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Ademola Lookman has won the 2023/24 Europa League Goal of the Season award. Lookman beat off competition from the likes of Victor Boniface, Mohammed Kudus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Rafael Leao to land the award. UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel picked Lookman’s second goal against Bayer Leverkusen in Atalanta’s 3-0 win against Leverkusen in Wednesday’s final. After receiving a pass from a teammate, …

Police operatives in Lagos have arrested 39 criminal suspects in connection with armed robbery, cultism, murder, and vandalism in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who paraded the suspects before journalists on Friday in Ikeja, said the suspects were arrested after the launch of “Operation Flush” on July 27. The state Commissioner of Police, Idowu …

Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah, has disclosed that students who intend to study in the higher institution must undertake and present a drug test before admission. Na’allah, who made this known at the 27th Pre- Convocation briefing in Abuja on Wednesday said the University is working with Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to help rehabilate students involved in …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued at least four kidnapped victims and destroyed bandits’ camps in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Yahaya said the kidnapped victims were rescued by the troops on Monday. “In …

NIMC office The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it is carrying out a revalidation of its frontend partners (FEPs) to renew their licences. NIMC frontend partners provide enrolment services on behalf of the commission nationwide to Nigerians. In a statement on Wednesday, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, NIMC director-general (DG), said all enrollment activities at the FEP centres are temporarily put on …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won in all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, according to results released by the state independent electoral commission. The election was held in all the 18 local government areas of the state covering Edo North, Edo Central and Edo South senatorial districts. Apart from the …

  The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to the safe, healthy working conditions and environment of Nigerian workers. The minister stated this on Wednesday in her keynote address during a two-day workshop for the review and validation of the National Profile on Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) organised in Abuja …

The federal government has given all illegal miners of Nigerian mineral resources an ultimatum of 30 days to either join notable mining cooperatives or face the full wrath of the law. It also unveiled plan to set up a special surveillance task force that would include policemen and other relevant agencies to secure the mines in the country. Minister of …

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger, Alhaji Zakari Jikantoro has resigned his position. Jikantori announced his resignation on Friday in Minna, after briefing the state party executive members of the resolutions taken at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He said the decision to resign as the chairman of the party was …

The Rivers State Government has ordered the closure of the operations of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM in Port Harcourt, with immediate effect. The media organisation which confirmed the development in a post on its website late Sunday, said the operations were shut down by telecommunications engineers who were contracted by the state government accompanied by heavily armed …