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SportsBusiness: Premier League agrees record £6.7bn TV rights deal

Sky and TNT have inked a record-breaking £6.7 billion deal in order to broadcast up to 270 live Premier League games a season. The four-year agreement, which begins with the 2025–2026 season, is said to be the largest sports media rights deal ever concluded in the UK, according to the league organisers. Four out of the five packages have been …

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Banky W, Obanikoro get another chance as Tribunal orders rerun elections in Eti-Osa

The election of Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party as the member of the House of Representatives for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency, Lagos State, has been nullified by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja. The tribunal, in its ruling on Tuesday, also ordered a rerun of the election. Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known …

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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Monday, October 16, 2023

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Falana knocks NASS over planned law to criminalise failure of parents to send children to school A Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Sunday, knocked lawmakers at the National Assembly for attempting to amend the Universal Basic Education Act of 2004 by …

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Official: Naija Ratels unveil Onome Ebi ahead of new NWFL season

Super Falcons captain Onome Ebi has linked up with Nigeria Women’s Football League outfit Naija Ratels.Ebi joined the Lagos-based club on a free transfer. The 40-year-old was in the books of Spanish Iberdola side Levante Las Planas last season. The experienced centre-back has been assigned jersey number 5 by her new club. Ebi is making a return to the NWFL …

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Nigerian govt pays N52m fines to free 399 prison inmates in Kaduna

In a bid to continue with the nationwide decongestion of prisons in the country, the Federal Government on Monday, paid fines and compensations put at N52 million to free about 399 inmates at various correctional centres Kaduna State. The Comptroller of Correctional Service in charge of Kaduna State, Dr Ado Saleh, who confirmed the development during the inauguration of the …

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Obi tells ECOWAS to allow Niger sort out its internal issues

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to allow the people of Niger Republic to sort out its internal crisis that arose from the July 26 coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. In his view, “the people of the country should be …

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APC in USA alleges  plans to disrupt Tinubu’s visit to UN General Assembly

Nigerians in the Diaspora allegedly planning to disrupt the visit of President Bola Tinubu to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United State of America on September 20th have being warned against it. The United States chapter of the All Progressives Congress {APC} gave the warning in a statement by its Chairman, Professor Tai Balofin on Tuesday. President Tinubu …

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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Nigerian govt funded 422 delegates to Dubai for COP28 – Minister The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government funded 422 out of Nigeria’s 1,411 delegation to the ongoing COP28 holding in Dubai.Read more 2. AGF cautions judges against remanding …

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Clear the mess you created in Nigeria first before meddling in the internal affairs of Niger Republic – The Conclave Online Newspaper

[Press Statement] The leadership of the Labour Party has been following the recent political development in the Republic of Niger, and how Nigeria-led ECOWAS has threatened to lead the regional nations into a war of purging the coupists out of government from our neighboring country. Though many Nigerians have spoken against the planned military invasion of the Niger Republic, however, …

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SERAP sues Akpabio, Abass over alleged plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas over an alleged and “unlawful plan to spend N40 billion on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70 billion as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” The suit is coming on …

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