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The fixtures for the 2020/2021 Nigerian Professional Football League season have been released and the opening weekend on December 6 will see eight time champions, Enyimba host Abia Warriors at the Aba Township stadium.According to a detailed fixture released by the League Management Company, the new season is expected to end on Sunday, July 4, 2021.The fixtures also put an end to earlier speculation that the league will be played in an abridged ...

Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria PENGASSAN have been ordered by the association to embark on a nationwide strike.The order was issued in a letter, signed by the General Secretary, of PENGASSAN, LUMUMBA OKUGBAWA.He said the strike was to kick against the failure of government to make concrete moves on matters bordering on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System....

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has mobilized 66,000 eligible graduates to participate in the 2020 Batch B service year.The prospective corps members and course officials are however mandated to undergo the covid-19 test before admission into the orientation camps set to re-open today.This was disclosed by the NYSC Director-General, SHUAIBU IBRAHIM at a briefing held in Abuja.The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Contr...

The United Nations has called on the Nigerian government to engage the youths in the country following the recent #EndSARS protests that led to the loss of lives and destruction of properties.UN Deputy Secretary-General, AMINA MOHAMMED, made the call during a visit to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.MOHAMMED also called on the President MUHAMMADU BUHARI administration to build back the trust of the people for the social contrac...

Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has banned sales and distribution of school uniforms by authorities to pupils across the state.He also declared the reversal to old uniform policy will take effect from the new 2020/2021 academic session.Oyetola, through the Information and Civic Orientation Commissioner, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, explained the directive of banning authorities from selling or distributing uniforms to pupils was arrived at during the St...

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Kosovo President HASHIM THACI has resigned to face an indictment from a war crimes court in The Hague, a dramatic downfall for a man who has loomed over the former Serbian province for more than a decade.The 52-year-old said he would step down to “protect the integrity” of the presidency after the court confirmed an indictment against him dating back to the 1990s conflict with Serbia, when THACI was political chief of Kosovo’s rebel army.&...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up a fact-finding team for Oyigbo in Rivers State following reports of alleged reprisal killing of suspected members of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by the military.The four-man team comprises NBA 1st Vice President, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS; two former NBA Port-Harcourt branch Chairmen, VICTOR FRANK-BRIGGS and ANTHONIA OSADEME; and a former NBA Ukwa branch Chairman, CHIMAROKE ELIE.In a statement ...

The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, has asked State House officials to put its clinic in order and equip it to ensure that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI would have no need to travel abroad for medical treatment.The Chairman of the Committee, Senator DANJUMA LA’AH, disclosed this when the Permanent Secretary of the State House, TIJANI UMAR, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021 budget estimates.The State House o...

The  Ministry  of Youth  and Sports Development and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19  have ruled out  the possibility of  fans  watching  the Africa  Cup of Nations qualifier against  the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in Benin on  November 13.The authorities, in an advisory to both the Edo State Government and the Nigerian Football Federation said they won’t condone breaching the COVID-19 protocol....