a total of 45 family members, laid down their arms and surrendered to troops of Sector 3 MNJTF in Cross Kauwa and Baga of Kukawa Local Government, Nigeria. Military Public Information Officer -N’Djamena, Lt Col Abubakar Abdullahi disclosed this a press statement on …

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Tinubu promises to uphold press freedom, welcomes criticism

President Bola Tinubu has promised that his administration would continue to uphold the freedom of the Nigerian media. The President who made the pledge in Abuja on Monday when members of Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, assured that he would respect divergent opinions, whether they were complementary of his government …

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