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For the next two months, Greece’s top division football matches will take place behind closed doors, the Greek government has said. This is in an attempt to reduce violence at sporting events within the country. The decision follows violent altercations that occurred during last week’s volleyball match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos that left a police officer gravely injured. Both sides …

The United States of America, United Kingdom and Germany have all asked their citizens to leave Lebanon over fears that border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah may intensify over Israel’s war with Hamas. A statement from the US Embassy in Beirut, reads: “We recommend that United States citizens in Lebanon make appropriate arrangements to leave the country; commercial options currently …

Kumaor Fachir, a wanted bandit and second-in-command to the late Terwase Agwaza, also known as Gana, has been arrested. The arrest was announced to newsmen on Tuesday by the Commissioner, Benue State Police Command, Bartholomew Onyeka. According to Onyeka, operatives of the Joint Security Task Force Tactical Team of the Benue State Police Command, code-named Operation Zenda, effected the arrest …

The eight abducted students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Nasarawa State, have regained their freedom. Gunmen on December 6 kidnapped some students of the institution staying in the Gandu community. The Head of Information and Public Relations at the university, Mr. Abubakar Ibrahim, told journalists on Monday the students were released at about 8:00 p.m. on Sunday Ibrahim …

As part of efforts to ensure the functionality and sustainability of all water supply facilities nationwide, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has launched the Village Level Operations and Maintenance (VLOM) Strategy, Nigerian Roadmap for Water Quality Management’ and the Guidelines for Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance. This is even as the …

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested nine suspected armed robbers and recovered several dangerous arms from them as it’s Operation Restore Peace (ORP) and Rapid Response Squad (RRS) continued to crack down on criminal elements in the state. According to the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili, the joint efforts of ORP and the RRS of the Command have led to …

The Ondo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has frowned at the continued stay in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu since his return from his medical leave in Germany. The opposition party, while asking Akeredolu to leave Ibadan and return to Akure to complete his tenure, said Ibadan is not Ondo State’s capital, nothing that …

The Nigerian currency, the naira continued its free fall on Thursday as it weakened in the parallel market closing at N1,175 per dollar. Ripples Nigeria reports that the naira had exchanged for N1,100 on Wednesday before falling further on Thursday to N1,175, showing a depreciation rate of 6.8 percent. Also at the parallel market, the British pound sterling exchanged for …

The Israeli Defence Minister, Youvi Gallant, has taken responsibility for the October 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. In the early morning of October 7, the group launched a surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed over 1,000 people. Since then over 3,000 people had been killed and hundreds of thousands of others displaced in …

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Russia has approved the forthcoming presidential election to be held in partially occupied Ukrainian regions, a report by Interfax indicated on Monday. Interfax, a Russian news agency, also reported that Russia’s Armed Forces and the Federal Security Service have expressed their belief that it is feasible for the voting process to proceed in regions …