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Soccer Football – World Cup – South American Qualifiers – Bolivia v Argentina – Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia – September 12, 2023 Argentina’s Nicolas Gonzalez scores their third goal REUTERS/Manuel Claure Argentina rested captain Lionel Messi but they still made light work of Bolivia as they won 3-0 to claim their second victory of the 2026 World Cup …

Mohamed Elneny revealed he broke down in tears when Arsenal offered him a one-year contract extension earlier this year. The Egyptian midfielder was sidelined for nine months following surgery on a knee injury in January. At one point Elneny – who is the longest-serving Arsenal player in the current squad – was convinced that his time in north London was …

The Senate Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to stop tax waivers and concessions already granted to corporate organisations in the country. The committee’s chairman, Solomon Adeola, stated this during an interactive session on the 2024 budget with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and his Budget and Economic Planning counterpart, Atiku Bagudu, in Abuja. He was …

Akume Following the dissolution of boards of agencies by President Bola Tinubu in June 2023, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has set up an ad hoc committee to review the resumes of individuals who will fill board appointments, according to a report in Sunday PUNCH The ad hoc committee is being co-chaired by a former …

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Nigerians are fed up with what APC has become, Tunde Bakare warns ruling party Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has claimed that the results of the elections in 2023 showed that Nigerians were fed up with the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

General Overseer and founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has echoed the clarion call by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that what Africa needs to solve her problems are indigenous solutions. Oyedepo who is the Chancellor, Landmark University, Kwara State, gave the advise on Monday during the 10th graduation ceremony of the institution, and tasked stakeholders in …

The official market closed with the naira to dollar exchange rate settling at N742.10/$1 on Tuesday, according to the foreign exchange data released by the FMDQ Exchange. It was learnt that the closing rate dropped from the N773.50 per dollar rate reported at the end of trading in the official market on Monday, indicating the price fell by N31.4 kobo. …

Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two persons for the alleged killing of an 18-year-old 100-level student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, Quadri Salami, for rituals. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta, listed the suspects as Akeem Usman and Niyi Ifadowo. Odutola stated …

The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, said the state government has proposed the sum of N204 billion for the 2024 fiscal year. Nwifuru, who stated this at the Community-Based Input on Proposed 2024 Budget in Abakaliki, said education, works, health, and human capital development ministries would be his top priorities in the year. He added that the state government would …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday endorsed the 30-day implementation plan of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the federal government and the organised labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Minister …