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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of a German tactician, BRUNO LABBADIA, as the new Super Eagles coach, with immediate effect....

Australian police said that they had concluded an operation across the country aimed at tackling illegal drug trafficking and organized crime, with more than 1,600 people arrested....

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A former England manager, SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON has died at the age of 76....

Canadian Prime Minister, JUSTIN TRUDEAU has announced a 100 per cent tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, joining the United States and European Union in imposing higher duties....

The Lagos State government has announced that traffic will be diverted in sections for reconstruction work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway to minimize inconveniences for motorists from today, 26th August 2024 to Friday, 31st January 2025.This was contained in a statement signed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, OLUWASEUN OSIYEMI.According to OSIYEMI, the first section of the reconstruction work covering the stretch of Durbar Junction, Badagry ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the suspension on lending to banks through its Standing Lending Facility, SLF, adjusting the lending rate to 31.75 percent interest rate.The apex bank disclosed this in a circular signed by its Director Financial Market Department, OMOLARA DUKE.The CBN said commercial and merchant banks would earn a 19 percent interest rate on deposits above three billion naira in its Standing Deposit Facility (SDF).E...

The Inspector General of Police, KAYODE EGBETOKUN has said that a notorious kidnap kingpin was killed, and two gang members arrested with two rifles recovered from them during the operation to rescue the abducted medical students.The students who are from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were travelling to Enugu for the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students’ annual convention when they were kidnapped on August 15.Spea...

The federal government through the Minister of Education, TAHIR MAMMAN has said underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations.The minister noted that the Federal Government has instructed the West African Examinations Council which administers the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council which organises the Senior School Certificate Examination to comply with the directive on 18 ...

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has started a 7-day warning Strike across all its centres nationwide....