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The Falcon 900B aircraft from the Presidential fleet is for sale, according to the Nigerian Air Force, on Tuesday. The NAF urged anyone who is interested in purchasing the aircraft to put in a free bid. It stated in a post on X on Tuesday that the aircraft was listed for sale after receiving consent from the federal government. The …

Boxing – Anthony Joshua v Robert Helenius – O2 Arena, London, Britain – August 12, 2023 Antonhy Joshua knocks down Robert Helenius Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge Former heavyweight world champion, Anthony Joshua, beat Finnish stand-in, Robert Helenius, with a seventh-round single-punch knockout on Saturday night. The win for Joshua meant he kept himself on track for a lucrative payday …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …