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Yamal sets record as Barca clinch first win of season

La Liga’s defending champions Barcelona have secured their first win of the season after defeating Cardiz 2-0 on Sunday. The Xavi side, which played a goalless draw away to Getafe in their opening game last weekend, marked their first home game at the city’s Olympic Stadium with a win. The Spanish giants are playing at the Olympic Stadium while the …

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Top 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Thursday, October 26, 2023

These top 10 stories across the nation’s newspapers might interest you. 1. Ex-EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, reportedly released by DSS after four months The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been reportedly released from detention by the Department of State Service (DSS).Read more 2. Tinubu appoints nine new RECs for Lagos, Kwara, 7 …

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UEFA Champions League: Haaland goals rescue Manchester City

Erling Haaland overcame some big misses to score twice in Switzerland as he warmed up for the Manchester derby Erling Haaland does not look completely right and yet he still keeps scoring. The Norwegian missed a hatful of chances against Young Boys that you would normally expect him to bury, but he left the match with two more goals in …

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Imo govt inaugurates small claims court

The Imo State Government has inaugurated a small claims court to adjudicate in claim cases within the range of N5 million. The State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, during the inauguration of the court, on Wednesday, in Owerri, the state capital, noted that the court would speed up justice in the state. Uzodimma, represented by his deputy, Placid Njoku, explained that …

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Nigeria spends N1.79tr on domestic debt servicing in 3 months

Nigeria has spent the sum of N1.792tr on servicing domestic debts in three months of July, August and September 2023, data sourced from the Debt Management Office (DMO) by Ripples Nigeria has shown. For the month of July, the country spent N268bn to service its domestic debt. The figure rose to N696bn by August 2023 before hitting N827b in September …

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Arewa, Nigeria is waiting for you no more – Blueprint Newspapers Limited

Students or enthusiasts of contemporary Nigeria’s history are familiar with the account of how Northern Nigeria held back the nation’s independence from Britain for three years. The colonial masters proposed to grant self-rule to Nigeria in 1957 but the North was not ready at the time, so the rest of the proposed new nation had to wait until 1960 to …

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Fuel subsidy: TUC gives Nigerian govt another 7 days to address demands

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Tuesday gave the Federal Government another seven days to act on its demands or risk an indefinite strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) had last week threatened to call out workers for an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to provide palliatives to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal in …

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Nigeria has world’s largest electricity deficit – British envoy

The British Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Montgomery, on Wednesday lamented that the country has the largest electricity deficit in the world. Montgomery, who spoke at a roundtable on the Electricity Act 2023, pointed out that Nigeria’s prosperity depends on the country getting its power sector right. The two-day roundtable with the theme: “Implications and Opportunities for State Electricity Markets,” …

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